1 DAY IN NORTH KOREA (Overwhelming Experience)

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  • @IndigoTraveller
    @IndigoTraveller  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2757

    *Thank you for watching Ep#2 of my Inside North Korea Series!* 🙏
    -Last episode (Arriving in North Korea): tinyurl.com/yaoamyzu
    -North Korea Video Playlist: tinyurl.com/ybbrvhe4
    -My photos of North Korea: tinyurl.com/maerr29
    Cheers! Leave me a comment with your thoughts below ✌

    • @sterlingsilver5937
      @sterlingsilver5937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thank you for makijg this video. 👌

    • @user-mr9bn8ep7e
      @user-mr9bn8ep7e 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      김정은 ..

    • @smokeybrown8752
      @smokeybrown8752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Indigo Traveller holy shit I thought you were taken to the prison camp. (Lucky you bro )

    • @trevorsasso
      @trevorsasso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What were you thinking so what if you are a traveler please be very very careful if you are in a place like that again

    • @bigdog638
      @bigdog638 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Leander Herman he’s not American you twat

  • @abrahamvelasco6490
    @abrahamvelasco6490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37368

    "They were shooting me with fake guns, it was pretty fun to interact with the kids". Yea this dude was scared to say anything negative. I would be too.

    • @slipperysqueef5284
      @slipperysqueef5284 4 ปีที่แล้ว +692

      @-:- HayHay -:- that's exactly what it translates to.

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +643

      I did it the same he done when i visited this hermitage country..not to mention the compulsory visit to the statues to pay them respect...

    • @RosemaryTurner2002
      @RosemaryTurner2002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1928

      -:- HayHay -:-
      They literally called him a bastard and a filthy swine 💀

    • @hobosapien6227
      @hobosapien6227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +842

      For real?! You guys ain't screwing with me are you?! Those little kids were really saying that shit?😮

    • @jexanrp8642
      @jexanrp8642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Abraham Velasco That's immediately what I thought 😂😂

  • @BreeOlson9
    @BreeOlson9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20251

    They 100% have his room bugged and he knows it

    • @t0ny260
      @t0ny260 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2725

      No wonder he was whispering whenever he’s in the hotel room!

    • @calebd512
      @calebd512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +829

      whatever3210 yea mean I'd be pretty terrified of going but I still would. If I dont feel scared or anything then I'm dead

    • @michaeladams762
      @michaeladams762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3536

      I knew a guy who was in a band that went there and he says he was in his room and mentioned there not being an iron, and then a few minutes later someone brought an iron to his room.

    • @seedmix1252
      @seedmix1252 5 ปีที่แล้ว +553

      Michael Adams That's crazy !! It kinda weirds me out that they do that but I guess because North Korea is about respect it makes a bit of sense

    • @alanahgrundy5733
      @alanahgrundy5733 5 ปีที่แล้ว +914

      at 1:23 that hole in the wall looks suspicious...

  • @ryalmaxwell-lyster2012
    @ryalmaxwell-lyster2012 ปีที่แล้ว +3012

    I feel blessed to be born in a country with individuals rights and freedoms ...

    • @John_Oldman
      @John_Oldman ปีที่แล้ว +116

      You don't have any rights lol. This is a misconception.

    • @antonywu6672
      @antonywu6672 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

      @@John_Oldman You good?

    • @endlessstation
      @endlessstation 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

      @@John_Oldman you are the one who misconception

    • @rxsegoldn.6502
      @rxsegoldn.6502 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Where @👀

    • @satya2755
      @satya2755 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@John_Oldman are you for real dude

  • @AntsDrone
    @AntsDrone ปีที่แล้ว +1984

    I’d never even consider stepping foot inside. You literally risked your life to show us not even 5% of this hellscape. Props to you.

    • @billfrench1069
      @billfrench1069 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

      Most all people on official tours are completely fine as long as you don’t say or do anything stupid. But yes the risk of something catastrophic happening are still many, many times more than any other country.

    • @Cathart1c
      @Cathart1c 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How can somebody be so fucking ignorant and stupid? Did you at least watch the video? Do you really believe that soldiers are gonna fckn kill you if you say something they don't like? Where is that hellscape you're ranting about?

    • @rebecca1431
      @rebecca1431 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      PEOPLE IN NORTH KOREA ARE HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER THAN IN USA.

    • @offasmike9
      @offasmike9 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +132

      @@rebecca1431 they’re literally starving

    • @sydnayallen6762
      @sydnayallen6762 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

      @@rebecca1431 "Blink twice if somebody is holding you at gunpoint"
      Cuz that is the biggest load of bullshit i've ever read

  • @jnasty6669
    @jnasty6669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5857

    Dudes just casually vlogging in North Korea

    • @haruhifujioka5952
      @haruhifujioka5952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I would

    • @dexterjettster2746
      @dexterjettster2746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Haruhi Fujioka sure you would bud

    • @haruhifujioka5952
      @haruhifujioka5952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@dexterjettster2746 I find pyonyang to be really cool. Plus some of its country side is really pretty. I really wanna visit TBH.

    • @orielle6014
      @orielle6014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Haruhi Fujioka same tbh

    • @ericlukaszekdocarmo8216
      @ericlukaszekdocarmo8216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Haruhi Fujioka when you want to be sent to a prison camp

  • @davidh1925
    @davidh1925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8947

    Am I the only one that feels like the whole place is staged for tourists?
    A little way too clean

    • @hanien6230
      @hanien6230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +572

      same!! I feel like all those places and people he showed are staged. it just doesn’t seem natural to me at all

    • @SaphyRavenhurst
      @SaphyRavenhurst 3 ปีที่แล้ว +682

      They do direct tourists to the “nicer” part of it as propaganda to show how “nice” it really is.

    • @linacasanellas3515
      @linacasanellas3515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      tourist arent even really allowed here lol

    • @user-qw7jn1xv5r
      @user-qw7jn1xv5r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +310

      cause it's really design for tourists, place outside Pyongyang is really experiencing from extreme poverty and oppression from the government

    • @buabulua8960
      @buabulua8960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      It is staged but in north Korea it jas to be clean by law if your spotted trowing things in the ground u could be taken to jail

  • @krismm2003
    @krismm2003 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1152

    Make no mistake - these are not the North Korean People - these are the props for visitors. The countryside is where the people are; starving to survive, working day in and day out to provide resources for the props to perpetuate the facade.

    • @clockwork6973
      @clockwork6973 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

      Or maybe they just brainwashed us thinking this?

    • @mattsgamesstreams6189
      @mattsgamesstreams6189 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      You do realize they still have somewhat of an economy, right?

    • @bobachii
      @bobachii 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      ​@@clockwork6973No. What Krismm2003 said is pretty well known in South Korea. This is coming from a Korean that's been there multiple times.

    • @p.e.7747
      @p.e.7747 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@bobachii yeah south korea would never have any reason to comply with American propaganda

    • @emptyptr9401
      @emptyptr9401 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      @@clockwork6973 Of course our governments will try to make it look as bad as possible, but there are many independent sources confirming this. I mean, "props for visitors" is a bit harsh maybe, but its fairly well known that there is a "rich" side of north-kora that is almost first-world like, and then a much larger poor side of north-korea on which the first world side is build upon. And obviously they are gonna show the rich side to tourists.
      Realistically speaking, while there of course also is manipulation going on on our side, we have to remember that we live an a culture that is much larger and that values freedom. When governments try to manipulate us they have to do so indirectly and its much harder and more limited since here everyone can just publicly disagree and they couldn't do much. In North-Kora however they can directly manipulate the masses and physically stop people who go against their agenda. Also they are a far smaller and more isolated community which makes manipulation far easier. Its is always important to note that there is more manipulation happening in our culture than many might be aware of, but its still not comparable to a dictatorship like North Korea. And also, there are more and more people here that arguably OVERestimate how much manipulation is happening here. because as I said, manipulating a culture like ours is far more messy and difficult, by no means impossible, but very much limited.

  • @galaxystarrs5432
    @galaxystarrs5432 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +475

    I am getting so many chills just by watching this, its horrifying of what these people go through.

    • @Syceth
      @Syceth 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      it is, But you have to remember these people have lived it like this probably all of their lives, so its all they know really.

    • @ggrocklee.
      @ggrocklee. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Sycethtrue

    • @CAELST
      @CAELST 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What they go through... according to who? USA tells you the truth about a counrty that was able to resist its terrible "democracy". Might be time to wake up

  • @curseddealer3288
    @curseddealer3288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4122

    7:38 "Kill the Western Devil! Die!"
    This dude:They were so adorable!

    • @jaliyahwilliams4406
      @jaliyahwilliams4406 5 ปีที่แล้ว +377

      CursedDealer I thought I was the only one who noticed that 😂

    • @yosammy1746
      @yosammy1746 5 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      Is that what they truly said or you just fucking? Lol

    • @harrolddjani
      @harrolddjani 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@yosammy1746 I'm wondering the same

    • @silvio1894
      @silvio1894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      I thought to myself "Imagine if they had guns."

    • @emmettjesrani6820
      @emmettjesrani6820 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @subu tai fuckkkkkk

  • @darryljuan7977
    @darryljuan7977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9941

    this man was trying so hard to not say anything bad i swear

    • @justtotallygorgeous
      @justtotallygorgeous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +892

      Well yeah he wanted to make it home alive

    • @elizabethbeasley7754
      @elizabethbeasley7754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +377

      You could see in his face the stuff he wanted to say. He looked as if he was forcing ok things to come out of his mouth.

    • @Orert
      @Orert 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @Zeidane Hall no, no you wouldn’t. You would be shitty you’re pants.

    • @is_she_weird
      @is_she_weird 2 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      @Zeidane Hall well feel free to say whatever you want here but trust me it would be suicidal to actually say that stuff there

    • @jackoffjohn3050
      @jackoffjohn3050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @Zeidane Hall they would litteraly hold you hostage 🤷‍♂️

  • @thedisappointmentvarietych2659
    @thedisappointmentvarietych2659 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +380

    It almost feels dystopian, I get liminal space feelings from this, it’s uncomfortable but beautiful

    • @user-ce5ii3wy6c
      @user-ce5ii3wy6c 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there is nothing beautiful about oppression

    • @mustardguy
      @mustardguy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      it's literally dystopian brotha

  • @zakrs130
    @zakrs130 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +178

    The children reminded me of when I visited South Korea. My knowledge of the Korean language is very very limited, so when I visited Seoul, I had hoped that some people would know a little bit of English, but this wasn't the case. Almost no adults spoke English in Seoul. I guess Seoul isn't really the tourist destination that Busan or other places are, but I didn't know any better and I'm a city person. Anyway, during my visit I went to the national war museum and there were school groups visiting that day. I remember a school group coming up to me and saying Hello, I'm from Korea. And when I replied back in Korean to say I'm from the UK their faces lit up and they were so happy. They were the only people to speak English to me the entire time I was in Seoul, I really appreciated it and it helped me feel less lonely.

  • @keatonsinclair1327
    @keatonsinclair1327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10261

    this feels illegal to watch

    • @BadButSweaty
      @BadButSweaty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      True😂

    • @ok-ud9lu
      @ok-ud9lu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      cuz it is..

    • @poosonballs
      @poosonballs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @@ok-ud9lu no it’s not wtf

    • @nguyensinhcungyt975
      @nguyensinhcungyt975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Feels illegal to like ur comment

    • @elliotrahman6020
      @elliotrahman6020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@poosonballs it’s illegal in North Korea

  • @what-the-heck-is-that
    @what-the-heck-is-that ปีที่แล้ว +2681

    7:38 As a South Korean, I can understand what they said. "How dare you come here!" "You American freak!" "You American!!" and you just said "thanks"
    you got bullied by them

    • @Silver-yo2yp
      @Silver-yo2yp ปีที่แล้ว +208

      I don’t know Korean but I can guess that they are bullying you.

    • @peachyme1401
      @peachyme1401 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂 “you got bullied by them”
      They are innocent brain washed kids, if anything they are being bullied by North Korea propaganda.

    • @gokucanfly4593
      @gokucanfly4593 ปีที่แล้ว +527

      They are brainwashed

    • @5UH9VQLVE5
      @5UH9VQLVE5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@gokucanfly4593 what is orientalism?

    • @seth_benge
      @seth_benge ปีที่แล้ว +157

      The power of indoctrination

  • @ycabonifacio2441
    @ycabonifacio2441 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    stumbled upon this video, and im happy i did. i can't believe north korea still looks the same as it looked in photos even years ago. my mind can't fully grasp life there.

  • @arctic6650
    @arctic6650 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    I can imagine this guy going to Berlin in 1937 and leasurely talking about how well the Nazis kept the streets clean, how delicious the food was and how wonderful it was that the trains ran on time. Meanwhile, the concentration/death camps were working overtime, while he's having a self described."great time"

    • @laslov7812
      @laslov7812 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      At 1937 the holocaust hadn't started yet. I get your point but please learn some history first.

    • @laslov7812
      @laslov7812 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mattnortham300 The comment stated "death camps", and the mass systematic extermination is what defines the holocaust, which started in the middle of ww2, so not 1937. That's about it. No need to discuss this over nothing. If he had said "during ww2" instead he'd be right.

    • @laslov7812
      @laslov7812 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mattnortham300 Yeah, again, it said "full working death camps", and that started in 1941 and ended in the 45. So no, not in the 37. Now stfu.

  • @lozang6252
    @lozang6252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21659

    He is so careful to not say anything negative or critical. Must have been scary knowing how much trouble you can get into for a perceived wrong. Fuck that man, you're brave. I'd never go.

    • @youngw.a.r2709
      @youngw.a.r2709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +669

      Yeah but it would be easy to just take videos and photos then do a voice over once he's back home in his country

    • @jkb8982
      @jkb8982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      @@JesusisLord254 Jesus ain’t a god

    • @mbautista_06
      @mbautista_06 3 ปีที่แล้ว +411

      @@jkb8982 but Shrek is

    • @videogra5645
      @videogra5645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      He could tell whatever he wanted. He's an American and uploaded this video on TH-cam after he left NK... Nobody would get him here even if he said something he really thinks...

    • @Rinkyu
      @Rinkyu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@jkb8982 Jesus is Lord

  • @nikahatt
    @nikahatt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9665

    The more positive he talked, the more unsettling and eerie the video felt. I don’t know why I was so concerned about the Bermuda Triangle as a little kid, when North Fucking Korea is the way that it is.

    • @louisaamabel708
      @louisaamabel708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Agreed

    • @accj7837
      @accj7837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +251

      Yeah, I feel like he was purposely saying this stuff so we see the real message, the opposite

    • @daleksauce2544
      @daleksauce2544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      No. You're just brainwashed... Can you watch a video without western bias?

    • @kamisa7362
      @kamisa7362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +297

      @@daleksauce2544 It's not "western bias". That's always the BS excuse. You can find information/videos of people who've escaped. You can find clips of people being shot at for trying to escape over the border. The North Korean leader is a dictator. The people have no freedom to do anything and with extreme punishments, if caught.

    • @sicsiddd
      @sicsiddd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@daleksauce2544 found the brainwashes nk supporter

  • @auxmike718
    @auxmike718 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    Perhaps he should have done a video AFTER he returned home so he could have commented freely on how he REALLY felt!

    • @laceyhaas
      @laceyhaas ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Probably too scared to even do that

    • @laralara6607
      @laralara6607 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      yeah i dont think he wants to risk his life for a couple views

    • @tararosabelle7368
      @tararosabelle7368 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@laralara6607wouldn’t it be okay for him to say how he really felt once he is fully away from the country though? I mean are people from NK going to come after people who criticize who are far away from the country? Seems a little far fetched to me. But if they do that I’m just glad they don’t bother coming where I am cause everyone here definitely does not have great stuff to say about it that’s for certain.

    • @laralara6607
      @laralara6607 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@tararosabelle7368 technically yes but when you hear how NK comes after the defectors you’d feel scared too so I guess it’s a safety measure you know

    • @NorthEastSpiders
      @NorthEastSpiders 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@tararosabelle7368Kim Jong Un is well known to have orchestrated many assassinations, he has even had members of his own family killed and famously had one of his own brothers murdered in an airport far away from North Korea, so yes he can get people outside of North Korea.

  • @alexmetz6885
    @alexmetz6885 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I only saw 1 person smile in the whole video. Very telling of what it's like there. Even you weren't as cheerful as usual, and it showed.

  • @norndev
    @norndev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9661

    Very weird seeing an entire country held hostage

    • @yosup5178
      @yosup5178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      What?

    • @qraee
      @qraee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Fr

    • @rileyhight3798
      @rileyhight3798 5 ปีที่แล้ว +349

      @@yosup5178 What do you mean what? 😂

    • @wickeywaanzla3015
      @wickeywaanzla3015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      @@isokessu Well my friend, that would be America.

    • @OompaL0ompa
      @OompaL0ompa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      weirder is a so called "educated,democratic" country having a guy like trump as their leader

  • @gracepeterson4213
    @gracepeterson4213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4841

    Just imagine laying down on the grass and all of a sudden these children surround you with fake guns, pretending to shoot you.

    • @paulghencea9037
      @paulghencea9037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      Honestly that sounds pretty normal for children

    • @gracepeterson4213
      @gracepeterson4213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@paulghencea9037 Yeah it is, but still 😂

    • @danniwool6102
      @danniwool6102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +409

      @@paulghencea9037 yeah but the children were saying some pretty racist things. It's really sad tbh

    • @daledillard3281
      @daledillard3281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They're kids playing.

    • @paulghencea9037
      @paulghencea9037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@danniwool6102 children saying racist things also sounds like something children wold do

  • @steelersnation7239
    @steelersnation7239 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This is really amazing. It is a part of the world that you never ever see but rather just hear about. Thank you for making this video. 🙏

  • @derzeraphin4208
    @derzeraphin4208 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The trains in the metro are discarded subway trains from the 70s/80s from East Berlin. And were sold to North Korea between 1993 and 1997. Type GI (Gisela).

  • @geokallacheril6430
    @geokallacheril6430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7820

    Now make a video talking about your actual experience free of bugs and hidden cameras.

    • @Heyfunnygirl
      @Heyfunnygirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      Pedro Dumper why America? He’s from New Zealand

    • @gordonblo6338
      @gordonblo6338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Pedro Dumper this pathetic looser just thinks thats a real girl

    • @lukesutton4135
      @lukesutton4135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      He may want to go back and not be tortured.

    • @patrickphilbin5739
      @patrickphilbin5739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This is his experience. The government li.its westerners from travelling around the country freely.

    • @shineinstars
      @shineinstars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gordonblo6338 uhhhh

  • @kanya5629
    @kanya5629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6742

    I’d be scared to blink in North Korea tbh

    • @Abi_B.
      @Abi_B. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Yeah no kidding.

    • @isabelh7719
      @isabelh7719 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      A blink is like a mila sec so no fear

    • @andyramirez7115
      @andyramirez7115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@Abi_B. you should be scared to blink in America.

    • @Xihey.
      @Xihey. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      r/woooosh @@isabelh7719

    • @bostonsportsfan9128
      @bostonsportsfan9128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@andyramirez7115 idiot

  • @GatCat
    @GatCat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    As an American, I pray for the people of North Korea every day. Especially the children. I hope the people can be free of their slavers at some point.

  • @wolfgangkirby6820
    @wolfgangkirby6820 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    13:15 the guide was actually quite well spoken and gentle with her tone

  • @davidbrown-yx3gz
    @davidbrown-yx3gz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +902

    The lack of local interaction and eye contact speak a thousand words

    • @yosephrezahe2534
      @yosephrezahe2534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Um, you know they do the exact same thing in South Korea right

    • @greennuckles1875
      @greennuckles1875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@yosephrezahe2534 yep, they do. I went there for a 1 week job and didn't feel comfortable. I got told to stand elsewhere when I was just hanging out on the street. Oh, and they can smoke, but yell at you when u do.

    • @alexandergutierrez5454
      @alexandergutierrez5454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They do the same in NY. Lol

    • @neazenzen372
      @neazenzen372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That happens in sweden too.

    • @patdogs
      @patdogs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Some cultures dont place value in smiling and eye contact. It doesnt mean they are sad or they hate you...

  • @davidriddle6677
    @davidriddle6677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6111

    I think those kids racially abused you fam

  • @jennifermusic
    @jennifermusic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Chills watching this you are so brave!! Your doing your best to stay positive!!! So thankful I am born an raised in Amsterdam wauw!!

  • @tiffanyi5645
    @tiffanyi5645 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this was fascinating, thanks for sharing and 🙋🏽‍♀️ hello from Brooklyn 🇺🇸

  • @Clemmutine
    @Clemmutine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6187

    All of those people looked like they were secretly screaming for help

    • @fluoroantimonicacid4844
      @fluoroantimonicacid4844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      Some of them are like that but some of them too are giving up and they think this is their whole life supposed to be

    • @fluoroantimonicacid4844
      @fluoroantimonicacid4844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      But I hope someone help those all people out from that country Even the soldier/guards out there

    • @guacamolly_
      @guacamolly_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Honestly to me some of them just looked almost empty or emotionless

    • @banumathi1065
      @banumathi1065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Esp. that police woman

    • @gordonblo6338
      @gordonblo6338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Only the Elite is allowed to live in Pyongyang. Those people have a relatively good live

  • @iggyp2639
    @iggyp2639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3686

    seeing all those kids is just the biggest damn reminder than you dont get to choose where you are born... they are so innocent yet their lives were striped away from freedom the moment their hearts started beating inside the womb...

    • @rhowie.dearest
      @rhowie.dearest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      i really get angry to their parents, like, don't bring another human being to this hell. but their mentality is so much different of course

    • @Argechi
      @Argechi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      @@rhowie.dearest they have no choice, you must have children as a women in north korea

    • @violet_19
      @violet_19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Argechi i mean, what?

    • @Austin96322
      @Austin96322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@violet_19 they will kill you if you dont

    • @cristinaluca8013
      @cristinaluca8013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i wonder people bother making babies in north korea because its just cruel to have a child grow up in such a country

  • @peppermint23
    @peppermint23 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    the fun fair in the baking heat with the mini-child Olympics looks anything but fun.

  • @p.j4545
    @p.j4545 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoy your videos you are a very respectful gentleman where ever you go and you are a pleasure to watch.

  • @javierfigueroa7004
    @javierfigueroa7004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15148

    Imagine going to North Korea and then they banned international travel.

    • @skyeluvsyt
      @skyeluvsyt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +573

      o god

    • @Simpsfan300
      @Simpsfan300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2101

      That’s a terrifying thought.

    • @guacamolly_
      @guacamolly_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      Oh noooo

    • @blooz7134
      @blooz7134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +365

      Looks like we're starting a revolution.

    • @javierfigueroa7004
      @javierfigueroa7004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      ian the conqueror please elaborate

  • @niekvanwijk4451
    @niekvanwijk4451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2101

    Imagine people from the countryside seeing this video. Seeing how their leader is feeding tourists delicious foods while they have to live with grass and insects.

    • @abdifatahmohamed991
      @abdifatahmohamed991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      They will never see like this video’s,

    • @sPaternostro99
      @sPaternostro99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      I dont know how he can eat while knowing the entire nation is dying of hunger or just poor conditions and hes been served all of that food just to build an image.

    • @yuuto4086
      @yuuto4086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yo just don’t believe everything you see on the news

    • @peep9345
      @peep9345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@yuuto4086 just watch the videos of yeonmi park. She is a north korean defector and then you'll know

    • @jan8851
      @jan8851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peep9345 what about the Americans that flee to North Korea? All countries deliver one sided propaganda. Which is a debate in Multiple european countries. Western countries deliver more propaganda than north Korea so stfu and see the country for yourself

  • @user-ji3jn5yg5e
    @user-ji3jn5yg5e 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It's pretty amazing what the kid on the unicycle did 😊

  • @nabanitadey1785
    @nabanitadey1785 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The number of times he used the adjective "fascinating" is truly fascinating.

  • @dandypod5754
    @dandypod5754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15079

    It’s important to remember all his content was reviewed by the government to ensure it was ALL positive.
    Edit: the voiceover is under his control, however the footage was likely all reviewed and wouldn’t show anything bad.

    • @kas2388
      @kas2388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1704

      facts and if he said the slightest / smallest thing they would’ve held him hostage 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @lailam505
      @lailam505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      !!!

    • @xZigZagg
      @xZigZagg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Not sure if actually serious or just kidding

    • @dandypod5754
      @dandypod5754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +487

      Finnfsf I’m definitely serious

    • @olbaprabocse9940
      @olbaprabocse9940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Simon wilsons vlogs seemed different.

  • @deez3979
    @deez3979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8611

    since he isn’t held hostage anymore, tell us what it was actually like.

    • @Rose-gf1se
      @Rose-gf1se 3 ปีที่แล้ว +364

      Ikr☠️☠️☠️☠️

    • @emilyvelvet4902
      @emilyvelvet4902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      Exactly

    • @godlikes8748
      @godlikes8748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Wait what?

    • @victorvila1056
      @victorvila1056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +454

      Nah it was probably exactly as he said it was the thing is that they made sure that he doesn't see how NK actually is because that's only a part of the capital so probably the other cities and towns are pretty fucked up

    • @ally33799
      @ally33799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      He is probably still being watched

  • @Fellwich
    @Fellwich 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    8:25 My initial reaction when I saw these trains was: wait a second, these look like recolored trains we have in Berlin today. Super interesting that their trains were made in Germany. I think the ones in Berlin were also used in the DDR in sowjet times - so thats probably when they were made for North Korea. Very interesting. Crazy that they shipped them all the way.

  • @never_changing
    @never_changing ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a citizen of Kyiv I approve. Their metro in fact looks like a mirror image of ours. Take away the Korean symbolics and it basically looks like Zhytomyrska station in Kyiv

    • @lolasuder8724
      @lolasuder8724 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who cares whether you approve?

  • @stanisilviamikuyorlovi7617
    @stanisilviamikuyorlovi7617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3219

    The second he said “they shot me with fake guns it was super cool to interact with the kids” is when you can tell it’s gets really uncomfortable to not say anything bad

    • @divinechannel3240
      @divinechannel3240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +255

      The kids were probably saying die American die and other slanderous remarks 😣

    • @l0g4nn
      @l0g4nn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +476

      @@divinechannel3240 they were calling his a “western bastard” and “pale pig,” essentially mocking him for being european and for lying down which is seen as disrespectful in front of other elders

    • @krismarshall3803
      @krismarshall3803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@l0g4nn As soon as he mentioned he was lying down on the grass I was like "Bitch! The FUCK you doing lying down on the grass in North Korea?!?!? Even in the better part of it I would have just sat down waiting. I mean unless you actually see other people lying down on the grass but like.....I seriously doubt it."

    • @jenniferflores4
      @jenniferflores4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      @@l0g4nn are you serious? This is the comment I was looking for. Holy cow.

    • @VladimirBlarp
      @VladimirBlarp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Those kids were just doing what they are used to seeing, and that's being on the ground with guns pointed at you for disobeying. What a dismal country to be in

  • @macaulaycottphotos
    @macaulaycottphotos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7528

    It's important to remember that, Pyongyang is a city almost exclusively for the rich and elite of the country. I heard rumors that most people are selected. This makes sense for how relaxed it seems. The people are trained to be 'perfect' and to fully follow the rules. I can guarantee if you went to a town in the country, you will be escorted with every step you take.

    • @julieherz8909
      @julieherz8909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      You read that on Western media. You think a whole city of people were 'selected'? What major city isn't more rich than the rural people? You think if you went to rural North Korea you would find places more akin to the streets filled with dead people stacked on top of each other as is depicted by western media?

    • @shotguncamping
      @shotguncamping 2 ปีที่แล้ว +660

      @@julieherz8909 It actually makes sense to select the people you want to live in the city when you are a supreme dictator. They're likely smarter, which means they're more of an asset, which means they can benefit the government. Government offers you better housing conditions, food, quality of life, etc. in exchange for unquestionable obedience and doing whatever work they need done. Once they are selected to live there, they immediately have too much to lose if they screw up so they do exactly as they're told.
      You honestly think everything that happens in North Korea are western media lies? Why the hell would you defend North Korea?

    • @thumpted8417
      @thumpted8417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@shotguncamping because 90% of the information about north Korea is supplied by the 'defectors', who are very heavily monitored and controlled by the south Korean government. they get paid to go on TV and lie about North Korea.

    • @shotguncamping
      @shotguncamping 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@thumpted8417 I get the feeling you watch Joe Rogan daily

    • @hj210
      @hj210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@shotguncamping How is that relevant? He just had a north Korean defector on his podcast. You must not pay any attention to any defectors stories

  • @alonaut
    @alonaut 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    these undergroundtrains are the old trains we used to have in berlin, germany years ago. they just painted them in different colours

  • @merrymanson
    @merrymanson 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You are smart, you know that the footage will be reviewed and complimented everything and compared it to other countries if its bigger or better in any way. Props to you. I'm so sorry for this children...

  • @hoonicey
    @hoonicey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4259

    7:38 the kids was literally cursing at him saying such "crazy guy" "western bastard" and he was like "haha thanks" i can't 😭

    • @1891nharas
      @1891nharas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      LMAO 🤣

    • @karlagordon4555
      @karlagordon4555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      hahahaha no way 😅😅😅

    • @griddygyatohioking
      @griddygyatohioking ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they called him a bitch too

    • @Daniel_0778
      @Daniel_0778 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      After what western said about their country of course they been made i guess🤷‍♂️

    • @southgooner86
      @southgooner86 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      😂

  • @alcapoontangmooseinthepoos2310
    @alcapoontangmooseinthepoos2310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4296

    Everything is clean because when tourists aren’t there no one else is there. It’s like the Truman show.
    I forgot I watched this 10 months ago. I just watched the part where he mentioned how clean the metro system was; went to comment pretty much the exact same thing I commented 10 months ago. Had a good chuckle when I saw my old post.

    • @thearacadz
      @thearacadz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +235

      I honestly think that the place for the tourist are filled with like spies to watch the tourist, like the truman show... kinda like to show the tourist that north korea is okay

    • @rafaelag8557
      @rafaelag8557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Yeah also they would be killed if they graffiti or littered

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Or is it just Pyongyang?

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@thearacadz That would be pointless because tourists have to be approved in the first place, do they not?

    • @TrySomeFentanyl
      @TrySomeFentanyl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Pyongyang is actually like what you are seeing all the time, as its their holy land of their supreme leader, now when you leave the city is when you see how the majority of the citizens live. Every person you see in this video in Pyongyang is considered upper class in their country.

  • @sardiniangirl1866
    @sardiniangirl1866 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much .. I really enjoyed watching this.. it looks so clean..

  • @binamra_dutta
    @binamra_dutta 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Ngl apart from the background music everything seemed pretty eerie. Props to you man for taking such a huge risk and making this video Thanks.

  • @lukecasey3809
    @lukecasey3809 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2949

    North Korea has a place specifically for tourists so that you don’t see what the actual government is like

    • @yosephrezahe2534
      @yosephrezahe2534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That's just NATO and globalist propaganda. Countries they suck off like Saudi arabia are much worse. I hope NK build two nukes. No three nukes

    • @chaselauderback3266
      @chaselauderback3266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      @@yosephrezahe2534 how’s the weather in Pyongyang this morning?

    • @yosephrezahe2534
      @yosephrezahe2534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@chaselauderback3266 *No rational answer just ad-hominem*
      Yep, checkmate NATO propagandist. Saudi Arabia has legalised marital rape and women being lashed in the streets.

    • @northkorea8005
      @northkorea8005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      wrong we cant hide everything

    • @forty5842
      @forty5842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@northkorea8005 -_-

  • @_futur3_298
    @_futur3_298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3874

    its literally like visiting a human zoo, with the exception that you get killed when you disrespect the zookeeper 😂

    • @bluebellameng
      @bluebellameng 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      😂 omg

    • @isokessu
      @isokessu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah and United Nations funds the system. Without United Nations Iran and North Korea would be the richest countries in the world. Actually they have less poor people than most countries even know, the sanctions don't work. I mean they do but people don't give a fuck and they continue their life. Even Nato is better organization than UN. UN is devil, they made this happen. blame them. send them e-mail or something

    • @balduir5259
      @balduir5259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@isokessu congrats on the brainwashing kid, keep it strong !

    • @lostmartyr6828
      @lostmartyr6828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      isokessu the tyranny and torture casts a shadow over your claims of the nationalism being of holy intent.

    • @jounazi8125
      @jounazi8125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@isokessu they have something like 40% population addicted to meta-aphetamine.

  • @jamesskinner7185
    @jamesskinner7185 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very clean environment gotta respect that…good video

  • @haseebsamaroo319
    @haseebsamaroo319 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When the power cut out for 10mins at the bowling alley all I could think of was someone being taken away and that was their way of not compromising their image..

  • @dietpotato3885
    @dietpotato3885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5783

    Everything seems so artificial and fake in north korea, spooky

    • @HUGOAUDITORE117
      @HUGOAUDITORE117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Why? Because they have a culture? Only showing to the tourist the nice part is common all around the world, what do you mean with artificial?

    • @small_ed
      @small_ed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Just like 95% of the posted comments on YouBoob, which includes yours.

    • @small_ed
      @small_ed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just like 95% of the posted comments on YouBoob, which includes yours.

    • @magneto44
      @magneto44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +302

      GOTHY 332 they have no culture other than fear, everything is just an attempted imitation of normal life

    • @dreaj1077
      @dreaj1077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      @@HUGOAUDITORE117 ummm...has nothing to do with culture sweetheart. Documented visits from Lisa Ling, Dennis Rodman, and countless other journalists have been there and showed the world the truth. People act very differently when they know someone's watching. Go undercover with hidden cams and then show me how things went down.

  • @jackdasilva2330
    @jackdasilva2330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +696

    you know there’s a problem when they feed the tourists more then their people

    • @Zalwalloo
      @Zalwalloo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's how it is for most countries, a lot of countries with resorts and stuff are in heavy poverty

    • @enzl4493
      @enzl4493 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas this might sound ignorant but what happens outside the city? i mean obviously i know that north korea is a terrible place to live in and it’s very controlling but what do they do that makes it so bad?

    • @glengamble526
      @glengamble526 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@enzl4493 look up a YouTiber named Yeonmi Park. She is an escapee North Korean, living in Chicago. Amazing stuff.

    • @matthewdowling6549
      @matthewdowling6549 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@glengamble526 Didn't she also live in NY?

  • @GeraltOfNvidia
    @GeraltOfNvidia 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    How they made it that tourists get the feeling that the people have a good life over there is crazy (except the kids clapping for 3 hours)

  • @loridean1058
    @loridean1058 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everything is so clean!

  • @YouTuberr285
    @YouTuberr285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3116

    I think he was scared about saying anything negative in these videos lol

    • @aydenthompson9918
      @aydenthompson9918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      Justin Khoury anyone would be if u say the wrong thing you could be dead

    • @AtefinhoKamoonaZOZ
      @AtefinhoKamoonaZOZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@aydenthompson9918 have u finished loading yet?

    • @AtefinhoKamoonaZOZ
      @AtefinhoKamoonaZOZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@aydenthompson9918 man it's been 3 days!

    • @AtefinhoKamoonaZOZ
      @AtefinhoKamoonaZOZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@aydenthompson9918 dammm it

    • @AtefinhoKamoonaZOZ
      @AtefinhoKamoonaZOZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@aydenthompson9918 what about now?

  • @Ducaso
    @Ducaso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +695

    3.5 million people and it looks like a ghost town. Read between the lines people, don't get flustered at the footage that he was *allowed* to leave with. He did everyone a service by risking his own well-being to bring us what he could.

    • @maxinejamieson1416
      @maxinejamieson1416 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ducaso so true

    • @bangtanwings4854
      @bangtanwings4854 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ducaso True tho..

    • @whatshisname2497
      @whatshisname2497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know right. Where the hell is everyone at?

    • @manupainkiller
      @manupainkiller 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@whatshisname2497 Working !
      I'm not joking, in communist/ dictatorial countries, everybody works. Skipping/ evading to have a job gets you a nasty beating and plenty of jail time. I know this because this is how my country was (Romania, communist regime from 1946-1989).

    • @srdjanvideos
      @srdjanvideos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      maybe people are working or they are in schools and not taking drugs on every corner like they do in western countries?

  • @oceansaway5675
    @oceansaway5675 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, we are waiting patiently for your next trips and videos while watching the old ones. Come back 😅

  • @deliciousgroove
    @deliciousgroove 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Well done! You got some great footage, but I know that your hotel room was probably bugged and they were listening to every word that you said. I would never go there, so mad props to you.

  • @Aquatic2017
    @Aquatic2017 ปีที่แล้ว +4560

    It’s crazy because when you look at the kids you realize they will never leave😢

    • @thepiratecrew2936
      @thepiratecrew2936 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      most ppl dont even leave the usa

    • @tolvtre
      @tolvtre ปีที่แล้ว +418

      @@thepiratecrew2936 yeah because they don’t want to??

    • @jagason7494
      @jagason7494 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@tolvtre they don’t want to either lol cause they don’t know what the outside world is like

    • @user-bf6pz6kj8f
      @user-bf6pz6kj8f ปีที่แล้ว +181

      @@thepiratecrew2936 its different in usa some people doesnt leave because its expensive but not there you can't leave because you doesnt allowed to

    • @Candies69
      @Candies69 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@jagason7494 watch the recent documentaries, alot of people know about outside world from smuggled usbs and information through it. People just can't leave

  • @jamiemin7753
    @jamiemin7753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2459

    Things that didn’t surprise me at all: lack of life in peoples eyes, not a single smile from a kid that looks genuine, overly beautiful buildings, the looks from the Koreans at you. As if they’ve never seen a white person.

    • @accj7837
      @accj7837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      They haven’t

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      Oh yeah, there was one set of smiles that looked VERY genuine, when the kids were 'killing' him. What a disgusting place.

    • @doeeyes2
      @doeeyes2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      The building arent THAT beautiful. Not like Dubai or NYC beautiful modern architecture. The look so outdated and dystopian.

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@doeeyes2 NYC doesn't exactly help your case considering how crappy it is in other respects.

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      A lot of them haven't. The country is an isolated one.

  • @gracenichole4054
    @gracenichole4054 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As an American I'm grateful for these videos because I'll probably never get to experience this myself 😭🤣🤣

  • @tristandbarker
    @tristandbarker ปีที่แล้ว

    I found your video after re-watching Shane's Vice special. You've got some serious cojones, hermano. Much respect.

  • @switch625.
    @switch625. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3011

    When he started talking about how clean everything was felt so forced, just a nod to the fact that everything he says is being monitored by the government.

    • @knowtorious5509
      @knowtorious5509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      But everything was clean though

    • @Marcus-je6bl
      @Marcus-je6bl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@knowtorious5509 ikr

    • @juvecro
      @juvecro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Considering how nasty European and US metros are, seeing theirs being so pristine sure is very weird and fascinating, and defintely worth mentioning. I don't see how it could seem forced. Guess strict rules and punishments are at least good for keeping the place in order.

    • @marcusmaxwell2824
      @marcusmaxwell2824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@juvecro He visited places like that so he wouldn't think its a bad place. Remember North Korea has political camps for prisoners with different beliefs, you can go to jail for just about anything there. Even for showing disrespect.

    • @ExilixE
      @ExilixE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@juvecro i think it's because all soldiers have a license to shoot and kill. So you better not disrespect the country and litter or dirty their capital

  • @girlidkyuh2263
    @girlidkyuh2263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4648

    you can just see the sadness on everyone’s faces. that place gives such an off atmosphere.

    • @jakobe_bryantgaming5580
      @jakobe_bryantgaming5580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Dima Q 💀

    • @godfather7339
      @godfather7339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      I'm not a NK supporter, but that's how I feel when I look at Americans in clips or YT vids compared to Europeans, or Indians, or Chinese.
      they have this wierd jobber look on thier faces, a kind of poverty. Much happier than the NKs in this vid, but a different kind of sadness on their faces.
      For comparison, look at people in the middle East, like Qatar, bharain, maybe Saudi, they are the loveliest and liveliest people I've ever seen, if one of you ever go there, just look at thier faces and honestly tell me what you think compared to Americans.

    • @JlDlON
      @JlDlON 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Dima Q lol

    • @BigWheel.
      @BigWheel. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@godfather7339 life beats you down in America. We've got it tough over here, the rampant heart disease, and the entire population of Illinois living within our borders. It's almost as bad as Canada.

    • @BSIII
      @BSIII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@godfather7339 it's because we think having 400 flavors of ice cream is freedom. But dont say anything that goes against tHe sCiEnCe.

  • @tkraft82
    @tkraft82 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The fact the barber has a Toni and guy cutting cape shows they are way more in tune with western culture than they would ever lead us to believe

  • @hellowill
    @hellowill 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Interesting how she talks with an Australian accent (I think). In South Korea, they learn American English (even US flag for 'English' option on kiosks - in most places it's British).

  • @magicjelly567
    @magicjelly567 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2380

    Everyone on that escalator looked so depressed and unhappy, damn.

    • @scrubbyismydad2748
      @scrubbyismydad2748 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Magic Jelly they just looked like they had no point

    • @JabYoutube
      @JabYoutube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +246

      To be fair, if you've ever ridden the subway in a big city like New York or Chicago then you'd notice a lot of the people you see have the same expression. I'm not trying to justify North Korea at all. I'm just saying that after a full day of work you're just gonna want to go home and you'll probably look the same as those people on your way back home. Plus a decent number of them had their heads down cause they were looking at their phones.

    • @sonicoel
      @sonicoel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      They're tired

    • @observerealityinhd290
      @observerealityinhd290 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Juicy Potatos I’m in New York, and I was going to say the same thing.

    • @DrMan-kd6bc
      @DrMan-kd6bc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Bruh go to a new york city subway and tell me everyone doesnt look more unhappy there. Its literally the same, their going to work lol.

  • @sophieannethurlow7012
    @sophieannethurlow7012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +928

    looks like such a quiet country, like there’s so many people but in the biggest crowds there’s only a few whispers, looks sad

    • @austinbevis4266
      @austinbevis4266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It’s because everyone there has a manager essentially, and they aren’t far away. It’s like always being at work and having to be on you best behavior

    • @mene6010
      @mene6010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's sad

  • @kalamsaysit
    @kalamsaysit 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good work. Loved this

  • @rahulsharma-ht7ut
    @rahulsharma-ht7ut 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    What would it feel like having 26 million people playing real life squid games for a psycho leader

  • @Tommy81.519
    @Tommy81.519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2487

    Meanwhile those kids were pretending to assassinate an american. 😂😂

    • @minttt_
      @minttt_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      @@danshazam8511 wtf you psychopath

    • @zeustheboerboel3794
      @zeustheboerboel3794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@danshazam8511 lol bro

    • @xestien
      @xestien 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@danshazam8511 I- 999, police please

    • @lasomari
      @lasomari 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Dan Shazam85 What the actual hell-

    • @starboiklem8381
      @starboiklem8381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@danshazam8511 nigga what?

  • @estegueydijo....
    @estegueydijo.... 5 ปีที่แล้ว +741

    Imagine finish eating your noodles and reveal the photo of the leaders at the bottom of the bowl.

    • @buddybonbutt7510
      @buddybonbutt7510 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      a lot of places actually do that but its not on the bottom as that is disrespectful, it usually clipped onto the side of the bowl.

    • @SNB_1985
      @SNB_1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eric Swansboro what places do that? Is it only in North Korea or do they do that in other places as well?

    • @buddybonbutt7510
      @buddybonbutt7510 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SNB_1985 I've only heard of it in North Korea. I didn't really do a whole lot of looking into it. Surly turn documentaries on North Koreans escaping to South Korea or wherever and telling you their stories. It's so unbelievable.

    • @SNB_1985
      @SNB_1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Eric Swansboro yea I’ve seen so many documentaries about people who escaped North Korea. It is unbelievable how they managed to do it.

    • @buddybonbutt7510
      @buddybonbutt7510 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think that id kill myself first before I even attempted to escape I think. I don't think I'd have the courage to do it, but then again I've lived in a very first world country all my life. I don't know what it's like to live in such a controlled area.

  • @tylercrosby9152
    @tylercrosby9152 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Most people just didnt seem happy.

  • @tosanesoko726
    @tosanesoko726 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I will never go, i feel so anxious watching this video. Otto Warmbier, always on our minds 🕊️

  • @blake4168
    @blake4168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    I feel like being in North Korea would make me feel like I was at my grandparents’ house as a kid. Don’t touch anything or say the wrong thing. Only over there you’d get in more trouble

    • @lorcanzo2498
      @lorcanzo2498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn your granddad was Kim jon un

  • @livmilesparanormalromanceb6891
    @livmilesparanormalromanceb6891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4494

    The amount of food they prepared for you is staggering. Everyone is starving in North Korea except for a few people 😳

    • @user-mk4qo9ff4y
      @user-mk4qo9ff4y 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @Raghav Dinesh fun fact: your funny

    • @camilasmithson5410
      @camilasmithson5410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@user-mk4qo9ff4y Fun fact: you are a Professional Brady hatef

    • @Madenity
      @Madenity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      they staged it for him to make him think north korea isn't bad

    • @fimmt684
      @fimmt684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The miserable hypocrites want those dollars/euros, they will give you the world for actual, real money.

    • @mariuskaupas
      @mariuskaupas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Just like America.

  • @meschelpulido
    @meschelpulido ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It so heart breaking that you can't hear the laughter of the kids playing nor even their smiles aren't visible.

  • @kjnambatac1484
    @kjnambatac1484 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So beautiful that lady speach in museum

  • @chuckb8007
    @chuckb8007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1558

    “You’ll have to come check it out for yourself” yeah no I’d die bruh.

  • @watson1zt
    @watson1zt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +630

    Kids shoot play guns at him:
    Indigo: it’s cool to interact with the kids

    • @PheonixStarsx
      @PheonixStarsx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      abbas mumawar they are brainwashed :( don’t judge them

    • @luv2mari146
      @luv2mari146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Saucyy TV
      I think he knows what they are doing but is scared to say it

    • @iminvisible873
      @iminvisible873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They were saying he was a “western scum”

  • @krispykhiba9526
    @krispykhiba9526 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I only see this video today and it reminded me of the movie Equilibrium. Everything is uniformed in this place, people look so emotionless and eerie everywhere you look. Thanks for this glimpse into the most isolated country

  • @nickyjones867
    @nickyjones867 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He is one brave guy!!!

  • @qdunne
    @qdunne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3080

    Must be weird for kim jong un to be the only chunky person in the country.

    • @wrowe_
      @wrowe_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      Dunne. Only person with access to enough food probably

    • @alexmoorehead8501
      @alexmoorehead8501 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      wow congrats on getting the joke

    • @wrowe_
      @wrowe_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Alex Moorehead im just bitching that he gets all this food. No shit it’s a joke lol

    • @shaunfox1391
      @shaunfox1391 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Dunne. stop fat shaming him, it's can't be easy being the only punchline of every fat jokes told in your country

    • @kevray
      @kevray 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      A few of his generals that walk next to him all the time are also fat

  • @chickenstuffedwithmozarell5090
    @chickenstuffedwithmozarell5090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4644

    It'd be interesting to see some rural - and poorer - parts of North Korea. But I guess tourists are only allowed in the tourist friendly areas.

    • @jadhatem4563
      @jadhatem4563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +505

      The ‘friendly’ areas look like hell how would the poorer ones look 💀💀💀

    • @ninjapistol14
      @ninjapistol14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      @@jadhatem4563 like fallout 3

    • @battletroll1likesminecraft214
      @battletroll1likesminecraft214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@jadhatem4563 it would be extra-hell

    • @dragos11miu76
      @dragos11miu76 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ruslanyakushev4107 do you know his name? Or could you provide a link pls?

    • @latypeofgirl9382
      @latypeofgirl9382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      There are pics and blogs of the rural parts. Just look them up

  • @Jack-ed7jb
    @Jack-ed7jb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I love how much North Korea talks about America in every aspect of their daily lives…like they have this weird obsession with us and we just literally could not care less about them lol

    • @Mielke123
      @Mielke123 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's because your warmongering country razed theirs to the ground and killed a quarter of their entire population. I know garbage Americans like you are some of the most ignorant and callous people in the world when it comes to the victims of your imperialist rampaging, but try to muster even an ounce of respect.

  • @GasCityGuy
    @GasCityGuy ปีที่แล้ว

    Their body language spoke volumes. Eyes down and few smiles. To quote Christopher Walken's character in True Romance, "What we got here is
    a little game of show and tell. You don't wanna show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything.

  • @raeroseline
    @raeroseline 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3707

    I have no idea why this video popped up in the catalog, but since I was curious about
    North Korea I clicked on it. I'm a South Korean who is currently living in the USA, so I could understand what the kids were saying in the part when you were lying down (7:38). They were saying
    "Die American freak!", "You Americans.." It gave me goosebumps the moment they started to talk.
    Those poor children... Just getting traumatized to hate the world...

    • @WitchVillager
      @WitchVillager ปีที่แล้ว +246

      WHAT????

    • @zchaosemperor81
      @zchaosemperor81 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      This video was just recommended to me

    • @theairplaneguy4000
      @theairplaneguy4000 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      I thought they were saying nice things to him

    • @richardmiu5835
      @richardmiu5835 ปีที่แล้ว +308

      i dont understand korean but i knew what they meant

    • @Ian.Fisher
      @Ian.Fisher ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Holy crap... Is he even american anyway??

  • @kw9377
    @kw9377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3882

    If those kids had real guns, they will pull the trigger without a blink

    • @ChairmanMeow1
      @ChairmanMeow1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      That's why NK would win any war with the South. The North are eating grass and tree bark lol, you can't beat those people.

    • @jxpr5186
      @jxpr5186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup exactly

    • @TheCrimsonChin91
      @TheCrimsonChin91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@ChairmanMeow1 They've been beaten before.

    • @Cj-xt6tv
      @Cj-xt6tv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The uk could beat them though 🇬🇧

    • @sb17899
      @sb17899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@TheCrimsonChin91 Not by the south. The south got stomped before NATO actually got involved.

  • @queenlimaff4259
    @queenlimaff4259 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The kids were cursing at him😢 7:41

  • @jl-07
    @jl-07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4811

    If this place wasn’t completely depressing and insanely strict I imagine it would be a really good place for tourism

    • @Kiki-D-Kimono
      @Kiki-D-Kimono 2 ปีที่แล้ว +552

      If it wasn't depressing & strict, we would call it Korea.

    • @timothy5945
      @timothy5945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      One Korea for everyone to travel to enjoy is what i look forward to no matter how long it takez.

    • @SidneyMosley
      @SidneyMosley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      So basically South Korea without dictatorship...

    • @LastChanceHomie
      @LastChanceHomie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Imagine if there was west and east Divided States of America?

    • @SidneyMosley
      @SidneyMosley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@LastChanceHomie imagine if the confederacy actually won the Civil War...

  • @torontoplistkorea
    @torontoplistkorea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1958

    7:40 im a South Korean and im pretty sure that few of these kids said "You fucking American!" in this part, but they are smiling.. this is EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

    • @Komentujebomoge32
      @Komentujebomoge32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      XD

    • @kosmonreuna5415
      @kosmonreuna5415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      They are gonna be supreme leader one day

    • @williamwatkins2538
      @williamwatkins2538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +299

      I’m American and that’s exactly what i was thinking. They may look like friendly kids laughing but what are they actually saying.

    • @retronig74
      @retronig74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They had toy guns pointed at him shooting. They are trained and taught that westerners are their enemies. That they might have to kill them. I wouldn't be surprised if they were laughing at how easy it was to "kill" him.

    • @Komentujebomoge32
      @Komentujebomoge32 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@retronig74 Wolfeinstein The new Korea

  • @Taranicole516
    @Taranicole516 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This is fucking incredible. I cannot believe you have this footage. This is insane.

  • @davidmcinnis154
    @davidmcinnis154 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think you have to be careful inside the hotel rooms. I'm pretty sure all the rooms are bugged for sound.