I'm glad Yeonmi is speaking about how much the US has been falling recently, she has done a lot to ensure that the people of North Korea are not forgotten, her doing it might make a few people understand
Propaganda and lies. For insight into where these lies come from. Listen to the actual voices of North Korean citizens. th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
Yeah when she explained how she was forced to become a Christian or die or at least stay a 20$ sex slave best case was eye opening it’s insane Christians would blackmail someone with sex slavery into becoming a Christian but I guess they think those people will believe anything huh
I told my mother all about NK yesterday. My mother grew up in Poland when it was under communism. She told me a lot of horror stories, but when she learned about NK, she literally said that it was even worse than communist Poland. You could leave Poland, but there was only one way. You had to marry someone in another country, so if you wanted to go to the USA, you had to marry someone there & this was during a time of no internet, so it wasn't like you could go on a dating app & find an American husband. My mom got really lucky & met my father who was also Polish, but had become an American citizen.
Propaganda and lies. For insight into where these lies come from. Listen to the actual voices of North Korean citizens. th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
@@johanliebert7603 Okay so he was already married and then meet your mom. Was this a marriage of convenience or did your dad actually fall in love with the American woman marry her and then fall in love with your mom during his first marriage?
North Korea is both fascinating and terrifying to me. I love hearing those stories, because it is so outlandish to me that a place like that exists in modern days. But the thought of being so limited and controlled, is an absolute nightmare. Mad respect to all defectors, and thanks for sharing your insights!
Yeonmi you are always so well spoken! You answer ALL of these questions so well and explain things very thoroughly while relating them to “us” or other more evolved countries and people. Thank you for sharing!
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
Propaganda and lies. For insight into where these lies come from. Listen to the actual voices of North Korean citizens. th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
Yeonmi Park inspires me everyday to be a better version of myself. I've even done presentations about the Kim Dynasty for my teachers and i'm doing a speech on North Korean rights to help raise awareness. I hope that when i grow up i'll become a leader one day and get the citizens of NK to freedom:)
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
Some rules about the game of politics: * Politics has no morality. It is abour relationships based on power. * Power has no substance. Cannot be grasped with the hand * In politics, friends are fake. Enemies are real * Politics is ephemeral. Those nations that were enemies will be friends and viceversa. * The only allies are enemies. * There are two sides to every story. One side only is propaganda. * When an enemy uses a weapon, he authorizes you to use it too and retaliate. It is a dangerous game. Only then you will be able to survive the game
What a great answer to question number 6! Thanks for sharing your answers to the six most asked questions about North Korea. Hopefully this opens the eyes of many of what life is like inside North Korea and what life in freedom could be like if freedom falls. Great video Yeonmi and keep up the great work!
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
Will North Korea ever be free? That’s a painful question. I’m not North Korean and it pains me. I hope with your efforts and everyone elses, North Korean people can someday be freed. ❤️
@@xerxen100 I'm sure they will one day. But that will be after a few generations.. Kim jung uns death, then his wifes, then her sisters, and so on. We would be dead by the time they will be free.
That last question really brought tears to my eyes. Sitting here watching your videos and wondering "how do you affect that kind of change?" really makes my heart go out to the people of North Korea.
Thank you for educating us. It is mind boggling a place like this still exists in the 21st century! You are a very special young lady and meant to do exactly what you are doing. Thank you!
she, apart from the real human rights violations also spoken about by other defectors, fabricates most of her stories to stay relevant as an influencer, please look uo what other north korean defectors and experts think about her stories
I don't know how the algorithm led me to this video, but just the way you talk, in the passion you speak made me an instant subscribe. Definitely had some tears listen to you speak. I could not imagine in a thousand different lives what it must have been like to leave NK and coming to a place where you can speak without fear of getting put in a camp or bullet. I wish all the best for you
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY hope people are taking notes and are understanding what this woman is saying....these aren't just bits of firsthand information about Noth Korea....these are ****WARNINGS!!!!*** sadly I believe America is too far gone tho Yonmi....but I genuinely appreciate your efforts....❤💯
You are correct. We are officially over the cliff, the precipice we were on collapsed. The moron on this thread laughing is one of the reasons we are no longer the leader of the FREE world. I encourage all to seek out our Creator, find Him and understand that this is beyond earthly understanding. Eternity is real. Jesus lives all, but YOU must seek Him out. America was founded on Judeo/Christian values. Sadly, our so called “leaders” sold their souls for $ & power. BOTH sides. I speak the Power of The Blood of Jesus Christ into all that read this comment. In Jesus Name, Amen. God is very real. Seek our creator out! Wisdom and hope will set you free. Godspeed. For those of you mocking my comment, it’s ok. Your heart is already changing, and in a year or two you will be rejoicing that you read this.
@@brian6x my discouragement doesn't come from how powerful the enemy is.....it comes from how blind and apathetic the _people_ are....9 times out of 10 the people who "get it" are people like Yonmi who come from other countries....most people in America can't even tell you the 3 branches of government....let alone understand the Constitution and the hundreds of ways it's being violated.... we're even worse than 1930's Germany....at least _their_ population weren't completely brain dead....
I wonder what your thoughts are on the USA outsourcing their labour to sweat camps in developing countries and paying the starving workers pennies? The USA is not a perfect, shining utopia- nowhere in the world is, all of us everywhere live with blood on our hands. It is so cruel. I hope that, by spreading awareness about North Korea and the citizens suffering there, people can more easily see the human rights violations happening in other places around the world too, and fight harder for a better world to live in.
Its better than any other country. You can thank free trade agreements for what you mention. There are 42 million people in slavery world wide and 9.2 million in Africa yet ni sanctions against places like the DNC where children work as slaves mining for elements for batteries. If you speak of bringing business back to America your labeled a white nationalist or xenophobic or some such nonsense and your silenced just like North Korea
Thats not the USAs fault or problem that people in other countries are working for pennies at sweat shops. That is the problem within those developing countries.
I wonder what your thoughts on the hypocrisy of people who live in a country with blood on its hands… enjoy all its benefits but still whine and complain about it ?
Hope someday can ' hire ' worker from NK to give them better life and home Then call Kim that i need more but must be the family of already hired I think that the eaasiest way to safe them little by little?
Keep up the great work, you’re an inspiration and I’m so sorry that you went through this and I’m terribly sorry for the people still stuck there. You’re making a huge difference!
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
Hello! I am from Germany and I am very curious about Korean Culture and I have so much respect for you and your story! You are so strong and I am very thankful that you share these information with us ❤️ All the love in the world for you!
she meanwhile have no respect for her stories, many north koreans defectors outed her as a liar for many of her claims, please follow those stories not just the one fabricated by one that is now an influencer afraid to not being relevant anymore, to be precise, many of her claims of human rights violations are true, but many other are fabrications she constantly contradicts when she invents new ones
@@rolandomota7771 many other nk defectors says so too, she's just become North korea version of Kim Kardashian by now, her brand is just inventing bullshit to stay relevant
I have been watching your videos and interviews. I think it is so important that Americans and the rest of the world learn about the horrors of North Korea. I this video I LOVE that you were saying “we,” “I,” and “us” when referring to Americans. YES you are one of us. You are an American citizen now and you are free. ❤
I am following your presentations for a while now: - admirable & terrible story, highly informative, deserving an even better broadcast on more mainstream medias. Thank you for keeping us updated on this very dark and obscure part of the world.
Such a great video. Thank you Yeonmi. Especially the ending made me emotional. It's really up to us how our future will turn out to be. I am from Lithuania and my people always fought hard for our freedom and Baltic states all together with other eastern Europe's countries contributed to fall of communism more than 30 years ago.
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
the cow lies, other north koreans defectors criticize her because her lies might lead to people not taking north koreans defectors seriously, she contraddicts herself in many videos, many of her stories have never been mentioned by any other defectors, there are lots of em, she also have universal knowledge of all north korea despite by her account "living in a small border town"
Thank you Yeonmi for coming back to let us know that not only are you doing great, but still fighting the good fight for both North Korea and the US! ❤
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
she lies constantly in her stories , sure north korea is literal hell, but many other defectors from north korea with believable horror stories say she spouts lots of BS
You truly are that vision of hope and the vision of inspiration that your people needs. I hope you continue to be that positive voice and that positive change. I hope one day your country and your people will be free from that evil regime. The world needs kind people. Remember Yeonmi that love always triumph over hate. Sending you lots of love and hugs!
I watch TH-cam at least once a day, probably since it's inception, but I have never subscribed to anyone's channel. You are the first. You are such a beautiful soul. I want to watch all your videos. I adore your appreciation of life. Thanks for your videos.
Thank you for all you do to warn America not to become another North Korea. You first hand knowledge of what having no freedom of speech and no human rights is like, needs to be heard by everyone.
Q: Are there elections in North Korea? A: Yes, but actually no. Also, it blows my mind that Korea has only been split into two (very different) countries for 70 years, but the language has become so different that a North Korean could only understand 60% of what a South Korean says.
Thank you for bringing up how America is keeping people from freedom of speech because of “hurt feelings” and being “woke”. We need more people like you speaking up
Sir, The first amendment keeps the Government from restricting freedom of speech, not the ordinary citizen, cancelling someone in the internet is not censorship, it's just losing some fame, getting sent to a Concentration Camp in NK is Censorship, also being gay or whatever is illegal in North Korea and you will be sent to a Concentration Camp if you are gay, being gay is allowed in the USA because The USA is a freedom country I hate North Korea and love the USA but come on this comment is ridiculous
I actually had to pause the video. There is a difference between freedom of speech and freedom of consequences for said speech. Free speech applies to government entities. I.E. the government has no right to censor you. However, that freedom of speech does not exclude you from the consequences of doing so in everyday life or private enterprise. I think this is a very important distinction to make. Unless you’re part of a marginalized community, particularly the LGBTQ community or the POC community- you are very likely never going to be impacted by what other people say. But those of us that are part of this community, hate speech could very well cost us our lives. Hate speech is inflammatory, it spreads. It’s extremely damaging and has no place within modern society. So yea, you can say what you want- the government isn’t going to punish you. But your job, your relationships, your memberships…fair game.
@@clydekimsey7503 In what way? Because almost every time I’ve heard the term hate speech used….it has indeed been hate speech, the only difference is the younger generations now call it out.
@@hanzhaas2992 conservatives who merely have traditional views get yelled at, at universities. Speakers like Shapiro gets canceled. I could give a 1000 more examples of the bullying that wokesters do
I'm sorry you and your loved ones had to deal with a horrible ordeal. It's amazing how much you were able to achieve. I hope the Kim family pays someday.
Yeomi you made me tear up towards the end cause it’s so true, how it’s up to us as humanity to help each other. I really enjoy your content and you do amazing work 🙏🏼
The Kims cannot last forever. The people of the North will be free. If my people could return to the land of Israel after 2000 years, anything is possible.
(sorry for my english) many of these things are so similar to what had been happening in the ussr. the ussr no longer exists, and the people who lived in it literally threw themselves under the tanks when the communists tried to regain power people won we are still so far from freedom, but even now (even NOW) our life is much better than what it was in the ussr. free (and absolutely traumatic) medicine doesn't worth so many affected people I believe that people in North Korea will also win. this country will be free, happy and still incredibly beautiful 🥺
In terms of language, I was taught by my English teacher that when a country breaks off from one another and become two different countries, that if there’s no communication amongst its people, that the two countries overtime will speak different languages. One good example are the French speaking Canadians who are of French decent and whose families decided to remain in Canada (primarily in Quebec) after the French lost the seven years war and as a result had to give up their territories in North America to the British. There was no communication between the French Canadians in Canada and the French people in France to where the dialect is very unrecognizable to the French people in France. I’ve been told by a few French Canadians who have been to France that on some occasions they’ve been told to communicate in English because the French people were having a hard time understanding a word that the French Canadians were saying. Even though it’s supposedly still the same language.
This is true. And at least as late as 2005 in QC the sketch shows intensely mocked the French (from France) accent and they were considered quite snobbish and arrogant.
One of the TV stations in my neck of the woods years ago broadcast the French Canadian film "Le Party" with English subtitles added by the station. The film was about a group of performers visiting a prison to entertain the inmates. I've only done a few years of high school French decades ago, but it was glaring how the speech of the inmates and the guards sounded nothing like the Parisian French that we were exposed to at school, and it was also notable how they used archaic/dialectal pronunciations like "mweh" and "tweh" for "moi" and "toi". I've also heard that Latin American speakers of Spanish find the Castilian pronunciation of "z" like English "th" in "thing" a bit pretentious.
You have to know a bit of French language's history in order to understand why the speaking French from Quebec is so different from France or Belgium. I am from Quebec and I have a friend who's from France's northern region and understood us perfectly the first time he came here without ever being exposed to our culture first. Also, North American English words and expressions were added over time.
That is not true, take Serbs and Croats for example, we were the same country and now we're not, for more then 30 years and our languages are almost the same, difference is only about 10 maybe 15% and who ever says we don't understand each other is a liar.
@@nenadpopov3601 your example isn’t so relevant. Because the two countries you compared, while now two separate countries, its citizens are still able to communicate with one another. If the two countries were to separate for more than a century, its people are not able to communicate of any sort with one another during that time, and then be able to talk to each other, they’ll be speaking practically two different languages that isn’t recognizable to the other.
Yeonmi I wish everything every success in the world for you I’m happy you’re sharing this with I was learning about NK last year remember your the brightest voice of human rights!
In Canada, our current leader applauds China's dictatorship and that is very unsettling for me. I don't recall him saying anything about NK, so I don't know whether he approves of NK's methods... still, I'm not happy about what he does or says. You may already be aware of how those who supported the truck drivers had their bank accounts frozen. It's a step towards dictatorship, for sure.
Hello Yeonmi, i am from Türkiye. I am living in Dubai. When i grow up, i know that my country were allied to South Korea during the war. Then still now May be we have kind of possitive relatitonship as country. Then, when i was hearing about North Korea i started to learn myself what happened. i felt very sorry and guilty. Why world didnt help those People? I wish we could stop them in the past. You are so brave and we really need more People like you. For me i dont care about politics , i Just wanna see free People, free North Korea , free other nations as well who is living without human rights!
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works.@
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works@
Yeonmi-様 greetings from Japan! Love all your videos! Your my hero and I have a goal of giving Japanese, South and North Korean and Chinese people to God through missionary work! I know I could never get politically involved and unify by worldly things but I can bring people in our countries to God! I hope your new book can come in Japanese so I can read it!!! 本当にありがとうございます！
I remember reading about the unified Korea women’s hockey team at the Winter Olympics having language issues. Because the North and South had different words (or loanwords in the South’s case) for various concepts. With all those words just plain absent from the language in North Korea, it must have been difficult to acclimate yourself to life in the free world.
I think about my country Cuba, we scape too, many have died in the sea triying to reach USA. There is such a massive brainwashing about North Korea in my country! Never come to Cuba, they have allies there. I'm beyond sad and angry about what you had to endure in North Korea, and when scaping. I hope you manage to set yourself free from North Korea one day, it's impossible for me as a Cuban to free myself from Cuba, and it's influence, like the Cuban regime has our families basicaly kidnaped there, so they can request money from the ones that managed to fly or swim away. 😔 I want to believe all this will end in my lifetime, North Korea, Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela...
There seems to be two definitions of “woke” circulating in society today. One definition is the one you are thinking, which is the one that circulates amongst right-wing conservative circles.. The other is the definition that comes to my mind when I hear the term “woke”. It means awakens to the needs of others. To be well informed, thoughtful, compassionate, humble, and kind. Eager to make the world a better place for all people. A person who is racist, homophobic, transphobic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant, etc can not make the world better for all people. When people push back against the bigotry of these people they cry ‘wokism’, because they are not use to having their prejudice challenged. Now the true meaning of the word “woke” has been flipped and weaponized to protect the prejudice person.
I would agree with you. Sadly, right-wing conservative states (in the US) are limiting freedoms whenever their public school systems ban a book in schools. On the other hand, I can see what Yeonmi is saying about the fear of hurting people's feelings and how being "woke" isn't always about free speech. I think both sides of the political spectrum (in the US) are guilty of this.
I don't think you actually grasp the ideal of what you are talking about there Rob. You are classifying ONLY right wing conservatives being the evil of what you are describing (do you have 100% proof and I am NOT talking about news media or social media outlets ... I want to see actual physical stats and data with your claim). Do you even know what the Communist Manifesto is all about? You think ALL conservatives are racist, homophobic, transphobic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant, etc. Do you 100% honestly think that way or are you just copying what the "leaders" and media sources keep on advertising to society ... Hence the term ... ADVERTISING. "Woke" was originally coined with the socially and culturally AWARE ... it was not meant to be discriminating political parties and point fingers at people because of something they don't agree with. News flash bro: NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME THOUGHT AND FEELING. You can not FORCE people to believe into what you believe in. And since the Neo-Marxists attack the Facism of society ... What do you think they are doing when they are forcing people to "adapt" to their culture and belief? That is the definition of being a Dictatorship ... or even Facism. Back then they weren't even talking about the racism, homophobic, transphobic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant, etc. Now, if society actually had a higher IQ rather than focusing on "feelings" all the time, they can start grasping a more positive view on how to educate people about your belief. Be 100% NON BIAS, and if they don't like it, respect their thoughts and feelings, and have them respect yours too. It's not rocket science. It's more of a chess game the elites are doing and ALL of you are being the pawns of society as they are sitting back with big smiles on their faces. For example, why attack STRANGERS that you never met and you just go assuming it is some kind of video game of attacking each other ... What have you accomplished in the long run? Absolutely 100% nothing. I also don't see people complaining about WHY BOTH Fascism and Communism FAILED in Europes past. I know people aren't too keen on WORLD history (or even US history), but there is a reason why history is taught ... so society can LEARN and TRY NOT to make the same mistakes again. I don't see people being educated on that. Which do you think is the most deadly weapon? The weapon itself or the mind? Ponder on that one ...
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WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand. Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true. Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!" "What people want to hear" This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair. The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot. Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it. An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false." North Korea, a regional issue Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target. So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont). Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps". Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double". Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation. Opening up the country and renewed interest However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts. The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye. More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
Thank you, Yeonmi. Things are changing, economically and politically, in the Asia / Indo Pacific region. The UK is about to join the CPTPP. And other countries will follow. . Indonesia . Philippines . Thailand . Ecuador . Taiwan . South Korea Even China has formally applied for CPTPP accession. North Korea will face a huge trade bloc and economic powerhouse that will dominate the global economy for fifty years. And this will have an enormous impact on the DPRK. China and Russia are already drawing back from the DPRK. The DPRK offered military help to the Russians. But that is a joke. They can't even decently feed their own military. There is a change coming. The pressure for the DPRK to engage in trade will compound and increase. They will have no option. The global GDP is pivoting towards the Asia Pacific and in a way that puts the UK, and to extent, the USA, front and center. When the UK secures CPTPP accession, the EU will turn its attention there. It has to.
Thankyou for the information you provide, with so many conflicts and tragedies occurring in the world, the suffering of the North Korean people tends to be forgotten, what news is received usually involves the madness of Kim Jong Un. I have watched your confidence, eloquence and presence grow with the quality and content of your presentations. Your appreciation of a happy free life is reflected in the simplicity and grace of your appearance and surrounding apartment. A presentation on the 10 most Googled questions about Yeonmi Park would be nice to see also 👍.
I hate saying that I see a lot of these same tactics being attempted here in the United States. Control of kids by turning them against their parents and teaching them to snitch and lie? This stuff is pretty insane but I've seen it in other countries when I was in the Army. We're lucky to have what we have. The underestimatinon of the human will can be a blessing and a curse. Sometimes, we underestimate the will of people to seek absolute power by any means, even if it means joining with evil people to avoid persecution.
It was very touching to watch this video. To hear the opinions and stories of someone who has experienced the horrors of the country firsthand was inspiring. You just gained a subscriber
I pray every day for North Koreans freedom. But I also feel that if anything were to happen to the people in the United States nobody else in the world would do anything. We'd be on our own.
In order to avoid escalating tensions with the North, South Koreans are already banned from sending even balloons with packages across the DMZ. Sending drones, with their surveillance capability, would be seen by the North as espionage on their own territory - and that's trouble that the South wouldn't want to stir up.
Thank you again for informing us and please keep making these, you are doing an awesome job at connecting a misunderstood country for sure. You always seem so honest and quick to explain what needs to be known. Love your videos thank you.
I’m impressed that they are allowing her to spread the message that silencing opinions that don’t align with the woke narrative is dangerous. This monopoly on thinking that is promoted by big tech, education, media, and so on is extremely dangerous, and people who can’t see that are ignorant.
@@xavierlauzac5922 hehe... have you met the internet? They all consist of little snowflakes crying like babies when they dont get their way. The internet is pathetic and should learn from someone as strong as Yeonmi, Imagine if we could take all those little pussies and deport them to north korea. That would be so satisfying.
Just come across this channel as I have an interest in history and human interest stories... I haven't delved into your backstory at the moment, but the videos and content I've seen so far is amazing... Keep up the good work
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You are an amazing woman. Please keep with your presentation and illustrating aspects to life so many people in the west don't seem to comprehend. Also you are highly intelligent and wise. You are such a wonderful ambassador for woman and a leader for all.
I love you and I love how you are just speaking facts. Americans are wayyyy to comfortable with talking about socialism and communism. Socialist societies NEVER end up working out in the end. PERIOD!
There are many who pray for the Russian people also. Civilians are too often demonized because of their government and these days just for being born white.
@@freegeorgia4808 I don't know what to hope for, honestly. I'm trying to be as quiet as possible here, and if someone asks me who I support, unfortunately, I have to lie so that no one puts me into a prison for 15 years lol
In Greek mythology, Kronos was an evil father who ate his children due to fear of being deposed. But one escaped such destiny, and he became Zeus, who ended the ruling of Kronos.
reminded me of quote "revolution like Saturn devours its children". One of leaders of French Revolution said this. and he himself ended up guillotined.
Yeonmi, have you read the "how the specter of communism is ruling our world"? I think it really can help everybody to understand what faces communism has.
What is feminine hygiene like? Do you get explanation about your body and what's happening and why? What do you use? Is there modern sanitary items? How is it viewed in society?
I'm glad Yeonmi is speaking about how much the US has been falling recently, she has done a lot to ensure that the people of North Korea are not forgotten, her doing it might make a few people understand
Propaganda and lies. For insight into where these lies come from. Listen to the actual voices of North Korean citizens.
th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
Other countries need to help too.
How bout North Koreans wiping their own ass. Not our problem.
Yeah when she explained how she was forced to become a Christian or die or at least stay a 20$ sex slave best case was eye opening it’s insane Christians would blackmail someone with sex slavery into becoming a Christian but I guess they think those people will believe anything huh
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I told my mother all about NK yesterday. My mother grew up in Poland when it was under communism. She told me a lot of horror stories, but when she learned about NK, she literally said that it was even worse than communist Poland. You could leave Poland, but there was only one way. You had to marry someone in another country, so if you wanted to go to the USA, you had to marry someone there & this was during a time of no internet, so it wasn't like you could go on a dating app & find an American husband. My mom got really lucky & met my father who was also Polish, but had become an American citizen.
How did your father become an American citizen?
Propaganda and lies. For insight into where these lies come from. Listen to the actual voices of North Korean citizens.
th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
@@yesbutno9288 By marrying an American woman
@@johanliebert7603 Okay so he was already married and then meet your mom. Was this a marriage of convenience or did your dad actually fall in love with the American woman marry her and then fall in love with your mom during his first marriage?
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North Korea is both fascinating and terrifying to me. I love hearing those stories, because it is so outlandish to me that a place like that exists in modern days. But the thought of being so limited and controlled, is an absolute nightmare. Mad respect to all defectors, and thanks for sharing your insights!
Yeonmi you are always so well spoken! You answer ALL of these questions so well and explain things very thoroughly while relating them to “us” or other more evolved countries and people. Thank you for sharing!
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
Propaganda and lies. For insight into where these lies come from. Listen to the actual voices of North Korean citizens.
th-cam.com/video/BkUMZS-ZegM/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for warning us, I think too many people think this couldn't happen in their own country, we should not be naive.
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
This will happen in the U.S. if Trump wins in 2024. He has to be indicted before then or we'll be in deep trouble.
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@SlaveLaboringKid how? genuinely asking
Yeonmi Park inspires me everyday to be a better version of myself. I've even done presentations about the Kim Dynasty for my teachers and i'm doing a speech on North Korean rights to help raise awareness.
I hope that when i grow up i'll become a leader one day and get the citizens of NK to freedom:)
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
Some rules about the game of politics:
* Politics has no morality. It is abour relationships based on power.
* Power has no substance. Cannot be grasped with the hand
* In politics, friends are fake. Enemies are real
* Politics is ephemeral. Those nations that were enemies will be friends and viceversa.
* The only allies are enemies.
* There are two sides to every story. One side only is propaganda.
* When an enemy uses a weapon, he authorizes you to use it too and retaliate.
It is a dangerous game. Only then you will be able to survive the game
What a great answer to question number 6! Thanks for sharing your answers to the six most asked questions about North Korea. Hopefully this opens the eyes of many of what life is like inside North Korea and what life in freedom could be like if freedom falls. Great video Yeonmi and keep up the great work!
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
Will North Korea ever be free? That’s a painful question. I’m not North Korean and it pains me. I hope with your efforts and everyone elses, North Korean people can someday be freed. ❤️
The true question now there is will there any nation be free?
@@xerxen100 I'm sure they will one day. But that will be after a few generations.. Kim jung uns death, then his wifes, then her sisters, and so on. We would be dead by the time they will be free.
It’s propaganda lmao
@@xerxen100 it won’t because China will continue supporting NK to exist
That last question really brought tears to my eyes. Sitting here watching your videos and wondering "how do you affect that kind of change?" really makes my heart go out to the people of North Korea.
Thank you for educating us. It is mind boggling a place like this still exists in the 21st century! You are a very special young lady and meant to do exactly what you are doing. Thank you!
she, apart from the real human rights violations also spoken about by other defectors, fabricates most of her stories to stay relevant as an influencer, please look uo what other north korean defectors and experts think about her stories
I don't know how the algorithm led me to this video, but just the way you talk, in the passion you speak made me an instant subscribe. Definitely had some tears listen to you speak. I could not imagine in a thousand different lives what it must have been like to leave NK and coming to a place where you can speak without fear of getting put in a camp or bullet. I wish all the best for you
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY hope people are taking notes and are understanding what this woman is saying....these aren't just bits of firsthand information about Noth Korea....these are ****WARNINGS!!!!*** sadly I believe America is too far gone tho Yonmi....but I genuinely appreciate your efforts....❤💯
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You are correct. We are officially over the cliff, the precipice we were on collapsed. The moron on this thread laughing is one of the reasons we are no longer the leader of the FREE world. I encourage all to seek out our Creator, find Him and understand that this is beyond earthly understanding. Eternity is real. Jesus lives all, but YOU must seek Him out.
America was founded on Judeo/Christian values. Sadly, our so called “leaders” sold their souls for $ & power. BOTH sides.
I speak the Power of The Blood of Jesus Christ into all that read this comment. In Jesus Name, Amen. God is very real. Seek our creator out! Wisdom and hope will set you free. Godspeed.
For those of you mocking my comment, it’s ok. Your heart is already changing, and in a year or two you will be rejoicing that you read this.
@@trentcruise3084 I know, the destruction of America is kinda funny isn't it??....😐
Like North Korea, America is not too far gone. Never lose hope. Never give up.
@@brian6x my discouragement doesn't come from how powerful the enemy is.....it comes from how blind and apathetic the _people_ are....9 times out of 10 the people who "get it" are people like Yonmi who come from other countries....most people in America can't even tell you the 3 branches of government....let alone understand the Constitution and the hundreds of ways it's being violated.... we're even worse than 1930's Germany....at least _their_ population weren't completely brain dead....
I wonder what your thoughts are on the USA outsourcing their labour to sweat camps in developing countries and paying the starving workers pennies? The USA is not a perfect, shining utopia- nowhere in the world is, all of us everywhere live with blood on our hands. It is so cruel.
I hope that, by spreading awareness about North Korea and the citizens suffering there, people can more easily see the human rights violations happening in other places around the world too, and fight harder for a better world to live in.
Its better than any other country. You can thank free trade agreements for what you mention. There are 42 million people in slavery world wide and 9.2 million in Africa yet ni sanctions against places like the DNC where children work as slaves mining for elements for batteries. If you speak of bringing business back to America your labeled a white nationalist or xenophobic or some such nonsense and your silenced just like North Korea
average people won't fight for it.
Thats not the USAs fault or problem that people in other countries are working for pennies at sweat shops. That is the problem within those developing countries.
I wonder what your thoughts on the hypocrisy of people who live in a country with blood on its hands… enjoy all its benefits but still whine and complain about it ?
Hope someday can ' hire ' worker from NK to give them better life and home
Then call Kim that i need more but must be the family of already hired
I think that the eaasiest way to safe them little by little?
Keep up the great work, you’re an inspiration and I’m so sorry that you went through this and I’m terribly sorry for the people still stuck there. You’re making a huge difference!
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
@Adam Neumann, it's not that great. she's a US propaganda tool. One of the many anti-Asia rise movement.
Hello! I am from Germany and I am very curious about Korean Culture and I have so much respect for you and your story! You are so strong and I am very thankful that you share these information with us ❤️ All the love in the world for you!
she meanwhile have no respect for her stories, many north koreans defectors outed her as a liar for many of her claims, please follow those stories not just the one fabricated by one that is now an influencer afraid to not being relevant anymore, to be precise, many of her claims of human rights violations are true, but many other are fabrications she constantly contradicts when she invents new ones
I hadn't heard before that they have banned the word "love" for anyone but the Dear Leader. That is truly chilling...
@Theren Except according to someone who has actually lived there, you're not allowed to use it. Do you know different, from personal experience?
@Theren Yes, that sounds to be in the same class of tale as the one about people getting out of a stalled train and pushing the train.
@Theren so youre saying she bullshetteng?
@@rolandomota7771 many other nk defectors says so too, she's just become North korea version of Kim Kardashian by now, her brand is just inventing bullshit to stay relevant
I have been watching your videos and interviews. I think it is so important that Americans and the rest of the world learn about the horrors of North Korea. I this video I LOVE that you were saying “we,” “I,” and “us” when referring to Americans. YES you are one of us. You are an American citizen now and you are free. ❤
I am following your presentations for a while now:
- admirable & terrible story, highly informative, deserving an even better broadcast on more mainstream medias.
Thank you for keeping us updated on this very dark and obscure part of the world.
Such a great video. Thank you Yeonmi. Especially the ending made me emotional. It's really up to us how our future will turn out to be. I am from Lithuania and my people always fought hard for our freedom and Baltic states all together with other eastern Europe's countries contributed to fall of communism more than 30 years ago.
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
So good to see other Lithuanians in these videos. I also live in Lithuania🇱🇹
the cow lies, other north koreans defectors criticize her because her lies might lead to people not taking north koreans defectors seriously, she contraddicts herself in many videos, many of her stories have never been mentioned by any other defectors, there are lots of em, she also have universal knowledge of all north korea despite by her account "living in a small border town"
Thank you Yeonmi for coming back to let us know that not only are you doing great, but still fighting the good fight for both North Korea and the US! ❤
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
she lies constantly in her stories , sure north korea is literal hell, but many other defectors from north korea with believable horror stories say she spouts lots of BS
@@PsicoPrime Yeah? Please share a video.
@@PsicoPrime What's that? No response? Go talk out your butt somewhere else and leave Yeonmi and her appreciators alone.
You truly are that vision of hope and the vision of inspiration that your people needs. I hope you continue to be that positive voice and that positive change. I hope one day your country and your people will be free from that evil regime. The world needs kind people. Remember Yeonmi that love always triumph over hate. Sending you lots of love and hugs!
Thanks. Loving your videos from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
You’re a great inspiration to all people who love humanity and freedom.
she lies a lot, as what many north koreans defectors that escaped too say
I watch TH-cam at least once a day, probably since it's inception, but I have never subscribed to anyone's channel. You are the first. You are such a beautiful soul. I want to watch all your videos. I adore your appreciation of life. Thanks for your videos.
Thank you for all you do to warn America not to become another North Korea. You first hand knowledge of what having no freedom of speech and no human rights is like, needs to be heard by everyone.
Wow. So needed at this time. God bless you.
Yeonmi, you are an amazing woman. Your strength and bravery will be an inspiration for change.
Q: Are there elections in North Korea?
A: Yes, but actually no.
Also, it blows my mind that Korea has only been split into two (very different) countries for 70 years, but the language has become so different that a North Korean could only understand 60% of what a South Korean says.
Thanks for the video yeomni park I looked up north Korea on Google maps wow thanks again your awesome.
Many thanks for the video Yeonmi Park.
Thank you for bringing up how America is keeping people from freedom of speech because of “hurt feelings” and being “woke”. We need more people like you speaking up
Sir, The first amendment keeps the Government from restricting freedom of speech, not the ordinary citizen, cancelling someone in the internet is not censorship, it's just losing some fame, getting sent to a Concentration Camp in NK is Censorship, also being gay or whatever is illegal in North Korea and you will be sent to a Concentration Camp if you are gay, being gay is allowed in the USA because The USA is a freedom country
I hate North Korea and love the USA but come on this comment is ridiculous
I actually had to pause the video. There is a difference between freedom of speech and freedom of consequences for said speech. Free speech applies to government entities. I.E. the government has no right to censor you. However, that freedom of speech does not exclude you from the consequences of doing so in everyday life or private enterprise. I think this is a very important distinction to make.
Unless you’re part of a marginalized community, particularly the LGBTQ community or the POC community- you are very likely never going to be impacted by what other people say. But those of us that are part of this community, hate speech could very well cost us our lives. Hate speech is inflammatory, it spreads. It’s extremely damaging and has no place within modern society.
So yea, you can say what you want- the government isn’t going to punish you. But your job, your relationships, your memberships…fair game.
@@hanzhaas2992 the term hate speech has been greatly abused.
@@clydekimsey7503 In what way? Because almost every time I’ve heard the term hate speech used….it has indeed been hate speech, the only difference is the younger generations now call it out.
@@hanzhaas2992 conservatives who merely have traditional views get yelled at, at universities. Speakers like Shapiro gets canceled. I could give a 1000 more examples of the bullying that wokesters do
Watching from Cameroon West Africa....ur journey is touching may God continue to guard you
love your videos. so brave for spreading the word
Well done Yeonmi! You are a bright and delightful person. I am glad your are free and I lament for your people.
I'm sorry you and your loved ones had to deal with a horrible ordeal. It's amazing how much you were able to achieve. I hope the Kim family pays someday.
They won't pay. There's no justice in the world. Just keep working to make it better
Thanks for spreading awareness
Yeomi you made me tear up towards the end cause it’s so true, how it’s up to us as humanity to help each other. I really enjoy your content and you do amazing work 🙏🏼
What a wonderful channel. I am so glad you are online and enjoying life with us.
The last 2 mins when Yeonmi gives her thoughts on Freedom…very powerful message. Love ❤️ this video!
thank you so much Yeonmi I will pass along your words! Cheers, Danny 💗🌹💗
The Kims cannot last forever. The people of the North will be free. If my people could return to the land of Israel after 2000 years, anything is possible.
(sorry for my english)
many of these things are so similar to what had been happening in the ussr. the ussr no longer exists, and the people who lived in it literally threw themselves under the tanks when the communists tried to regain power
people won
we are still so far from freedom, but even now (even NOW) our life is much better than what it was in the ussr. free (and absolutely traumatic) medicine doesn't worth so many affected people
I believe that people in North Korea will also win. this country will be free, happy and still incredibly beautiful 🥺
In terms of language, I was taught by my English teacher that when a country breaks off from one another and become two different countries, that if there’s no communication amongst its people, that the two countries overtime will speak different languages. One good example are the French speaking Canadians who are of French decent and whose families decided to remain in Canada (primarily in Quebec) after the French lost the seven years war and as a result had to give up their territories in North America to the British. There was no communication between the French Canadians in Canada and the French people in France to where the dialect is very unrecognizable to the French people in France. I’ve been told by a few French Canadians who have been to France that on some occasions they’ve been told to communicate in English because the French people were having a hard time understanding a word that the French Canadians were saying. Even though it’s supposedly still the same language.
This is true. And at least as late as 2005 in QC the sketch shows intensely mocked the French (from France) accent and they were considered quite snobbish and arrogant.
One of the TV stations in my neck of the woods years ago broadcast the French Canadian film "Le Party" with English subtitles added by the station. The film was about a group of performers visiting a prison to entertain the inmates. I've only done a few years of high school French decades ago, but it was glaring how the speech of the inmates and the guards sounded nothing like the Parisian French that we were exposed to at school, and it was also notable how they used archaic/dialectal pronunciations like "mweh" and "tweh" for "moi" and "toi".
I've also heard that Latin American speakers of Spanish find the Castilian pronunciation of "z" like English "th" in "thing" a bit pretentious.
You have to know a bit of French language's history in order to understand why the speaking French from Quebec is so different from France or Belgium.
I am from Quebec and I have a friend who's from France's northern region and understood us perfectly the first time he came here without ever being exposed to our culture first.
Also, North American English words and expressions were added over time.
That is not true, take Serbs and Croats for example, we were the same country and now we're not, for more then 30 years and our languages are almost the same, difference is only about 10 maybe 15% and who ever says we don't understand each other is a liar.
@@nenadpopov3601 your example isn’t so relevant. Because the two countries you compared, while now two separate countries, its citizens are still able to communicate with one another. If the two countries were to separate for more than a century, its people are not able to communicate of any sort with one another during that time, and then be able to talk to each other, they’ll be speaking practically two different languages that isn’t recognizable to the other.
Yeonmi I wish everything every success in the world for you I’m happy you’re sharing this with I was learning about NK last year remember your the brightest voice of human rights!
In Canada, our current leader applauds China's dictatorship and that is very unsettling for me. I don't recall him saying anything about NK, so I don't know whether he approves of NK's methods... still, I'm not happy about what he does or says. You may already be aware of how those who supported the truck drivers had their bank accounts frozen. It's a step towards dictatorship, for sure.
Oh you mean Castro's son Trudeau..
@@Jose0421 as funny as that false rumor is, it still describes the situation here well.
This is such an important video! Thank you for sharing this.
Hello Yeonmi, i am from Türkiye. I am living in Dubai. When i grow up, i know that my country were allied to South Korea during the war. Then still now May be we have kind of possitive relatitonship as country. Then, when i was hearing about North Korea i started to learn myself what happened. i felt very sorry and guilty. Why world didnt help those People? I wish we could stop them in the past. You are so brave and we really need more People like you. For me i dont care about politics , i Just wanna see free People, free North Korea , free other nations as well who is living without human rights!
Thank you so much for sharing your stories and experiences
Yes, I have always found the word "Democratic" in Koreas official name nothing more that a cruel joke!
They always claim they are saving democracy in the beginning.
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works.@
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works@
Exactly because of the democratic ideology such country exists
1:20 This picture is actually fake. In the original photo, Kim Il-sung is with Zhou Enlai.
I love you , you are really brave ❤
You really speak well and your videos really touch my heart
Yeonmi-様 greetings from Japan! Love all your videos! Your my hero and I have a goal of giving Japanese, South and North Korean and Chinese people to God through missionary work! I know I could never get politically involved and unify by worldly things but I can bring people in our countries to God! I hope your new book can come in Japanese so I can read it!!! 本当にありがとうございます！
Super power China can do it
I just love listening to your stories and passion for helping your country.
I remember reading about the unified Korea women’s hockey team at the Winter Olympics having language issues. Because the North and South had different words (or loanwords in the South’s case) for various concepts.
With all those words just plain absent from the language in North Korea, it must have been difficult to acclimate yourself to life in the free world.
It's just amazing to hear you talk about this!
You inspire more people than you know, Yeonmi. Keep fighting 🤍
I think about my country Cuba, we scape too, many have died in the sea triying to reach USA. There is such a massive brainwashing about North Korea in my country! Never come to Cuba, they have allies there. I'm beyond sad and angry about what you had to endure in North Korea, and when scaping. I hope you manage to set yourself free from North Korea one day, it's impossible for me as a Cuban to free myself from Cuba, and it's influence, like the Cuban regime has our families basicaly kidnaped there, so they can request money from the ones that managed to fly or swim away. 😔 I want to believe all this will end in my lifetime, North Korea, Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela...
There seems to be two definitions of “woke” circulating in society today.
One definition is the one you are thinking, which is the one that circulates amongst right-wing conservative circles..
The other is the definition that comes to my mind when I hear the term “woke”. It means awakens to the needs of others. To be well informed, thoughtful, compassionate, humble, and kind. Eager to make the world a better place for all people.
A person who is racist, homophobic, transphobic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant, etc can not make the world better for all people. When people push back against the bigotry of these people they cry ‘wokism’, because they are not use to having their prejudice challenged. Now the true meaning of the word “woke” has been flipped and weaponized to protect the prejudice person.
I would agree with you. Sadly, right-wing conservative states (in the US) are limiting freedoms whenever their public school systems ban a book in schools. On the other hand, I can see what Yeonmi is saying about the fear of hurting people's feelings and how being "woke" isn't always about free speech. I think both sides of the political spectrum (in the US) are guilty of this.
Yes, but not all speech is protected speech. Hate spe
Hate speech is not free speech.
I don't think you actually grasp the ideal of what you are talking about there Rob. You are classifying ONLY right wing conservatives being the evil of what you are describing (do you have 100% proof and I am NOT talking about news media or social media outlets ... I want to see actual physical stats and data with your claim). Do you even know what the Communist Manifesto is all about? You think ALL conservatives are racist, homophobic, transphobic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant, etc. Do you 100% honestly think that way or are you just copying what the "leaders" and media sources keep on advertising to society ... Hence the term ... ADVERTISING.
"Woke" was originally coined with the socially and culturally AWARE ... it was not meant to be discriminating political parties and point fingers at people because of something they don't agree with. News flash bro: NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME THOUGHT AND FEELING. You can not FORCE people to believe into what you believe in.
And since the Neo-Marxists attack the Facism of society ... What do you think they are doing when they are forcing people to "adapt" to their culture and belief? That is the definition of being a Dictatorship ... or even Facism. Back then they weren't even talking about the racism, homophobic, transphobic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant, etc.
Now, if society actually had a higher IQ rather than focusing on "feelings" all the time, they can start grasping a more positive view on how to educate people about your belief. Be 100% NON BIAS, and if they don't like it, respect their thoughts and feelings, and have them respect yours too. It's not rocket science. It's more of a chess game the elites are doing and ALL of you are being the pawns of society as they are sitting back with big smiles on their faces. For example, why attack STRANGERS that you never met and you just go assuming it is some kind of video game of attacking each other ... What have you accomplished in the long run? Absolutely 100% nothing.
I also don't see people complaining about WHY BOTH Fascism and Communism FAILED in Europes past. I know people aren't too keen on WORLD history (or even US history), but there is a reason why history is taught ... so society can LEARN and TRY NOT to make the same mistakes again. I don't see people being educated on that.
Which do you think is the most deadly weapon? The weapon itself or the mind? Ponder on that one ...
Articulated very well, I agree
I love you and youre videos so much you are such an inspirational person with such a heartbreaking lifestyle leading you to be the strongest woman i can think of!!💗💗💗
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
WITHOUT FILTER - For many years, the wildest rumours have been circulating about North Korea and are sometimes relayed in the mainstream media. How can we explain this phenomenon? Why do we never question the many rumours? À La Loupe interviewed two specialists on the country to try to understand.
Kim Jong-Un ordered his uncle to be eaten by a pack of hungry dogs. The dictator's ex-girlfriend was executed for revealing a sex tape. In North Korea, there are only about ten haircuts allowed. The defence minister was killed by an aerial missile strike for nodding off during military celebrations... This information probably rings a bell. You have shared it on social networks, read it in the media, wondered about it at the coffee machine. It is true that every piece of news from the "land of secrets" is as crisp as a good soap opera. However, it is often discovered later that few of the elements are true.
Juliette Morillot, co-author of La Corée du Nord en 100 questions (Ed. Tallandier), is often confronted with this frenzy of rumours about North Korea. Even on television. "It's starting to change, but very often, when I'm invited on a programme, I'm asked about everything that is anecdotal, like Kim Jong Un's hairstyle. Well, Donald Trump has a crazy hair style too. You almost forget that the country has nuclear weapons!"
"What people want to hear"
This specialist on North and South Korea gives us some examples of false rumours. The supposed ten statutory hairstyles? In reality, this claim is based on a hairdresser's poster listing several haircuts, she explains. "In the West, we also have a catalogue at the hairdresser's with examples of haircuts, it doesn't mean that you have to choose one." However, "it's true, you can't do everything." So you'll never see a North Korean with dreadlocks, but whether "the fringes are higher or lower" than the model is still possible, as is choosing to curl your hair.
The famous sex tape of singer Hyon Song-wol, the dictator's former companion? "It's not at all in the style of North Korea and especially from a technical point of view, it's not possible. How do you want to broadcast a sex tape when you don't have an internet connection", or in a very limited way? But "that's what people want to hear, the more spectacular, the better", simply analyses Juliette Morillot.
Clearly, North Korea is the object of all fantasies and we believe the wildest rumours, because we want to. Some North Korea specialists who speak out do not speak Korean and have never been there," the historian regrets. That's the basis of journalism, getting information from the source, cross-checking data. But when I contradict a piece of information by providing a historical analysis and because I've been on the ground, the journalists in front of me are suspicious. When you explain the country, you are always suspected of defending it.
An aspect that Patrick Maurus, professor emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, who divides his time between France and North Korea, where he teaches and organises tourist trips, also denounces. "In France, we assume that we cannot go to North Korea and that even if we go - which is already contradictory - we cannot see anything. So if North Korea says it's true, it must be false."
North Korea, a regional issue
Finally, one has the feeling that the country is so closed that one can say whatever one wants. Admittedly, it is not the only country on the planet in this case, but "with which dictatorship do you want to compare?" asks Juliette Morillot. Cuba? Today, the regime in that country is more open. And it's an island, there's no one around. These are not the same issues. Kazakhstan? Nobody cares about that. On the other hand, North Korea has a strategic position. It is one of the last scars of the Cold War in the world. Its situation makes it a target.
So who has an interest in over-stigmatising the North Korean leadership? Until recently, South Korea. Before Moon Jae-in, the current pro-peace Democrat president, came to power, the country was in conservative hands. "The more threatening and terrifying North Korea was, the more it justified the presence of a hard-line conservative government," says the author of Le monde selon Kim Jong Un (Ed. Robert Laffont).
Some of the false information is published in Joson Ilbo, one of South Korea's main dailies, which is openly traditional and conservative. "The journalists who work there have been fed the idea that the North Korean is a red devil and their articles often lack objectivity," she says. A simple example: "when certain officials no longer appear in the North Korean media, it is assumed that they have been executed. In early June, Joson Olbo reported a major purge: "Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim airport along with four senior foreign ministry officials after an investigation," the paper said. "Everything is specified, even the airport, although it is unverifiable. And then some time later, people are resurrected. In many cases, the disappeared were "put in the wardrobe", in collective farms in the countryside or in "re-education camps".
Defectors who had fled to South Korea also fuelled false rumours, she added. "The red carpet was rolled out for officials and bosses, but the peasants and workers had little to report. Some facts were in fact romanticised or at least exaggerated. Shin Dong-hyuk, "the survivor of Camp 14", admitted that he had dramatised his testimony. "There are enough terrible things about North Korea," said Juliette Morillot. "Most of the testimonies are also paid for. It's scandalous, when you pay 1,000 euros, the refugee tends to add to it. She assures us that she has been confronted with this: "a battered woman, it was such a price, a child, double".
Some rumours also come from Japan, a fervent opponent of China and its ally and neighbour, North Korea. Others come from the United States: "you have to know that one in three American soldiers is based in the Far East, 25,000 are stationed in South Korea". The regional stakes are a significant weight. The historian sums up the situation with a Korean proverb: "when the whales fight, the shrimp have broken backs". A quotation that Patrick Maurus will also use to analyse the situation.
Opening up the country and renewed interest
However, things are gradually changing. The country is opening up and has begun negotiations with the United States and South Korea. Since the diplomatic warming between the two Koreas, there has been almost "pro-hands-on propaganda" in South Korea, says Juliette Morillot. "All of a sudden, Kim Jong Un is no longer described as a dictator, but as a 'leader'. There are emoticons with his image, games to cut out. In any case, to achieve peace, it is no longer a question of giving dramatic accounts.
The opening up has also led to an increase in visits to the country, both by tourists and Western journalists. However, North Korea is showing a certain hypocrisy. The media normally have to go through the official news agency, which is in charge of propaganda, to get there. Journalists are then under a tight grip and have little room for manoeuvre. Patrick Maurus explains that other solutions exist. For the past ten years, he has been organising visits to North Korea, officially for "cultural studies", but unofficially for tourists and journalists who want to see the country more freely. A trick that does not escape the government, which turns a blind eye.
More surprisingly, the popularity of K-Pop, the music that originated in Korea, has sparked a renewed interest in the region. More and more people are learning Korean and are interested in the history of the two countries. For Juliette Morillot, who has been going there "since the 1980s", all these aspects lead to a better knowledge of the country and how it works&
Another wonderful video
Thank you, Yeonmi.
Things are changing, economically and politically, in the Asia / Indo Pacific region.
The UK is about to join the CPTPP.
And other countries will follow.
. Indonesia
. Philippines
. Thailand
. Ecuador
. Taiwan
. South Korea
Even China has formally applied for CPTPP accession.
North Korea will face a huge trade bloc and economic powerhouse that will dominate the global economy for fifty years.
And this will have an enormous impact on the DPRK. China and Russia are already drawing back from the DPRK.
The DPRK offered military help to the Russians. But that is a joke.
They can't even decently feed their own military.
There is a change coming. The pressure for the DPRK to engage in trade will compound and increase. They will have no option.
The global GDP is pivoting towards the Asia Pacific and in a way that puts the UK, and to extent, the USA, front and center.
When the UK secures CPTPP accession, the EU will turn its attention there. It has to.
Always be safe....so glad u doing so well
I really like how you've realised the interest in North Korea, due to it being mysterious to many people, it's become a point of curiosity.
I caught your channel by chance. This is the 1st video I watched. You are amazing and inspiring. Thank you for the information. Blessed be.
Thankyou for the information you provide, with so many conflicts and tragedies occurring in the world, the suffering of the North Korean people tends to be forgotten, what news is received usually involves the madness of Kim Jong Un. I have watched your confidence, eloquence and presence grow with the quality and content of your presentations. Your appreciation of a happy free life is reflected in the simplicity and grace of your appearance and surrounding apartment. A presentation on the 10 most Googled questions about Yeonmi Park would be nice to see also 👍.
Thank you for making such a big difference, Never change❤
I hate saying that I see a lot of these same tactics being attempted here in the United States. Control of kids by turning them against their parents and teaching them to snitch and lie? This stuff is pretty insane but I've seen it in other countries when I was in the Army. We're lucky to have what we have. The underestimatinon of the human will can be a blessing and a curse. Sometimes, we underestimate the will of people to seek absolute power by any means, even if it means joining with evil people to avoid persecution.
It was very touching to watch this video. To hear the opinions and stories of someone who has experienced the horrors of the country firsthand was inspiring. You just gained a subscriber
I pray every day for North Koreans freedom. But I also feel that if anything were to happen to the people in the United States nobody else in the world would do anything. We'd be on our own.
Always love your videos!
Please save Indian Democracy
Same things are occuring in India
Great show Yeonmi
I wonder if South Korean civilians could simply send drones that carry plans with ways to escape North Korea and truth about North Korean regime.
Drones are easily intercept it
The way they do it is by usb, they get it from the black market
How Much Drones which is Could Reach 10 Mil Cost ?
In order to avoid escalating tensions with the North, South Koreans are already banned from sending even balloons with packages across the DMZ. Sending drones, with their surveillance capability, would be seen by the North as espionage on their own territory - and that's trouble that the South wouldn't want to stir up.
@@kimjongnam1278 I mean there are many rich people in South Korea so I wouldn't wonder if they had such drones
Thank you for the information.
Thank you again for informing us and please keep making these, you are doing an awesome job at connecting a misunderstood country for sure. You always seem so honest and quick to explain what needs to be known. Love your videos thank you.
I'm excited you did this video, what a babe!
I'm ah lil confused. What you are saying don't make any sense. Cause Trump met with Kim and he said they fell in love.
Thank you for being so frank about your country and so hot at the same time.
I’m impressed that they are allowing her to spread the message that silencing opinions that don’t align with the woke narrative is dangerous. This monopoly on thinking that is promoted by big tech, education, media, and so on is extremely dangerous, and people who can’t see that are ignorant.
I don’t think people are that sensitive.
@@xavierlauzac5922 hehe... have you met the internet? They all consist of little snowflakes crying like babies when they dont get their way.
The internet is pathetic and should learn from someone as strong as Yeonmi, Imagine if we could take all those little pussies and deport them to north korea. That would be so satisfying.
Yeonmi please tell us your skincare routine, you're glowing
Just come across this channel as I have an interest in history and human interest stories...
I haven't delved into your backstory at the moment, but the videos and content I've seen so far is amazing...
Keep up the good work
You are an amazing woman. Please keep with your presentation and illustrating aspects to life so many people in the west don't seem to comprehend. Also you are highly intelligent and wise. You are such a wonderful ambassador for woman and a leader for all.
I love you and I love how you are just speaking facts. Americans are wayyyy to comfortable with talking about socialism and communism. Socialist societies NEVER end up working out in the end. PERIOD!
This brings tears to my eyes 💔
I admire you, Yeonmi. Love from Russia x
There are many who pray for the Russian people also. Civilians are too often demonized because of their government and these days just for being born white.
@@freegeorgia4808 I don't know what to hope for, honestly. I'm trying to be as quiet as possible here, and if someone asks me who I support, unfortunately, I have to lie so that no one puts me into a prison for 15 years lol
Thank you, Yeonmi! I wish everyone would watch your channel.
Cool topic. Didn't watch the video yet. Just commented... 🙂
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yeonmi park you tell so much and im glad your telling this stuff
I may not agree with everything you say, but I would die for your right to say it. Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.
In Greek mythology, Kronos was an evil father who ate his children due to fear of being deposed. But one escaped such destiny, and he became Zeus, who ended the ruling of Kronos.
reminded me of quote "revolution like Saturn devours its children". One of leaders of French Revolution said this. and he himself ended up guillotined.
Yeonmi, have you read the "how the specter of communism is ruling our world"? I think it really can help everybody to understand what faces communism has.
Thank you for sharing!
Yeonmi you may not be the president of the USA but you are our true dear leader
Bless you and your messaging :)
I hope I’m still alive to see the day North Korea is finally free
Me too. They deserve to be free
What is feminine hygiene like? Do you get explanation about your body and what's happening and why? What do you use? Is there modern sanitary items? How is it viewed in society?
You go girl, Love YOU Yeonmi
You're the best Yeonmi, thank you so much.
I love your channel ♡ thank you for sharing! You're amazing!🥰 Greetings from Sweden! 🇸🇪