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- With one of the lowest birth rates in the world, South Korea is in danger of disappearing by the end of the millennium. If the situation stays as it is, South Koreans are predicted to become extinct by 2750. Because of the rapidly aging population, elderly prostitutes known as "Bacchus ladies" have cornered a number of public parks as their working areas. Meanwhile, South Korean kids are living with their families well into their 20s-as a result, an entire economy of sex motels has sprung up to give kids a place to fool around outside the watchful eyes of their parents.
We sent Matt Shea to investigate this generational crisis, which led him to Seoul's red-light district, a pre-wedding photo shoot on the set of a Korean soap opera, and an erotic sculpture park on South Korea's "honeymoon island."
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That photographer is mad lit. I want him to take photos of me in my wedding.
J Chuck lol
J Chuck same
But at the theme park...
Yeah, this guy is rad
That photographer is my idol. Happiest person I've ever seen.
he is just acting happy bro ^^ smoke a jj and just chill
shin kim Or perhaps he just loves his job.
Also, not entirely sure what a jj is.
i think you are right
and by jj i mean a Joint XD smoke some weed and yopu;lll also look as happy as that guy
never ever seen someone act like this guy in korea ever lol he's just being professional i'd say
shin kim I've smoked weed before, never made me as happy as him. He looks like he's on cloud 9.
Papa Zion Well of course he's being professional, being enthusiastic as a photographer usually means your models look genuinely happy instead of just smiling for the camera. Also, being Korean has nothing to do with it, most Koreans I've met are happy people.
That is a photographer who loves his job
I'm sure he gets paid very very well
that was the most enthusiastic camera man ever lol
+William Su I'm glad someone else noticed. That camera man was the best! :)
Hahaha! Agreed.
Intense Enthralled Spectacled *Photographer* - _"Okay Okay, Mouth 2 Mouth, Mouth 2 Mouth, oooohhhh so happy!"_
i almost died when he was screaming smile please☠️
I love the photographer he had so much synchronicity
YES! He was so good he had me doin the shit he was telling the people posing!
I looked up the definition of that word and here we go.
the simultaneous occurrence of events that appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.
Thanks for pointing that out
NaturalElicia Always one to help
NaturalElicia Ikr me too he soo happy.
I would be friends with that photographer he's awesome lmao
Oi
'Love land, which was erected in 2004'
I lol'd
+NANCAY WANG i was wondering why he said that
+NANCAY "WANG" I lol'd
nancay you're erecting me in 2015
+NANCAY WANG u will lol till u have no choice and make it ur job hahaha life is crazy
+NANCAY WANG ... and your second name is WANG, right?
I love the photographer at the beginning haha
SMIRE PREAAAASE!!!11!!
What are you talking about?
He seems gay lmao ....no wonder the birth rate goes down xD
I bet he Kept a copy of most of them
same! he seems so happy and nice! :D
The camera guy at the wedding shoot was so cute!!
jouga he made me laugh so much I loved it .
Pajeet Bhola so what if they were get over your self . 😒🙄
"SMILE SMILE. *SMILE PLEASE* "
His happiness is contagious!
Thing is, knowing SK, probably plastic. Unless you mean his personality, to which I agree 200%, very enthusiastic lol.
Why does he keep repeating "this is so weird" in the first scene, it actually seems like there is so much fun and joy going on
Ahmet Selim Karaca - Well if his point is to show how he is uncomfortable with being shoved into the fake-romantic picture with a stranger, he could have said just that. But now the whole visit to the wedding photoshoot place, shown in a documentary about Korean love life, edited to look like a "bizarre" weird culture shock experience, just made it look like he was just trying to prove that this entire Korean way of doing romantic activities is odd and somehow wrong. I have been to a wedding photoshoot in Korea with my friend, just because we wanted to try out some pretty dresses and see how they would look like. Nothing awkward or weird about it, and I can 100% tell you it would have been even funnier if I had been there with my romantic partner (who would have enjoyed this idea), because we could test what we looked like as a bride and groom without any sorts of commitments. This kind of a business branch is not something to clutch your pearls about, or to be upset of. It's a light-hearted, playful detail in the Korean business industry, and I don't really see why that had to be added to this documentary as a proof of Korean dating life being "sooo weiiird".
no koreans by by 2750? where the hell am i gonna get my kimchi and bulgolgi in 700 years?
+HyperMan unless im reincarnated.
you still got north korea
RIGHT that stuff is amazing
you make it sound so easy
ᄃ최윤석 its not that easy lol
Different side to Korea that you don't see in the dramas, music and tv shows
Agreed!
Zoe Wright - All countries have that side of them, and all countries would hide it from their basic dramas, music and tv shows. This does not need to be said.
Yep
@@luskaneseprince yes!
Zoe Wright it's all not about that 🤷🏻♂️🙃🙃 as you can see
ship my ass over there and them birth rates will skyrocket
Sure they will buddy. Keep telling yourself that.
Taehyung's Tig O' Bitties gross
The hero they may not want but need
I knew one of you gross koreaboos would be in the comment section
Rebecca Johnson of course honey
1.10: "the entire population will be extinct in 2750"
Gotta be one of the dodgiest statistics of all time
lmao ikr
That’s what they gon get if the stats don’t change🤦🏻♂️ it’s not dodgy they just going by what’s going on
And honestly if you think about it it’s is kinda true that people having less kids...you used to hear in the old days people having families of 7+ like it was normal...two grandparents of mine have or had 12 siblings the others had like 7 or 5
@@I61void though entire population getting extinct is a theory, I also know that in reality reproduction follows situations. Right now we're overcrowded and overpopulated and this means we need to reduce births. In fact it's so hard to raise a baby these days... Fast forward when South Korea reaches a population of say 5 million people and the space and conditions for giving birth will be enticing and people start getting 3 to 5 kids... And the cycle continue... It's like a graph. The graph follow situations.
Definitely there's nothing like eternal growth of anything on Earth. Lol
@@I61void japan has higher birthrates than every single country in europe except some eastern baltic states..............
its progressives being hypocrites, using this as an excuse to import rapists like in sweden
smile, smile , PLEASE MADAFAKA PLASE!! Best camera man ever!
Ded😂
I really love the photographer!
1GoldRunner He's just so likeable isn't he? I can't resist the urge to hug him!
1GoldRunner he'd be the best wedding photographer to have ever I think 👌🏼😊 x
+Nicola He's kind of rocking that, "Yeah, baby!" Austin Powers vibe which is so damn infectious and adorable. It must be nice to have a decent personality.
Every one can have a nice personality John von Horn ❤️
+Nicola In that same idea, Not EVERY one has a nice personality :P cuz the same is true if u'd say: Every one can be a dick :p
The photographer. A man who loves his job!
Jon M. or a man who loves getting tips so just like every other person in the world fakes a smile at their job to get good customer reviews.
Byron Barrientos sorry to hear your life is so shit
There's no tipping culture in Korea :)
There's no tipping in Korea... There's nothing wrong with having a very right winged mentality. Industrial and hardworking :)
@@user-py2sr6qo3m bad take. smh.
Why did he start talking with a British accent halfway through the video
It wasn't even consistent, he just slipped into it every minute or two. It was pretty hilarious once I noticed it.
+Billie Jeanne who*
lol I just noticed this.
I watched another video with him in it where he mentioned he grew up in both the us and uk
Mario And Wes whomst'dve*
"big smile PUH-LEEEEZZZZZ"
HAMBURGER PLZ
Cloooseer pleoose
Oh no, the thot witch is using her spells!!!
Wii uuuu wiii uuuu 🚨
i wish i had a photographer as that enthusiastic
11:33 “if the room is pretty, I will like it.” LOL I think that was a hint from your girlfriend 😂
5:26 "Love Land that was ERECTED in 2004" haha sneaky sneakyyy.
Josh Michael you saw what he did there
I’m late, but... hehe.
They have better things to do in Korea than have sex. I mean have you ever seen a Korean play Starcraft?
+ShellyTheSeal haha, I played alot of starcraft in hi-school (like 18 year ago) and could not get laid. Then I decided to give it up for pussies
This is so true.
the point was not sex, the most important is to build family, rising child, and giving your better thing to the nation.
didit work? just curious.
This dude in the documentary did a documentary out of pro gaming in korea, and he did a shit job out of it.
Oh my god the photographer was so good!
민슈가천재짱짱맨뿡뿡 sugaaaaaaaa
My husband, who is Korean, and I had our pre-wedding photos done here in Korea back in October! It was such a fun experience (an 8 hour day!) and the photos came out beautifully. In fact, I've never seen a Korean pre-wedding photoshoot come out poorly. It would be quite awkward to have these kinds of photos done with someone who wasn't your intended though since you're in intimate poses a majority of the time. Also, we went to Jeju for our honeymoon! It was beautiful even in the winter.
Extinct by 2750? This is really fuckin dumb.
Nope. That's real. As a South Korean, the increasing average age and the lessening of new births *is* actually impacting our country.
***** You can't use a simple population projection to predict 700 years in the future. Its a given that war or technological change will change the situation much sooner than the country can go extinct. A rapidly aging population does present many problems but extinction is just sensational.
***** Doesn't matter if its real. At the state of the worlds temperatures rising and the amount of pollution rapidly rising I doubt we'd survive long enough for that to be realistic.
***** Ayyyy
"If the situation stays as is"
I have respect for that camera guy.
Wakaran WE ALL DO HE LIT
Some of this is heartbreaking.. I personally feel that prostitution (if it is between 2 CONSENTING adults) is not necessarily "evil" or "a crime" but even so... knowing that some of these women (or men as well??) are selling sex for 5$ is just unbelievable. These people must be desperate for money and have no where else to turn.. It's very sad to see these poor ahjimma's out there doing this.
***** I don't think you can contribute all of those things solely to Prostitution. I don't think it's right for the government to control what people do with their bodies.. Yes bad things come from prostitution and no I don't think prostitution is lovely or good.. but I just see it as a fundamental right of a human.. They want to get paid for having sex.. they should be able too. If we let the government decide everything that they might have a future concern about, then there would be a lot of things outlawed.. Should we outlaw cars bc the government is concerned for the future of those who might get killed in a car accident? Should we outlaw skimpy clothes bc the government is concerned for future rape that might occur? ect...
Shmaples Quite right, there is no right more basic than bodily autonomy. Korea should decriminalize prostitution.
Shmaples And this is why we need welfare. Sweden has succeeded in tackling both welfare and prostitution in a very clever way. (I'm not Swedish, not even European. :P) Prostitution is not illegal there, it is buying prostitution that is illegal.
Fernando Trebien It is still in effect a ban, sex workers are more vulnerable now in Sweden than before when it was legal.
gumdeo Well then, how about Germany's model? Regulation + welfare?
the photographer is like a fangirl😂
He looks like a blonde Daniel Radcliffe
Dr.Science his teeth were cute 😬
Remember just a few years ago when nobody gave two shits about Korea and Korean culture. Now everyone has jumped onto the bandwagon. Everything and anything Korean is trendy and popular. How times have changed.
crazy right
cause kpop man
All over the hot Korean males who are kpop idols.
nope I haven't seen any influences at all. Still don't give two shits about their culture.
you probably only think about beloved america and south pride right? lmfao gross.
I know the reason Japans birthrate is declining is due to the pressure to succeed in school and work, why would you want to have sex or make a baby if you're stressed almost to the point of breaking as it is?
Also porn is ruining the experience of sex. People expect too much from their partners and Japanese guys are getting married to pillows and video game characters now adays too
Farid Jalil I'm not going to deny that porn doesn't have a bit of an effect but talk to any Japanese person and most of the time they'll tell you it's too much of a hassle to for them to start a family. I have several online friends from japan that I have been talking to for several years and they tell me how hard Japanese life is.
morrius07 First off i dont think they realize how much porn is a problem, since we are constantly brainwashed it is healthy, since sex is healthy. But porn isn't sex. And you can have sex without starting a family... But noone has the drive for it. Dopamine desensitization is the biggest culprit IMO.
NecKClippA well most credible sources would agree with me but like I said up top to the other guy porn does have an effect but it may just be me but it seams as though you're demonizing porn. porn isn't a very accurate depiction of sex but if porn has been around ever since cavemen learned to draw on walls. if porn is the main culprit than wouldn't every country be in danger? and if you really think about it japan may be hurting now but it is an example of what the rest of the world needs to do and that is to lower the population.
Well I think porn is putting things in young adults heads making them think that's how real sex is like. I wish my Asian parents told me about sex but they never did just expected me to learn myself
No Joke with this photographer i would laugh 24/7 like he really speaks english like a fcking anime character
If you want people to procreate you have to give them the means to do so. Time. We work way to much. Money. If you dont have money to buy things how the fuck are you suppose to raise a kid.
True ╮(╯_╰)╭
preach
+nismofury
I am not sure if a lack of money actually counts as a reasons for a decreasing birthrate. Back in the days people had much more children, although the average wage rate and wealth was significantly lower (for ex.: between 1870-1900, a german woman gave birth to an average of 4,8 children, in the 1920s 3,5 and the 1960s 2,1; while today we have a birthrate of just over 1,5 children per woman). And yes, you are right, we don't have enough time, since both men and women are working now a days. But we might also hesitate to sacrifice our idealized freedom, personal goals and careers to raise a large number of children, who inevitably will keep you busy for the rest of your active life.
+nismofury Very true.
+Massimiliano Audretsch
Also, the variety and availability of contraceptives, higher education rates, and general economic development all contribute to decrease the birth rate.
People have more options to have sex without pregnancy, more knowledge about family planning, and more hobbies and things to do.
Before those things, people had a rudimentary understanding of reproduction and contraception, fewer options for hobbies/distractions, and less health care/higher mortality rates in general, so having more children was necessary to carry on family lines.
Yes! We lived in Korea for 3 years and while me and my husband are American, we had many Korean friends. They were really struggling on how to get married and have kids (especially the females). The social evolution hasn't followed the economic growth so a lot of them couldn't reconcile having a job and a husband and child at the same time. Even some of our highly educated friends seemed to somewhat cling to the idea that once you're married and have a kid that is your life, you don't really go back to work unless you absolutely have to. And of course, if you did go back to work, like you said, the work environment is so competitive, how could you possibly be up for any promotions or be looked at positively when you are always leaving for your child or having to go home. There is a lot of pressure to get married and start a family and a lot of pressure to stay in your job, do well, and get promoted, but few ways to reconcile the two.
Seriously boring shit. Finally a country in Asia has a declining population and you think it's a problem? Has everyone forgotten we are grossly over populated??!
Just because it didn't interest you, doesn't mean it was boring or shit.
Personally I thought the video was really well made and in-depth just like a lot of VICE's documentaries.
Also, overpopulation has nothing to do with this.
They consider it a problem because it could lead to an end for that country.
Lmaooooooooo. We are not over populated. You're dumb af
What's overpopulated than josh? 8, 9 10 billion? For me I'm not so worried that one of these dumb as countries has stopped with the 9 children per family bullshit. As of right now we are sustaining our overpopulation but for how long. We keep knocking down agriculture to building houses but when will we know enough is enough. Ignorant fucks
Braden .J I think you're right, the urban areas are becoming so overly populated that there becomes a hugely dependent on a declining agricultural area. You look at Tokyo and you see a huge population that are looking for work and finding nothing, while the more rural areas are aging rapidly without anyone to take up the work.
Braden .J The entire human population could fit in New Zealand. Overpopulation is a myth. Please do some research before making such stupid statements. Our planet can sustain as many humans that inhabit it. (Having trouble wording that part out but i mean our planet can support a loooot of people lol). The only reason some people do not get the resources and food they need is purely because of greed.
I really thought it was an innocent theme park were people kiss and have waterfalls and swans but I guess I was wrong.
Why is vice always sending in judgmental people to do these docs? Everything is fucking weird when its not apart of your culture right?
i noticed that too, anyway fuck them asians are the best :)
Thank you I thought I was the only one who noticed that. There so judgemental!
*****
karma is just some pretentious wannabe righteous bullshit
it doesn't exit, please don't fool yourself hoping that those who hurt you will eventually pay for it, i am giving a friendly advice for your own good as i am worried you will make wrong life choices due to your idiotic belief in karma
Koeun Neak Who are we to think killing whales or eating dogs is wrong? It is just part of the culture. Who are we to say female genital mutilation is wrong? It's just part of a culture. What about human sacrifice? It is just part of some cultures. So really everything is okay.
Mene Tekel
So 69 is okay ?
I applaud you guys for having produced this video with very little bias, and a voice that spoke for the people. That's what true journalism is all about.
I died when he said it takes the word dick head to another level 😂
"Loveland was erected in 2004" well played vice, well played
thats what happens when you criminalize natural human behaviour
When did they criminalize it?
porn is a crime in korea
porn is "natural human behaviour"?
Yes sexuality includes lewd imagery and public displays of affection, both frowned upon in the koreas
if i look at (or draw a picture of) a group of naked women with their legs open, i'm not expressing my sexuality, i'm just looking at a scene. a lewd image itself is not an expression of sexuality.
public displays of affection might be expressing your sexuality- depending on how "affectionate" the act... a simple hug, for example, does not imply sexuality.
also porn isn't the issue in this video. it's basically about south korean youth having premarital sex. they feel ashamed of it because of their strict culture and family. however, premarital sex is not a crime- though it is frowned upon... also the crime is making porn- the koreans are free to watch it.
The Photographer had me smiling the whole time 📸 SMILE😊 SMILE😊 SMILE😊
i wrote a research paper about south korea and i learned this while choosing topics to learn about. super interesting since in america we're having too many children. baby boomers are on the brink of retiring and left us with a lot of debt, everything costs a lot more, living expenses are more than our wages. yet in south korean there just aren't enough kids being born, families literally get checks as a congratulations for having a baby. the more children u have the more money u get, they don't want financial reasons to stop couples from having children.
How many kids do I need to shoot out to become a millionaire?
American have so many kids? Which part of america you live in? America also have the same problem as this🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
I love the photographer!! XD
XD IKR
that one couple cant even afford a house yet the government expects young couples to have more children
the video shots looks more appealing than the photograph
finally somebody said it. I thought they would come out good but meh lol
Suri Lee Madden Yes, very meh... They should screen cap this video instead and print it out, One thing's for sure, Vice have great sense in videography. props to them
That photographer is killin the game!!!!
The photographer was by far the best part of this documentary.
that photographer was amazing lol
Why's he gotta act creeped out so much. Loveland is kind of a "giggly" place and that wedding shoot wasn't that "weird". He gets his hair done and he's "stiff". This feels really forced to make it seem like some alien world. Even the music tried to emphasize a gravity of a situation brooding but it came off super tacky. I mean you can find the same equivalent in SF Mission District and NYC in West Village and the Sex Museum.
5:26 "...that was *erected* in 2004"
I see u.
"It takes the word "Dick Head" to a whole new level"
6:25
The photographer was the real star of the show love him aha
That photographer
I fail to see how a decrease in population is a bad thing. It's the best thing that can happen for mankind on a global scale. The worlds leading countries should offer financial reward for countries that have decrease in population.
Except think about what happens when you are an industrialized trading nation now burdened with a lowered population yet still obligated (if not forced) to produce just as much as you did before.
Think about if the bread-basket countries stopped having the workers necessary to cultivate wheat at the rate they did in years past: you'd starve the world inside of 10 years, if we didn't kill each other off trying to obtain hoarded food for individual populations.
These advanced countries(ie not 3rd world) with falling birth rates like Japan and SK are going to cause their economy to take a dump. There will be no work force in the future unless they implement mass immigration.
Farscryer0 With the current leaps and bounds in automation, machine learning and AI, I'd be surprised if as little as 10% of the current work force will be required in 20 years to keep production stable. As for wheat and similar crops, their production is pretty much completely automated already if you invest into the machinery.
garouHH This tech is already becoming evident in these countries like Japan. They are heavily investing in automation and robotics to cover the reduction in manpower due to low birth rates.
Neeno Brown there is no proof that declining populations will couse a massive economic dump ( less people = less mouths to feed to )
the problem is taking care of the old generation ( till there dead ) one,s your past that there aint a problem
the real problem is money and its ( debt based system )
wen there are not enough new peeps bieng born to shoulder ( more and more debt ) u have a problem ( but that's a problem of the way the money system works
;) )
that photographer is really into his job
Alexandra Pieper HE IS THE BEST
Koreans are so pretty wtf... the girls AND the guys
Plastic surgery, mate. Very popular in South Korea.
Yeah, a lot of Koreans can’t get it because of its cost.
TOMBuster13 yes and korea has many beauty products with high quality
So South Koreans can't be naturally pretty? It has to be plastic surgery? You're talking out of your ass out of envy dude.
Korean guys look feminine AF
This is really just the effect of heavy restriction on anything. My parents really tried their hardest to keep me away from video games, and it had the opposite effect and just made me play more. Obviously, I'm not saying that there should be no regulation on this type of thing, but maybe the government and society can take a different approach.
That photographer is the best! :D
+Bri Gita sit on my face
....how in the name of fuck did I get here.....
im asking the same thing
I have no idea.
Mad props to the photographer!
By 2750? Hell by then either humans won't be around or technology LONG before then will make this "problem" irrelevant.
14:30 when I was a kid, I was reading a fantasy novel series called vlad taltos. This character had connections with mafia and head of the mafia said"When they forbid something, it creates a new bussiness for us". And this is perfect example of it, make prostitution illigal and mafia will take the bussiness in their hands.
I vowed to never get married but I might do it just to hire that photographer. That guy's a freaking riot.
The photographer was so much fun. I need that guy for my wedding haha. The reporter though...awkward looking weasel.
"MISTEIR PRESEEEDENT!" (≧∇≦)
I would go to Korea just to hire him lol.
Heads up Idk if you meant this or not but weasel is a racial slur for Asian people.
@@spacefacey The reporter isn't asian though
I died when he started turning that thing like crazy at 6:57
This same story happened to Japan.
They have closed all the love hotels and made that illegal.
but then couples can just go to regular hotels/motels and do the same thing, no?
mip0
Yes,but they pay a full night...
michaelovitch Women have become too expensive and have raised the legal price for any man dumb enough to start a family so men are declining to step into the marriage trap. It's not rocket science but no one can talk about it.
Birth rates are declining all over the world but instead of blaming women's hypergamy, men are blamed for not being willing to lose half of everything in a divorce to raise kids the woman will take (with government help) whenever she wants.
So, porn is being banned in places, prostitution is being criminalized...all in an effort to get MEN to shoulder the burden of paying for women since governments are running out of money......
....Only problem is, men aren't willing to pay women's way anymore. Why should we? We're demonized at every turn and women have gotten every legal advantage over men! Pay your own damn way ladies!
MGTOW
*****
It's quite too much for me to reduce everything to women,or men.
Maybe the mariage trap is the creation of men and women together, lying to themselves thinking they are made to be married.
Maybe they should take time,and not jump into it,moreover nowadays when peoples are unable to listen at somebody or stay focused on whatever activity more than 2 minutes before to swap to an other.
Maybe peoples should stop watching TV where drama and extraordinary things happen wich never happen in a whole real life.
Peoples are just brainwashed.
I'm not for the mgtow or whatever movement regrouping peoples.
Peoples thinking within a group or from a group thoughts will be unable to make their own choices and their own life as they feel it honest to themselves.
michaelovitch ->"Maybe the mariage trap is the creation of men and women together"
Yes I think that's true but women started the feminist movement decades ago and it's men that suffer in marriage and women who benefit. It's women who want marriage, who push for marriage, who shame men who don't/won't marry while it's men who face all the obligations of this institution, men who face all the risks, men who pay the price.
Now, it's men who are walking away from this unfair deal while women still expect men to sign the contract. Women still shame men collectively for not accepting this unfair deal.
->"Peoples thinking within a group or from a group thoughts will be unable to make their own choices and their own life as they feel it honest to themselves."
I fully agree and this is precisely what MGTOW is a response to! It's about REJECTING the group think that leads to men sacrificing our lives for the benefit of some group (whether women as a collective or government as a collective or society as a collective) so we can live our own lives on our own terms!
As a Korean, I'm offended by the comments (rude much?) and the guy in the video. Vice always picks journalists that make everything seem so bad...
It's not bad that the birth rate decreased, humans are overpopulated anyway. But that doesn't mean u have to diss the country. Eventually the birth rate in Korea will increase, have u seen the culture there?!? Romance is everything... Literally, there's clothes dedicated to couples to have matching clothes, even underwear and socks... And the songs and KDRAMA's have something to do with love or falling in love. And the media has a big impact on the young and old in Korea. Drama and kpop is everything, it's gonna affect the people somehow... Seriously, I wish vice would think outside the box 4 once and think about their content.
***** Koreans are like everyone else. When the culture is prudish and victorian, prostitution thrives. When the culture relaxes and accepts normal human behavior. prostitutes disappear, as mutually attracted cultures do what comes naturally.
Jennifer Kim Lmao from the beginning I thought the presenter was pretty shit, he kept saying 'this is SO WEIRD' to highlight his discomfort and he didn't try to embrace any of it.
+Jennifer Kim Thats not that good to have a declining population, we see that also in france but we have a lot of immigration so that equilibrate the things but for korea thats different, there almost arent any immigration. And declining population = aging population = diminution of active workers who would be paying the pension of the growing aging population
***** She's agreeing with Jennifer saying how Western countries don't know shit about other countries and mainly always try to portray aspects of that culture as negative. Like in the middle east, they show their countries as war torn and struggling, and ignore how beautiful places like iraq/palestine can be. ALSO in China, Europeans and Americans were all like EW CHINA'S SO CRUEL TO ANIMALS - and IGNORED all the CHINESE PEOPLE campaigning AGAINST animal cruelty. The reporters come into these countries with ignorance, and they love to say things are disgusting or weird because that's not how the US/the west does it.
+NANCAY WANG And the world knows how stupid Muricans are lol.But there's also bias about Euro countries that Asians say too. EX: One of my friends thought that everyone in Europe looks like a model and that the culture is sophisticated,advanced and lovely.A pure paradise of love and everything... Lol it isn't.
He got me at: "It takes the word 'dick head' to a whole new level." The stoic, serious pose of fascination he stood while breathing out those words cracks me up.
P/s: Dude, you think taking wedding pictures on a movie set is weird. Ask the other guy about his fetish experience in Japan. You got it lucky bro.
Hilarious "If the room is pretty I will like it" hasn't got a clue what she said and the guy cracks up laughing, thinking 'I will leave you to it then' lol wonderful x
Come visit Vancouver in Canada, where about 30% of the population are asian, and half of the young ones are expat students trying to find a new life away from the congested Asian cities they come from (If you don't believe me, look at any youtube video filmed in Vancouver and see how right I am).
One of the first things you see happen, is how fast they begin dating, having sex, and getting married at a super young age before going back so that their parents can not keep them apart again. About half of those expat students also end up looking for a way NOT to go back and end up staying in Canada, where life is not only less congested, but where it also lets people be relatively free.
It also happens to be the North American city with the most mixed race of white-asian couples, and thereby children, in the world.
In Montreal we have more Indians and Arabs. Also a good amount of Haitians... I must visit Vancouver eventually.
blame on Chinese plz
I came to Canada from South Korea about 6 years ago, the cultural influence is, without a doubt, very significant.
Vancouver here i come, a nigga gon' get some asian lovin'
And don't forget about the really expensive housing prices; some are starting argue that the city is starting to get congested and is turning into a "typical Asian city."
When he asked, "do people ever rent rooms (love motel rooms) just for themselves?" And he replied "Yes," I was really relieved because that was my first thought when I learned what they were. I was like "I would just rent one for myself." 😹
LOL 2700 in seven hundred FUCKING YEARS! you have a while to fix this
Kp Don't worry..I doubt we will still exist.. with what we have done to the climate.
totally forgot what that comment is about
Dun Hilda I think you fail to understand that there is a limit of what we can adapt to.
Climate is a bigger threat than just the "climate". Countries getting over polluted, lack of water, rising temperatures, it's going to make some part of the Earth impossible to live on, even underground ( lack of ressources ).
That is going to create war, maybe we will got a few nuclear winters...
Which mean the ground is going to be filled with radiation and everything outside will be even more radiated.
+Dun Hilda You fail to understand the lengths to which we can adapt.
+Dun Hilda lmao we can't adapt anymore. everyone is fat and lazy and since there is no more natural selection, stupid and disabled people are allowed to procreate.
That photoshoot gave zero insight about the subject. Actually, most of this video gave little insight
+Ihategoogle+ Maybe there's no love in Korea
+Aoa Tee what? it gave us a picture of how love is depicted over there.
welcome to vice
+Ihategoogle+ It wasn't apparent in the video that the s-korean government is issuing propaganda for the younger generation to promote sex in the form of photography of young couples in wedding attire on the sets of popular kdrama's? I think your eyes need insight.
+Jose Espinal it doesn't promote anything. it seems like a gimmick, like choosing a theme for your wedding photo. if they really wanted to promote sex they would have pornsites etc. no one will get married just for the sake of having their photo taken on a kdrama set.
"usually have a big bag with them where they keep Viagra." well dang, old women come prepared.
lmao it's because all the korean kids are immigrating to NA. Quarter of my school are koreans
+Charm Replays 〉NA/KR Pros + Bronze V LOLReplays〈 not true, asian are still a minority in the usa. my school only had 2 koreans including me. it depends on the area.
+Charm Replays 〉NA/KR Pros + Bronze V LOLReplays〈 LUCKY
+Charm Replays 〉NA/KR Pros + Bronze V LOLReplays〈 Wish we had more Koreans in the Northwest ;c I'm in love with Korean girls lol
+Sophia Evelina u dont live in california lol if u did u would see what he is saying
+Charm Replays 〉NA/KR Pros + Bronze V LOLReplays〈 What's NA stand for?
Low birth rates are good! All the poor countries have high birth rates! There is a correlation with high birth rates and poverty.
Poverty means the sexual education may be lacking in the country so people may not know about contraception. It doesn't mean that s country will become poor if the birthrate increases.
correlation =/= causation
Risa Plays That does not refute what I've said.
I'm just saying that one does not necessarily cause the other simply because they're correlated. It's more nuanced and complicated. There are a lot of different factors that go into it. Austen made a good point too, that lack of education due to poverty can also cause an increase in birthrate. The two factors may seem to feed into one another, but the bigger causes may be less obvious.
You're missing a big thing here. These countries are poor because they reproduce too many children that they cannot support them within their financial level. On the other hand people in the developed countries have few children although they are wealthy, and this leads to lack of potential workforce which weakens the economic vitality of the country. Also while the birth rate is decreasing the elderly population is increasing so fewer labor force = more burden to each of you who pay tax that goes to welfare for the elders.. Obviously someone who has at least bits of economic knowledge in common sense level won't say this. Also Risa Play made a good point.
That photographer was both awesome and annoying I dont know why
Absolutely wonderful doc... So informative , and precise with it's voice and conclusive properties. I commend Vice and the journalist that tackled this uncomfortable yet extremely enthralling cultural phenom.
The fact that the elderly are also now working in the sex industry in Korea is crazy. Because in South Korea the society there focus's more upon the elderly than the younger generation because they are supposed to set a good example and to be role models. Where as in the West and European countries they focus more on the younger generations, because they are the new hope and to give more to the world.
I can’t wait to be 80 years old jamming and dancing to “I love it” “look at me” “gucci gang”
the photographer was actually really great. his energy gives me life.
*_"Erected in 2004"_*
That's one way of putting it.
They have the same problem as Japan.
High living Cost, Wages not keeping up with it, have to work overtime, extreme stress at work(high workload), little to no holidays etc.
How do they expect people to have children, if they don't have the time and money to have them.
I wish most people thought of actually having these things when thinking of having children
The Elderly Rave Clubs sound awesome. I want my retirement to be cool like that.
With one exception, I can only imagine it being fun with someone whom you have spent a lifetime with, I can't imagine 'hooking up' with someone past retirement age.
One day you'll be in your sixties and seventies, like all of us will. Be humble. You might find yourself alone at that age and might welcome affection from someonw your own age.
Justice J. Srisuk Friendship, sure, maybe even a dancing partner, but I won't be seeking romantic companionship.
I don't begrudge anyone who chooses differently, but this is just a unique aspect of my character.
Alorand And you should do whatever make you happy. But I'm just suggesting that it is a good idea to live life open-mindedly. Who knows, when you're sixty, you might feel thirty and wish to take a new lease on life. A wonderful family friend of mine was named Helen. She never married while she was young. When she was in her sixties, she married a man in his seventies and they lived together happily for over twenty-one years until he passed away. She never expected to fall in love at such an advanced age, and yet it ended up happening to her. Live spontaneously, is all I'll say! :D
that photographer man!!! loool
Brilliant! Thank you, Vice. You guys never fail to deliver amazing work!
All this growth and modernization and wealth......yet can't even take care of seniors.......sad state of affairs.
Mumtaz Shamsee and they send children aboard my dad is a Korean adoptee
Love isn't a reality in Korea. It is a manufactured, idealized concept. Having lived and had family from there, it is all so superficial and nothing is as it appears on the outside. All about that temporary pleasures life and image, in the place of self-worth, self-actualization, and achievement to fulfill one's own being. During my 6 years there I met 2 good people there, from the hundreds of thousands of people I saw, and thousands of people I used to manage for the government. Not a good place to be. Wondering where this nation will be 15 years from now.
I've seen all these places in the video, even hooker hill. It's across from this dirty foreigner bar blasting Metallica and Boston. Like the bar, hate the atmosphere.
Also went to Yeungdeungpo Clubs. They were fun I will admit!
+T Good what are these?
Oh wow so it was all an illusion. I am k-pop fan and i thought all about Korea is cool and nice.
+Filip Petrovic yes they are
"Despite getting fake married to our translator on a K drama TV set I still hadn't grasped the nuances of Korean dating culture." .... There's a phrase I'm never gonna forget
I blame StarCraft, Koreans play too much StarCraft...
Hahahahah
And civ
RubberGently Kinda like how Americans spend too much time on FaceBook and Twitter
XxDemonicGamer Both ignorant generalizations.
Coach Mhmmm.
I have a love/hate relationship with Vice... part of me wants "white journalism" to be made illegal--constantly imposing white Western standards on the rest of the world. It's the classic splinter vs. the log in one's eye motif. i've lived in South Korea for over 5 years. It's a much better place than America in many regards. America has enough dirt to dig up to last us a life time. What would be better would be to highlight South Korea's amazing healthcare system in efforts to inspire improvements to the atrocious system currently in place in America. On the other hand, keep doing what you're doing, Vice, but at least be aware of it. Eddie Huang made such a comment about it, and I really gained a lot of respect for him for at least being aware. This guy, on the other hand, is oblivious
+slyrundog Always someone to play the color card...everywhere.
Bobzgfx and always someone to try and censor real life things like racism and white elitism instead of addressing the truth that these things exist...
slyrundog You are the racist, you brought up skin colour, not me. There is no white elitism, if anything there is white shame.
Don't reply to this unless you really know what you are heading into, I will destroy anyone who has any prejudice against anyone because of the colour of their skin.
to bring up skin color is not racism, first of all. racism exists... it is a reality. and there is white elitism because we see who has the money and who has the positions of power. those are inarguable points.
and has my original post says, i do not like the western standards that vice puts on other cultures. that is also inarguable.
slyrundog I would like to make a statement like yours, but with a less socially acceptable race card being played to show your objective stupidity.
I want black journalism to be made illegal, constantly imposing african standards on the rest of the world.
Such a serious topic, yet most of you comment about the cheesee camera man. 🤔
that photographer gives me life hahaha
i feels the photographer XD
재시가민태디오호내 THAZ MY NIGGA
that photographers voice at 3:40 is so funny :'D
It funny how their birthrate is super low but their dating game is all the way up there.
as a korean, this is one of the most informative video i have watched in a long time
That's the same shit that southern US people say after seein the video of British Top Gear and their offensive cars.
I am also korean only I am an overseas korean
That wedding photographer is my spirit animal
One of the things I really appreciate about Asian cultures is their sense of family ties, and family care of the elderly. After working in Government Funded "Care Homes" for the Elderly in North America, I honestly hope that South Korea and other Asian Countries don't lose their sense of filial piety, and I deeply hope that that sense grows to affect the other cultures of the world.
Penis Parks and Love Motels aside, I hope strong relationships are cultivated, rather than just an urge and follow through to blow a load, because the ripple affect of that behaviour is unfortunate for future generations.