I Went to North Korea. Here's the Shocking Truth 🇰🇵
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In today's video, I share my honest thoughts with you about North Korea after 4 years since my visit... I didn't mention in the video that I am one of the very last Americans to step foot in the country because a few months after I left, all Americans were banned from visiting (which is still in effect today).
I often think about North Korea and I wanted to take this time to re-tell my story, share my thoughts, and also get some feedback from you. What are your opinions about North Korea? Would you ever visit North Korea?
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Special thanks to my friends Hjalmer and Wander Wilbury for sharing some extra footage from your trips!
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Im buying them right away! And best wishes from Bavaria! (Sadly no Bavarian Flag)
Love the Clothes by the way
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the way your old video was is the exact reason why it went viral. It was original, raw, no crazy edits, no order. The moral, it's all good my friend. Keep the content real. The imperfections are all part of the plan
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Yeah, I do agree it was very simplistic and very good content. It actually gives a basis on the country in general.
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How is no one talking about how cute this little girl is at 8:03 when she was about to eat her ice cream but took it out to bow towards the camera
Yes, I find that very cute :) we didn't know the whole scenario but the fact that the little girl communicated through a simple gesture is really something, plus the smile! :)
@@kevinboseman1461 Its asian culture bowing to older people and I did that too
@@kevinboseman1461 it's just a sign of respect that you'd also find people doing elsewhere like South Korea or Japan.
@@renny832 also China or India or Vietnam or Taiwan
@@fluto6997 yeah literally anywhere in Asia
2:22 As a South Korean, it is very sad for me to say that it was “One family chain”. My grandfather hadn't seen his family in North Korea since the Korean War, and he always looked at pictures and missed them, but he eventually passed away. Many of my friends have grandparents from separated families, and most of them never saw their faces again until they died.
Same happened in india with many families
Some went to pak after partition
Some went to india
Im so so sorry.
I'm so sad to know that. 😔
That is very sad, I know many Korean families were separated. It's easy to blame the Kim family in the North, but Stalin (and his growing rivalry with Churchill and Roosevelt) played a huge role in what happened on the day the Soviet and American occupations were supposed to end. Hopefully one day Korea will be one again.
@@jbm0866they play a huge role, absolutely. But for 2 generations now the Kim's, who have absolute power, have the complete control over the current situation. Truthfully there is no longer an excuse. :( the only thing that could save North Koreans is a revolution by their people, which is highly unlikely
Thank you so much for this. I would really really love to have some opportunity some day too.
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8:04 The precious nod and smile from the girl there. We’re all humans and able to connect. No matter where your are from! ❤️
Very true
It really gives us a different view about North Korean people.
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Which region are you from?
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7:43 loved the way how the girl greeted you...shows how they respect people..
Yeah!!! ❤🙏🏻
@@drewbinsky What did the Koreans think of meeting an American?
Ikr she’s so cute I feel so bad for her 😢
I have a crush on her now hahahaha
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Drew, you deserve the greatest credit for your channel.
I usually don't comment many YT videos but after watching dozens of yours, I cannot refrain from leaving at least one comment.
In my view, you display a naturally curious, unbiased and yet critical attitude, making your films truly authentic, fun and instructive.
By encountering local people with humility and on eye level, you set an example for any (Western) traveller.
I do believe that if schools began using your videos as material in geography classes, the world would indeed become a better place.
P.S. I travelled to North Korea, too and could identify with your emotions in most situations.
Buen viaje, gute Reise, goede reis, szerokiej drogi, bon voyage, boa viagem, 一路平安, safe journey!
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Great video Drew!
The amount of insanley fast runners from kenya is really remarkable, i would love to visit one day
@@Ferdi2724 You are welcome.
@@halooooooo931 It's not Kinya but "Eh" sound -Kenya.
What were people in old age hunting in Kenya cheetas ? Like they passed on some pretty fast and long leg genes
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Im so early there isn't random people blessing my family.
May whoever is reading this, your mom live a 100 years 🎉
There was
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When I saw “paid promotion” I genuinely thought he is getting sponsored by Kim himself LMAO
😂
We dont sponser americans.
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When he said the winner of the marathon was Kenyan I wasn't even surprised.
I was surprised that they allowed someone from another country to win!
It was probably Kipchoge collecting another medal.
Kenyans have won a marathon in every country that holds marathons.
I was surprised that there were actual foreigners taking part.
I was in the DPRK in 2014 for about a week, same tour group as yours, Koryo as well. We flew into Pyongyang from Beijing and saw a few of the sights there, then did an overland train across the country and spent nights in Wonsan, Hamhung, and Chongjin in the far northeast. I extended my tour too to Sinuiju and Dandong. My big highlight: shaking hands and saying “hello” in Korean to a little boy in Hamhung, probably his first time seeing a foreigner let alone connecting with one!
Thank you for your beautiful and interesting knowledges of North Korea. Much love and God bless you from Dhaka Bangladesh.
Thanks for watching 💕
@@drewbinsky you welcome. 👍😍
I am Bangladeshi too
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Yes
I swear, this is the only channel where the comments section is decidedly wholesome, regardless of the video's content. I think it's because you set the foundation for a lot of comradary with your humble nature. It's so nice to scroll through a section so filled with appreciation for people of different cultures. Really puts faith in humanity back into my sorry old soul.
Of course,Drew's channel fans are from diverse countries all over the world.Drew spreads positivity to all of us and shows wherever we are,we are not than much different despite of our different races,religions and skin colour
I would be so happy if you saw the truth my wise friend. If you didn't i pray that you see the truth if you did i am happy for you. God bless!
You would like Tom Macdonald’s comment sections.
Check the comments on his Brunei video
Most of the time. I remember once he made a video on how the USA is different from the world and the comment section was very passive aggressive.
8:06 That is the first shot of a North Korean child smiling I have seen that doesn't look staged.
It felt staged after seeing your comment.
Kim shit his pants yesterday
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Such a unique experience you were able to have! I also taught English in Korea! I was there from 2017 until last fall and it is one of my favorite countries as well. Have you been able to hold onto the Korean you learned or have you lost most of it from lack of use? I learned a lot while living there and I'm actively trying to keep my ability to speak/read/write it because I think it is such a beautiful language
8:03 The way the lil girl bowed warmed my heart 😍😭💜
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Thank you Drew. You are a Godsend. I am 75 years old with lots of physical maladies. I depend on brave young guys like you to keep me informed. I am very gratful for you. Godspeed
Your video inspired me to do more research on North Korea as an international relations student. NK is an isolated country and it’s extremely interesting in many aspects. Thank you for sharing an awesome video!
Just amazing one Drew, especially I am also very curious about North Korea.
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I clicked so fast, I ignored my science homework for Drew’s video
LOL Erwin homework sucks!
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This is an awesome channel that provides a unique view of a bunch of countries. Keep it up! Seriously man!!
You're an artist too, besides being a content creator. The more raw and unedited, the more real it is. I love it!
Im so happy i wasn’t born there
@Sencsay uhm, ur asking WHY?!
@Sencsay Would u like to live there? If no, then u know why
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Amazing video drew. I am a 13 year old boy from Pakistan you have motivated me to travel. So when I grow up I will visit every country in the world
Hi I am Indian I hope u come to india
I'm 13 years too and Drew also motivated me to travel around the world when I grow up
Expensive, man!
@@Dracopol its not that expensive if ur going a few countries every year
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Thanks Drew just for talking about Korea so that ppl around the world can have an idea what's going with these countries. Im from Seoul and my granpa was also refugee from north Korea. He almost got killed if he couldnt find a hide spot luckily somewhere in toilet while escaping. I'm now studying in US as graduate student and sometime I just got surprised by this significantly big contrast between the two same but different countries... We don't have a clue when this will end like how Germany did, and maybe it might not happen until I die. As a Korean this is emotional and very sad :(
Yeah, for a whole year I’ve been listening to what’s happening there and I’ve been watching yeonmi park on TH-cam and it’s so sad. The media and news outlets don’t even talk about this so I was completely oblivious until a year ago. I wish nukes were never a thing because if nukes never existed then every country in the world would invade North Korea and stomp them out, unfortunately nukes exist so now every country is hesitant and don’t want to fight north korea
Wow you are great!! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer our questions!!! You are really passionate about what you do!! God bless you!! 🙌🙏
For all ya travelers who want to get to North Korea...but you’re afraid or don’t have that much money...you still can get a glimpse of the country if you visit the DMZ by a day tour from South Korea and it actually counts as a visit
As drew drunil would say “best Korea”
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What do you mean: "counts as a visit"?
Why would anyone wanna a visit their and fund that awful oppressive regime
drew binksy isnt biased hes just honest which we all appreciate from him
Me too! I learn so much from his videos, it’s incredible ☺️
yeah, that's what I like about him. If he don't like, he just say it based on his experience. If he like it, eventho someone call it a terrorist country, they like it and share his thought with us
@Phillip hanna And that's exactly what Drew DIDN'T do. He didn't glorify it, he was honest without getting political.
He is though because he clearly doesn’t know the history of the Korean War what was the background and why North Korea is unAmerican.
Drew you sound like such a nice guy ! I think your lucky to have been in every country in the world but I think all the countries on the world are luckier to have you visiting!
Thanks man, good vids! I spent a year in Korea as a soldier back in '96. The only NK we experienced was constant propaganda being blasted at us from the North. Some of us would actually hallucinate during training because of it.
We always wondered about Puyang, not much known about it at that time. Also caught malaria.
Small correction: The Korean Peninsula was already split before the Korean War, since the end of World War Two, as the US and Soviets both established regime-loyal governments for their own influence in their sides of the peninsula.
Josef Stalin put Kim il sung in charge and that’s when it turned into the place it is today
@@Mikamichae then kim il sung quickly quitted the soviet union
Thanks WW2 😒
Korea hasn't been united since 1910. Before 1945, Japan annexed Korea.
@@Buttcakes15 i mean not trynna be that guy but before ww2 korea was part of Japan and life is pretty much the same as it was back during japanese times in North Korea (Aka. Terrible)
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Thanks for the invitation 😀
Hello comrade
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Russia is also a hellhole lol corrupt officials violating their own constitution if a us president did that then they would be charged
Your old videos are not cringy, but raw and capture the time perfecly. What an awesome life, once you travel to excotic places you want o keep doing it again. My trip to China is one of the most memorable experiences in my life.
I love your channel Drew! You are living my dream life! I’m originally from Liberia but I grew up in the US and still live here. Yes, of course I saw your video on Liberia! Lol. Btw, do you learn the languages of all these countries you visit?! Your life has gotta be crazy awesome and you’re probably one of the most well rounded people out there. Keep doing what you’re doing!!
I went 2 times to North Korea, first time as tourist, I spent a 5 days tour there and as you mentioned in the video, its also for me the most interesting country in the world. After this 1st trip I had more questions then before and these brought me to write my master thesis about tourism in north korea. Basically about the motivation to travel there and how the perception is changing. At the beginning I wanted to collaborate with tour operators doing tours there but didnt get any positive response so I decided to do a tour again in order to get to know more people who travelled there and afterwards was conducting an online questionnaire. Summarising, I am glad to have done this so I was on my own trying to get to know more about this isolated country. Thank you for creating this content about NK, it always amazes me how other people experienced this country.
what were your thoughts on being there? did it feel staged? what stereotypes or preconceived notions were challenged/reinforced? is there anywhere we could read your thesis?
sounds very interesting. cheers
The perception is changing? An American tourist was returned to his family in a vegetable state no less than 10 years ago… North Koreans still eating crickets in prison camps..
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Obviously when you do a tour there, you will only visit places they want to show you. Individual traveling is with a few exceptions not possible and therefore a major limitation. Nevertheless, we had many random situations, e.g. when taking a break/walking randomly on a street where we had spontanous encounters with pedestrians which can't be staged. Stereotypical was definitely the repeating praising of the "great" leader by the North Korean tour guides.
When you go there you are supporting a violent cruel regime. The leaders are lunatics and put many millions of their own people in prison…including their children and entire families.
I'm malaysian 🇲🇾. The average person here knows about the Malaysia-North Korea issue. We will continue to oppose and will not bow to the selfishness of North Korea and also oppose the insults from Malaysia's own neighbors.
Kim tu cam budak tadika ah
which of Malaysia's neighbours insult Malaysia and regarding which matter?
You need to chill down and have some respect for your brothers and sisters .
Why so serious? Why dont you just ignore them? Whole world knows which country is in the right side. We are not blind.
Yes, that's right!
Wow! Great story. Reminds me on Bulgaria in the 70‘s. You were only allowed to go to restaurants prepared for the tourists. The people looked all very depressed. In Sofia they all had pale faces. All looking on the ground running to their jobs. I had the feeling I am in a Kafka movie. So that is Communism at it‘s worst.
Thanks Drew. I can really relate to your DPRK video. My interest in the DPRK was piqued a few years back by the captivating BBC series, ‘Michael Palin in North Korea’. Also, several years ago, my intrepid son (like you) visited Pyongyang for their annual marathon and was enthralled by the experience. I’m an Australian who's been living and working in Vietnam since 2017, and have taken every opportunity to explore neighbouring countries. So, back in late July 2019, and at very short notice (8 days), I managed to book a three-night, four-day sightseeing tour of the DPRK with Explore North Korea tour company in China. On the 25 July I joined a Chinese tour group at Shanghai’s Pudong Airport, and we caught the night flight to Pyongyang. I was the only Westerner in the group of forty wonderful Chinese tourists. I have lived and worked in China for a total of about four years, so I am very much a Sinophile! The airport at Pyongyang is modern, and the DPRK customs and immigration officials were polite and efficient. The tour began immediately after lunch on the first day and the itinerary was very full and very much designed for my Chinese companions. I discovered that there is a very strong bond between China and the DPRK. Food for thought. Fortunately, I was assigned an English speaking DPRK tour guide, Hong, who was extremely helpful, a fountain of knowledge, and good fun. When we first met, he did however ask me where I worked, and when I mentioned the American University in Da Nang, Vietnam, his brow wrinkled with that look of consternation. Whoops! ‘Nice weather today Hong...’ Hong was nonetheless surprisingly open in terms of the topics we discussed. Pyongyang is completely out of step with cities as we understand them: wide and bare and spotlessly clean tree-lined streets, with smartly dressed locals walking with purpose alone or in pairs. There is no advertising (save propaganda billboards), no shops or shopping centres that you could identify from other buildings, no crime, no graffiti, barely any traffic (a consequence of the sanctions) and giant candy-coloured government apartment blocks everywhere. On the second day, I was wandering through an exhibition and chatting idly with Hong when he said to me ‘We launched another missile yesterday. I was surprised to hear that!” I feigned shock and said jokingly “Quick get me out of here!” He grabbed my arm, and laughingly started to escort me away. He then looked at my arm (I had goose bumps from the chilly aircon) and said to me “You’ve got chicken skin!”. That evening we attended ‘The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang’ at the 150,000 capacity May Day Stadium in Pyongyang. ‘The Mass Games’ involve 100,000 participants and performers. Spectacular! On the final day we visited the DMZ where, at a guide’s suggestion, I was afforded ‘the rare privilege as a foreigner’, of being photographed with a DPRK soldier (I do acknowledge that some readers might be ‘uncomfortable’ with that). Cheers! Paul LP
fascinating story thank you for sharing
So much thoughts and I loved it! Aside from sharing the story of North Korea, your insights meant so much on the realities every country face day by day. That aside from all the beautiful places, there are indeed pressing issues that we (from other places/outsiders perspective) cannot see or unable to see. Glad that you’ve shared this. Fascinated and would want to visit this country soon.
Drew, I’ve been following your channel ever since the North Korea video, and it’s honestly amazing to see how your content has improved greatly (not that it was bad to begin with). Keep doing what you do, and I hope that you’ll have even cooler experiences to share from traveling around the world!
Hi drew,I recently discovered your videos,I've been binging out on them ,and they are fantastic! In your north korea videos are really something.I can't put into words.Your outlook on life is beautiful.please keep making more videos❤
you were lived in south korea!! i found you by chance, and im south korean...amazing. and thanks for exact travel experience and deliver reality for seriously!
Please don't cringe when you watch your old work. Growth is never embarassing ❤️
This is the main reason why im still comparing you to other traveller/s vloggers,content creators.I just found out that you being raw and natural is just satisfying.The way you deliver your opinions and sympathy towards people of a certain country makes it beautiful.
Hi Drew, i was in North Korea in Dec 2018 for 5 days, pretty much the same experiences as you, i was however able to speak freely with citizens as i took the train to and from Dandong. I have also traveled to nearly every country in the world and agree that its a very interesting experience (when i was there only 6 people in our hotel yet everything was open and staff on duty 24h we were able to leave our rooms but not the hotel at night.
Great video! I am interested in Asia in general, hope to get the opportunity to visit South and north korea at some point! Cheers, stay healthy!
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Another awesome video, Drew, please come back to Canada some day and show the world our beautiful provinces.
Drew, have you thought about doing a follow-up on the people you interviewed (like Evelyn) who escaped from North Korea and how they're doing now?
Fascinating content. So very sad for those dear people. I visited Czechoslovakia while on active duty as a U.S. naval officer, 1985. What stunned me is that it was every bit as depressing and gloomy and sad as my advance information said it would be, and that was nowhere near the level of the DPRK.
So proud of this guy. I subscribed back when he had 80,000 subs
Man, millions of kids are there who have so much potential in life. Some have amazing talents and ideas but unfortunately it is blocked by the country
I mean the reason they are that talented is because of the blockage man. Free kids everywhere in America but they depressed and no talent.
Unfortunately yes 😕
@@antoniososa1964 bruh u ok. There's plenty of talent in America. Sure a vast majority are average but that's not because of freedom or anything that's because most kids are well average regardless of location.
@@antoniososa1964 why the hell are they depressed
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very intresting great information seems like wonderful lifestyle yes i love your videos
I love you back Drew. I worked and traveled all 50 states from 20-73 on vacations and retirement. My favorite USA cities were Las Vegas, Rapid City, and Kalispell, Montana, Singapore and Acapulco were my favorite foreign destination out of many.
Thank you so much.
What did you like about Montana? Interesting place not what I though tourists would go
Can’t miss any videos of Drew! Such an inspiration
Thank you for your support 🙏🏻❤
Even though I am South Korean, it is so impressed what i can feel and see North Korea from your channel. and thank you for your effort!
first of all thanks for that clear subtitles and clear voice of yours. so we can understand the English of yours...thanks buddy
That is the video I found you from! Keep up the great content Drew!
I clicked so fast, North Korean soldiers failed to capture me trying to cross the border
Seriously? Tell the story pls
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@@SpicyMang0s oh your being sarcastic
@@rhoydplaz2853 perhaps
I'm thinking about Malaysia now after you uploaded a video about North Korea...
Same as me😬
Ohh I've heard the news that Malaysia & N.Korea cut ties their diplomatic relations. Honestly what happened? I don't really follow the news. Just curious.
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@@dwivaraditya8079 money laundering and not too long ago they assasinate their own brother at kl international airport...they did all that shit so we aint gonna keep em here anymore
Great video!! I really enjoyed it! I'm reading "Under the same Sky" by Joseph Kim. It was great to see some video of North Korea so I can picture the area while reading the book. I feel so sorry for the North Korea people.
Guess, the video was really good. And thank you for follow-up video. NK is really an interesting country to visit.
This is awesome, the youtube algorithm has brought me videos about DPRK lately, for whatever reason, and now my favorite travel vlogger puts this out for us. Thank you, Drew! I've also thought about teaching in S. Korea but it's no longer feasible for me. Love seeing other people talk about these amazing experiences! I really hope to go to S. Korea one day 🤞
This is exactly what I want to see. Great content. You really said a lot about NORTH KOREA
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Man do what your doing love your videos your Awesome keep doing what your doing I love you stay safe(I do not love you in you know) I'm sure many people feel the same
Just a quick fact about the Pyongjang Metro: It was the public transport system of East Berlin, North Korea bought it after the German reunification.
Also very interesting and high quality video you did there, Drew. I just love your channel because in many cases, it is just the only way to find out about some countries without the prejudice of western media. Thank you so much❤️.
I hope that one day we can all be as one free people without repressing systems!
Actually the current rolling stock of the Pyongyang metro I'm pretty sure were the West Berlin ones, but yeah
@@herodesees3767 Maybe you're right, I'm not completely sure.
I'm a railway Enthusiast and I didn't know that! Well as they say,you learn something new everyday!
@@herodesees3767 I think the Pyongyang subway trains are indeed from the former GDR/East Germany. I once watched a documentary about North Korea in which people from several countries shared their experiences in NK via video logs and it was super interesting. One of them was a guy who grew up in former East Berlin and he said stepping into the Pyongyang subway was like a slap to his face because he recognized the wagons from his youth in the GDR, only the paint was different. Unfortunately I can't find this documentary anymore. It was one of the older documentaries and I guess it has been deleted from TH-cam which is a shame because it was super interessting what different people from different countries noticed about North Korea. The guy from East Germany focused on different things than the guy from the US, for example.
@@cthulhuseyelash6569 Actually were are two types of rolling stock in the Pyongyang metro. Originally there was both East Berlin and West Berlin rolling stock. The east Berlin metro was a slightly different type than then West Berlin ones. However, the Pyongyang metro these days only runs on the West Berlin ones. They have retired East German rolling stock.
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Kudos Drew. Wonderful insights as always.
I met a North Korean defector. She said North Korea isn’t nice country. She was just trying to survive for her 23 years she was there. She doesn’t recommend any tourists ever traveling there.
Unless she will experience real life terminal movie 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@@udhayakumarMN this isnt funny
I am totally never going to North Korea. Will go to South Korea and North Korea once the regime is over and a powerful non communist nation takes over…
Exactly. It is inappropriate as HELL to go there on these tours at all.
@@BeckyAngelix also north Korea is a very anti western place also if north Korea didn't have China they would be fucked also the money you give to the airlines is for the regime so technically anybody who does visit these places is supporting a regime of terror
Great video as always, Drew! I was also able to go to North Korea in 2019, and just like you, I was naive and didn't know much about foreign cultures and didn't have a lot to put into perspective.
My trip was very similar to yours, as I also went there during the Marathon event and it was indeed a unique experience to be able to run on the streets of Pyongyang without feeling restricted to a tour guide or the bus.
Unfortunately I don't speak korean (yet), so I wasn't able to communicate with the locals just like you, although highfiving the kids was still absolutely surreal and remains one of the coolest things I've done to this day. :)
I did go to South Korea 2 months later (as this was part of a 3 month long travel), and the contrast was just how you described it. Absolutely surreal! I did have the most amazing time in South Korea and definitely the most surreal time in North Korea.
Oh btw! I see we stayed at the same hotel in North Korea! Did you also check out the casino in the basement? They actually had wifi down there when I was visiting. I was able to text my friends, but they freaked out and thought it was North Koreans who texted from my phone, since there was no way I should be able to text from inside North Korea haha! :D
Stay safe! :)
Love you bro
You are my travel inspiration
Thankyou for motivating me🤘
Thanks for watching 💕
Just subscribed, stumbled across one of your clips by accident...now hooked 🤣🤣🤣 Love your stuff. Cheers from Canada !!!!
Thank you for sharing your experiences with me, Drew! I have heard of North Korea and the human rights violation but not to that extent specifically, I would love to go to North Korea and meet the people there also like you did, I will follow the rules of the country and I would love to record my moments when I go to North Korea in the future!🙏🏽💞
Such an interesting perspective, thanks for sharing! Your story telling inspires me to improve my travel videos!
Thanks for watching 💕
Yeay!!I'm early! I JUST FINISHED WATCH YOUR NORTH KOREA VIDEO!!
Thank You For Sharing This Beautiful Video
Hey Drew, love your videos and been watching since you was at like 200k. Love seeing your channel grow. I’ve been wanting to make videos myself, so this is a real inspiration.
Hey Drew, thanks for all of your great content, your a great guy, in a bigger picture, what you are doing helps reunite us as a society. Being informed of other countries helps get rid of the closeminded stereotypes we tend to put on countries.
Amen!
That gaves me goosebumps that how hard is their lifes. I hope one day all of them can live happly and people who made them live like this is just gone to anywhere where they cant make same things again
Thank you for both documentaries on NK. Haven’t seen the ones you did featuring people who were born there, but have left.
This is definitely better than your first video on the topic!
Love y’all from Norway🇳🇴
Me too
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Me too
Hello I'm from finland
4:47 😂😂😂 the guy right there
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What about him? I keep looking.
Ohhhhhhh I see nvm lol
Thanks for sharing your experience ! Learnt many things !
I agree with ur opinion....keep going brudah ❤️🇮🇳
8:05 best part of this video... love this child ♥️♥️
North Korea's embassy left Malaysia not long ago😁you just learned something
Didn't leave Malaysia, it's that North Korea retracted the embassy from Malaysia after a controversy over a criminal case
@@aayush9363 wow
@@aayush9363 thank you
@@Jacklee-ps3pi :)
@@aayush9363 malaysia did ask them to leave in 48 hours after NK severed ties with malaysia...they did covid test and then left in a bus all provided by malaysia government
I just got introduced to the videos. Love everyone I watched so far. Safe travels
Thanks for sharing such an interesting video allowing us to travel thru your eyes.
This is knowledgeable
love it mate 🤜🏼
Thank you for sharing this.
Hi Drew, you may enjoy seeing Fun for Louis and his visit to N Korea. I recognized your tour guide in this one, Louis Cole is from the UK, and has a lively TH-cam channel. While in N Korea, he and his tour group taught this tour guide surfing, skateboarding, and made a video of her singing over shots of her surfing lessons. She was delightful and they made her laugh a lot. Really brought out her personality.
the reason why it is a deep metro is so that it can be used for a nuke shelter
Proof please?
@@AlxzAlec it's North Korea.. c'mon
@@AlxzAlec Communism.
@@AlxzAlec Google. My country has a same one(Beijing).
@@dragisa2015 North Korea isn’t communist, it’s fascist, people don’t get paid enough for their jobs and they are forced to do whatever their dictator wants, they have no choices and therefor it is not a commune
Love from Lagos Nigeria 🇳🇬
I feel the pain of my brothers and sisters in North Korea and hope they will get the freedom they deserve pretty soon.
Drew keep the good work going and stay safe please.
Great video. We spent 2 weeks in DPRK in 2016 also during the 7th party Congress. We travelled all over southern DPRK and loved it!