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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ธ.ค. 2011
- North Korea has come up with a new way to bring cold hard cash into its isolated country: export North Korean workers to slave away in the Siberian forest (often without telling them they're no longer in North Korea). We set out to investigate these camps and almost landed ourselves in quite a bit of trouble.
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Thankies
PBS frontline did way better more in-depth coverage. Also showing more exported north Korea in the EU.
)@@kishascape
i miss old vice man, felt like some true internet culture
@@MaggotDiggo1 thanks bro
@Keith Notch did it with minecraft, too
@bobthe man actuallyyyyyy....no they sold it for zero dollars and instead got stocks for the company they "sold" it to, it wasnt even a public company yet....the same company that screwed them out of thousands.
Yup. Sad to see what it is now lol
It was much better back in the day when it was owned by HBO
"I've been to the most fucked up place on earth twice." What an opening.
Many of us live there now, its called the USA
@@KrolKaz Do you honestly think North Korea is better?
@@KrolKaz China has labor camps, poor Uyghur people ;(
Taiwan is independent country, China going to other territorial waters with their fishing boats.
@@EclecticallyEccentric I can tell either he supports the CCP, or he just got brainwashed by their lies.
Ever think it's a joke
North Koreans : actually scared of Kim Jong Un
The rest of the world : makes fun of him
So True, Zi Tao Tao. You hit the mark.
Yes it's true, but we're not in his country lol
Well he looks soo funy that I don't think i could be scared of him even if i wanted to
THE ONLY BAD THING IN OUR WORLD IS THE CAPITALISM...AND THAT IS NOT A JOKE...
Oh this is accurate HAHAHA
"Fun" fact Kim jung il was still ruling when they went there, but died 2 days before this video aired
coincidence?
@@theasherroseman I think not!
I like fun facts.
@@fishrgirl5980 good
Loop hole in there rules
In case you are thinking "Wow Vice doing good story!?"
Video was done 8 years ago.
Yes m8,look I'm still here,i still watch russian roulette for Simon
We Europeans must unite .
Against who ??
This was before it became pure propaganda
Your Neighbour that’s exactly what went through my mind. Then I saw 2011
Please, never fire this man. He is comedy gold.
m a i pretty sure he’s a billionaire and owns VICE?
He actually owns vice
Dude he owns vice lmao
Hi 🇱🇦 Laos
Shane owns and started vice
Vice this is exactly the type of content we want to see. Real journalism, real people talking about stuff we dont know about.
Um....they're still doing that.....
@Dave haz They still are to an extent. Just some months ago they sent an undercover journalist to China after foreign journalists were banned to get some info on what it was like for Uighers (or however it's spelled)
we need them to push the liberal agenda!
@@tazoomturret377 the quality dropped. They are letting personal agendas showing through their reports. And instead of doing a good job of interviews, their questions are very choreographed not to question but to direct the conversation to fit with US's popular current narrative.
Vraiement? A mon avis c'est continuer de stalinisme...
old vice man is an actual vibe, hate that they outed him
Wait what did he do?
vice didnt out him, he's now the ceo of vice media. probably too old for this kind of stuffs too.
@@jostimantatarigan7657 He's not the CEO. That's Nancy Duboc. His title is "Executive Chairman". No idea what that means but I'm pretty sure that's a very honorary style title. I don't think he's directly running the company anymore.
@@ayameisastar "A person who is the leader of a large company and is also involved in controlling and organizing its daily activities."
He cashed out and moved on from the day to day. Just like Mcginnis
🇰🇵 just realised this place has an emoji as if anyone from their country can even use it ha
Oof I saw your comment and was like “oh this video must be new!” But no it’s 8 years old XD
@@acek2016 🇰🇵
🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵
@@josephmclaughlin8972 I like the flag 🇰🇵 but fuck their country
🇰🇵 🇰🇵🇰🇵 🇰🇵🇰🇵 🇰🇵🇰🇵 🇰🇵
"You dont mind if I drink some vodka with you?"
When you hear this, you know youre in Russia
that's all Russians ever want to do is drink vodka
@@Anthony-sb5tz yes true as a Russian i dont drink vodka but still i drink vodka because all we do is drink vodka. Vodka vodka vodka vodka.
@@Anthony-sb5tz bullshit pal, the same as we here in Europe think that all the Americans are drinking soda, eating nothing but hamburgers and wearing cowboy hats! Lol)) so is it true?
@@Anthony-sb5tz it's part of their russian blood
@@kurhardtweilvorker9647 when i was a asian kid i thought all westerners are cowboys
North Korea in the early 2000’s was a legitimately bad place to be for basically anyone. It was worse than Afghanistan or Iraq of the same time. The fact that Shane went during this time to North Korea and wasn’t assassinated once he got back is truly amazing. This man has balls of steel.
Does anybody else come back and watch this every year or 2? Vice used to make some great stuff.
Shane is probably my favorite VICE reporter.
james woody He's the owner?
+Kyle Harden yes. co-founder.
He's a Billionaire
OneWayTrip1 hes definitely *NOT* a billionaire
he's worth 400 mill for those wondering
A video of a trip into Russia has to have a Russian man asking to drink vodka
+TotallyArrJay XD
+TotallyArrJay Well, there isn't much else to do there except drink, so hell yeah bring on the vodka!
Ты не против со мной выпить водки?
+TotallyArrJay yup
that's the tragedy of Russia. A country full of brainless alcoholism is easy to control for the government. Less people question Putin. So sad.
I still come back to this series from time to time, such a great documentary
I love this documentary, there is so much personality put into it it's insane, now i do like some of the new ones being done, but i gotta admit, Vice has lost so much of their personality and just kinda feel like a normal news network with the exception that the reporters go and get shot at a couple times.
Channel 5 with Andrew Callahan is bringing that spirit back thankfully !
Yeah because it's been bought , go look at who has shares in it now
Great job 👏 go watch yeonmi park to save North Korea that need to be free $
By talking to these North Koreans, he endangered them.
Aaaaand were have you got this idea from?!
Fingal Anderson Edvardsson because they can get sent to labor camps. i dont know the exact crime, but i doubt you even searched it up 🤷♂️
@@tehsgath4884 ok ok send a solid source which would confirm this.
@@fingalandersonedvardsson8905 what a fucking dumbass, its so obvious the villagers he talk to are dead or still stuck in camps.
Nuno Herdeiro they are all too brainwashed to have thoughts of their own sadly. Which makes them believe anything that the media and state says. :-/
“Her bum was hanging out of her shorts”
-Shane
The most legendary comment
It will go down in history, and be shared by multiple religions and cultures for generations
Min?
2:08
@@Goldrunner1169 stay hydrated
@@coleslaw4736 you too mate
You've got to admit this is the best vice video there is. Being drunk smoking cigarettes and making friends with the funniest people there are. And a little bit history
I missed this generation of VICE. If they stayed like this, they would still be a profitable journalism company today.
"Her bum was hanging out of her shorts."
-Shane Smith 2011
NOTGLOBAL bet anybody can say that today on TH-cam
@@racinglineph7857 THAT'S IT, I'M REPORTING YOU....YOU SAID BUM. I'm so upset I'm going to have to binge watch the soothing Game of Thrones to calm me down. 😂 Bahahaahaha oh ppl are crazy.
1.618033987 GR I didn’t say bum
" its a very good thing i've taken a xanax "
-Shane smith 2011
Legend!😂
This is basically the best documentary regarding North Korea. I loved the field trip vibe of the entire documentary. It feels like I am taking a trip with Simon and Shane. Granted a it's a scary trip, but a trip nonetheless.
I agree :)
"best documentary regarding North Korea"
Holy shit, please tell me you're joking. This shit is garbage propaganda. It's literally just some Koreans working abroad and some obnoxious westerner spins it as a "labor camp" according to baseless speculation.
best documentary - you must be kidding -
If it doesn't smell like bus-puke, it's not a field trip.
@@cooperrush6474 korea bot
How you guys are still alive fucking baffles me and I've only seen 5 playlists so far. Keep it going boys, absolutely brilliant work.
I wish vice produced interesting documentaries like this and several others.
MAKE VICE GREAT AGAIN!
Shane Smith is the living embodiment of what vice is suppose to be. I think as a smaller outlet they were more effective in being unique but with mainstream success vice is not what it was. These documentarys take you on an adventure which is cinematic with it's characters , music and feel. I hope Shane Smith gets back in the field more like how it was previously.
"now you have to remember that everything in Siberia, almost without exception is very, very fucking far away from everything else. "
@asso holo Let me guess..you are an American.
Watching this makes me so sad that Vice is no longer doing these types of documentaries. So tired of politicized journalism, bring old Vice back!
Dude, this is an epic doc down old Vice memory lane 👍
I've been to the most fucked up place on earth - twice. LOL!
It's very funny because it's very true XD
It's beautiful! isn't it?
Kim Jong Fun 🖕
and not Florida on a presidential election day
0:47 TEA GIRL
Free her!!!!!
+Kanari Lira what's more funny, is that tea gril doesn't know that she got a legion of fans.
+TheCurval girl*
TheCurval Yeah, Shes more popular than her "great" leader.
+AUSHTEEN she's probably dead
Honestly, this was/is one of the most amazing documentaries I've ever seen. Thank you to the person with the vision to catch this.
You know this is old when Kim Jong Il is still the president.
Am I the only one curious on how they shot this documentary if no devices were allowed?
they were allowed to have point and shoot cameras (which they didnt know could do video) and snuck in higher storage card to support the footage
Are they even in North Korea because he said that there not allowed cameras or anything in North Korea
Because they were in Russia technically?
This isn't North Korea. This is Russia. There is another documentary where he does go to North Korea though.
@Krabby Krab *Medvedev's land
2:11 “her bum was hanging out of her shorts” I died
He loved it
Хорошая задница - Great ass
Sometimes i come back and watch these old vice documentaries and it makes me sad that they aren’t happening anymore :( at least the ones like they used to do.
I love Vice, Shane, and Simon, but God damn that burn in the beginning about easy stories was gold!
Make Vice great again
They got sold due to diminishing add-revenue and a failed attemt to start their own site with monthly sub. It goes without saying, if you like a channel, support it!!!! Enough choosing beggars in this comment section already :(
“ very good thing I’ve tooken a Xanax “ while drinking vodka gotta love it 💀💀
Yes it makes it 10x better
this was an iconic series
Wow this camp looks great! your video brochure really sold me! we are sending our son next summer.
I just hope NK doesn't throw Tea Girl to a 3 year Russian work camp.
free tea girl
Ya’ll weirf
That’s no crazy person, just a Russian guy.
Have a seat
By living in Moscow for two years back in 2000 I can confirm your answer is right. I met even more crazy person on the street of Moscow offering us beer and a chat.
No russian
@@jgsky true. they meet you like old friends
very handsome bad guy looks like the son of a single mother
I woulda jumped off that train to the sound of gunfire and clearly spoken " DEFECTOR!!" AS i run into the treeline. 😅
One of the greatest work of Vice.
Title: North Korean labour camps
*Happy music intensifies*
"Her bum was hanging out of her shorts"-Shane Smith
best quote 2014(and indeed any and every year)
billybob jenkins that's Shane for ya!
i liked "It's a very good thing I've taken a Xanax"
When does he say that?
This video came out in 2011 you dolt
I'm surprised all the people at vice didn't get offended.
I'm scared to think of what happened to the people that let these guys in. And also the guide. after these documentaries went out I'm sure some higher ups in North-Korea saw it and heads had to roll. It's so sad.
How did I miss this vice you guys are my heroes be safe.
Simon is just as crazy as Shane to have embarked on this adventure.
You should have called "The Machine". I hear hes big in Russia.
That was a quality video
Haha
I AM THE MAAACHINE!!
Lmao
OMG I LOVED THAT VIDEO HAHA
This series is iconic.
Wow I forgot about the old vice. I'm actually excited to watch this.
“Are we going to be assassinated for being here”...... “possibly”.. “HaHaaaaaaa”! 👍🏽
The sacrifices everyone at Vice makes just to bring things like this to the rest of the world...unbelievable. You have my utmost respect.
First episode is such a cliffhanger, like whilst drinking vodka "Lucky Ive just taken a xannax" lmaooo brothe you gonna wake up in prison questioning what you did for the last 3 days
4:37 I'm english and can confirm no offence was taken...
It actually made me laugh
lol same
I'm still in love with tea girl
We should organize a mission to save her. Because, you know, that would be easy!
She did indeed seem very nice. I miss her as well. I feel bad for her though...
I'm depressed now :C
Hahahaha
She’s probably dead by now
The golden age of Vice. Back when they did amazing journalism.
@Gene Bone Its better than reporting on transexual drug dealers in Mexico.
I love the breaking bad song that you put in this! (The one when Jessie jumps out the window when the DEA raid takes place)
I come back every year or so to rewatch this documentary. vice dont make em like they used to
It's Simon! That's one seriously fearless dude. Watched all 62 parts of his Russian Roulette series. Bloody brilliant.
HAS to be the strangest country on earth, yeah..(?!)
It's hard to believe that North Korea is for real, sometimes....
Because it’s not for real 😂
Happy dog i hope so
I just found one of the best videos in the internet 8 years too late
It's like the older the vice doc the better it is. You have to watch vice in reverse to enjoy it.
Thumbs up 👍 for a great series Shane - I’ve watched it a few times over the years and it’s still enthralling. So much subtle tongue in cheek innuendo in the narrative - what a hoot!
"Are we gonna get assassinated?"
"Quite possibly"
"Haha"
Bro, do you see him laughing? Cause i dont.
Worked in Russia back in the 90's. Oilfield work. Americans were thinking of investing in the Russian oilfields. Their currency was so worthless that they all stuck their coinage or kopeks onto ice sculptures.
When somebody tries or manages to assassinate you, that's when you know you did some pretty damn good journalism.
No doubts the best series on VICE is this.
Old Vice is my favorite Vice. So many interesting stories from the corners of the world.
We really need to be more critical of ourselves before we ciritique other countries - even countries like North Korea.
We have labor camps in the "west". We call them prisons, particuarly privately run for profit prisons. We even lock people up for the same reasons - to meet the quota that makes the contract profitable for the company running it and politically acceptable for the politicians assigning the contracts. All those guys working for a 25c per hour wage are being co-erced into working fundamentally against their will - they may sign on, but they sign on because the environment and the other options, not because they really want to work for 25cents (or whatever) an hour.
That prison system is a very American problem. Prisons in Europe are very different.
man, the music is so loud compared to the talking it's a constant up and down affair on the volume button
EOMix Blog I was going to comment the same thing! I don't know why producers continue to do this, do they not realize how annoying it makes watching these videos?
Simon works for Vice now. That man has guts. His prickly pear personality is still there.
What other vice docos is he in?
Steven Savelo
Search for Vice news Ukraine/Russia dispatch.
As a Brit... I LOVE the "you should be British, because you're a..." man GETS Britons!
Back watching this fascinating series for the third time. RIP old vice 💔
Shane : "The thing about this is, it's mind boogling that North Korea, the most hermetic state in the world"
His Face : *VISIBILY RED*
boogling
I’ve watched this years ago, before I even learned 한글, I’ve watched tons of docs on n korea but couldn’t remember where I’d seen this one on. Glad it just popped up in my recommendations✌🏼
1:38 Putting every spectator in 1/8th the stadium to make it look densely packed when they take pictures of the crowd... LOL
The unhinged vice- absolutely gold
I seriously used to love vice, then it became propaganda horseshit.
yeah this video is totally not propaganda
North Korean Labor Camps Part 2 = 2.9 million views
I got a tattoo from Yelp's worst rated tattoo parlor = 3.5 million views
Can't really get mad at VICE because people like consuming brainless shit.
@@matheusc.manoel4657 at least is not the pc bullshit they usually spew out
Became?
As in, they used to be good. Then they turned PC shit. Now and again they put out good stuff again.
1:21 me at the school lunch table
BBSツGeneral 5:25 me at the school lunch table
me at the school lunch table 1:16
😭😭😂😂
hahaha
True that me too
How am I only watching this now when I’ve been subbed to this channel for 5 years niw
Sad fact:
Nobody in Korea can or will see this emoji 🇰🇵
North Korea *
@@mithulb9742 the flags abit of a giveaway you pompous prick
@@mithulb9742 the true Korea is North Korea
@@jonnysupremeNorth Korea*
Vice was my favorite news/documentary/investigative journalism source until recently, things have gone downhill & gotten boring.
Yeah I thought I was the only one who thought this... What happened?? Why did it get so bad?? They don't even hv journalist talk anymore wtf??!!
Bro it's even worse now
They did a video on re-education camps in China that wasn’t so bad
Shane's a good correspondent.
What does correspondent mean
Cloud | GFX
One who corresponds
sanctifymymusic i kek'd
sanctifymymusic thanks
yea we love listening to the big hipster weedhead
This was when VICE was real and tough no BS reporting...I hope Shane is still with VICE...he is awesome
Guys if you are watching this for the first time... You are gonna enjoy this adventure these guys had.. enjoy😂😂
The documentaries with Shane are by far my favorite Vice videos. Any idea on when Shane will do another documentary?
There is something so great, extreme and humane about these types of documentaries/news clips. Not just Russian Lumber Camps. But all of these things that are forgotten or not on the radar: Cannibal warlords in Liberia, Moonshine brewing in Africa, Guerilla Gardeners in Atlanta, Vigilante Mobs in Johannesburg etc. etc. etc.
Colorful, and fascinating. Even the drunken Russian on the train was interesting!
You put my thought into words :)
This is powerful
What is Shane doing nowadays? He's the best reporter they ever had, possibly the best reporter in the world
I would love to see Vice do this again
Shane I love these documentaries, keep them coming!
A great little series, brought to us by Vice!
Very interesting.
rc
and not too much different than some of the logging camps I lived and worked in.
This series is a classic
Thank you for the Great video
Back when VICE still produced journalism.
I truly love Vice! You guys' work is unbelievably exceptional.
4:02 well i would argue about them singing "God save Kim Jong-il" more like "Kim Jong-il save God" or something
I remember this time. Unironically when VICE was good. I was young and I was fascinated by these cool explorations into other worlds and cultures with the likes of Shane and Hamilton. RIP.