Korean People's Army Guards who Escaped North Korea

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  ปีที่แล้ว +270

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    • @ytMartel
      @ytMartel ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nk

    • @joshuajohnson5317
      @joshuajohnson5317 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great video

    • @redpipola
      @redpipola ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joshuajohnson5317 the video just regurgitates everything the west has told about North Korea without giving any new insights or perspectives.

    • @valyshknee4203
      @valyshknee4203 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cant believe you're not giving us the right info here on their elections, Their elections were never about getting a new leader in power, Its about voting which applicant will become a party member for the DPRK, Only 1 is chosen every few years to enter the party by votes, And they're entirely chosen by the people which is why they still have "democratic" in their name,
      This way it does not change the country ideologically, But by the way it acts on things, These party members can influence the party of the DPRK to focus on other things, Essentially making it democratic as the people do have a choice and the capability to change things in their country by voting,
      Cant believe i just gave a better awnser than you simple history.

    • @redpipola
      @redpipola ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@valyshknee4203 exactly

  • @chad_b
    @chad_b ปีที่แล้ว +1913

    It's so sad how so many people in the world are stuck in terrible situations

    • @alexw8758
      @alexw8758 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      And outrageous that there are so many people willing to exploit others when they are most vulnerable.

    • @s0nnyburnett
      @s0nnyburnett ปีที่แล้ว +1

      communism is the worst the ideology of the past century.

    • @alistairvan4059
      @alistairvan4059 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Its an unfair world, the problem is that, not everyone agrees with everything.

    • @Bananappleboy
      @Bananappleboy ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@alistairvan4059
      You forgot some people in the west joke about it and excuse it with "dArK hUmOr"
      It sounds less like coping and more like making fun of their injury and siding with their enemy. Why?
      Okay no need to cause an argument about politics. I'm just pointing that out.

    • @StoredInTheBalls
      @StoredInTheBalls ปีที่แล้ว +14

      As an American I can tell you it really sucks to live under a government that hates me

  • @IGotBoergs
    @IGotBoergs ปีที่แล้ว +717

    The South Korean man that girl met is a straight angel, no matter how horrible our governments get there will always be good people who try to help even if it puts themselves in danger.

    • @bootybreakeronlyformen
      @bootybreakeronlyformen ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Bro crossed a swamp for her.
      Straight Chad Behavior

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Angels are evil, have you even read the book?

    • @bootybreakeronlyformen
      @bootybreakeronlyformen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @esrever gnireenigne OK, now I'm mixed on this.

    • @alexandra9944
      @alexandra9944 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      /@esrever gnireenigne How do you know? Is there an interview?

    • @rickyray2794
      @rickyray2794 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@esrevergnireenigne6534 cite your sources. "cuz i heard" isn't valid.

  • @Ulysses_S_Grant1870
    @Ulysses_S_Grant1870 ปีที่แล้ว +1945

    The whole country is literally a Maximum security prison for innocent people

    • @Iianator
      @Iianator ปีที่แล้ว +104

      real life squid game

    • @YoureRatharStewpidMate
      @YoureRatharStewpidMate ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@tankle north korea

    • @renegade_patriot
      @renegade_patriot ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@tankle your propaganda won't work here.

    • @Justin-pe9cl
      @Justin-pe9cl ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@tankle How many people are trying to leave South Korea?

    • @YoureRatharStewpidMate
      @YoureRatharStewpidMate ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@renegade_patriot yeah right dude, this dude supports extreme hard labour

  • @hmk5123
    @hmk5123 ปีที่แล้ว +883

    I met Park in 2014. Despite all her hardship, she had a fiery spirit to tell everything and help others in a similar position. Until she even reached S. Korea, she didn't even know what human rights were.

    • @Susukie
      @Susukie ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Proof?

    • @lostpockets2227
      @lostpockets2227 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@Susukie what will that change

    • @charlies8282
      @charlies8282 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Susukie you need proof that North Korea doesn’t have human rights?

    • @Susukie
      @Susukie ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@charlies8282 proof that he met her..

    • @daviddavidson2357
      @daviddavidson2357 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And I'm the pope of Rome!

  • @MrLolx2u
    @MrLolx2u ปีที่แล้ว +291

    You missed one more method. "Dashing across the JSA (Joint Security Area)".
    In November 2017, a North Korean soldier stole a vehicle and drove towards the JSA. As he entered the N.Korean compound, he got chased by the guards there. He panicked, crashed the vehicle into a ditch and then ran for it across the Southern sector. However the guards caught up to him and even opened fire on him where he suffered a shot. He did manage to cross to the Southern side but was injured and was unconscious behind a bush and it took about 4-5hrs before some South Korean soldiers crawled towards him, dragged him to the medical facility and got him back to shape.
    He's now a South Korean political refugee.

    • @lukevalsek5020
      @lukevalsek5020 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Yea I doubt South Korea would give him back

    • @yty1941
      @yty1941 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I think he got five shots before taking cover on the South Korean side

    • @Newdivide
      @Newdivide ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sources say he was also the son of a general

    • @Theydas
      @Theydas ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His whole generation of family, causans, u clea etc. We're executed for it.

    • @lawkey14
      @lawkey14 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      He is not a political refugee, but a citizen. All North Korean defectors are considered as South Korean citizens in here, so they will receive full citizenship immediately after entering the country.

  • @scottkendrix6231
    @scottkendrix6231 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    Those who choose to risk their lives to defect from North Korea are absolutely brave people. Those who risk their lives to help the defectors are the absolute definition of heroes. Gotta have the utmost respect for all of them.

    • @professorsaito5399
      @professorsaito5399 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are trash for not worshiping the regime

    • @t045tSKT
      @t045tSKT ปีที่แล้ว

      Sinep.

    • @AbsoluteRatBastard
      @AbsoluteRatBastard ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@t045tSKT yes

    • @vasilbutrakov7330
      @vasilbutrakov7330 ปีที่แล้ว

      and what are people who sends back defectors back to n korea aka the real korea

    • @scottkendrix6231
      @scottkendrix6231 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vasilbutrakov7330 Heartless cowards

  • @undertow619
    @undertow619 ปีที่แล้ว +545

    You've really gotta respect the bravery and determination of these people.

    • @s0nnyburnett
      @s0nnyburnett ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Well when you have nothing to lose the choice becomes simpler.

    • @juhannusruusu
      @juhannusruusu ปีที่แล้ว +5

      desperation bro.

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@s0nnyburnett Christians have only to gain yet they avoid heaven like a plague.

    • @chris9242
      @chris9242 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nothing more terrifying than a man with nothing to lose

    • @TheGamingMotionTGM
      @TheGamingMotionTGM ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think for the DMZ part we're missing one more. The very recent one where a north korean guard escapes by car, got shot by his comrades although he survived later on, and was found to be containing parasites that weren't supposed to be in a human body.

  • @TheColosiss
    @TheColosiss ปีที่แล้ว +294

    The South Korean tourist man is a *HERO*
    I implore you Simple History. Please annotate his name for us so he may be remembered...

    • @C.A._Old
      @C.A._Old ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah... Damn... History Moment's.

    • @icecoldgazpacho
      @icecoldgazpacho ปีที่แล้ว +35

      If they’re performing high profile assassinations in international airports, what do you think they could do to a civilian? There’s probably a reason he has not been named, though I appreciate what you are saying.

    • @redkraken6516
      @redkraken6516 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@icecoldgazpacho sometimes you just forget how scary and far reaching N. Koreas goverment can be...

    • @icecoldgazpacho
      @icecoldgazpacho ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@redkraken6516 tell me about it, hey!
      I’m hopeful, that as they seem to be spoiling his Daughter - maybe things will improve. _In 20 years._

    • @Harley-D-Mcdonald
      @Harley-D-Mcdonald ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Is that you PRK? You tricky little fellas.

  • @mattc9598
    @mattc9598 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    The final story, Yeonmi Park, she has a book out called "In order to live"
    one thing missed in your video though. "Park and her mother went first, with her father soon to follow" - Park and her mother were tricked by their smugglers, who led them to a cabin on the Chinese side of the border to rape them. Park's mother was able to convince them to spare her daughter due to her being so weak (she weighed about 60-80 pounds if I recall correctly due to malnourishment)

    • @cicero_21
      @cicero_21 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      And what people and simple History forget to state is Yeonmi Park actually runs a fairly successful TH-cam channel.

    • @SimonAshworthWood
      @SimonAshworthWood ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeonmi Park has been proven to be a fraud. (See the videos below for evidence.)
      The US govt has waged a propaganda campaign against North Korea for many decades. Most of what you believe (e.g. the claims in this video) about North Korea is baseless slander from the US govt put into US-aligned media, social media & educational institutions.
      th-cam.com/video/pJCY7dS7StU/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/-md6CQHx2-E/w-d-xo.html

    • @kellychuang8373
      @kellychuang8373 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cicero_21 Oh yeah that's another fact too.

  • @victorvonsteuben1728
    @victorvonsteuben1728 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    That south korean tourist really went above and beyond to save his fellow Korean.

  • @Supercell_Clasher_
    @Supercell_Clasher_ ปีที่แล้ว +146

    There was a DPRK air force soldier who was escaped by mig-19 plane in 1983. His name is Lee woong pyung. Sadly, he died in 2002 at the age of 47.

    • @archersterling4732
      @archersterling4732 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      His Sir name was. Mee Wong Way. I met him a few years after he defected. His older brother Wie Yoo Goo was executed

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember hearing about him.

    • @GokantheHusky
      @GokantheHusky ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah if I remember he landed the plane and tore up a picture of the leader that was put in all planes. He was given around $100K for the plane.

  • @diligentone-six2688
    @diligentone-six2688 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    There was an incident back in the mid 80s where a Soviet Defector crossed the DMZ into the South causing a firefight between US and South Korean forces vs the North Koreans.
    The US-ROK forces won the battle with one injured and one KIA.
    The North Koreans lost several personnel while those who remained Executed because somebody crossed the DMZ.

    • @doctordogelordtmg9637
      @doctordogelordtmg9637 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Absolutely idiotic usually the losing army goes home with a scolding and that's it because they are a unit and they are important for the army to be strong but they just executed these men friendly firing themselves to prove a point

    • @diligentone-six2688
      @diligentone-six2688 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@doctordogelordtmg9637 don't interrupt your enemies while they're making mistakes.
      Let them shoot their own. It saves the South Koreans the grief of dealing with Communists.

    • @EnigmaEnginseer
      @EnigmaEnginseer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@doctordogelordtmg9637 That’s North Korea for you. A circus run by mad men

    • @yty1941
      @yty1941 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@doctordogelordtmg9637 to be fair 1 third of North Koreans are soldiers so they really got enough to spare (execute)...

    • @viruscure4677
      @viruscure4677 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@doctordogelordtmg9637sounds like pretty basic Russian practices....

  • @lucianoosorio5942
    @lucianoosorio5942 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    MacArthur: Nuke em!
    Truman: No!
    MacArthur: NUKE EM!
    Truman: NO!
    MacArthur: AH COME ON!
    Truman: You’re fired!

    • @tamimi9231
      @tamimi9231 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Okay

    • @DramaticBatu
      @DramaticBatu ปีที่แล้ว +37

      øver sîmplifîed

    • @bowlingpin3092
      @bowlingpin3092 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tankle This mf 💀

    • @lordbluebaron2270
      @lordbluebaron2270 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@tankle I’m assuming that’s a joke

    • @777jaris
      @777jaris ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lordbluebaron2270 nah he’s just a commie fr

  • @scorpio9681
    @scorpio9681 ปีที่แล้ว +402

    You need stealth 100 for this mission.

    • @TemmieContingenC
      @TemmieContingenC ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol

    • @istolejahresshipandilldoit3499
      @istolejahresshipandilldoit3499 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Funny but sad at the same time

    • @Susukie
      @Susukie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you get caught just rush until you reach a different country or die lmao

    • @randied603
      @randied603 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not 100
      You meant 100000000

    • @SimplyDuker
      @SimplyDuker ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And it's not the "stealth is optional" kind of scenario. In this case, stealth is a MUST.

  • @ryanxxarroc
    @ryanxxarroc ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Trust me Mrs. Park's story is 200x darker than what was said here. They kinda glossed over a bit but still kind of got the point across

    • @SimonAshworthWood
      @SimonAshworthWood ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeonmi Park’s claims are exactly that: a story, not the truth. The videos I include below prove that she’s a liar and a fraud.
      The US govt has waged a propaganda campaign against North Korea for many decades. Most of what you believe (e.g. the claims in this video) about North Korea is baseless slander from the US govt put into US-aligned media, social media & educational institutions.
      th-cam.com/video/pJCY7dS7StU/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/-md6CQHx2-E/w-d-xo.html

    • @imgvillasrc1608
      @imgvillasrc1608 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Understandable, no yt history channel would want to be demonitized even if it is the norm.

    • @komi-sanmustbeprotected5665
      @komi-sanmustbeprotected5665 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There's some things best left for people to look into themselves, that story would definitely get the video age restricted or even taken down

  • @Ichengo42
    @Ichengo42 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Park was actually the first North Korean defector I heard about, from there I've been looking into this and it's just really tragic to see how above and beyond this dictatorship will go to keep itself standing tall at the cost of the enjoyment of it's civilians.

  • @jamesgeorge960
    @jamesgeorge960 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    my great uncle was in the Korean War he died in 1952. He was awarded the Medal of Honor

    • @mattowens3451
      @mattowens3451 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Could you share his name? Would love to research and remember this hero

    • @brycemorrill1078
      @brycemorrill1078 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@mattowens3451 guessing by his last name and year, it was Charles George, he saved two men by jumping on a grenade and at the same time kept himself quiet as to not give their position away

    • @cadler5885
      @cadler5885 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Notify me

    • @Mauzzewulf
      @Mauzzewulf ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Your great uncle sounds like a hero to me

    • @roebucksummers8614
      @roebucksummers8614 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Charles George. God bless his soul.

  • @NP3GA
    @NP3GA ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Rest in peace to those that weren't able to make it 🙏

    • @Susukie
      @Susukie ปีที่แล้ว

      Rip candice

    • @TheLakabanzaichrg
      @TheLakabanzaichrg ปีที่แล้ว

      .Rip Sug Mha

    • @Gothic7876
      @Gothic7876 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They died Free.

    • @brennanleadbetter9708
      @brennanleadbetter9708 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      At least they are free from the suffering they endured.

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can´t rest after you die. Either you don´t exist anymore or you are awake 24/7 for billions of years.

  • @HashknightGaming
    @HashknightGaming ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It hurts so much to know other humans are currently suffering and I am completely powerless to help them.

  • @angelosusa4258
    @angelosusa4258 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Praying for those still stuck there. All those who escape and who help those escape are heroes

  • @tranvietphu1298
    @tranvietphu1298 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    9:55 As a Vietnamese, streets don't look like that normally (besides districts made for foreign tourists)

  • @gregoryaparker
    @gregoryaparker ปีที่แล้ว +28

    In 2016 I took a 13 day trip to Seoul which included a tour of the DMZ and a talk with a female defector. She had paid over $10,000 to reach South Korea knowing that her family would not be able to follow. It was disheartening to hear her story but I couldn't do anything about it. It's just sad that these disctators hold people prisoner just to keep themselves in power.

    • @ntfoperative9432
      @ntfoperative9432 ปีที่แล้ว

      The only reason we haven't put a stop to it is China. If China just wasn't an Ally of North Korea, we could end things real quick

  • @mslim8412
    @mslim8412 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One of my step-dad's profs in college was a North Korean man. One of his favorite profs, and he still talks about him.

  • @kobet7341
    @kobet7341 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Can we just appreciate how much simply histories animation has improved over time

  • @blackjack90631
    @blackjack90631 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The story about the woman getting arrested at the border and having to escape through Cambodia is amazing.

  • @MGBandit75
    @MGBandit75 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice to hear so many kind hearted people that help the defectors.

  • @judesagad4161
    @judesagad4161 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    There is this North Korean military guard Oh Chong-Song in late 2017 he escaped to South Korea by driving directly to DMZ and everything was caught in CCTV. He was chased by his military and crash his car to the peace village / joint security area (the Center of the DMZ) and made a run for it while north guards shoot him in the back he successfully made it to South Korea DMZ side he hid in the leaves U.S and South korean military found him and transported him via U.S helicopter to the hospital in Seoul for gunshot wounds. While North violated the Korean 1953 UN armistice agreement peace by shooting their guns over the border landing in the southern buildings and one of the guards cross the border demarcation line chasing the defector.

    • @Irish381
      @Irish381 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      When the hospital examined him for injuries they found that he had hook worms in his liver and bowels! This opportunistic infection was practically eradicated in the 1970s. he was very fortunate to have survived the shooting .

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I remember him! There were also a couple of articles about the South Korean surgeon who saved his life. This doctor (I forget his name now, but he was apparently one of the best in the whole country) was talking about how stunned he was by the amount of parasites in the poor young man's digestive system. Apparently, he added that the contents of his stomach appeared to be raw corn IIRC that was served in a gruel. The South Korean medical team was SHOCKED that this unsanitary, poor food is what North Korea was apparently serving to their soldiers (who you would think would get some of the country's better stuff, for logical defense reasons). Many folks online including South Koreans were openingly (and grimly) wondering just what the common people are eating. I don't know if I'd like to find out.

    • @imgvillasrc1608
      @imgvillasrc1608 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thunderbird1921 I imagine that this is the reason why North Korea's population is barely growing. The common folk are eating whatever is grown then distributed by the government, be it safe for consuming or not.

    • @brennanleadbetter9708
      @brennanleadbetter9708 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think I’ve seen that video

    • @robertfoster2992
      @robertfoster2992 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Irish381 like 60 percent of his body was parasites

  • @schlirf
    @schlirf ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Served on the German Grenz for several years in the early Eighties, the East Germans and Czechs were just as inventive.

  • @randomdude7095
    @randomdude7095 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    11:10 😢 makes you think how fortunate are some people in some countries. And the thing sometimes we take for granted.

  • @afrikasmith1049
    @afrikasmith1049 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Guard: Halt! Who goes there?
    Runaway: Hello. Just trying to leave North Korea.
    Guard: Cool. Can I join?

  • @macmedic892
    @macmedic892 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Title: Best ways to escape North Korea
    Title Card: Deadly escapes from North Korea
    These two are NOT the same!

    • @DarkDragonSlayer
      @DarkDragonSlayer ปีที่แล้ว

      How OCD are you with the title and thumbnail? Lol

    • @rismarck
      @rismarck ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao they got sloppy with tittles and thumbnails lately

  • @alessandro_junior_007
    @alessandro_junior_007 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    FREEDOM is a universal right and one that should never be violated *LONG LIVE SOUTH KOREA* 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷

    • @markolysynchuk5264
      @markolysynchuk5264 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Good thing there's South Korea

    • @thatoneperson134
      @thatoneperson134 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      For our glorious leader kim jong uwu

    • @josephsuh525
      @josephsuh525 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No it shouldn't be called South or North Korea, for it needs to be reunited. LONG LIVE KOREA AS WHOLE!

    • @daephuge8345
      @daephuge8345 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josephsuh525 In fact, half of the South Koreans do not want reunification

  • @MrGray-dx8sw
    @MrGray-dx8sw ปีที่แล้ว +11

    People of the free world doesn't realize how good we have it being free. Our freedom is on the verge of being taken from us everyday be humble.

    • @langbo9999
      @langbo9999 ปีที่แล้ว

      And the woke the joke poeple are an enemy to the free world so never listen to woke trash 🚮

    • @pricelessppp
      @pricelessppp ปีที่แล้ว

      People on the left side love these places. Hence bernies love for cuba.

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Free? You can´t stop paying taxes, you can´t travel wherever you want.

  • @therealking6202
    @therealking6202 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I wonder if the narrator lives his life in that voice. Does he order at a restaurant like that? "What's the special of the dayyyy? Well that's unfortunate, because no matter what...I was going to go with the steaaakkkk."

    • @ChrisKane-
      @ChrisKane- ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I like to order my drinks in that voice. 😉

  • @Housesider
    @Housesider ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The Simple History mascot is hilarious, his lines are gold in every episode he appears in.

  • @Mach5Johnny
    @Mach5Johnny ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Tim Pool had Yeonmi Park as a guest on the IRL Podcast and Jesus Christ her story is insane

    • @pekkalanger5076
      @pekkalanger5076 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ”Tim Pool”
      What a stupid name.

  • @UndyingZombie
    @UndyingZombie ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When I was a kid and still living in Japan. I made friends with a kid who came from North Korea. His family managed to escape and they had decided to live in Japan.. I did not have the nicest of lives either as both of us already had scars. ( His on his back, legs, and one on his face. I had scars on my tongue, back, and stomach. We where both 7 years old when I met him. ) I had issues making friends due to my family's associations.. But he is one of my childhood friends I really wished I kept in contact with but it got really hard to when I moved to the USA.. I really do wonder if he is still around. Hope he is.
    For more info on a few things.. I have not seen him since 1994, the year I moved to the USA. I was 9. He still had both of his parents but his father got hurt while they where escaping, I know that all of them had got hurt before that but I was never told the details and I never wanted them to feel uncomfortable.. So I did not push things.. Though it was oddly fun to talk about the scars we had.. One of the few people I was open with about them at least till I met a psychologist in the USA that I finally felt comfortable enough with talking about that stuff..

  • @deleted_215
    @deleted_215 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    How to make a disaster in 60 seconds or less: Give the USSR control over a country

    • @TankMasterGo
      @TankMasterGo ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Step 1: win WW2
      Step 2: ur enemy has been defeated, occupy some parts of the country
      Step 3: give ur friend ( USSR ) some land to occupy
      Step 4: *regrets*

  • @27footbalblackie
    @27footbalblackie ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m pretty sure some guy drove up to the DMZ wall, crashed into the wall, climbed over the wall with like, 10 bullet holes in him, and sprinted to South Korea. Absolute Gigachad.

  • @Dipp182
    @Dipp182 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    You should do one on Colombians detained by the Narcs in the Jungles about mid 90s to mid 2000s.
    My grandparents were held as hostages for 6 months and let go with a large bride of food.

  • @achour.falestine
    @achour.falestine ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The thumbnail
    Crazy
    The video
    Deadly

  • @luisemoralesfalcon4716
    @luisemoralesfalcon4716 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Well, seeing as you can end there by being kidnapped by NK agents even when you aren't on NK this is important

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I love how this informative video about a serious subject has a whimsical thumbnail. That said, North Korea is so fascinating and I love studying the tales of North Korean defectors. I have a ton of respect for these people and the people who helped them on their journeys.

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They could chose to shoot commies but they didn´t, tells a lot about them.

  • @ivanmatz5812
    @ivanmatz5812 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Quite inspiring hearing about normal, everyday hard-working people who had everything to lose and nothing to gain, yet chose to risk a lot and help someone they hadnt even ever seen before, couldnt speak in the same language to.; to avoid certain death. (Such as that tour guide)

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    US and USSR in 1945: How about we split Korea temporarily?
    77 years later....

  • @starorcarina8525
    @starorcarina8525 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fun fact
    The Speakers in South Korea sometimes blast BTS and other K-pop music to North Korea

  • @JoshRead
    @JoshRead ปีที่แล้ว +15

    And I thought sneaking out the house as hard

  • @randomperson3935
    @randomperson3935 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how the most replayed is the one where you skip the sponsor or ad entirely.

  • @agpaok0704
    @agpaok0704 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I think south korea can beat north korea in few days, in this era. North korea still has the same equipment since civil war, they have no chance. I am pretty sure, north korean soldiers and generals will side with south at the first opprtunity. Only issue I can think is China, and maybe this is the reason north korea still exists.

    • @chri8686
      @chri8686 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, but i don't think China will like that... i am scared those communist pigs will help them out

    • @paul123ggggggggg
      @paul123ggggggggg ปีที่แล้ว

      yep, north korea simply exist to create a barrier with western values.

    • @botelladeaguamediollena4885
      @botelladeaguamediollena4885 ปีที่แล้ว

      NK got nukes so that aint happening any time soon

    • @agpaok0704
      @agpaok0704 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@botelladeaguamediollena4885 nukes not gonna help. In so small range they won't do any difference.

    • @boillingraviolli2258
      @boillingraviolli2258 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm pretty sure North Korea's large Nuclear arsenal that's capable of wiping out all life on the Korean peninsula is a bigger issue.

  • @TUDGAF
    @TUDGAF ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Off-topic slightly but, remember the two American Journalists arrested by N Korea? Initially I thought their visit and crossing of the border as bravery. After discovering that their actions caused the hiding spots and safe houses hosted by missionaries near the border got busted by the Chinese police, well, their actions became straight idiocy

  • @dansmachine9360
    @dansmachine9360 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The kind of people who appreciate freedom more than any other on earth

  • @zenbmonk1016
    @zenbmonk1016 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Never been on my list of visited destination s in the future. But, I always look forward to a peaceful outcome on the peninsula. Both of my friends from Seoul who I had E-Mail contact with have passed away.

  • @ArandomPerson7996
    @ArandomPerson7996 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Its very sad this kind of country exists.

  • @camerongrant9356
    @camerongrant9356 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the best simple history narrator!!!!! I can’t even listen to the other ones lol

  • @AuroraWolf655
    @AuroraWolf655 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I’d rather live in the hottest desserts of the Sahara or the freezing wild lands of Siberia than live in North Korea

    • @luisemoralesfalcon4716
      @luisemoralesfalcon4716 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Siberia is still inside Russia but, they are focused on something in the East right now so you want to make sure that the area of Siberia is good for you and as for the Sahara well, aren't There some traveling bands of merry people besides the peaceful ones?

    • @AuroraWolf655
      @AuroraWolf655 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@luisemoralesfalcon4716my point being, they’re hard to live in, but a lot better than what people live in North Korea.

    • @luisemoralesfalcon4716
      @luisemoralesfalcon4716 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AuroraWolf655 now that is true.

    • @paul123ggggggggg
      @paul123ggggggggg ปีที่แล้ว

      unreal the replies to your simple remark and the level of detail one went through to over analysis a metaphorical comparison.

    • @nedifar-haunts-you
      @nedifar-haunts-you ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

  • @The7Reaper
    @The7Reaper ปีที่แล้ว +10

    These people have my utmost respect, knowing that if they're caught in their attempts means almost certain death takes courage.

  • @TankEngine75
    @TankEngine75 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You forget the most craziest defection story ever and it happened in my country (Malaysia)
    Basically a few years back there was Mun Chol-myong, a North Korean businessman living in Kuala Lumpur, he faced charges related to money laundering and violating United Nations sanctions by supplying prohibited items to North Korea via Malaysia and Singapore, He (Mun Chol-myong) requested Malaysia for him to get extradited to the USA, Malaysia then listened to his request and extradited him to the USA, North Korea was obviously pissed off at this and last year, North Korea severed all ties with Malaysia, before this, Malaysia had ties with both the North and the South but now they only have ties with the South

  • @rileykruse2307
    @rileykruse2307 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Pro advice, the farther from Rocket Man, then better

  • @genege6301
    @genege6301 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like the fact it's stated none of the stories can be confirmed

  • @jaha777jaha6
    @jaha777jaha6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ppl just don't know how blessed they are sometimes 🙏

  • @atomsk01
    @atomsk01 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think Yeomi Park was on Joe Rogan a few months back. Incredible story!
    Incredible work again, guys!

    • @alphana7055
      @alphana7055 ปีที่แล้ว

      She is literally used to make fun of south korea for making a complete 180 and constantly changes her story, lmao.

  • @haugs1718
    @haugs1718 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's inhumane the way every other country treats those poor people.

    • @markolysynchuk5264
      @markolysynchuk5264 ปีที่แล้ว

      All the other countries (Laos, China, Vietnam) are communist. Russia is just nuts, the only way out-South Korea

  • @resonancebarracuda478
    @resonancebarracuda478 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Video suggestion: North Korean Infantry vs South Korean Infantry (modern day).

  • @herbivorethecarnivore8447
    @herbivorethecarnivore8447 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The comments section of Simple History videos is such a bizarre place

  • @Hyeon_Gyu_Yang
    @Hyeon_Gyu_Yang ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As The Korean, Thank you made for Korean History Videos :D
    한국인으로서, 한국 역사 영상들을 만들어 주셔서 감사드립니다 :D

  • @MPdude237
    @MPdude237 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I will be honest, the Regime has survived far longer than it probably should have, both from a moral and practical standpoint. From a purely practical perspective, it is the right move to harshly oppress their citizen given the levels of dissatisfaction with the government, the population would absolutely turn against the Regime should the opportunity arise. Still, I think that this house of cards will colapse sooner or later, more likely later. It will be a question of how it collapses and who will take over North Korea.

  • @destic7767
    @destic7767 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How to escape North Korea? 🇰🇵💨🏃‍♂️
    1. Step - Make sure your father and mother didn't made you there.
    *THE END*

  • @ayhc562
    @ayhc562 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    glad there are people willing to help them

  • @billlee4273
    @billlee4273 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As a former army combat vet I’d reenlist if it meant invading and putting a end to north koreas government actions

    • @SimonAshworthWood
      @SimonAshworthWood ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are brainwashed by rich people’s media propaganda.
      The US govt has waged a propaganda campaign against North Korea for many decades. Most of what you believe (e.g. the claims in this video) about North Korea is baseless slander from the US govt put into US-aligned media, social media & educational institutions.
      th-cam.com/video/pJCY7dS7StU/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/-md6CQHx2-E/w-d-xo.html

    • @markolysynchuk5264
      @markolysynchuk5264 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SimonAshworthWood you mean north korea is the richest, the greatest, the happiest place on Earth which north korean propaganda says it is, right?

    • @SteenSpinal4LIFE
      @SteenSpinal4LIFE ปีที่แล้ว

      If only people like you knew the real story of North Korea vs the world.

  • @jasoncreamer5747
    @jasoncreamer5747 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It is unbelievable that a government like North Korea still exists today. What can be done to help them? Maybe giving them free internet with star link could cause some changes.

    • @TheKitMurkit
      @TheKitMurkit ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Internet? Funny. Even omitting the inability of those people to own anything, the information alone doesn't change people's minds. There are many regimes, and they still function despite the access to information.

    • @jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378
      @jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheKitMurkit unless those loyalist who has access with it

  • @dvulpis29
    @dvulpis29 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “BuT tHaT wAsNt ReAL cOmMuNiSm!”

  • @Anonymous-jo2no
    @Anonymous-jo2no ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There are also those travelling by boat from the east coast attempting to reach South Korea but accidentally ended up in Hokkaido I heard... later the authorities sent them to Japan. Sadly the Sea of Japan is unforgiving apparently.

  • @AWholeLegionary
    @AWholeLegionary ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How to escape North Korea.
    1. Have a Stealth/Dodge build.

  • @Noobish_Camper55
    @Noobish_Camper55 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yeonmi Park is a very good speaker and warns everyone she can about socialism and communism. Her interview on JRE was fantastic.

    • @Isaac-ho8gh
      @Isaac-ho8gh ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A very good speaker about North Korea, but not about socialism and communism. She believes in classical liberalism which is just less conservative capitalism leading to lots of exploitation along with removing social welfare, and there's many forms of socialism and communism than totalitarian ones like the Soviet Union and North Korea.

    • @SimonAshworthWood
      @SimonAshworthWood ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeonmi Park has been proven to be a fraud. The videos I include below include evidence for my claim.
      The US govt has waged a propaganda campaign against North Korea for many decades. Most of what you believe (e.g. the claims in this video) about North Korea is baseless slander from the US govt put into US-aligned media, social media & educational institutions.
      th-cam.com/video/pJCY7dS7StU/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/-md6CQHx2-E/w-d-xo.html

    • @Noobish_Camper55
      @Noobish_Camper55 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Isaac-ho8gh Something clearly isn't going right for north Korea still. I do appreciate the videos and will watch them all the way through. Just based on earth images alone it is clear there is no power grid for 99% of the country and yearly missle launches don't paint them in a good light. I 100% agree the Western elite class manipulates everything we see from fake WMDs in Iraq all the way back to the sinking of the Maine.

  • @law-abiding-criminal
    @law-abiding-criminal ปีที่แล้ว +5

    North Korea shows the evil and horror of pure socialism/communism. Really heartbreaking.
    I hope this unbelievable suffering will end one day.

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is never socialism/communism. They goverments always care about power, never about people.

    • @law-abiding-criminal
      @law-abiding-criminal ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@PROVOCATEURSK it seems you one of those guys who care more about your socialistic/communistic ideology than about those poor people. That's really sad to hear!

  • @user-kt8yp5ho2y
    @user-kt8yp5ho2y ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You should make a video about Kim Manchel(김만철) and his family’s incredible escape from North Korea in 1987.

  • @Jack.Krauser.re4
    @Jack.Krauser.re4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi simple history, i do love your vids. However for future reference please remember that Military Police in Korean is 헌병, which should be farely simple to add.
    Anyways keep up the great work!

  • @boomgraffiti6134
    @boomgraffiti6134 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keeping up with the Kim’s *intro starts playing*
    Episode 1: someone gets shot after disrespecting leader

  • @ChongiFishing
    @ChongiFishing ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can you do an episode on the 40-minute Korean war in 1984?

  • @sweepingtime
    @sweepingtime ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who was that SK tourist? He deserves a medal.

  • @backstories933
    @backstories933 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:11 You Can see flower thrower by Banksy

  • @stevetrevor2633
    @stevetrevor2633 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video

  • @GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING
    @GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ferb I think I know what we're gonna do today

  • @jih199846
    @jih199846 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw a South Korean soldiers holding AK-103(or other AK rifle series), actually most of South Korean soldiers have K2, K2C1, or K1A while patrolling the DMZ.

  • @timecrashv5wu709
    @timecrashv5wu709 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simple History fans when Difficult Future shows up
    🤯

  • @Newdivide
    @Newdivide ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A north Korean soldier defected by crossing the DMZ. He drove past the bridge of no return & jumped out of the jeep he was driving & was fired upon by soldiers guarding the northern part of the DMZ. He was rescued & survived. But what's shocking is what doctors found in his body: parasites
    The parasites were found to be the type of intestinal worms that most likely came from the farming fields as the farmers in the north couldn't find suitable fertilizers & resulting in using human waste which proves that living in the DPRK is hard
    Plus it was reported that the soldier was the son of a general

  • @shutup2751
    @shutup2751 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    sad thing is kim jong un appears more powerful than both his grandfather or father could even dream of, the regime is going nowhere for a long time it looks unfortunately

  • @user-db5fh6ov1o
    @user-db5fh6ov1o ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for introducing Korean history. I have seen you for a long time. Thank you again.

  • @bren9275
    @bren9275 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Finaly a new video about North korea!

    • @Ftalmeida73
      @Ftalmeida73 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a good video. However, referring to South Korea under Ree Syngman as democratic (0:57) is quite a stretch. ROK became effectively a democracy under Kim Young-sam.

  • @historyfunnfacts9204
    @historyfunnfacts9204 ปีที่แล้ว

    this quality is amazing

  • @Challengeyourwhy
    @Challengeyourwhy ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You need max lvl of stealth for this.

    • @RonJeremy514
      @RonJeremy514 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And master the secret art of the Hangul Thu'um.

    • @TankMasterGo
      @TankMasterGo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      U cant restart "DMZ" level

    • @Challengeyourwhy
      @Challengeyourwhy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TankMasterGo well... start a new game or jist uninstal it.

  • @flazzorb
    @flazzorb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:38 the image is a misnomer, before the korean war the division was very literally a straight line at the 38th parallel.

  • @lucianoosorio5942
    @lucianoosorio5942 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “You should stick a love letter to Kim- Jong Un.” Joe Biden

  • @candrews7075
    @candrews7075 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:22 "Many of the nations neighbouring Nth Korea including China, Laos and Vietnam..." don't actually border Nth Korea (with one obvious exception).

  • @shaekeeney319
    @shaekeeney319 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I like her TH-cam channel! She actually routinely calls out recent politics and likens many of the leftist movements and actors as possessing the same or similar ideologies that led to the tragic circumstances in modern North Korea. A very thoughtful and talented young woman

    • @SimonAshworthWood
      @SimonAshworthWood ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeonmi Park is given big money by rich people and is proven to be a fraud. (See the videos below for evidence.)
      The US govt has waged a propaganda campaign against North Korea for many decades. Most of what you believe (e.g. the claims in this video) about North Korea is baseless slander from the US govt put into US-aligned media, social media & educational institutions.
      th-cam.com/video/pJCY7dS7StU/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/-md6CQHx2-E/w-d-xo.html

  • @prakashghumaliya2002
    @prakashghumaliya2002 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for video sir

  • @vorynrosethorn903
    @vorynrosethorn903 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Trafficked doesn't really go into the depths of what happened to them.
    Also I find it interesting that with all the humanitarianism of the west Christian groups are some of the only ones willing to risk everything to help these women.
    China it should be noted has cracked down on border security and these women after their time being sold in brothels (very often while underaged) are then deported back to North Korea where they are killed, the Chinese government does this deliberately and works with the criminal groups to do so.

    • @Bananappleboy
      @Bananappleboy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Christianity, as a whole, originally meant to love, persevere, and spread the message of God.
      Yet, those above who witnessed them low, persecuted them far.
      Wolves in sheep clothing, shredded and pulled upon the cathedral doors.
      All because they wanted to spend their lives in a luxury yacht ignorant to the people's and their own demise...
      ...Me neither.

  • @jefferydavis4090
    @jefferydavis4090 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So sad that anyone has to go through that just for freedom. God Bless them

  • @kyliesmith7903
    @kyliesmith7903 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This heartbreaking! I couldn't even imagine living somewhere like this. It literally kills me whenever I watch these videos where American born hate OUR COUNTRY and talk so badly about it. I was like "well then go move to some other country then!" If America is so horrible. I know OUR COUNTRY isn't perfect by any means but were not living like a LOT of other country's are. They don't even realize how lucky they truly have it!

    • @jacombodoescare
      @jacombodoescare ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree!

    • @Bananappleboy
      @Bananappleboy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This underrated comment.
      Has stated literal truth.
      Thus must America change,
      For the greater good.

    • @RedCommunistDragon
      @RedCommunistDragon ปีที่แล้ว

      Which country in America r u referring to?

    • @kyliesmith7903
      @kyliesmith7903 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RedCommunistDragon I'm talking about one country North America. I'm referring to the U.S.A!

    • @RedCommunistDragon
      @RedCommunistDragon ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kyliesmith7903 Well the quality of life isn’t good in the USA, the poverty is still terrible and is ramping up, and the gun violence is crazy, so no wonder why they hate it plus the USA is an imperialist country that spends most of its budget on its military instead of its people. Freedom’s good, but not when the country becomes feudal and has no laws, Somalia is a prime example of this.