'The Privileged' Store in North Korea - Part 1

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2016
  • www.theguardian.com/world/2015...
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    Ok, so this is my 46th video that I uploaded, many people asked me..
    "How could you upload youtube video in NK?".
    "He uploads the video after he back to Indonesia, because he didn't dare if he upload directly from NK".
    Nope..that is not entirely True..
    #jakaparker #northkorea #koreautara
    The answer is..
    I already back to Indonesia, and currently I live in Indonesia..
    My first 23 videos was uploaded when I was in North Korea.
    The most different thing that when I uploaded video in NK, for a 15 minute video needed two days to upload, because the internet there was unstable due to electricity on off several times in a day..I can’t subscribe for cellular internet mobile because its way too expensive and..not reliable too...
    but..when in Indonesia, I can choose which provider for internet and to upload a 15 minute video need only few minutes...
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    OK..
    back to this video..
    I was going to a store which was located inside the Diplomatic Compound in Munsu District, behind Vietnam Embassy (you can check it out in Google Maps)
    Sure..because these videos is about my daily life in NK...so I only posted about my routines things that I am doing in NK).
    This store named Pyongyang Shop, which only several people who can access inside, only Foreigners and local Korean people who can get permission to be inside Diplomatic Compound (usually Korean people who works for foreign Organisations and embassies).
    Btw.. sorry for bad English and Korean..
    Any viewers who understand Korean language might be laughing hearing me trying to make conversations with the locals..please pardon me.
    Please watch my other interesting Video of North Korea :
    Rural Roads in North Korea
    • RURAL ROADS IN NORTH K...
    100km outside Pyongyang
    • 100km outside Pyongyan...
    Short Video in Kimchaek University
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    Students Orchestra
    • Pyongyang Students' Or...
    Munsu3dong Neighborhood
    • Munsu 3 dong Neighbour...
    Walking Along Taedong River in Pyongyang
    • Walking Along Taedong ...
    Spring Morning in Mansudae Hill
    • Spring Morning in Mans...
    Sports Games in Pyongyang Foreigner's School
    • Pyongyang Foreigners S...
    Buy Indonesian Detergen in Pyongyang
    • Buy Indonesian Deterge...
    North Korean Bazaar - 'Nascar Rumble' and Windows XP in North Korea
    • Microsoft Windows in N...
    New Year in Pyongyang North Korea
    • New Year 2016 in Pyong...
    Pyongyang Cargo - DHL in North Korea
    • Pyongyang Cargo - DHL ...
    Pyongyang Traffic - North Korea - Korea Utara - GoPro - November 14th, 2015 - Part 2
    • Pyongyang Traffic - No...
    Cycling in Pyongyang, North Korea
    • Cycling in Pyongyang -...
    Summer Cycling in Pyongyang
    • Summer Cycling in Pyon...
    Pyongyang Maternity Hospital
    • Glimpse video - Pyongy...
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    Read these links for more information about me:
    1. www.timeout.com/seoul/art/inst...
    2. www.rappler.com/indonesia/1282...
    3. www.theguardian.com/world/2015...
    4. www.nkeconwatch.com/2016/02/04...
    5. www.nknews.org/2015/10/reside...
    6. www.vocativ.com/213820/these-i...
    7. www.businessinsider.co.id/thes...
    8. www.washingtonpost.com/news/w...
    9. all-that-is-interesting.com/no...
    10. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-ne...
    11. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...
    12. all-that-is-interesting.com/da...
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    Want to see daily life in North Korea? Please follow my instagram account: / jakaparker
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ความคิดเห็น • 11K

  • @seanceknowles2911
    @seanceknowles2911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3995

    READ THE DESCRIPTION PEOPLE! HE LITERALLY EXPLAINS EVERYTHING THERE.

    • @Balaji-qg8st
      @Balaji-qg8st 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      That helps

    • @livideadgirl
      @livideadgirl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      Most people are dumb and think it's propaganda like just take your time to look at the information

    • @masonhidari
      @masonhidari 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@livideadgirl i call two layered propaganda

    • @livideadgirl
      @livideadgirl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@masonhidari please explain further.

    • @theactionman8403
      @theactionman8403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      They’re playing an instrumental version of my way by Frank Sinatra in the store

  • @deadly8608
    @deadly8608 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9019

    They have everything in that store except subtitles

    • @popularrandomstuff1348
      @popularrandomstuff1348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      They have everything in that store except Human Rights

    • @ahaan9254
      @ahaan9254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@popularrandomstuff1348 F

    • @gdragcn9588
      @gdragcn9588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@popularrandomstuff1348 deadass

    • @PC_Simo
      @PC_Simo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And plastic wrap.

    • @alexjavi7849
      @alexjavi7849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They do now and that's impresive

  • @jos9072
    @jos9072 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8070

    They look like they don't want to sell anything

    • @pieterbro173
      @pieterbro173 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is typical of communism. In Poland 40 years ago, saleswomen didn't want to sell either. And a customer meant unnecessary trouble for them.

    • @sven888
      @sven888 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      7.8 K likes but no replies?! What the heck. That's as odd as this privileged store.

    • @29th.
      @29th. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      1 comment per customer.

    • @huxiao4656
      @huxiao4656 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This comment is 6 years ago and the reply only 2? Do people really scared to leave a comment? 😂 let me fix it

    • @trashyspeeds266
      @trashyspeeds266 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who tf cares how many comments there is.
      Anyway. They probably dont get many foreign or return customers, so you cant really blame them for that look on their face. They were probably just shocked lol

  • @mrchickflick4444
    @mrchickflick4444 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +521

    Crazy that this is classed as a privileged store when it’s like a discount store in the uk like home bargains 😮 makes me realise how lucky I am

    • @goodmorning2386
      @goodmorning2386 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Me too! It looks like a discount store from the United States or Australia too, I’ve lived in both countries
      It makes me wonder what the stores for average people are like in North Korea

    • @zombieoutbreakprod
      @zombieoutbreakprod 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Reminds me of that Soviet guy who went to a normal grocery store in America and was shocked by the fresh produce

    • @Man_fay_the_Bru
      @Man_fay_the_Bru 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Same here, home bargains is fckn class

    • @phexyn3997
      @phexyn3997 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Exactly, not even bad, just a very clean discount store without any customers.

    • @billyxkid5062
      @billyxkid5062 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I think it’s a privilege because if you look in the description, only a handful of people are allowed to go in there certain ambassadors and certain outside travelers so I’m guessing that’s probably why it’s called a privileged store since only a select few could go in

  • @squangan
    @squangan 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +217

    Meanwhile a very creepy version of ‘I Did It My Way’ is playing over the stores speakers system, that’s a very fitting song for the regime. I also liked how she unlocked the cabinet with the battery in it as clearly the hordes of shoppers there would steal the batteries without a moments hesitation if it was left unlocked.

    • @aquariandawn4750
      @aquariandawn4750 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Can you imagine what they do to shoplifters over there? There's some people in my country could use some treatment like that

    • @MichaelTheoret
      @MichaelTheoret 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@aquariandawn4750 , The North Korean version of the Gulog comes to mind, though probably way more unpleasant than the Russian Gulog . Probably whips and a bullet may be involved if those guards don't like you .

    • @ctizmasuk1990
      @ctizmasuk1990 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I notice too legend knows 😂😂😂

  • @beckyisaac1768
    @beckyisaac1768 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20479

    the look on their faces when you walked in, was like they never saw a customer. what a strange place though.

    • @boteiro1436
      @boteiro1436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +630

      must have thought it was a state official spying on them :) it is a really strange place, it looks normal but most definitely isnt

    • @theren2486
      @theren2486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      y

    • @varietydelle5253
      @varietydelle5253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hi

    • @elgaban2486
      @elgaban2486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Read description bro

    • @tajwarchowdhury22
      @tajwarchowdhury22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ikr. That's what I was thinking

  • @chungus100
    @chungus100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5419

    "Are you okay?"
    "I'm okay"
    No she's not..

    • @dikhaaditya6925
      @dikhaaditya6925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Almost 5k likes and no replies, dude thats creepy

    • @chungus100
      @chungus100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@dikhaaditya6925 Congrats on being the first!

    • @carlivasquez6840
      @carlivasquez6840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bro same

    • @KaiBrunk125
      @KaiBrunk125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@dikhaaditya6925 Yeah how did this comment get 5k likes over 4 years but no comments? Idk why I agree, but I agree thats creepy lol

    • @enriquerenteria6089
      @enriquerenteria6089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everyone that likes this are NPCS

  • @LuthaisRonso
    @LuthaisRonso ปีที่แล้ว +923

    You see a brief moment of humanity when the shopkeeper who is calculating prices is asked how she is doing....and she smiles back. Not completely broken, still a glimmer of hope inside.

    • @diegozali6389
      @diegozali6389 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

      cringe

    • @attmd
      @attmd 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@diegozali6389shut up nigga enjoy the lil things

    • @What-wk5qq
      @What-wk5qq 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      Not everyone in North Korea allowed to work with diplomats. Only the well connected people .

    • @Adeel808s
      @Adeel808s 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Welcome to hermit kingdom

    • @diegozali6389
      @diegozali6389 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Adeel808s lol more like US echo chamber

  • @erikad0511
    @erikad0511 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    I know this is really old and I read the description but what I'm still wondering is how the heck is a foreigner allowed to a) DRIVE and b) go anywhere ALONE in NK?? Maybe he works for an embassy? So wild

    • @sjanex
      @sjanex 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      People have commented on other videos that he was a diplomat?

    • @AhmadAffandi-sx7tz
      @AhmadAffandi-sx7tz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@sjanexya,indonesia north korean best friends

    • @yurykatsiankou9698
      @yurykatsiankou9698 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Он дипломат из Индонезии

  • @00pirs
    @00pirs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2433

    I felt so nervous when the two ladies kept on staring on the camera

  • @GearZenChannel
    @GearZenChannel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1829

    3 million people can now unlock your phone.

    • @sajeloyd986
      @sajeloyd986 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @dsgucler8492
      @dsgucler8492 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      you can try by going there :D

    • @GearZenChannel
      @GearZenChannel 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@dsgucler8492 I prefer to stay South of the DMZ; better shopping. Fascinating place though! Also, now it is 7 million who can unlock it. 🤣

  • @Shipfixer
    @Shipfixer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +305

    Makes me appreciate being a free human. I can go to any store I please, buy what I want or need, and I don't go into panic-meltdown if I see a camera. Unreal what these people have to endure just to be allowed to live their lives. I'll bet before you were even half way finished shopping, that girl behind the counter called their gods and reported that you had a terrible evil GoPro on.

    • @zb7297
      @zb7297 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You have thousands of privileged shops.
      Gucci, Prada, Hermes, Rolex, Porsche, Lamborghini etc.

    • @kaicyr2
      @kaicyr2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      She has to report it, or else. That’s how scary it is.

    • @Ehecatl-A2083
      @Ehecatl-A2083 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Well, we are not free at all

    • @microcraftcienciologo9329
      @microcraftcienciologo9329 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@zb7297la diferencia es que no vas a morir por no poder usar ropa de marcas caras, en cambio en países con regímenes autoritarios si naciste lejos de la élite no puedes ni soñar con medicinas, papel higiénico u otros artículos básicos

    • @cristibaluta
      @cristibaluta 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Do you think they know what a gopro is? They are still living in the past there.

  • @The2001alba
    @The2001alba ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I thought they had no foreign music, and although I doubt they've ever heard the voice of Frank Sinatra, it made me happy that, at least, they are allowed to listen to the instrumental of "My Way"

    • @henriikkak2091
      @henriikkak2091 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well, the store clerks are

  • @light8174
    @light8174 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6300

    The workers looked kind of pissed with him lol

    • @emptytoiletpaperroll9112
      @emptytoiletpaperroll9112 6 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      lovelylight ~ That girl on your profile picture is having difficulties with her eyes

    • @childe4120
      @childe4120 6 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      NO NAME [UNKNOWN] thats not a girl-

    • @lisavanderpump7475
      @lisavanderpump7475 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@childe4120 eww

    • @CaseyAlhambra
      @CaseyAlhambra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Well those NK people are living in a difficult working environment so I’m not surprised of how unhappy they are. But I feel very bad for those girls 😔

    • @BattleAxe1345
      @BattleAxe1345 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Lol, I would be a little as well if I had to manually convert through three different currencies for two basic items and then after getting that done having him come back for one more item😂

  • @heidimartinez1140
    @heidimartinez1140 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3388

    Everything seems so untouched ☹️

    • @Adi-fh8ed
      @Adi-fh8ed 6 ปีที่แล้ว +259

      Heidi Martinez True it feels so... Idk like so lonely there so quiet..

    • @CaseyAlhambra
      @CaseyAlhambra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It’s a privilege store so they’re not busy all the time.

    • @mete7212
      @mete7212 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      beacuse they are untouched products . North Korean people cannot enter these markets.

  • @ray-qd4ye
    @ray-qd4ye ปีที่แล้ว +114

    It’s so strange to see common and even poor things being really expensive in the North Korea

    • @AppleUploader
      @AppleUploader 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Don’t worry, the US is headed towards that path too with crazy inflation everywhere

    • @bldontmatter5319
      @bldontmatter5319 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@AppleUploaderlet's go Brandon

    • @usmanahmad2382
      @usmanahmad2382 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And because of us import ban ok north Korea/ stealing from midle east yeah u have a Nice life

    • @nobbynobbs8182
      @nobbynobbs8182 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@usmanahmad2382 nonsense. They can import from China too. North Korea's isolation is self inflicted. The dictatorial regime cannot survive without treating most of its population like slaves and prisoners

  • @bher1405
    @bher1405 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    The store actually looks really nice. I’m surprised to see them have some of the items they do. It feels so desolate and empty though. I noticed there are barely any cars either.

    • @Lu-dm7rn
      @Lu-dm7rn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      To drive a car in NK you must have some sort of "mechanic engineer" degree, something like knowing how to disassemble and assemble the whole car... it is something really hard to obtain.

    • @user-ve4yz6zm9k
      @user-ve4yz6zm9k 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Lu-dm7rnHow did you know this?

    • @Lu-dm7rn
      @Lu-dm7rn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-ve4yz6zm9k I've seen in another video some time ago

    • @Disturbance42
      @Disturbance42 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@user-ve4yz6zm9k Because he made it up.

  • @GeorgeAusters
    @GeorgeAusters 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3934

    Batteries are kept in a secured glass cupboard? Lol

    • @maddog051968
      @maddog051968 6 ปีที่แล้ว +513

      With the key to the cabinet on top of it. that is hilarious!!!!! Then again....buy the time someone buys the batteries they will not work. lol....

  • @kalijasin
    @kalijasin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2851

    Place looks scary. Very sterile and controlled.

  • @debrakleid5752
    @debrakleid5752 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    You’re English is great and we understand what you are saying in the description. I will say that you are really brave to record all of this inside the DPRK. Stay safe!

  • @buckeye9252
    @buckeye9252 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    The fact that this guy is driving automatically puts him in elite of elite

    • @battle4truth701
      @battle4truth701 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh to be given a car by your political overlords. I remember my first car

  • @kreuzer9877
    @kreuzer9877 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10350

    Lmao they took like 10 mins to write the receipt and calculate the costs of those two items. Imagine them working at walmart

    • @isabelestrada6510
      @isabelestrada6510 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1666

      they would fit right in haha

    • @timmartinez9901
      @timmartinez9901 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      +Isabel Estrada ha

    • @stealth.hawk.
      @stealth.hawk. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Ahahah xD

    • @tonythatorc971
      @tonythatorc971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      I think it's because maybe he is using different currency at the store?

    • @nervousbunnygaming
      @nervousbunnygaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      They probably have to keep close stock of everything. Make sure nothing is stolen probably.

  • @diamondgamerdiamond2168
    @diamondgamerdiamond2168 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8771

    I look around and see things I use daily my family is middle class in America and the fact that all these things are only for the rich I realized how much I take for granted

    • @named746
      @named746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      of course you do. You never know that before but at least you know now

    • @saintnicole3209
      @saintnicole3209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      it's like this in any developing country btw!

    • @jeffreylebowski2440
      @jeffreylebowski2440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      @@saintnicole3209 No it's not. China has a status of a developing country and India also but in both countries at least 60% of population can freely go to the supermarket and buy things they can afford and need like food, tools but a lot of them are still very poor in comaprison with the west. From what we know from the refugees most people have to get things they want from the black market it's only 5 million of people that can afford to go to the supermarket in North Korea and the rest are slaves.

    • @saintnicole3209
      @saintnicole3209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@jeffreylebowski2440 so you're just going to completely ignore the sanctions' role in that? lol okay

    • @itdobelikedattho8112
      @itdobelikedattho8112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lucky boy

  • @slizzee
    @slizzee 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Even though it seems like NK likes to blame the US for everything, they seem to like their music. I think that’s Frank Sinatra‘s „My Way“ playing in the background? :D

  • @ctcv-to8kq
    @ctcv-to8kq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    If you ever get a chance to live in a foreign country, do it. I was in the U.S. Air Force and stationed remote in Greece for a year in '76-77, one of the best years of my life. They weren't poor like North Korea, they just didn't need much in their lives and they were content. Upon return to the states I went into a grocery store and realized that we are truly an abundant country.

    • @user-ho9cu1vc3b
      @user-ho9cu1vc3b 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers from Greece man.

    • @ctcv-to8kq
      @ctcv-to8kq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So many great memories and cheers to you too. I was stationed about 25-30 kilometers west of Patras. I didn't want to leave but we had too many guys there in my career field.@@user-ho9cu1vc3b

    • @GustavoSantos04
      @GustavoSantos04 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Quando você explora o mundo inteiro é óbvio que terá abundância, maior exemplo disso são os petróleos roubados dos países do oriente médio que vocês invadiram , mas era tudo por liberdade e democracia né ? Afinal de conta quem liga para milhares de civis mortos nos ataques aéreos no iraque ?

    • @ctcv-to8kq
      @ctcv-to8kq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! No plans to come back to Hellas, but I have so many great memories. I was stationed about 30 or so kilometers west of Patras. Beautiful, untouched country.@@user-ho9cu1vc3b

  • @rexrexxington6932
    @rexrexxington6932 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4882

    We have the same thing. It is called a dollar store here.

    • @bulfri
      @bulfri 6 ปีที่แล้ว +450

      except that it's not a dollar store there... most people wouldn't be able to afford anything from that store

    • @LatifaShaqueefa
      @LatifaShaqueefa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      The 'privileged store'

    • @-ninetailed-7172
      @-ninetailed-7172 6 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      bulfri i see the joke went way over your head

    • @TheXboxOnes
      @TheXboxOnes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      -NineTailed- I didn't know the information they said i'm pretty sure you must've got butthurt because they didn't continue on with the joke.

    • @bernisweltredsun1245
      @bernisweltredsun1245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Like i said before,a Dollar Store with Armani,Boss and Rolex to buy? I am seriously impressed.

  • @rebeltorc
    @rebeltorc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2293

    Must be pretty easy to work at that store, no customers, just remove some cobweb from products ones in awhile 😅

    • @BookofYAH777
      @BookofYAH777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      actually, you need to do it twos in a while

    • @FlamingBeat
      @FlamingBeat ปีที่แล้ว

      2k likes and only 2 replies lmfao

    • @MelloYello277
      @MelloYello277 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol

  • @MrONELAST8
    @MrONELAST8 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I subscribed because I want to know and see how other people live around the world not to feel superior, but to feel empathy for the people who don't know any other way to live.

  • @MrInventer80
    @MrInventer80 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was nice knowing y, thanks for this sacrificial documentary

  • @Milleeee
    @Milleeee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2704

    dude wtf, you behaved really wierd. And the guy in the end was probably a security guy checking you out

    • @hn6498
      @hn6498 6 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      probably to get more footage

    • @entezami777
      @entezami777 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He was very strange. I didnt like this video at all.

    • @abbey3806
      @abbey3806 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@entezami777 How does the dude who uploads these even upload them if he lives in Norrh Korea?

    • @theedwardian
      @theedwardian ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's Asian, he's doing his best

    • @entezami777
      @entezami777 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abbey3806 its all weird to me.

  • @dante19x
    @dante19x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4518

    Why is there like 20 minutes of them typing on a calculator and a computer for him to buy two tiny little items

    • @telaandias3531
      @telaandias3531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1426

      ER calculate the total, convert it to USD because he isn’t a local and he cannot pay in won (so they had to find the exchange rate on the computer and calculate) then they also had to convert it to euro because he wanted to pay in euros

    • @mstcrow5429
      @mstcrow5429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Also keep in mind there isn't any reason to prioritize efficiency or customer service. Or the IT system. It's like government "services" in the US, except 10x worse.

    • @Rolando_Cueva
      @Rolando_Cueva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@telaandias3531 Erm, you know you can convert from won to euros right? There is no reason for converting twice.

    • @commonhuman2701
      @commonhuman2701 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@telaandias3531 ooooo thanks 😀

    • @robertsilva8097
      @robertsilva8097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Rolando_Cueva foreigners are not allowed to have North Korean Won you have to have permission from the government for example if you're a visiting tourist the North Korean minder will give you permission to use North Korean won at local grocery store to buy food venue bring the change back and they'll give you either Euros back or US Dollars

  • @penguin44ca
    @penguin44ca 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What a warm and inviting shopping experience.
    Also it's locked but the key is on top.

  • @jonathanrichardson7625
    @jonathanrichardson7625 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    lol we’re living in the 80’s that dot matrix printer 😂😂

  • @erwintan001
    @erwintan001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10543

    I've never felt this intense watching people go for shopping. It's like watching this guy walking into a death trap with cold-expressionless guards. Damn dude, you're courageous 👍

    • @PHCuber
      @PHCuber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      First reply

    • @trip6634
      @trip6634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Second reply
      In 4yrs

    • @blockmambo1355
      @blockmambo1355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Third replay

    • @vipulwarti9690
      @vipulwarti9690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@blockmambo1355 fourth reply

    • @hei38cuhc
      @hei38cuhc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Cccccombo breaker. They really look frightening.

  • @salemsaberhagen8926
    @salemsaberhagen8926 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5071

    I read that Pyongyang (even with its daily power cuts) is considered a "showcase capital", only the very privileged party elite is allowed to live there, that's why you don't see anybody else shopping in these "elite" stores. I can't imagine how ordinary North Koreans live if this thrift store is what passes for "privilege" though.

    • @jujumama
      @jujumama ปีที่แล้ว +9

      4000 LIKES, and no comments. wow.oops sry

    • @noneedtoknowmyname2855
      @noneedtoknowmyname2855 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jujumama Regardless how rich or poor they might be, finally they're just like us, people born in a different place. However, we're all made in the image of God, thus we have a conscience (knowing right from wrong) and because of that we shall be judged (held accountable) by God. It is appointed unto men once to die and after that the judgement.
      We've all sinned and fallen short of God's glory, there is none righteous, there is none who does good. The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus.
      Everybody reading this, repent and believe the gospel: Jesus Christ, died for our sins, was buried and after 3 days rose from the grave according to Scriptures. The Bible says, "if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in your heart that God had raised him from the dead, you shall be saved." For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but by me."
      Nobody can earn their way to Heaven because our righteousness is like filthy rags. We're saved by grace through faith, that is not of ourselves, it's the gift of God, not of works, lest any should boast.
      Unless you repent, you shall perish. Jesus words to all these rich folks: "What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Your soul is more precious than anything this world has to offer. Because everything will perish, but the human soul shall live forever, either in Heaven with Jesus or in the Lake of Fire with Satan and his demons and the rest of unrepented God hating souls.
      Where will you spend eternity friend?

    • @goeticfolklore
      @goeticfolklore ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Yes, even the rich do manual labor which is why guides still won’t let you film certain things there (people looking tired, pushing equipment, etc)

    • @haileennevsmom09
      @haileennevsmom09 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      its just insane

    • @ag9953
      @ag9953 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It is, we all have seen the footage of the towns outside of the few large cities, people live in total squalor.

  • @kasungamage2716
    @kasungamage2716 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Considering the time they took to process that simple transaction with two items, I would say they don't get many customers.

  • @stokedtogetmellow
    @stokedtogetmellow 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love the muzak version of Sinatra in the background! 😂😂😂

  • @adamhooper2476
    @adamhooper2476 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3767

    Best retail job ever. No bloody customers to worry about.

    • @jeanneann3545
      @jeanneann3545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +254

      probably no Karen... Except, powerful fussy customers that would send your head flying if you didnt appear friendly enough 🤧

    • @j.67
      @j.67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      caveat.. you have to live in North Korea

    • @ss21380
      @ss21380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      But it's looks like a little scary to me because just a few human there.
      Well I don't like supranatural thing.

    • @robertsilva8097
      @robertsilva8097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jeanneann3545 locals can go shopping here with permission

    • @svampebob007
      @svampebob007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@j.67 I've worked in retail, and to this day I'm still debating if it's really a pro or a con.

  • @dannyked7725
    @dannyked7725 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4561

    Having a job like this in NK would basicly be like having a job as a doctor in the UK or US and many others.

    • @ronnieallie8490
      @ronnieallie8490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      True

    • @F-18Super
      @F-18Super ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Wym?

    • @osvaldomorinigo
      @osvaldomorinigo ปีที่แล้ว +14

      What

    • @kaikai52720
      @kaikai52720 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      I know! They act like they work in a high-end retail store when this place looks like a tiny Walmart.

    • @lovelymayy
      @lovelymayy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep.

  • @kallumlgltd
    @kallumlgltd 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I know this is an old vid but I'm loving the fact you're rockin' the tape deck! 👍👍👍

  • @erichagen1084
    @erichagen1084 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEOS FROM STORES AND WORKERS IN NORTH KOREA

  • @BoobzTwo
    @BoobzTwo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +662

    Nice store, the only thing missing seems to be the privileged people.

    • @f0rever1
      @f0rever1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Michelle Campbell lol yea bc in NK there are little to zero privileged people living there smh

  • @iibaboo2
    @iibaboo2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1146

    Is it just me or they seem a bit cold? Like they dont smile and seem annoyed by him

    • @justintime5254
      @justintime5254 6 ปีที่แล้ว +623

      If I lived in Nk I wouldn't be smiling either

  • @MunkyChunk
    @MunkyChunk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This feels illegal to watch

  • @pinkpastelhearts
    @pinkpastelhearts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    i feel really sorry for north korea's people, damn, they should be allowed to live and enjoy life like everyone else.

    • @sofiacaldeira8203
      @sofiacaldeira8203 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Me too, but the tons of sanctions USA puts on North Korea... its basically impossible for them to trade. Plus most of their territory is mountains, I think its such a cruel thing to put so much sanctions on a small country with most of its territory being mountains and then say "uh oh they don't live well". And an ex USA president has admited that US did everything to destroy the economy of North Korea.

    • @zofitty
      @zofitty 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@sofiacaldeira8203sure buddy. The amount of deluded misinformation in your head must be directly from NK💀. if you think US sanctions are the reason Nk is a hell hole death trap than there’s no saving you.

    • @UndercoverDog
      @UndercoverDog 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@sofiacaldeira8203the sanctions arent the problem lol

    • @andrei_chikatil0
      @andrei_chikatil0 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, especially like Yugoslavian people enjoying democracy gift from USA, eh ?😂

    • @pinkpastelhearts
      @pinkpastelhearts 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andrei_chikatil0 has nothing to do with that, whether youre rich or poor, the rich are fine with their life, the poor just have to struggle for the rest of their life.

  • @jeffnovak4584
    @jeffnovak4584 6 ปีที่แล้ว +659

    So a "privileged" store in North Korea looks like a dollar general that is in a liquidation sale and lacks proper interior lighting, got it

  • @jeojangalakuanlin9511
    @jeojangalakuanlin9511 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1468

    Damn this "privileged" store is the dollar store in SK.

    • @bernisweltredsun1245
      @bernisweltredsun1245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Damnit, a Dollar store with Armani,Boss and Rolex? Damn you have to be wealthy as Richie Rich in SK!

    • @wil.d_sage
      @wil.d_sage 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same for here in the US. This looks like a smaller more depressing version of Ross

    • @cheyennecolin5546
      @cheyennecolin5546 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bernisweltredsun1245 Judging by this store I’m pretty certain those aren’t Rolex’s but watches you’d find at a Walmart

    • @MichaelTheoret
      @MichaelTheoret 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The "Priviledged Store " shown in this Video is like a Dollar General in the USA . What a strange Place North Korea is.

    • @ventedthesenuts
      @ventedthesenuts หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@bernisweltredsun1245those ain't real Rolex or boss I assume

  • @russianbread925
    @russianbread925 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The dust on the stuff must be insane

  • @Samo762
    @Samo762 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    For a comparison, this is the NK equivalent of a like a super expensive, members-only Whole Foods in Beverly Hills.

  • @lauryrodriguez7229
    @lauryrodriguez7229 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2351

    Notice how TOO organize the store is. As if no one has touched anything ever

    • @mete7212
      @mete7212 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      beacuse they are untouched products . North Korean people cannot enter these markets.

    • @MrEtovam
      @MrEtovam ปีที่แล้ว +7

      too many snitches there, so they don't open their mouth

    • @nicoleharrington9086
      @nicoleharrington9086 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😲

    • @prod.drxlis
      @prod.drxlis ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It's a diplomatic building for tourists

    • @alekizzu4705
      @alekizzu4705 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      it's a store where only foreign diplomats and the rich can access, where you can only pay with foreign currency. Regular Koreans can't shop in these stores, that's why they call it "privileged store"

  • @rogersmith3295
    @rogersmith3295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5259

    When he said oops forgot something I was literally thinking his mask. Oh how the times have changed. Lol

    • @kostakispenev5207
      @kostakispenev5207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No replies 🤔🤔

    • @lqf72l96
      @lqf72l96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Same and i realised this vid was from 2016 lol

    • @minjiu__u
      @minjiu__u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      do people in NK wear masks on Pandemic???

    • @jeanieologie
      @jeanieologie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@minjiu__u so basically people who have access to masks and choose to wear them are wearing masks. Most people aren't sure of the extents of their regulations currently. We don't have the numbers, and allegedly north korea denied aid (supplies etc) from multiple countries.

    • @skydude38
      @skydude38 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Never forgot mine because i never had one

  • @sebastianlucianoyauricaqui3527
    @sebastianlucianoyauricaqui3527 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    6:35 ¿IG de la minita? :V
    (PD: Great video, bro. I know that you just showed a privileged part of the country, but It gave me a different perspective of North Korea.)

  • @irfan_danial98
    @irfan_danial98 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I have a big questions, how can Japanese products being used / sell in North Korea???
    I thought NK really hate Japan 🤔
    Btw, this is really great video brother!!

    • @susantherestorer
      @susantherestorer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm pretty sure those are Chinese goods.

  • @user-hk3ej4hk7m
    @user-hk3ej4hk7m 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2349

    How are they supposed to not "notice" your GoPro if you have it hanging from your neck? You can see that from the reflection on the car window

    • @technocracy90
      @technocracy90 6 ปีที่แล้ว +672

      Facundo maybe they simply don't know what it is?

    • @unoriginal6958
      @unoriginal6958 6 ปีที่แล้ว +606

      윤형석 nah its werid anyways that he's able to drive a car and go to a store like that in nk he probably works there or something

    • @worltex112
      @worltex112 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@unoriginal6958 Yeah. Propaganda

    • @helloraz3451
      @helloraz3451 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@worltex112 read description nerd

    • @worltex112
      @worltex112 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@helloraz3451 Don't insult people nerd

  • @kongstrong1938
    @kongstrong1938 7 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    shoplifters actually put things back here.

  • @awesomebro3659
    @awesomebro3659 ปีที่แล้ว

    English is good (in the discription) not perfect but understandable :) I love these kind of videos.

  • @petestein27
    @petestein27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sinatra's "My Way" played through the speakers of a north korean convenience store is not something I thought I would ever experience in my life...but here we are

  • @hobbybugs1286
    @hobbybugs1286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +561

    If they noticed a camera they probably thought you work for the korean gov

    • @thetimemachine3502
      @thetimemachine3502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      as a sort of 5th column for S Korean Govt. uhhh??

    • @ingwiafraujaz3126
      @ingwiafraujaz3126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Then he would probably have to speak fluent Korean, which he doesn't, so I doubt it.

    • @user-ip5yc7bg2k
      @user-ip5yc7bg2k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ingwiafraujaz3126 Some spies act like they don’t speak their native language. It’s common.

  • @TDo280199
    @TDo280199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3200

    Seeing a North Korean smile is oddly heart-warming.

    • @tomsorial911
      @tomsorial911 6 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      "Forced to smile"
      jk

    • @CaseyAlhambra
      @CaseyAlhambra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      But I do feel bad for those girls. They’re living in a very harsh environment 😔

    • @Becks1917
      @Becks1917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@CaseyAlhambra No theyre not lmao

    • @haidar1128
      @haidar1128 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@Becks1917 wdym? there's still poverty running rampant there

    • @Becks1917
      @Becks1917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@haidar1128 Haha, funny one where did you get that from? They have free housing.

  • @roofdevstudios9952
    @roofdevstudios9952 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How did you get a Mitsubishi Lancer in there? I didnt know Japanese Cars existed on North Korea.

  • @ajee3229
    @ajee3229 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The fact that they're playing "My Way" in a North Korean store is oddly disturbing and I don't even know why.

  • @htcinfinity
    @htcinfinity 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2954

    These women look the same as the other stores or restaurants you've been to.

    • @shaizahmed
      @shaizahmed 6 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      A Slice of Bread stop being racist 😂

  • @Shirolicious
    @Shirolicious 6 ปีที่แล้ว +588

    Such a big store and 0 customers besides you.

  • @ReubenWslay
    @ReubenWslay ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:55 I cannot 😭 out of all the perfumes there’s a Britney Spears one on the top right she really did take over the world

    • @mariaivanova9089
      @mariaivanova9089 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Не волнуйтесь, это подделка. 😊

  • @southamericunt6354
    @southamericunt6354 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Are you okay?"
    Her: 💀

  • @princeliem
    @princeliem 6 ปีที่แล้ว +491

    Selling American stuff in North Korea?? Bad ass level 9000

  • @capnjace848
    @capnjace848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1400

    I felt like I needed to hold my breathe even just by watching this video

    • @niahd520
      @niahd520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      me too

    • @thoru-san9606
      @thoru-san9606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      How does he have access to TH-cam? And how does he have an car? His he rich or something in the NK?

    • @jeanieologie
      @jeanieologie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@thoru-san9606 hi if you read the description on the video he answers your question

    • @pookiehoney
      @pookiehoney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jeanieologie no he does not. It’s illegal to have internet there. It’s a death sentence.

    • @jeanieologie
      @jeanieologie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@pookiehoney what? No it's not lol foreigners definitely can access the internet

  • @1weazy291
    @1weazy291 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting, thank you for sharing!

    • @jakaparker
      @jakaparker  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching

  • @eldiwlalrids
    @eldiwlalrids 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so relaxing!

  • @brittybrad
    @brittybrad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +825

    Terrifying when you'd be the only person in the shop and then be followed around or escorted to get batteries

    • @chessn0ob69
      @chessn0ob69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This comment has 300 plus likes but no replies , kind of odd

    • @brittybrad
      @brittybrad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@chessn0ob69 lol wtf, okay?

    • @nosoupforu
      @nosoupforu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      He wasn’t being followed around he asked for help finding it

    • @linzyc4696
      @linzyc4696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Um he was asking where it was and she showed him……

    • @davefiers6184
      @davefiers6184 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m some countries they will come and show you what’s weird about this?

  • @AsrielAsItGets428
    @AsrielAsItGets428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1324

    If this is a privileged store in North Korea, I would love to see how an average North Korean would react to a rich store in the US or UK.

    • @AlanTFitch
      @AlanTFitch ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same

    • @alessandragregori1518
      @alessandragregori1518 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      O comunque dell'Occidente

    • @be.A.b
      @be.A.b ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Defectors pretty much such day that they feel so overstimulated, that it almost makes them feel sick. They also go through a grief process knowing that their world has been a lie. Sometimes they even feel a bit of inferiority and hostility, both towards their home countries propaganda, and all the excess in their new country.

    • @Aaron_Whg
      @Aaron_Whg 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Tf is uk stores, the rich stores in norway, sweden, finland, switzerland, luxembourg, germany are way better

    • @breaking_lupu03
      @breaking_lupu03 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@alessandragregori1518nah, US stores are just something amazihg, nothing comparable to the rest of the west part of the world

  • @user-tx5gq7xw5d
    @user-tx5gq7xw5d 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "my way" playing in the background is everything

  • @andrewwheelerguitar
    @andrewwheelerguitar 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    So what was the pricing like? Very expensive?

  • @gizzya4183
    @gizzya4183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1656

    why all these comments have no replies but thousands of likes💀💀💀

    • @dad306
      @dad306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      That’s what I was thinking. 20k likes but two replies 💀

    • @humdah.1879
      @humdah.1879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Excatly

    • @luiskd4534
      @luiskd4534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      I wonder the same.

    • @apemanapw8479
      @apemanapw8479 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruh WTF ur right...

    • @berserk9564
      @berserk9564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bot i think

  • @yrslg
    @yrslg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Being inside the store would make me so anxious...

  • @Toby_the_Glen
    @Toby_the_Glen 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Weird to see a shop without advertising?

  • @ThePhoenixcompanies
    @ThePhoenixcompanies 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I here the song, "I did it my way" in the background. Is this the NK National Anthem? 😂😂😂

  • @kimchi5721
    @kimchi5721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    woww found it so weird how non of the workers greeted him or nothing like they would do in a shop in another country

  • @toomuchtohandle8556
    @toomuchtohandle8556 7 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    So I think business is going well...

  • @justgotohm4775
    @justgotohm4775 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I couldn’t help but notice the World Food Program Prado in the parking lot.

  • @Mady-lo6qb
    @Mady-lo6qb 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This makes me think of a discount store with a section for all sorts of random items left over from other branches that they hope someone will buy and get it off their hands.

    • @MichaelTheoret
      @MichaelTheoret 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was one of those discount stores not too far from me that me and a buddy used to go to back in the early through mid 90s . Fascinating place because one could buy tools , knives ,camping gear ,housewares ,clothing , books , collectables ,and even rock specimens ,and science stuff among other offerings. The Place closed down quite a while ago though .

  • @eunhyexx1518
    @eunhyexx1518 6 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    OK to answer everyones questions about why the calendar said 2016, and why the prices were in different currencies etc,
    hes a diplomat so he lives in a diplomat compound full of other foreigners. theyve made it so they can understand everything easier etc.

    • @eunhyexx1518
      @eunhyexx1518 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      it literally explains that in the description. stop calling this guy a liar.

  • @sactyb
    @sactyb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    lol.."do they notice the gopro on my chest?" yea no-one will ever notice it..its the least known and most discreet camera ever created..

    • @camiscooked
      @camiscooked 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Satisfaction In North Korea it is

  • @bBeuh2992
    @bBeuh2992 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    This feels like a real life game of among us except everyone else feels like they’re the killers & you’re just trying to blend in💀 I actually feel so unnerved for this man

    • @Mielke123
      @Mielke123 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is the highest level of political analysis that people in the West can muster. Sad. And they think it's the Koreans who are brainwashed.

  • @jeffl1484
    @jeffl1484 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Imagine how expired some things are there due to having nearly any foot traffic aside from the workers.

  • @ArchangelExile
    @ArchangelExile 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2570

    Pulls out Samsung phone in North Korea... 😳

  • @Smiles4UFL
    @Smiles4UFL 6 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    There’s not even any lights on in the store. What is going on here. This is like a strange movie....

    • @sxdev
      @sxdev 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      They don´t have solid electricity, most of the factories are standing still or run at 5% capacity, fuel and food (really everything) is also very limited, you can´t compare that to what you´re used to

  • @Fluttergirl
    @Fluttergirl 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It’s been a minute since I’ve heard a dot matrix printer in action.

  • @samjohnson3124
    @samjohnson3124 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    that store really feels really empty, just watching it.

  • @MCKornbred
    @MCKornbred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1611

    It's so weird....it's like walmart separated all their departments with walls and decided to get rid of everything except like five items and then only put one register in the front, and actually hired helpful workers.

    • @ronh.798
      @ronh.798 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      And nobody walking around in ridiculous clothes like people of Wal mart.

    • @pookiehoney
      @pookiehoney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      They’re not being helpful by following him around. He’s being watched and monitored.

    • @avetsuper6272
      @avetsuper6272 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pookiehoney hahahahahaha better dont say nothing than say shit

    • @Nicolas-gg3dj
      @Nicolas-gg3dj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Maybe Walmart should learn from North Korean Luxury Stores?

    • @coloradostrong
      @coloradostrong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ronh.798 You mean Block 325 pound land whales, wearing dirty gray sweatpants with "PINK" emblazoned on the back, a nasty halter top 2 sizes too small while shuffling around in bedroom slippers looking for lil' Shenekia and Rae-Rae?

  • @jamphi_
    @jamphi_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2859

    My question is:
    *How branded things like L'OREAL is exist in North Korea?*

    • @backyardaviator2920
      @backyardaviator2920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +673

      One answer: Russia & China,plus these guys have 3rd party or Gray Companies operating as a front overseas particularly in the EU

    • @telaandias3531
      @telaandias3531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +301

      WebXT / PW they import them secretly because they aren’t allowed to buy them direct

    • @gme4life893
      @gme4life893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@telaandias3531 Can you describe this more, please? How does it work?

    • @blakeslide6919
      @blakeslide6919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Most likely fakes imported from China or possibly even legit l'oreal just imported through the grey market

    • @ksozeproductions7182
      @ksozeproductions7182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I would assume China. All that stuff is made there anyway. Wouldn't be hard to make some extra, as all of that stuff is pretty much subcontracted work, so the actual brands have very little control over production. Or possibly a few cases "fell off" a truck somewhere. Large dollar items like cars and things are bought by shell companies and probably shipped to China, then just brought over the border.

  • @ruzzelladrian907
    @ruzzelladrian907 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s so eerie. It’s like they’ve never seen a customer before.

  • @TheShadowcreator
    @TheShadowcreator 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Was it cold in the store? I noticed that both of the shopkeepers were wearing coats. Very strange!

  • @zbassterd892
    @zbassterd892 6 ปีที่แล้ว +666

    I would love to see someone try and shoplift at that store

    • @lanchanoinguyen2914
      @lanchanoinguyen2914 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      yeah,i think it might have had a camera system,you can see those store and building are empty,the recreational parks are empty too.No one has enough money to go there.These videos are just made for propaganda.

  • @adognamedcat13
    @adognamedcat13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    i love the instrumental "my way" by frank sinatra in the store! american music and they don't even know it XD

    • @spicychefaleks1088
      @spicychefaleks1088 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Elliott Fisher kind of a fitting song for the country they did do it there way

    • @clairer1423
      @clairer1423 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      My Way is actually a sample from a French song called Comme D’Habitude by Claude Francois ! So that’s French music !

  • @aaabbb-ve9po
    @aaabbb-ve9po 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This store would make the best liminal space photos. It’s so uncomfortably desolate..

  • @persistentsolitude2216
    @persistentsolitude2216 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Are we not going to talk about how a non-vocal version of Frank Sinatra's "My Way" was playing in the store for a portion of the video?

  • @isailwind3471
    @isailwind3471 7 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Notice how there is absolutely no one in the privileged store.

    • @DaRocketGuy
      @DaRocketGuy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ferrr Nandooo privileged =/= empty

    • @Kaziriasatalve.
      @Kaziriasatalve. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cause barely some people "privileged" there! :p

    • @tristanlau1213
      @tristanlau1213 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No one's privileged lol
      This is a wet dream for SJWs lol

    • @ragnaroksora8129
      @ragnaroksora8129 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Fernando R logic

    • @isailwind3471
      @isailwind3471 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ferrr Nandooo Really? You're not to bright on the uptake are you, lol.

  • @jigneshdevganiya
    @jigneshdevganiya 6 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    so untouched, so organised, only one customer, they dont know calculation, good..

    • @maxpower3206
      @maxpower3206 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      you dont know English good..

  • @gtg356y
    @gtg356y 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My ideal shopping experience---immediate customer support, fully stocked store, and the rest of the country is not allowed in.