@@AlanRTelka no, the accent lies on a different part. Not the fact that nk workers repair nato ships but that the money the workers make goes to North Korea. It's not exactly the same.
@@nickz2000 why? for denouncing north korean regime? they do a great job to build conciousness around what kind of shit is happening is this cursed country
This is some true blue dectective and journalism work. I mean, trying to interview a woman but getting information on an associate then cross referencing that with a leaked NK Registry, tracing the address to a small town and asking around only to find a new greenhouse full of North Koreans? Bravo.
Business isnt politics,, russia and ukraine are literally at war politically yet gazprom sells russian gas throughout ukraine cuz business is not the same as politics
How ironic to find a new generation of slave labourers in Poland. Many of the Polish people were only too happy to see fellow citizens enslaved, and worse, from 1939-1945. You would think with this history the Polish state would not be complicit in any further incidents of slavery and human rights abuses. Perhaps the governments of North Korea and Poland have more in common that they'd like us to think.
As of December of 2019, sanctions have kicked in and Poland reports that all NK workers have been sent home. Thanks in part, I'm sure, to great journalism like this report. Great work!
Those workers were probably all killed or had their status in DPRK lowered. If the DPRK government finds out there were journalists there speaking to workers, they’re all in trouble.
@@Abbymiller91992 And yes, that is a dark truth. Regardless of whether or not Poland ever employs another of these worker/slaves, they will be used elsewhere. Slavery still exists, but managed by even a more inscrutable master.
Now now, lots of people who grew up in PRL are like this. They just don't care, she probably might even believe that it can't be that bad and on top of that its none of her business and these ppl are simply assets. But soon these ppl will get old and die and hopefully next generation will be less barbaric.
Just like JackgarPrime says, we never really had that moral correctness. People have been exploiting people forever. Colonial imperialism? Industrial revolution, urbanism and all that before there were established labor unions? Before that the whole system of feudalism - class society where you were born into exploitation? The list goes on and on and on. This is true for probably pretty much all nations and societies. This isn't something new and horrible. This is something old and horrible. Take off your rose coloured glasses, mate.
Good point. All forms of political, social, and economic oppression have always been more frequent and worse in the past. We are improving very slowly as a species, but global media has evolved faster than global law, ethics, and morality. Officially, technology > humanity.
Jumpgate Drifter Agreed. It's not really that we've lost our moral correctness as much as it is we've gained it. We're evolving our morality and ways of looking at the world, but many factors are hindering that evolution.
Guys come on you should see what happen in Dominican Republic with workers from Haití. Jejenes what makes me sad about this crap is that USA knows about some Kim Jong Un's illegal sources of income and they dont so anything but just to talk about communism and nuclear shit.... Also de ONG knows..... Lets see what the ONU will do for it jajajajaj
I’m Chinese, can confirm. In the office environment, working 12x5 is normal and Chinese people sometimes don’t have a clear line between break and work. So if your boss call you in the middle of your night and asks you to change something in the presentation, you will have to do it. Labor laws in China can be violated with no consequence.
Those Polish companies facilitating the workers' employment should be taken to court and trialled as criminals for directly supporting the North Korean Regime.
USA sucks thats why they dont do anything . They know about all kim jong un illegal sources of income but they dont care about humans right or shit.....
+mallory1970 Notoriously according to who? Every media source is biased nowadays; it's up to individuals to source information from as many sources as possible and use their own heads to separate the truth from the bullshit.
+Patchesmcgee123 some of it is horribly biased while others not so much when they produce films slamming capitalists and Trump but make films praising Bernie and Hillary style agendas you know you have an untruthful biased company. That is why less people are paying for their online and tv services. Look in the news they're firing people because they can't afford it
It's almost like studying at some western university together with Kim Jong-un himself. Can't remember any of European leaders to have anything against it.
@@Kotylion94 Mostly due to the fact education can change people whereas the slave labour is just used to further their weapons programmes. Rather large difference. If you popped to a western university at some point, you'll get the jist of it.
@@adamlennon750 I agree with you. Dunno what has changed, but today I wouldn't post the same comment as I did 11 months ago. Yes, it was good that he had opportunity to study at our schools. Hope it will help his people.
I am from Gdynia and once I spoke with one of them. He walked alone to a bus stop close to the shipyard. I shouted to him "An yen ha se yo" what in Korean language means "Hello" or "Good Morning". He answered something I don't know what because that was all, what I was able to say in Korean. We have a short chat /half Polish/half English/ what does he do in the shipyard. I remember his answer after I asked him how does he find Poland. He squinted his narrow eyes, looked around and after few seconds admiring a landscape finally answered that he likes Poland much and that is a beautiful country. What was the weirdest he gave me his cellular phone number. Later on, I texted him and tried to call few times but nobody answer. Usually, shipyard workers are not so tidy and smart as this one was. On the first glance, he wore nice and clean clothes, was shaved, only his worn hands told that he works physically. Few times I saw a bigger group of Koreans, also I shouted to them "An yen ha se yo" but when they were in a group and no one answered, only started walking faster to avoid meeting with me.
I'd advice to greet them with the standard North Korean greeting, *안녕하십니까/annyeong hasimnikka* - the polite, formal version of the polite, yet informal *annyeong haseyo,* more used in South Korea. Nowadays, the North Korean dialect is quite different and more conservative than the South Korean one. Also - hey, I'm from Gdynia too! ^^
I am from Gdansk (ul. Grunwaldzka which now is called ul. Hallera, that way you know i'm not bluffing). I did not know north Koreans were working in my city (maybe I'm not updated) and am totally ashamed our government is directly complicit in sponsoring a brutal and sadistic regime, but from what I can see most Poles are instead not bothered. This should end now.
@@adamwnt, respect your point but I have high doubts that situation will be changed. What do you think about millions of Ukrainians working in Poland ?
@@ДанилКондратов-щ1с I don't know about the general situation of NK workers in Poland, but the examples described are no longer valid since ARMEX is in liquidation know. Though it was a terrible oversight on the Polish part. And I use oversight because no one other than some greedy, sketchy businessman was actually aware of this. Though I do not know what you mean by asking about Ukrainians since I do not see any correlation. Is Ukraine a dictatorship? Are they forced to work 60h / week? Please elaborate.
@@ДанилКондратов-щ1с my point was obviously where the money was going to. When is comes to immigration in general, which is a different point, Poland in comparison to many other nations doesn't have particular issues with unemployment, besides in some though not all cases immigrants would not necessarily do same jobs as Poles, also, although Poland doesn't suffer depopulation as of yet, I don't see the current policies of trying to raise birth rates higher effective if only marginally and for a short time. Also, Ukrainians share similar culture, so I am all in.
Everything about North Korea is so fascinating, I feel so bad for their people. They are forced to live their entire life the way their leader dictates it or their family's will be forced to work until they die.
@EATshitanddrinkbleac dont act all innocent,, all of western europe pays shit money to ppl from poland and russia who fill the bad jobs westerns dont want,, and the whole usa is filled with Mexicans who get paid less then 50% of what others get paid
@@Deni-nl1ce Are those people forced to work in conditions labor camp like, 60h/week for the threat of their whole families ending up in a gulag while getting virtually no money for the work? That is exactly the difference between Mexico migrants in the USA, and NK slaves in Poland, Siberia, Qatar,...
I'm Polish - this is fucking crazy in a country with such high unemployment rate as Poland - unfortunatly there is no real effective government in Poland and the gangsters are doing what they want but honest people live in poverty and injustice...
Well considering after WW2 Poland was occupied by the soviets they built a good relationship with NK so they have a valid reason, Germany on the other hand does not anyway the EU screwed over Greece + Ukraine (With the help of Shillary Clinton) and intends on screwing over Poland, Britain and Hungary
Im sure if you were stuck in a foerighn country with people you dont know and your never allowed to leave your flat or work building whilst you have no contact with home, im sure you wouldnt mind telling someone about it.
Most of them really have no idea about whats going on. Unless they are told ahead of time what to specifically NOT say then it's fair game. They're just regular people like us. However they don't know any other way so they have no idea how wrong it is to be treated that way.
Marcin Cieśliński My country deals w/ the Chinese factories whose workers are not allowed to leave, either. If it were up to the average citizen, these people would be free.
Dakota Fisher I just wish they'd mention it's the _EU,_ and not the scapegoat and exploited Poland. Think polish workers are treated right? Think again.
Great piece of journalism! I think the Polish government (and other governments) should ban these North Korean companies from using North Korean labourers in their country.
+Fabe Babe it is impossible. The money would eventually land in Kim's pockets if transferred back home. Are you suggesting they spent it all in Europe? What's the point? They have to leave their families in NK ie. they can't 'emigrate' out of NK. The only reason they are 'entitled' to work abroad is for NK to make money off them. A ban is the only way, unfortunately, but that's the only way around.
"North Korean labourers commonly work 10-12 hour shifts, six days a week, but up to 90 percent of their pay is sent back to the hermit state, according to the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea (EAHRNK). Most are working in Polish shipyards, construction sites and farms. North Koreans are also employed in leisure and clothing firms in Malta, and have worked in other EU countries including Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands, it said." wait what? did I just see Germany on this list?
jamielynx and not to food or agriculture. they have no real money making due to everyone cutting them off. they send laborers to fund for weapons and nuclear technology
Demitris Hernandez It's because the DPRK is run like a cult. Their only interest is preserving the Kim dynasty and maintaining a monolithic front to the rest of the world. This is a method they have worked out to get around international sanctions and continue funding the lavish lifestyle of the North Korean political elite.
@@tomvolz3760 funny cuz last time i checked mexicans literally live like 10 of em in one apartment in usa but yet yall dont care about that and in western europe slavs are literally earning below minimum wage and yet again yall dont care cuz u need cheap labour to keep the economy going, whos gomma work ur shit jobs if not mexicans or slavs for shit pay, u need them to work for ur elderly aswell western countries have an aging population and they need ppl to pay their pensions but thats not a problem But yet whenever another country does it its a problem look at ur own country first. Every country runs on cheap immigrant labour its needed
DeniD boy but at least they are free to move around and they also have the opportunity to use the earned money to build a better life for themselves and their families. This is not comparable to limiting someone’s freedom to an absolute zero. Going abroad away from family for 3 years and getting nothing in return is way worse than the exploitation of cheap workforce in the west. If you cannot see the difference, then you are a North Korean propaganda agent.
It's scary that in my homeland some people are being in some kinds of forced labour, it conjures up images of GULag. It's even more scary when I realised that the tomatoes greenhouses are just few miles away from my home... And yeah, there are many Asians here...
This is some of the best investigative reporting from Vice I've seen in a long time. It has a clear POV and uncovers some truly unconscionable practices while simultaneously putting pressure on the involved perpetrators and authorities. Seriously guys, more stuff like this and a bit less millennial naval gazing.
You guys are to soft. You should see what happen in Dominican Republic with workers from Haiti. They look for illegal haitians for construction work and they hire like 200 to work. In the day of payment they call the 911 and the workers get deported back to Haití without payment. Thats how it works.
Blackthoven Productions Duude sure there's stuff happening on planet earth.. duh. But hearing a story like that from an EU country is on another level. That shit happens right there, across the border.
Practices somewhere else do not change anything. You're just some fuckin' compartmentalized kid who hasn't lived a real life yet. Hope reality doesn't come knocking too hard because I doubt you'll handle it well.
Anytime they put something out about North Korea I just have to watch. I don't think they'll ever top the original video with long-haired Shane, though. My second-favorite DPRK documentary. The first one was british-made and goes even further into the lives of the average citizen. Including sneaking out into the countryside to assist in helping some people escape into South Korea.
its always scary to see what socialism leads to. The most scary part is that if you look at the history of socialism, this is what happen each time and you still have a large part of the public wanting to try it again all over the world.
Where do you see socialism here? This is PURE capitalism! Greedy businesspeople working with corrupt politicians all over the world. Wealth disparity becoming intolerable. How many people in Poland are out of a job because of this? How many fat cats are getting fatter? Socialism is NOT a dictatorship "selling" slave labor...give me a break!
N. Korea just launched a missile over Japan and yet the news isn't discussing how private labor agencies in Russia, Qatar, and the EU are, in part, responsible for helping fund these military exercises. Sanctions only work when we, as a global economy, enforce them.
17:50 The translation is completely wrong, she said "there may be distortions in these statistics because north korea sometimes gets mixed up with south korea", nothing about not being able to answer the question
Sorry to break it to you, but everywhere marxist theories are tried, the north korean way is where it ends. I hate to break it to you, but only other socialist believe the "its not real socialism" talk. This is the result every time - Working camps, inprisonment under poor conditions, poverty and censorship. And I bet, that when the socialist cheered for Chavez, elected by the people of venezuela, the all thought "fuck, now that we said that this is socialism, what will we say in 10-20 years, when everybody is poor, with out jobs, medicine and people are fleeing the country?" Well at the moment even Salon magazine struggles to make a good excuse. Other than "evil imperialist blah blah blah" So what is Poland doing? Well they elected national socialist to run their country and they are, just like any other politician, corrupt. So what does that lead to? The same as in USA: Corporatism and crony capitalism by way of socialism. Oh yeah, nazism is socialism to. Explaining this to you hasn't been funny, because I know that you believe in socialism and that people shouldn't be free. Even if you tell yourself that socialism is freedom, well that just mean that you haven't read the part about the revolution yet or lack understand of the effect of socialism. I hope one day, you will support individual freedom and voluntary communities and not the forced society of socialism and state.
I don't approve of this slave labor at all, but I do want to ask, why all the hate towards Poland in the comments? Saying Poland is useless, etc. etc. This is a country that was obliterated by its neighbors, has managed to get back on its feet, and is one of the leading contributors of skilled manual labor around Europe. Poles are the backbone of England, Germany, France, etc. All the important and absolutely necessary jobs your lazy populations refuse to do, is done by Poles, and done well. Then you have the audacity to turn around and insult them and their country? If all Poles were removed from neighboring European countries, your economies, state services and manual labor structures would fall to pieces. So even after you wrecked the country, they rebuilt theirs and are sustaining yours. Show some respect.
Hardly. Other unskilled laborers will take their place. That said, the Polish have a great work ethic, which they apply as far from their homeland as possible.
Paul Adonia You must've been sheltered for a long time. Since when do poles not have equality for women? Where did you pull that random bullshit from? I bet you thought you sounded so smart. Sounds to me like you hold a grudge for other reasons, none of which involve logic or rationality.
to be fair the video leads the viewer to see the dark side of this issue. It is natural to conclude that Poland isnt doing much and that is why these comments are so hateful.
Not sure how the workers are breaking a cycle of Tyranny they work for nothing the money the workers make is sent directly to North Korean Government this is how they are able to get currency.
Im South Korean and pretty sure Vice put those workers into serious trouble without meaning to be... They might have been end up in labor camp by now. They are not politically allowed to be in any in-direct or direct contact with any form or type of media from outside of their world. Vice should have put more effort on those interviewees security rights.
이경인 hi, as a Polish person I think that it's unacceptable that they work there in such conditions. Poland is a democratic country, so that has to end. I am very sorry on behalf of all polish people
if you think this is bad you shouldve seen the earlier north korean labour camp videos lol they barely blurred their faces (you could still see their face clearly if you move far away from your screen) and didnt change their voices at all... pretty careless
Yep, more and likely NK won't wait to see who it was that interviewed with Vice. NK leader will just punish them all as a group (in a NK camp) and a new group of "workers" will be brought into Poland.
This document is a German propaganda look how they show Poland. When they talk about somone from Netherlands they show a picture of beautifull city. And when they talk about Poland they show ugliest parts of the city. Wroclaw is beautifull but they show to look like North Korea. They just try to show how Poland in bad light and this is a German way of douing things (Sorry for bad English)
I am Polish and this is not German propaganda at all, this is the truth being exposed. Whether they show ugly/pretty parts of a city is irrelevant. We're talking about people's lives here. The people involved in that whole scheme are thoroughly evil, greedy human beings, Kim Jong-Un being the worst. This should be outlawed, but alas the evil Kim will simply ship his people elsewhere to be slaves.
*+Werner Von Braun* They're not bashing Poland. The journalists are investigating an odd curious case of how North Koreans are able to work and live in the heart of Europe when it is very damn impossible for the average North Koreans to leave outside their country.
@gtq838 - Are you aware that in 2010, the Polish president and his cabinet along with top military brass were crashed & executed? 93 total. It's here on YT.
werner von braun can you think before you say its propaganda in your country how many percent that are unemployed and some of your locals company recruit foreigner what a shame do you think about that, i had plenty of friends came from poland to work abroad like in united kingdom to find job and as a foreigner i am really also angry because if the local company there looking for employee why they hired foreigner than locals? use your logic and for example they are hired for foreigner then why it must be from north korea that was economic sanction by united nation and use your logic into this where there money goes from the worker no the money will goes to there leader use your head not your finger or mouth
That's okay, I'm sure my country dose lots of horrible things that I don't know/didn't want to know about. I am reasonably confident they all do at one point or another.
on the other hand... look how far feminism has come in poland! a woman in such an important position? Proudddd and im sure EU knows about all this, it makes them money
Not your individual fault. As information and media advances, we will all have a better chance to understand our own realities and those of others. Too bad our corrupt governments, bloated bureaucracies, and underhanded corporations keep us chained to medieval institutions like human trafficking.
+Michael Kernahan fucking yanks what on earth do you know about all the shit going in your county. Get your head out of your arse would ya and be a good lad
+Sumeet Chand what about the fact that Africans enslaved themselves, The people or Ireland being enforced to become slaves and not even being labeled as white until the 19th-20th century, Muslims invading southern Europe and taking citizens as slaves, why only white people? Every race has had slavery some time in history why only point out one race?
too bad they hired a transator with bad Korean..... (22:10 how she said made me cringe as not only she said the ending of the question wrong, which she fixed it later, but that was not the proper way to ask question to someone who is stranger.) it would have been better who can at least who can fluently speak north dialect of Korean.
I know right?! I don't know why they used two different interpreters... The guy that was interviewing the men on bikes were very good, sounded like he was from the South, but knew how to speak to Northerners. I cringed every time the girl interpreter said anything... so slow, so inaccurate...
Wow, this is a great epsiode. I am always amazed to see all the neat stuff Vice covers. Im not sure why they are the only ones who cover these stories.
I have seen them on the streets of Gdansk for years and it didn't crossed my mind that they are in fact from North Korea and are working and living in such condition. Such a disgrace.
if theyre on the streets chances are they arent north koreans cause they are kept in isolation. all they do is work and sleep and eat mostly work tho 66% of their days revolve in hard grunt work. also if you see an asian smiling they arent north korean.
@@manonhellebrand5776 Im sorry, I couldnt find the documentary. But I found proof to back up my claim. leidenasiacentre.nl/en/slaves-to-the-system-dutch-companies-involved-north-korean-forced-labour/ "the netherlands north korean workers" in google also finds something
I'm Polish. Those information revealed in polish media about half a year ago. polska.newsweek.pl/robotnicy-z-korei-polnocnej-w-polsce-co-robia-koreanczycy-w-polsce-,film,374130.html
there not lying the fact that your seeing this mean there not trying to hide it or stop the information being transmitted at all its the north Korean worker that secretive about there work they could at any time just w alk to the nearest police station and report abuse and seek south Korean embassy and get asylum in less then a day and gain there freedom no one in Poland is stooping them its the north Korean that hold there family hostage company are not political there economical they show all there payment record to the vice crew about how much each north Korean worker gets its the north Korean side that wont show weather they fairly paid there workers and unless European are willing to work hard labour for peanuts and the most basic of insurance for minimum wage this trend will continue because no company in there rite mind will refuse to get a job done for less cost the polish really have no idea nor do they care to know anything more then how many available to work and how much must they pay for them to work as long as the polish company are concern there not breaking any law there not forcing the north Korean to stay and work there not being secretive about there operation its the labour agency side that is being fishy and that is not in jurisdiction of the polish government
Thanks for investigating! I had no idea this was happening in the middle of the EU. I am quite shocked and it was brave to ask those uncomfomfortable questions.
most likely she forgot to mention that they cant use her name in non-disclosure agreement. And because she is such a terrible person they used that loophole to make sure people know who she is.
***** ja ich weiß wie es ist englisch zu lernen, man fängt in der dritten klasse an und wenn man das abitur fertig hat sind so 90% der internetaktivitäten auf englisch, man kann sich aussuchen ob man es eher britisch oder amerikanisch klingen lassen will und wenn man filme guckt ist im vergleich zu nem englischen orginalfilm die deutsche synchro einfach immer schlecht. andere generationen hatten das lernen evtl nicht so leicht. rumheulen tut hier aber niemand, wir machen uns darüber lustig :D
Why do u guys disturb the North korean Labours so much. Did they cause any harm to you guys. Your team always creates a disturbance in there work. Suppose if now the group fires the North korean employees because it was broadcasted and defamed by you guys then are u guys gonna feed their family?
Never thought such a slavery scandal would be going on in Poland. May this collection of information be the framework for taking severe measures to eradicate Kim Jong Un's exploitation of own people!
> Polish move to Western Europe and create modern day slave labour issue with their cheap wages > Leave massive gap in the labour market back home > Even cheaper labour has to come in and fill the void. Everyone with two brain cells could work this one out.
I am also from Poland and there’re rumors about Koreans working in a factory near my hometown, I fought they are some executives from the South Korea, but this video made me think... wow
I'm ashamed of my own country and feeling truly embarrassed due to that what I just watched. I had no idea though such shameful practice like this might have taken place nowadays in the middle of so called modern Europe.
So, let's get this straight: * North Korea ships slave labourers to Poland / EU. * Poland / EU allows this, but "accidentally" is unable to keep track of who and how many North Korean slaves are here. * At least some of them are high ranking military officers within the regime, blended in amongst the workers. * Slaves - complete with high ranking military officers - work in a shipyard that builds and repairs naval vessels for EU and NATO naval forces, built and repaired by NK workers, including the totally-not-spies. * Whistleblowers report it to MEPs, who raise it with the Commission. * Commission says "meh". * Polish government says "meh" This is fucked up on so many levels it's like a Trump Tower of fucked-up-ness.
50 000 worker generating 2 billions make 40 000$ per worker. Why would anyone hire 40 000$ forced offshore worker. Average wage in Poland is about 12 000$. Check your numbers Vice.
legueu people tend to underestimate such careers, everything releated to ship building, repearing, makes you win alot. A Polish ship electrician make around 3 000 euros in south of France as a beginner,
inc all the ultra right wing Poles coming to defend Poland and the new government, look I'm Polish (not a citizen, ethnically) and I have a lot of pride for being Polish and my family here keep Polish traditions etc., but defending a government that has an ultra conservative and authoritarian agenda and lets this stuff happen isn't being a good Pole or being a patriot, defend the freedom of all people and do whats right.
This shit was happening trough *previous* *governments* (2 terms of PO-PSL) since 2007*, why nobody outside Poland give shit about this at that time, maybe because those those guys ware working for guys associated with ruling parties (Stanisława Dobka, from PSL)? Now in 2016 opposition leader have headquarters of his company in North Korean Embassy**. "Ultra conservative and authoritarian" where do you even read things like this? Ruling party (PIS) is like conservative-socialist-democracy. If anything nationalist would prefer to expel all foreigners and give those jobs back to Poles, and I don't even have to explain how much guys like those "love" communist countries. Oh and read about Polish Forced Labourers in Italy*** and England**** Links: * wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1342,title,Polska-to-jedyny-kraj-UE-ktory-zatrudnia-Koreanczykow-z-Polnocy-Wspieramy-rezim,wid,15926789,wiadomosc.html ** wyborcza.pl/1,75398,19069945,dlaczego-firma-ryszarda-petru-miesci-sie-w-ambasadzie-korei.html *** www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/horror_polakow_we_wloskich_obozach_pracy_8535.html **** wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1342,title,Policja-rosnie-liczba-Polakow-wykorzystywanych-do-pracy-przymusowej,wid,16949902,wiadomosc.html **** londynek.net/czytelnia/article?jdnews_id=4185304
The irony that some of these NK labourers are working for a company that helps fix NATO ships. The fkn irony
You would assume the contracts would of been pulled by now because of this. They don’t because their costs are cheap.
Not as much as an irony compared to Soviet Union getting payment for war reparations from Finland using Marshall Plan's money
I think it's more ironic that part of the money that nato countries spend repairing warships sponsors North korea
@@wouterberings6535 YOU JUST SAID THE EXACT SAME THING AS THE ORIGINAL COMMENT
@@AlanRTelka no, the accent lies on a different part. Not the fact that nk workers repair nato ships but that the money the workers make goes to North Korea. It's not exactly the same.
The way Vice has been in NK so many times and haven't been arrested or killed is still impressive.
Wow this is recent
@@oscargamer9402 lol
i wish some of them gets arrested though.
@@nickz2000 why?
@@nickz2000 why? for denouncing north korean regime? they do a great job to build conciousness around what kind of shit is happening is this cursed country
This is some true blue dectective and journalism work. I mean, trying to interview a woman but getting information on an associate then cross referencing that with a leaked NK Registry, tracing the address to a small town and asking around only to find a new greenhouse full of North Koreans? Bravo.
He’s a genius
They should hire mark fuhrman
Fake news against nk
@@puidgemont3528 How?
Ejnar wasn’t Kim Jong Un dead? 😂
This is disgraceful, as if Kim Kardashian needs any more cash.
Hhhhh, your an idiot!!!
Underrated
Give the woman a break! All that plastic surgery doesn't pay for itself!
Both Kims have a fat ass in common
@@nerroseven obviously sarcastic
*has business relations with North Korea*
"I don't get involved in politics"
Windyr *Continues to gift a glorious sword to Kim Jong In.*
@@nazmikapbas2700 kim jong un*
Business isnt politics,, russia and ukraine are literally at war politically yet gazprom sells russian gas throughout ukraine cuz business is not the same as politics
I don't say it easilly, but that woman needs to be hanged.
How ironic to find a new generation of slave labourers in Poland. Many of the Polish people were only too happy to see fellow citizens enslaved, and worse, from 1939-1945. You would think with this history the Polish state would not be complicit in any further incidents of slavery and human rights abuses.
Perhaps the governments of North Korea and Poland have more in common that they'd like us to think.
As of December of 2019, sanctions have kicked in and Poland reports that all NK workers have been sent home. Thanks in part, I'm sure, to great journalism like this report. Great work!
Those workers were probably all killed or had their status in DPRK lowered. If the DPRK government finds out there were journalists there speaking to workers, they’re all in trouble.
@@Abbymiller91992 And yes, that is a dark truth. Regardless of whether or not Poland ever employs another of these worker/slaves, they will be used elsewhere. Slavery still exists, but managed by even a more inscrutable master.
I think it's better to be a slave in Poland, than to be a slave in North Korea...
@@spaceslav8954 if you are a slave in poland but you are sent from north korea it doesn't change much
@@justamantiswithgoodtaste8166 fair point, but still.
"The shipyard told us this information" LOL shes getting a kickback, without a shadow of a doubt. Guilty as hell.
I sincerily hope for she is obnoxious, but i fear you are right....
Wat
I love how they say “ she rejected to talk to us so we showed up at her office” quality investigative reporting.
Is anybody else pissed off and slightly concerned that the polish business woman was so willing to lie for North Korea?
She didint lied for DPRK
She lied for money
Cheap labor that don't need as much insurance and stuff
Absolutely! Whatever the reason for her lying, who knows; but the fact is SHE LIED!!!
let's not act like we would not turn a blind eye for 100K per year.
she's one of the first people i'd kill if i had a death note
Now now, lots of people who grew up in PRL are like this. They just don't care, she probably might even believe that it can't be that bad and on top of that its none of her business and these ppl are simply assets. But soon these ppl will get old and die and hopefully next generation will be less barbaric.
Believe me it's all lies I'm a reliable source
That is not how you talk to a god... Start grovelling.
Impressive way to troll people
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😤😤😢😢😂😂😂😂😂
But what if IT IS all a lie and our own country is indeed lying to us about North Korea??
:O
This is beyond horrible. People all over the world have really lost their sense of moral correctness. This is a damn disgrace to the EU.
Lost? Shit's been this bad since forever. Especially during the Industrial Revolution. It's just that now we can actually see it for ourselves.
Just like JackgarPrime says, we never really had that moral correctness. People have been exploiting people forever. Colonial imperialism? Industrial revolution, urbanism and all that before there were established labor unions? Before that the whole system of feudalism - class society where you were born into exploitation? The list goes on and on and on. This is true for probably pretty much all nations and societies.
This isn't something new and horrible. This is something old and horrible. Take off your rose coloured glasses, mate.
Good point. All forms of political, social, and economic oppression have always been more frequent and worse in the past. We are improving very slowly as a species, but global media has evolved faster than global law, ethics, and morality. Officially, technology > humanity.
Jumpgate Drifter Agreed.
It's not really that we've lost our moral correctness as much as it is we've gained it. We're evolving our morality and ways of looking at the world, but many factors are hindering that evolution.
Guys come on you should see what happen in Dominican Republic with workers from Haití. Jejenes what makes me sad about this crap is that USA knows about some Kim Jong Un's illegal sources of income and they dont so anything but just to talk about communism and nuclear shit.... Also de ONG knows..... Lets see what the ONU will do for it jajajajaj
"I don't get involved, that's the job of the state."
*You don't get more corporate greedy than that*
But she didn't force anything on them did she? It's how this cruel world works
But she sent Kim Jong Il a fucking sword lol
Aggressive and selfish corporations will be our world's downfall.
"as long as you follow the law working with an inhumane dictatorship could be OK"
Basically every country that outsources to china takes this approach
P77777777 as a Chinese, I second your opinion.
I’m Chinese, can confirm. In the office environment, working 12x5 is normal and Chinese people sometimes don’t have a clear line between break and work. So if your boss call you in the middle of your night and asks you to change something in the presentation, you will have to do it. Labor laws in China can be violated with no consequence.
Ahhh globalism
@@idk-gq3lh Well China isn't really communist anymore
Those Polish companies facilitating the workers' employment should be taken to court and trialled as criminals for directly supporting the North Korean Regime.
+Robert Skarżyński Mr projector again
tell that to the UN
+Robert Skarz... Are you also on the North Korean payroll?
Yes, convict them of human trafficking/slavery.
Yeah
USA sucks thats why they dont do anything . They know about all kim jong un illegal sources of income but they dont care about humans right or shit.....
Modern day slavery...
its actual slavery
koolio0900
With a modern twist
there are more slaves today than any time of history
Marcus Chan slavery is quite common just look at africa and asia
Slavery these days have different names. Capitalism,Human trafficking,Debt,Workforce,Imprisonment,etc.
THIS, is quality Vice. Excellent investigative journalism.
I know. I wish they'd get back to it.
This is one of the best investigative pieces I've ever seen/read.
They now post this stuff on vice news. They never stopped.
These are some of the best documentaries out there.
+mallory1970 Notoriously according to who? Every media source is biased nowadays; it's up to individuals to source information from as many sources as possible and use their own heads to separate the truth from the bullshit.
+Patchesmcgee123 some of it is horribly biased while others not so much when they produce films slamming capitalists and Trump but make films praising Bernie and Hillary style agendas you know you have an untruthful biased company. That is why less people are paying for their online and tv services. Look in the news they're firing people because they can't afford it
and most disturbing.
+mallory1970 you're horribly biased yourself. fuck off troll.
Yes, many of the best documentaries!
Imagine being a westerner and working with North Korea to help them with their forced labor program
It's almost like studying at some western university together with Kim Jong-un himself. Can't remember any of European leaders to have anything against it.
Well Donald Trump did say that he gets very beautiful letters from Kim Jong-un.
@@Kotylion94 Mostly due to the fact education can change people whereas the slave labour is just used to further their weapons programmes. Rather large difference. If you popped to a western university at some point, you'll get the jist of it.
@@adamlennon750 I agree with you. Dunno what has changed, but today I wouldn't post the same comment as I did 11 months ago. Yes, it was good that he had opportunity to study at our schools. Hope it will help his people.
@Waffle eating craig Repremations to the dead! That is such a scam. Repremations.
Only rich bankers get that money.
More people need to see this.
Imagine being that woman and being able to sleep at night.
I imagine I'd sleep in a bed.
Normally. She's just a broker. There is a need, so such lady does such job.
People will do anything for money
As the saying goes, Karma is a bitch! Hopefully one bitch will be visiting the other bitch soon.
Ola you gotta understand the best what does it mean to forced work for nothing in such conditions. Learn your history
I am from Gdynia and once I spoke with one of them. He walked alone to a bus stop close to the shipyard. I shouted to him "An yen ha se yo" what in Korean language means "Hello" or "Good Morning". He answered something I don't know what because that was all, what I was able to say in Korean. We have a short chat /half Polish/half English/ what does he do in the shipyard. I remember his answer after I asked him how does he find Poland. He squinted his narrow eyes, looked around and after few seconds admiring a landscape finally answered that he likes Poland much and that is a beautiful country. What was the weirdest he gave me his cellular phone number. Later on, I texted him and tried to call few times but nobody answer.
Usually, shipyard workers are not so tidy and smart as this one was. On the first glance, he wore nice and clean clothes, was shaved, only his worn hands told that he works physically.
Few times I saw a bigger group of Koreans, also I shouted to them "An yen ha se yo" but when they were in a group and no one answered, only started walking faster to avoid meeting with me.
I'd advice to greet them with the standard North Korean greeting, *안녕하십니까/annyeong hasimnikka* - the polite, formal version of the polite, yet informal *annyeong haseyo,* more used in South Korea.
Nowadays, the North Korean dialect is quite different and more conservative than the South Korean one.
Also - hey, I'm from Gdynia too! ^^
I am from Gdansk (ul. Grunwaldzka which now is called ul. Hallera, that way you know i'm not bluffing). I did not know north Koreans were working in my city (maybe I'm not updated) and am totally ashamed our government is directly complicit in sponsoring a brutal and sadistic regime, but from what I can see most Poles are instead not bothered. This should end now.
@@adamwnt, respect your point but I have high doubts that situation will be changed. What do you think about millions of Ukrainians working in Poland ?
@@ДанилКондратов-щ1с I don't know about the general situation of NK workers in Poland, but the examples described are no longer valid since ARMEX is in liquidation know. Though it was a terrible oversight on the Polish part. And I use oversight because no one other than some greedy, sketchy businessman was actually aware of this.
Though I do not know what you mean by asking about Ukrainians since I do not see any correlation. Is Ukraine a dictatorship? Are they forced to work 60h / week? Please elaborate.
@@ДанилКондратов-щ1с my point was obviously where the money was going to. When is comes to immigration in general, which is a different point, Poland in comparison to many other nations doesn't have particular issues with unemployment, besides in some though not all cases immigrants would not necessarily do same jobs as Poles, also, although Poland doesn't suffer depopulation as of yet, I don't see the current policies of trying to raise birth rates higher effective if only marginally and for a short time. Also, Ukrainians share similar culture, so I am all in.
Everything about North Korea is so fascinating, I feel so bad for their people. They are forced to live their entire life the way their leader dictates it or their family's will be forced to work until they die.
Or until they are killed.
Collectivism has never had any room for people that can no longer work.
+manictiger what?
Pls replace fascinating with "fucked up"
Very sad
Slavery
So sad to see something like this happening in a nation that resisted the soviet regime so strongly.
@EATshitanddrinkbleac dont act all innocent,, all of western europe pays shit money to ppl from poland and russia who fill the bad jobs westerns dont want,, and the whole usa is filled with Mexicans who get paid less then 50% of what others get paid
@@Deni-nl1ce Are those people forced to work in conditions labor camp like, 60h/week for the threat of their whole families ending up in a gulag while getting virtually no money for the work? That is exactly the difference between Mexico migrants in the USA, and NK slaves in Poland, Siberia, Qatar,...
@@maciektr99 They absolutely are forced. They have no other choice but to starve do death.
some people were educated offspring of those brainwashed by soviets shitheads and usually those fuckups are feeding on that kind of labour nowadays...
@Waffle eating craig read few times more "brainwashed by soviets"
Is it a good idea to have North Korean workers building NATO warships? That's like having USSR workers building American warships during the cold war
Hey sexy rawrrr
solo loner simp
@@jacks.4062 He has loner in his name lmao
I doubt that warships are built here, probably commercial ships
WTF, I live in Poland and I'm only now learning about it and from a foreign source? This is surreal, I'm so ashamed for my country...
Now this is journalism!
Ohdear... You poor, sad human being.
Journalism like this is what we need in the USA. unfortunately this no longer exists.
Imagine hell that would break loose if someone would go with a camera into a large business employing dozens of illegal immigrants
That is what you are and explains a lot about you.
umm last time I checked, Vice is an American-Canadian news company. So this kind of quality journalism does exist here.
I'm Polish - this is fucking crazy in a country with such high unemployment rate as Poland - unfortunatly there is no real effective government in Poland and the gangsters are doing what they want but honest people live in poverty and injustice...
The same horrible things are happening in Hungary too, so I feel you :(
Kitzhun thanks brother
Then come to England.
Lot of you polish peiple went to the Netherlands to work over there. I worked with quite some polish people in a bakery factory
+MrBlackspoon Worked with load of Polish in demoliton.Safety goes out the window.
Watching this video knowing and understanding german, english and polish is super convenient! :D
Woooooow cool
If only you spoke korean
@@kevinfeeney7371 can you speak it?
@@ishenichole7340 im not being sarcastic pal it 3 languages is alot but if you spoke korean that would be extra convenient
@@kevinfeeney7371 I see now😊
stronk german accent
yes his english is actually pretty bad (pronouncing)
His english is fine, especially it not being his primary language and him not living in an english speaking country.
Frans Hakvoort I thought the same :D and I'm german :D but ok I think it's understandable
I'm polish and i can tell that that guy at the beginning was full polish. too strong accent.
Frans Hakvoort im german and i think his accent is horrible....im ashamed for it, wish they would use othet people for these documentations
27:44 "Some even count the notes."
Ok lady... Reel it in alittle, Dont have to sell your Story too hard
someperson25100 polls must be pretty sleezy people to allow slave labour in there country and then seek shelter from Russia with EU and our country.
Well considering after WW2 Poland was occupied by the soviets they built a good relationship with NK so they have a valid reason, Germany on the other hand does not anyway the EU screwed over Greece + Ukraine (With the help of Shillary Clinton) and intends on screwing over Poland, Britain and Hungary
Exactly. And u can see the diference even now
@@madarah8533 karma
timothy williamson315 Poland is a very poor country not trying to justify the actions but as a pole myself I find the people to be kind people
It's amazing how many people will just give up information if you just ask them.
Fresno4runner when you can't see the cameras or know your being recorded yes
Fresno4runner when they are all paid to talk shit its easy to make "documentary" :)
indeed :D
Im sure if you were stuck in a foerighn country with people you dont know and your never allowed to leave your flat or work building whilst you have no contact with home, im sure you wouldnt mind telling someone about it.
Most of them really have no idea about whats going on. Unless they are told ahead of time what to specifically NOT say then it's fair game. They're just regular people like us. However they don't know any other way so they have no idea how wrong it is to be treated that way.
15:03 “Atal has been working w/ (North) Koreans for over 8 years. They are very reliable.”
Yeah, slavery kinda has that effect.
I apologize for my country.
Marcin Cieśliński My country deals w/ the Chinese factories whose workers are not allowed to leave, either. If it were up to the average citizen, these people would be free.
Its not slavery explain to me how this is slavery
@@Deni-nl1ce they are forced labourers you moron, literally the definition of slavery, they are either not paid, or paid very little.
@@miko8732 they actually don’t get paid the money goes to the government
I love info about North Korea because it's such a secretive world
same
You seem strangely eager to defend North Korea
+BananaTube maybe Kim fake TH-cam account xD
AWEC BAWWIN
+천사 why are you defending monsters
This is the VICE content I like to see.
Dakota Fisher I just wish they'd mention it's the _EU,_ and not the scapegoat and exploited Poland. Think polish workers are treated right? Think again.
,,ur brainwashed..
Overlord Lmao shut your leftist mouth
Great piece of journalism! I think the Polish government (and other governments) should ban these North Korean companies from using North Korean labourers in their country.
Ban is too extreme but allow them to work like a normal citizen would with breaks and ability to handle your own money etc
+Fabe Babe it is impossible. The money would eventually land in Kim's pockets if transferred back home. Are you suggesting they spent it all in Europe? What's the point? They have to leave their families in NK ie. they can't 'emigrate' out of NK. The only reason they are 'entitled' to work abroad is for NK to make money off them.
A ban is the only way, unfortunately, but that's the only way around.
WHAT ABOUT BANGLADESH..
Aaaaand they did ban them
Poland is likely turning a blind eye because they have a labour shortage.
“What caused this accident?”
“Everything”
"North Korean labourers commonly work 10-12 hour shifts, six days a week, but up to 90 percent of their pay is sent back to the hermit state, according to the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea (EAHRNK).
Most are working in Polish shipyards, construction sites and farms. North Koreans are also employed in leisure and clothing firms in Malta, and have worked in other EU countries including Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands, it said."
wait what? did I just see Germany on this list?
jamielynx J. j
jamielynx and not to food or agriculture. they have no real money making due to everyone cutting them off. they send laborers to fund for weapons and nuclear technology
+Alicja
Why are migrants complaining?
Ahhh, the joys of being ruled by a communist totalitarian regime....
Demitris Hernandez It's because the DPRK is run like a cult. Their only interest is preserving the Kim dynasty and maintaining a monolithic front to the rest of the world. This is a method they have worked out to get around international sanctions and continue funding the lavish lifestyle of the North Korean political elite.
"they take trips to hel"
No my friend, they are already in hell.
The Fumbler This is valid point. 👍🏻
Its much better then their life would be in north korea
@@Deni-nl1ce That’s like saying one corner of Hell is a bit cooler than the other.
@@tomvolz3760 funny cuz last time i checked mexicans literally live like 10 of em in one apartment in usa but yet yall dont care about that and in western europe slavs are literally earning below minimum wage and yet again yall dont care cuz u need cheap labour to keep the economy going, whos gomma work ur shit jobs if not mexicans or slavs for shit pay, u need them to work for ur elderly aswell western countries have an aging population and they need ppl to pay their pensions but thats not a problem
But yet whenever another country does it its a problem look at ur own country first. Every country runs on cheap immigrant labour its needed
DeniD boy but at least they are free to move around and they also have the opportunity to use the earned money to build a better life for themselves and their families. This is not comparable to limiting someone’s freedom to an absolute zero. Going abroad away from family for 3 years and getting nothing in return is way worse than the exploitation of cheap workforce in the west. If you cannot see the difference, then you are a North Korean propaganda agent.
It's scary that in my homeland some people are being in some kinds of forced labour, it conjures up images of GULag. It's even more scary when I realised that the tomatoes greenhouses are just few miles away from my home... And yeah, there are many Asians here...
@Nemean Lion who?
"I don't get into Politics, that's state's job", and she forgot/wasn't aware she was being interviewed by VICE, VICE shows her gift to 'the' cabinets.
This Weis guy is one of VICE's best. He does the real-deal investigative journalism.
are u serious? dude that reporter clearly lacked objectivity he is influenced you could even say manipulated to some degree.
This is some of the best investigative reporting from Vice I've seen in a long time. It has a clear POV and uncovers some truly unconscionable practices while simultaneously putting pressure on the involved perpetrators and authorities. Seriously guys, more stuff like this and a bit less millennial naval gazing.
Man, this is some real horror movie shit.
My thought exactly. That's some terrifying stuff happening there
You guys are to soft. You should see what happen in Dominican Republic with workers from Haiti. They look for illegal haitians for construction work and they hire like 200 to work. In the day of payment they call the 911 and the workers get deported back to Haití without payment. Thats how it works.
Blackthoven Productions
Duude sure there's stuff happening on planet earth.. duh. But hearing a story like that from an EU country is on another level. That shit happens right there, across the border.
Practices somewhere else do not change anything. You're just some fuckin' compartmentalized kid who hasn't lived a real life yet. Hope reality doesn't come knocking too hard because I doubt you'll handle it well.
wrarmatei I know this is really bad, but one they you will know why Vice released this news today and not before. One clue: Refuges and Poland gov.
I feel bad that guy thinks he’s gonna get the money when he gets back to North Korea
I think he just said that so he woulnt have problems with NK goverment
@@rommyjoj326 he said that to protect his family
Documentaries about North Korea are always very interesting to watch. Good job Vice!
Anytime they put something out about North Korea I just have to watch.
I don't think they'll ever top the original video with long-haired Shane, though. My second-favorite DPRK documentary. The first one was british-made and goes even further into the lives of the average citizen. Including sneaking out into the countryside to assist in helping some people escape into South Korea.
+JackgarPrime What's the name of the british made documentary ?
Pandrea Viktor
Unfortunately I haven't been able to remember, because I've wanted to watch it again. If I do recall it, I'll mention it here.
its always scary to see what socialism leads to. The most scary part is that if you look at the history of socialism, this is what happen each time and you still have a large part of the public wanting to try it again all over the world.
Where do you see socialism here? This is PURE capitalism! Greedy businesspeople working with corrupt politicians all over the world. Wealth disparity becoming intolerable. How many people in Poland are out of a job because of this? How many fat cats are getting fatter? Socialism is NOT a dictatorship "selling" slave labor...give me a break!
N. Korea just launched a missile over Japan and yet the news isn't discussing how private labor agencies in Russia, Qatar, and the EU are, in part, responsible for helping fund these military exercises. Sanctions only work when we, as a global economy, enforce them.
This is what I want from VICE, not SJW bullshit.
***** Where?
Not propaganda at all, this video clearly "triggered" you lol. This is what we want from Vice, don't listen to this guy.
***** niezła projekcja. ile armex płaci? dobrze? czy już straciłeś całą godność człowieka?
+lolpl0000 fucking English Jesus fuck.
Max M asked for your opinion?
17:50 The translation is completely wrong, she said "there may be distortions in these statistics because north korea sometimes gets mixed up with south korea", nothing about not being able to answer the question
This is is an amazing showcase of the things Vice can do when they aren't playing SJW.
The problem with your statement is that this is related to social justice, tying to reveal social injustice to then find solutions.
+mkvision SJWs don't want social justice... OP u are 100% correct
you are aware that this is socialism and has nothing to do with capitalism and free marked right? Right?
Sorry to break it to you, but everywhere marxist theories are tried, the north korean way is where it ends. I hate to break it to you, but only other socialist believe the "its not real socialism" talk. This is the result every time - Working camps, inprisonment under poor conditions, poverty and censorship.
And I bet, that when the socialist cheered for Chavez, elected by the people of venezuela, the all thought "fuck, now that we said that this is socialism, what will we say in 10-20 years, when everybody is poor, with out jobs, medicine and people are fleeing the country?" Well at the moment even Salon magazine struggles to make a good excuse. Other than "evil imperialist blah blah blah"
So what is Poland doing? Well they elected national socialist to run their country and they are, just like any other politician, corrupt. So what does that lead to? The same as in USA: Corporatism and crony capitalism by way of socialism. Oh yeah, nazism is socialism to.
Explaining this to you hasn't been funny, because I know that you believe in socialism and that people shouldn't be free. Even if you tell yourself that socialism is freedom, well that just mean that you haven't read the part about the revolution yet or lack understand of the effect of socialism.
I hope one day, you will support individual freedom and voluntary communities and not the forced society of socialism and state.
No, look at the ideology - its textbook socialism, nothing right wing about it.*****
I don't approve of this slave labor at all, but I do want to ask, why all the hate towards Poland in the comments? Saying Poland is useless, etc. etc. This is a country that was obliterated by its neighbors, has managed to get back on its feet, and is one of the leading contributors of skilled manual labor around Europe. Poles are the backbone of England, Germany, France, etc. All the important and absolutely necessary jobs your lazy populations refuse to do, is done by Poles, and done well. Then you have the audacity to turn around and insult them and their country?
If all Poles were removed from neighboring European countries, your economies, state services and manual labor structures would fall to pieces. So even after you wrecked the country, they rebuilt theirs and are sustaining yours. Show some respect.
Hardly. Other unskilled laborers will take their place. That said, the Polish have a great work ethic, which they apply as far from their homeland as possible.
Paul Adonia
You must've been sheltered for a long time. Since when do poles not have equality for women? Where did you pull that random bullshit from? I bet you thought you sounded so smart. Sounds to me like you hold a grudge for other reasons, none of which involve logic or rationality.
100% true.
If Poles were removed form the work forces of England, Indians and other Asians would simply take over...
to be fair the video leads the viewer to see the dark side of this issue. It is natural to conclude that Poland isnt doing much and that is why these comments are so hateful.
There just poor people stuck working for a narcissistic and manipulative state god bless them and help them brake the cycle of Tyranny :,(
tyran lol what do you mean?
Tyran clearly this is all happening because of you. Brake the cycle of tyran....y
So you obviously understood what he ment by it, are you the grammer police or?
Not sure how the workers are breaking a cycle of Tyranny they work for nothing the money the workers make is sent directly to North Korean Government this is how they are able to get currency.
U CLOWN.
Now *THIS* is great! This guy definitely has a great future in investigative reporting! Well done.
Im South Korean and pretty sure Vice put those workers into serious trouble without meaning to be... They might have been end up in labor camp by now. They are not politically allowed to be in any in-direct or direct contact with any form or type of media from outside of their world. Vice should have put more effort on those interviewees security rights.
이경인 hi, as a Polish person I think that it's unacceptable that they work there in such conditions. Poland is a democratic country, so that has to end. I am very sorry on behalf of all polish people
if you think this is bad you shouldve seen the earlier north korean labour camp videos lol they barely blurred their faces (you could still see their face clearly if you move far away from your screen) and didnt change their voices at all... pretty careless
Yep, more and likely NK won't wait to see who it was that interviewed with Vice. NK leader will just punish them all as a group (in a NK camp) and a new group of "workers" will be brought into Poland.
As a moose from belaruse i think its weird people have to declare there nationality in a lot of these comments.
@@turbo682 hi as a Filipino, I agree with you.
I'm living in Poland and I had absolutely no idea of this happening. What a shocking world we live in.
Yeah, i'm curious who is responsible about add some of north korean workers, human must be no feelings and want to only money for them
Good job on this documentary. I think many government all over the world are complicit in suppression of poor north korean people... Which is a shame.
This document is a German propaganda look how they show Poland. When they talk about somone from Netherlands they show a picture of beautifull city. And when they talk about Poland they show ugliest parts of the city. Wroclaw is beautifull but they show to look like North Korea. They just try to show how Poland in bad light and this is a German way of douing things (Sorry for bad English)
I am Polish and this is not German propaganda at all, this is the truth being exposed. Whether they show ugly/pretty parts of a city is irrelevant. We're talking about people's lives here. The people involved in that whole scheme are thoroughly evil, greedy human beings, Kim Jong-Un being the worst. This should be outlawed, but alas the evil Kim will simply ship his people elsewhere to be slaves.
*+Werner Von Braun* They're not bashing Poland. The journalists are investigating an odd curious case of how North Koreans are able to work and live in the heart of Europe when it is very damn impossible for the average North Koreans to leave outside their country.
@gtq838 - Are you aware that in 2010, the Polish president and his cabinet along with top military brass were crashed & executed? 93 total. It's here on YT.
werner von braun can you think before you say its propaganda in your country how many percent that are unemployed and some of your locals company recruit foreigner what a shame do you think about that, i had plenty of friends came from poland to work abroad like in united kingdom to find job and as a foreigner i am really also angry because if the local company there looking for employee why they hired foreigner than locals? use your logic and for example they are hired for foreigner then why it must be from north korea that was economic sanction by united nation and use your logic into this where there money goes from the worker no the money will goes to there leader use your head not your finger or mouth
11:45 How did they go from being told they didn't want to have an interview, to getting an interview?
Persistence.
27:07 "They take trips to Hel" The irony is real!!!
Hel is a town in Poland
@@__Lx__ Thanks for that info. The irony still stands though ;-)
more like Hell
@@__Lx__ *a peninsula
im polish
i had no idea
That's okay, I'm sure my country dose lots of horrible things that I don't know/didn't want to know about. I am reasonably confident they all do at one point or another.
on the other hand... look how far feminism has come in poland!
a woman in such an important position? Proudddd
and im sure EU knows about all this, it makes them money
Not your individual fault. As information and media advances, we will all have a better chance to understand our own realities and those of others. Too bad our corrupt governments, bloated bureaucracies, and underhanded corporations keep us chained to medieval institutions like human trafficking.
+Michael Kernahan lmao you sound like such a loser.
+Michael Kernahan fucking yanks what on earth do you know about all the shit going in your county. Get your head out of your arse would ya and be a good lad
would the EU or the UN do anything about this problem?
At least they should. European law beats national law. If they use it to fuck us, they should use it to save some poor Koreans as well
Racist.
*****
We'll find him a place where he can work his ass off and think about how stupid he is while starving to death lol
+Sumeet Chand what about the fact that Africans enslaved themselves, The people or Ireland being enforced to become slaves and not even being labeled as white until the 19th-20th century, Muslims invading southern Europe and taking citizens as slaves, why only white people? Every race has had slavery some time in history why only point out one race?
Brainwashed European spotted
Shower thought, them not answering the questions is as good as a confession.
How sad is this? We complain about little things , and if we think one of minute of a North Korean ?
This is an incredible story. This is why I love VICE so much. The reporter really made good efforts to get to the bottom of the story.
That was some great journalism.
Wow VICE doing some real/good journalism good work guys
too bad they hired a transator with bad Korean..... (22:10 how she said made me cringe as not only she said the ending of the question wrong, which she fixed it later, but that was not the proper way to ask question to someone who is stranger.) it would have been better who can at least who can fluently speak north dialect of Korean.
I know right?! I don't know why they used two different interpreters...
The guy that was interviewing the men on bikes were very good, sounded like he was from the South, but knew how to speak to Northerners.
I cringed every time the girl interpreter said anything... so slow, so inaccurate...
just look at her hair... that explains everything xD
Obviously they hired two different people because it was at two different locations.
Wow, this is a great epsiode. I am always amazed to see all the neat stuff Vice covers. Im not sure why they are the only ones who cover these stories.
Absolutely fantastic video VICE. Been bad for a while.
Damn, I'm Polish and I had no idea about any of this
You have to thank your government officials and the company bosses for that.
I have seen them on the streets of Gdansk for years and it didn't crossed my mind that they are in fact from North Korea and are working and living in such condition. Such a disgrace.
if theyre on the streets chances are they arent north koreans cause they are kept in isolation. all they do is work and sleep and eat mostly work tho 66% of their days revolve in hard grunt work. also if you see an asian smiling they arent north korean.
hey celebrity vine i saw the stitches video yesterday. what a coincidence seeing you here
Greg Blondek There were about 400 labourers from NK in Poland at the time of making this documentary, so I doubt you'd see any of them.
N.Korea: We come to send money to gweat weader Kim Jong Un. May we work in your country?
Polska: Kurwa?
N.Korea: Tank you!
😁 lol
They must have their families back home as some sort of leverage."WORK or I'll TAKE YOU'RE DAUGHTER AS LOVE SLAVE"
That one guy who fled from Russia said that his wife and son died as a result of his escape.
there should be: ,,ale że co kurwa?"
you people are mean
Thank you vice for making this video, I hope this gets acknowledged by the world so that things could actually change
That map in the beginning isnt complete. There has been north korean workers in the netherlands aswell
tell me more
@@manonhellebrand5776 i will see if i can find the docu when i get home. Its about NK dock workers
@@manonhellebrand5776 Im sorry, I couldnt find the documentary.
But I found proof to back up my claim.
leidenasiacentre.nl/en/slaves-to-the-system-dutch-companies-involved-north-korean-forced-labour/
"the netherlands north korean workers" in google also finds something
I'm Polish. Those information revealed in polish media about half a year ago.
polska.newsweek.pl/robotnicy-z-korei-polnocnej-w-polsce-co-robia-koreanczycy-w-polsce-,film,374130.html
Yeah I thought I heard of this before XD
and yet nothing has changed...
Where are you from?
Which is more evidence against you -what has changed?
+Mustafa M "evidence against Polish authorities"
All of these corporations turning a blind eye and blatantly lying are horrible.
there not lying the fact that your seeing this mean there not trying to hide it or stop the information being transmitted at all its the north Korean worker that secretive about there work they could at any time just w alk to the nearest police station and report abuse and seek south Korean embassy and get asylum in less then a day and gain there freedom no one in Poland is stooping them its the north Korean that hold there family hostage company are not political there economical they show all there payment record to the vice crew about how much each north Korean worker gets its the north Korean side that wont show weather they fairly paid there workers and unless European are willing to work hard labour for peanuts and the most basic of insurance for minimum wage this trend will continue because no company in there rite mind will refuse to get a job done for less cost the polish really have no idea nor do they care to know anything more then how many available to work and how much must they pay for them to work as long as the polish company are concern there not breaking any law there not forcing the north Korean to stay and work there not being secretive about there operation its the labour agency side that is being fishy and that is not in jurisdiction of the polish government
@@patthonsirilim5739 fix ur grammar please, I barely understand what you are even saying
If north-koreans go to Poland, and the polish people come to Finland, will i as a finnish person be soon working in North - Korea ?
Hege Oldboy I'm not going to Finland. No way. You guys have nothing but trees and lakes
the polish are all over the EU.... so the whole eu is gonna trade with each other
no, because in finland you are finnishED
no you go to North Pole and Work in Santas Working Camps ...
North Pole Express Flashbacks kicks in
at least were not poland
"North Korea is a company" holy shit I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight, I'm going to be thinking about that all night
You live your life thinking it's a party while in reality it is a company.
Australia is actually a company too.
sad
@@theresekatie4841 Australia does not even exist,everyone knows it is just a fake, or have you ever been there? Didn't think so... Flat earther...
@@CharlieTheAstronaut wait you’re joking right?
Thanks for investigating! I had no idea this was happening in the middle of the EU. I am quite shocked and it was brave to ask those uncomfomfortable questions.
That lady (if she can even be called such) is EVIL.
That BITCH
Raquel R she is the madam
@@lilliampumpernickle4655 I know she just sees it as business
@@lilliampumpernickle4655 That KURWA
Can't believe this is actually happening in my country of origin. And there's barely anything done to stop this.
Jest bardzo dużo rzeczy robionych
O których nie wiesz
I am missing the Russian and the Canadian already...
Remember the fish and the teebage siberian cop
@@blackmetalcumbia lol
@@blackmetalcumbia Please let's not forget "Hi America" 😭
Also the drunk russian teen who could not differentiate between his left and right hands
this is amazing journalism.Great work Vice.And the german guy is really professional.
This is some incredible investigative journalism! Keep up the good work.
Thank you VICE for this very insightful documentary. I am a Pole and I knew nothing about these Koreans!
Why she have blurred face and changed voice, but vice gave us her surename xD
Legal reasons I guess. You wouldn't want this video taken down in case this "lovely" lady decides to abuse "the law" that she claims to follow.
most likely she forgot to mention that they cant use her name in non-disclosure agreement. And because she is such a terrible person they used that loophole to make sure people know who she is.
Vice always makes such videos. But this one really shocked me...
Really fantastic journalism. The guy keeps at the story, following each lead to its end. We don't see that much anymore.
alter dieses englisch, die aussprache ist so wie wenn ich üüüüüüüübelst übertreibe, wenn man sich über schlechte aussprache lustig machen will.
ändert das was an dem englisch mit stärkstem deutschen akzent, den man haben kann?
ich habe nach diesem Kommentar GESUCHT ;) aber du hast sooooo Recht.
*****
ja ich weiß wie es ist englisch zu lernen, man fängt in der dritten klasse an und wenn man das abitur fertig hat sind so 90% der internetaktivitäten auf englisch, man kann sich aussuchen ob man es eher britisch oder amerikanisch klingen lassen will und wenn man filme guckt ist im vergleich zu nem englischen orginalfilm die deutsche synchro einfach immer schlecht. andere generationen hatten das lernen evtl nicht so leicht. rumheulen tut hier aber niemand, wir machen uns darüber lustig :D
tuusousand and fifteen
Komisch wie sich nur die Deutschen über seine aussprache aufregen.
you couldnt find a polish vice journalist for this not hans-ludwig mcdeutschmann der dritte
Danke Rassist, sehr cool
fuck... this is some real investigative journalism. i had no idea... something has to change and I wish i could help.
Last time I was in Wroclaw I couldn’t help but seeing all these ads on billboards for luxury apartments
Why do u guys disturb the North korean Labours so much. Did they cause any harm to you guys. Your team always creates a disturbance in there work. Suppose if now the group fires the North korean employees because it was broadcasted and defamed by you guys then are u guys gonna feed their family?
Never thought such a slavery scandal would be going on in Poland. May this collection of information be the framework for taking severe measures to eradicate Kim Jong Un's exploitation of own people!
Poland and Korea were doing business in communist times and it has been until now.
slaves dont get wages and dont go freely on the street 4:33
It won't the EU are evil
> Polish move to Western Europe and create modern day slave labour issue with their cheap wages
> Leave massive gap in the labour market back home
> Even cheaper labour has to come in and fill the void.
Everyone with two brain cells could work this one out.
Wow. Excellent program and investigative work.
I am also from Poland and there’re rumors about Koreans working in a factory near my hometown, I fought they are some executives from the South Korea, but this video made me think... wow
Im so curious to see if anything has changed today.
The polish government shut down the camps after someone was brutally beat for thinking of desertion with the help of the polish police
I'm ashamed of my own country and feeling truly embarrassed due to that what I just watched. I had no idea though such shameful practice like this might have taken place nowadays in the middle of so called modern Europe.
I don't fully believe in this report but this situation needs a proper investigation.
So, let's get this straight:
* North Korea ships slave labourers to Poland / EU.
* Poland / EU allows this, but "accidentally" is unable to keep track of who and how many North Korean slaves are here.
* At least some of them are high ranking military officers within the regime, blended in amongst the workers.
* Slaves - complete with high ranking military officers - work in a shipyard that builds and repairs naval vessels for EU and NATO naval forces, built and repaired by NK workers, including the totally-not-spies.
* Whistleblowers report it to MEPs, who raise it with the Commission.
* Commission says "meh".
* Polish government says "meh"
This is fucked up on so many levels it's like a Trump Tower of fucked-up-ness.
Are CNN and BBC sleeping? Why are all the interesting stories only coming from vice?
50 000 worker generating 2 billions make 40 000$ per worker. Why would anyone hire 40 000$ forced offshore worker. Average wage in Poland is about 12 000$. Check your numbers Vice.
They believed the North Korean propaganda, saing that one NK worker is as good as ten occidentals
Alexandre Budileanu Ahah it all make sense now. North Korea > than math.
You say finance, I say capitalist propaganda comrade
legueu I must say thought, that submarine welders are known win alot of money in France, and by alot i mean 9 000/month.
legueu people tend to underestimate such careers, everything releated to ship building, repearing, makes you win alot. A Polish ship electrician make around 3 000 euros in south of France as a beginner,
inc all the ultra right wing Poles coming to defend Poland and the new government, look I'm Polish (not a citizen, ethnically) and I have a lot of pride for being Polish and my family here keep Polish traditions etc., but defending a government that has an ultra conservative and authoritarian agenda and lets this stuff happen isn't being a good Pole or being a patriot, defend the freedom of all people and do whats right.
I agree, but it should be pointed out the previous government apparently made no more attempt to address the issue than PiS is.
So you're an american whose grandfather probably was polish
This shit was happening trough *previous* *governments* (2 terms of PO-PSL) since 2007*, why nobody outside Poland give shit about this at that time, maybe because those those guys ware working for guys associated with ruling parties (Stanisława Dobka, from PSL)? Now in 2016 opposition leader have headquarters of his company in North Korean Embassy**.
"Ultra conservative and authoritarian" where do you even read things like this? Ruling party (PIS) is like conservative-socialist-democracy. If anything nationalist would prefer to expel all foreigners and give those jobs back to Poles, and I don't even have to explain how much guys like those "love" communist countries.
Oh and read about Polish Forced Labourers in Italy*** and England****
Links:
* wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1342,title,Polska-to-jedyny-kraj-UE-ktory-zatrudnia-Koreanczykow-z-Polnocy-Wspieramy-rezim,wid,15926789,wiadomosc.html
** wyborcza.pl/1,75398,19069945,dlaczego-firma-ryszarda-petru-miesci-sie-w-ambasadzie-korei.html
*** www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/horror_polakow_we_wloskich_obozach_pracy_8535.html
**** wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1342,title,Policja-rosnie-liczba-Polakow-wykorzystywanych-do-pracy-przymusowej,wid,16949902,wiadomosc.html
**** londynek.net/czytelnia/article?jdnews_id=4185304
Very true and I should have mentioned it, all of it is just fucked up.
Yeah haha him and his wife moved over here in 1912.
my home city gdynia, god i remember the stir and outrage when we first learned about the korean workers