Unreported World Part 1 joined a business trip aimed at attracting foreign investment just as the country prepared to celebrate its 70th anniversary AND Unreported World Part 2 explores the new genre of primetime TV shows gripping South Korea: 'Defector TV. Some of the 30,000 North Korean defectors are finding fame and celebrity on'Defector TV' shows. We don’t hear a lot about North Korea. 👍🏻👍🏻
What a captivating documentary! My grandmother, a North Korean refugee who fled during the Korean War, found love and refuge in the arms of my grandfather, a black soldier. Their union defied all odds, resulting in the birth of my mother. Against all expectations, here I stand today, a testament to the resilience and strength of my ancestors.
many of them were likely uploaded, then flagged for needing edits by youtube, then reuploaded. Happens a lot with sensitive content and political stuff
The documentaries are produced by some other media entities. And FD is acquiring the rights to them, one by one. So they upload it one by one. What is not right about this? Are they supposed to pay for the documentaries then keep it to themselves??
I don't think you understand the point. In TH-cam it shows a new documentary was uploaded, so this makes people think is a brand new documentary with the new content, not an old documentary that was already uploaded in the past. I believe they do it to play around with the algorithms.
Soo Yungs testimony about her dad absolutely broke my heart 😢😢😢 North Korean defectors have such a thick wall up protecting their deep pain but its important they share these stories with us. Speaking out increases people who leave and find freedom
@sandponics There are credits at the end of each documentary where you will find the date. 2018 and 2017 respectively the release dates of the two episodes.
Yeah this is all a thing of the past. 2017 and now are so different, its like day and night. Covid made the whole place more isolated than it has ever been, and it still has even barely possibilities for diplomats (!) to enter. The unification-statue was torn down, and the new credo is "there cannot be a peaceful reunification anymore", outsider are all to be kept out, and the preparation for a full war is ongoing. The video has more historical value, despite it being only 7 years old
It's absolutely heartbreaking :(( I have a friend whose mom escaped while she was pregnant with her, all of her family is still up north. Everyone wants reunification, except Kim. Ugh
An ex-tour guide from NK once said (in the talk show that was featured in this documentary) that they have set places they take the tourists to (decided by the government) and those places and the ppl are all prepared prior to the tourists' arrival. Anyone who may come in contact with "outsiders" are trained as to what to say to the tourists. There are consequences if a local person says the wrong thing to an outsider. If any conversation occurs that was not monitored by the tour guide or officials, a police will pull the local person aside afterwards and ask detailed questions as to exactly what the "outsider" has asked/said and exactly what the local person has said in response. One has to make sure you don't say the wrong thing to an outsider, if you don't wanna suffer the consequences. So some ppl try to avoid when a foreigner approaches in their direction, so as to avoid talking to any foreigner. So that's why I can't trust anything the locals say in NK, when a visitor asks them a question.
The sound effects on the South Korean show are unreal. It's like random sparkly sounds, bubble sounds, etc. Like, what? I love it, but it's also kind of absurd.
its like watching live tv with social media filters of all kind layerd on in real time over a on air broadcast operated by some sorta ai designed to edit according to the most appropriate sound effect and filter or sticker that corresponds to what it is being viewed in real time to most accurately describe and interpret any emotions associated with any familiar special effects in a sort of familiar tiktok live scroll or ig or youtube story /reel vibes that are currently most poplar know an seen to the audience while keeping a genuine and simotainusly up holding a on air game show live audience experience and feel but yet borderline doing so still with some taste an uniquely done not crossing a line but very easily appears to walk right up to it no problem, all the time lol
@@prairiepatriot2162I think those naive "socialists" are mostly in the university student category, sheltered and inexperienced people with a bit of detachment from reality. They could never imagine what life under socialism would actually look like because they've never been subjected to this miserable system in real life. They need to pursue a "cause" to feel some sense of purpose in life. Hope they get more mature with time and appreciate the privileges they've been born into
@@prairiepatriot2162 I think those "socialists" are mostly in the university student category, sheltered and inexperienced people with a bit of detachment from reality. They can never imagine what life under socialism would actually look like because they've never been subjected to this miserable system themselves in reality. They have this need to pursue a "cause" to feel some sense of purpose in life. Hope they get more mature with time and appreciate the privilege they've been born into
The saddest part of this comment is you won't be asking them that anyway. Because they are not allowed and do t have internet unless it's the government official.. so they cant even see life outside of there
The lady's face - they should have blurred it 😢I think she is just really pure and naive as she has had no internet/outside world access and just blurted out the truth. She could get punished for admitting to the famine.
I agree, I've heard other reporters say things that could literally get themselves killed. This reporter knows how to play the game, I'd speak nothing but good things if I was in North Korea.
It felt strange seeing that reunification themed performance at the mass games and remembering how hopeful people were, and now the idea has been completely abandoned by the North. It's such a sad situation all the way around, especially for the families who have been separated.
15:03 This reply is CRAZY. I can’t believe he just said that. It sounds like he’s saying there is a show put on but reality is all around you if you pay attention.
The underground trains are the old waggons from the former GDR from Berlin. After the Berlin wall was fall down, Eastern Berlin spent the waggons to North Corea.
You can tell who has been in South Korea longer between Hy and Su. Sorry if I'm not getting their names fully right. Hy is so much more comfortable and free; Su is first getting used to everything. Even then, you see progress as the video progresses. Su gets to shop, appears brighter and more engaged. It's beautiful. I hope she is happy in her new life.
@@GCccccc and he somehow made it out alive that very same week and without being tortured or harmed despite america and its army being the sworn enemy of NK. makes you wonder what US secrets he gave up.
This was such a good video and i watch literally thousands on TH-cam but this one stands out! I found myself trying to hold back the tears at the end when she told about the soldiers taking her father and her watching him leave until she could no longer see him and that was the last time she ever seen him 😢! To think this is one story of uncountable stories, wow!
I liked that this documentary was really divided in half between north and south. Watching the young woman in the end on the TV show really brought tears to my eyes.
You said the whole world won't hear you. I think you were referring to the reality show. But you know what? The whole world does hear you. We hear you loud and clear. I'm sorry for the loss of your father. He should have never been taken from you.
Um fato que acho curioso. Nunca vi em nenhum vídeo sobre a Coréia do Norte algo que mostre onde estão os cemitérios do país. Onde estão os cemitérios? Onde estão enterrados os antigos soldados que lutaram na guerra da Coréia?
This is a fascinating point. It’s something I have never considered. There’s obviously a reason they choose not to show any cemeteries. Perhaps there are no cemeteries as such? Maybe they are just buried in an undignified manner, especially during times like the great famine, where death was rampant and unavoidable.
Thank you very much for the Producer ofthis Tv show,I live and grow up in a East European Comunist Country and suffer and suffer since 81" up to 90"....no food no Hope no Joy of Living !!!
It's all a big show though. And all the money that is used to do all this is with illegally obtain money. There are two different systems in North Korea you have the Kings Court, and the regular North Korean money
There's another peril that's not discussed in the documentary. As uniquely cruel and heart wrenching as each narrative is, can you say it enough times that the audience ( particularly native born South Koreans ) might become desensitized to it?
What excellent reporting from both reporters. Being from Los Angeles and with all its freedoms, I was just taken back by what I learned from this documentary. Thank you, this was very informative
@sandponics true very true. But i live on the suburbs of L.A. where not as much crime as the media loves to portray. I’d rather have freedom than live like the North Koreans do. The documentary was interesting but not a way of life I’d choose. Just saying
It feels sooooo fake and set up. The uncanny valley feeling is everywhere, it just never ends. People look like they are just 'there' without any real purpose or a destination it feels like, like a certain amount of people are just told to go from point A to B for the cameras. Like this one for example 10:09, fully seated drop ride but no one at the entrance/bottom? 14:23, a totally empty bus line in the city even if it's at night? 19:54, yeah, even before Korea was divided the Kims weren't exactly the rulers like they are now are they? They try so hard to make it look so perfect that it becomes 'soulless'. It's haunting and quite scary to be honest.
You said continually that there was no advertising but that is totally false. There is loads of advertising everywhere you look. They are just selling something other than consumer goods.
I have no idea why we need to constantly see and hear the reporters, as if they are the stars. Every minute spent filming the face of the reporter on the bus, is one lost for us to see outside. No comment is needed on a good report that just sho ws and let's people speak for themselves.
Nothing is taught in journalism anymore but to always show you as the subject, lie as much as possible, and talk around the subject for half an hour to draw out the time.
I have to laugh, as I was wondering the same thing, then realizing it was on my tiny screen in Roman numerals! 🤦♂️😹 Excellent pairing of documentaries juxtaposing the North and South. As someone from the US, it always boggles my mind to see how insular and isolated the North is, as well as how everything revolves around the leaders and the state. It was crazy how the woman had the more privileged life there still didn't know where Thailand was on the map. I hope some day the people of Korea can be reunified like Germany. The people on both sides of the border have a lot of heart.
I’ve been intrigued by North Korea for many years & have watched plenty of documentaries on the country. I never once thought that having money can help you ‘buy your way’ out of potential problems. It so makes sense
A small gain is in fact still a gain. It's all paper tigers either way. If I am completely wrong I apologize, the people of North Korea deserve to experience life and genuinely smile. I do know one thing for certain, the pain is as real as pain can get, this you can see clearly.
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Unreported World Part 1 joined a business trip aimed at attracting foreign investment just as the country prepared to celebrate its 70th anniversary AND Unreported World Part 2 explores the new genre of primetime TV shows gripping South Korea: 'Defector TV. Some of the 30,000 North Korean defectors are finding fame and celebrity on'Defector TV' shows.
We don’t hear a lot about North Korea. 👍🏻👍🏻
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Is this documentary recorded on 2018?
@@mashailane yes, but the last on was 2017
It's a dictator Communist country
Why would you show the minder napping on the bus? He’s probably now at some work camp chopping rocks in
Half
What a captivating documentary! My grandmother, a North Korean refugee who fled during the Korean War, found love and refuge in the arms of my grandfather, a black soldier. Their union defied all odds, resulting in the birth of my mother. Against all expectations, here I stand today, a testament to the resilience and strength of my ancestors.
Thank you for sharing a beautiful story of human will to live. Your family and ancestors are resilient and brave,
all I can say is this: awesome and thank you for sharing!
No, you are here now cause your mother was attracted to black men.
@sandponicsthe experience it the injustice of their so called leaders please
@sandponicslmfao
You know you hit the lottery of life when you're not born in North Korea.
lol so true
I mean some other places are just as bad
@@zolamastrikecan't even listen to music
When you're able bodied and born in a first world country you're luckier than 80 percent of the rest of the world.
hahha so true bro. somali here
I have noticed many channels keep reuploading old videos making think viewers they just added a new video. This is not right.
many of them were likely uploaded, then flagged for needing edits by youtube, then reuploaded. Happens a lot with sensitive content and political stuff
The documentaries are produced by some other media entities. And FD is acquiring the rights to them, one by one. So they upload it one by one. What is not right about this? Are they supposed to pay for the documentaries then keep it to themselves??
I don't think you understand the point. In TH-cam it shows a new documentary was uploaded, so this makes people think is a brand new documentary with the new content, not an old documentary that was already uploaded in the past. I believe they do it to play around with the algorithms.
"18 Hours Ago !".
@@maynoralberto4351we don't care buddy, some of us ain't seen it. Why not just not watch and stop being a b!tch about it
Soo Yungs testimony about her dad absolutely broke my heart 😢😢😢 North Korean defectors have such a thick wall up protecting their deep pain but its important they share these stories with us. Speaking out increases people who leave and find freedom
Stop showing your breast, don't abuse your freedom
16:55 that fake smile the guy at the elevator made tell's me everything 😂😂😂
😂😂 creepy
How did you see that bro 😂
@@fatumayussuf4110 Yeah, like??, it was so sudden
@@Yocyndieyou Americans are creeps. He is just goofing around at camera.
😂 I saw it too
Y'all should think about including a release date with documentaries like this- it would help with context. Thanks!
2017
@sandponics There are credits at the end of each documentary where you will find the date. 2018 and 2017 respectively the release dates of the two episodes.
@@FreeDocumentaryHow is that possible when the guy in the beginning is attending the 70th birthday of the DPRK? Which was in 2018.
@@Mrjongun You’re right. This is a double episode and the first episode is from 2018. The second episode about Defector TV is from 2017. Thank you.
Nothing new same old Garbage
fun fact: the underground trains are original old trains from berlin. i used to ride them when i was little.
True also the glass got all the marks people scratched in it, like "love berlin" etc
the graffiti thats still there astonishes me, i wish they knew what it meant.
Yeah this is all a thing of the past. 2017 and now are so different, its like day and night.
Covid made the whole place more isolated than it has ever been, and it still has even barely possibilities for diplomats (!) to enter.
The unification-statue was torn down, and the new credo is "there cannot be a peaceful reunification anymore", outsider are all to be kept out, and the preparation for a full war is ongoing.
The video has more historical value, despite it being only 7 years old
was wondering when this was....
It's absolutely heartbreaking :(( I have a friend whose mom escaped while she was pregnant with her, all of her family is still up north. Everyone wants reunification, except Kim. Ugh
yeah 3:27 these building was built at the end of 2017
@@PeachShortcake_ the south does not want reunification, too expensive
@@allesklar221 a huge percentage of the south _does_ want reunification.
so clean but everything looks and feels like a filmset
Well they do put on a show for tourists
It’s always a show. You can’t believe a word you’re told. Most of those “modern” buildings aren’t even finished inside. It’s a circus show.
That's because it's staged☹️😕
This being taped before COVID the country is like a ghost town now. No one in and no one out. I couldn't imagine living in such a terrible place.
Korean Truman show 😂
They take everyone to exactly the same places every time
Everything seems staged... or that's the feeling / impression I got from a lot of this video. Locations, the people, their responses, etc...
@@RustyB453 Exactly its like being on a Movie Set
An ex-tour guide from NK once said (in the talk show that was featured in this documentary) that they have set places they take the tourists to (decided by the government) and those places and the ppl are all prepared prior to the tourists' arrival. Anyone who may come in contact with "outsiders" are trained as to what to say to the tourists. There are consequences if a local person says the wrong thing to an outsider. If any conversation occurs that was not monitored by the tour guide or officials, a police will pull the local person aside afterwards and ask detailed questions as to exactly what the "outsider" has asked/said and exactly what the local person has said in response. One has to make sure you don't say the wrong thing to an outsider, if you don't wanna suffer the consequences. So some ppl try to avoid when a foreigner approaches in their direction, so as to avoid talking to any foreigner.
So that's why I can't trust anything the locals say in NK, when a visitor asks them a question.
The sound effects on the South Korean show are unreal. It's like random sparkly sounds, bubble sounds, etc. Like, what? I love it, but it's also kind of absurd.
its like watching live tv with social media filters of all kind layerd on in real time over a on air broadcast operated by some sorta ai designed to edit according to the most appropriate sound effect and filter or sticker that corresponds to what it is being viewed in real time to most accurately describe and interpret any emotions associated with any familiar special effects in a sort of familiar tiktok live scroll or ig or youtube story /reel vibes that are currently most poplar know an seen to the audience while keeping a genuine and simotainusly up holding a on air game show live audience experience and feel but yet borderline doing so still with some taste an uniquely done not crossing a line but very easily appears to walk right up to it no problem, all the time lol
@@infinnagoat3454bruh use punctuation -w-
@DonnellOkafor-pd7yn I hate it too, can't bring myself to watch any shows like that even if the topic is interesting.
i think these sounds were ripped off some of the Wii games lol
It is SK, what do you expect?
These defectors are so brave. Anyone who takes their freedom for granted should watch this show.
Exactly, and to think that there are ignorant people in America who want to adopt this economic system (Socialism).
@@prairiepatriot2162I think those naive "socialists" are mostly in the university student category, sheltered and inexperienced people with a bit of detachment from reality. They could never imagine what life under socialism would actually look like because they've never been subjected to this miserable system in real life. They need to pursue a "cause" to feel some sense of purpose in life. Hope they get more mature with time and appreciate the privileges they've been born into
@@prairiepatriot2162 I think those "socialists" are mostly in the university student category, sheltered and inexperienced people with a bit of detachment from reality. They can never imagine what life under socialism would actually look like because they've never been subjected to this miserable system themselves in reality. They have this need to pursue a "cause" to feel some sense of purpose in life. Hope they get more mature with time and appreciate the privilege they've been born into
Couldn't agree more
True to that!
Pyongyang means " Flat Land". Only city in Korean Peninsula that doesn't have mountains. City area wise 10 times or more bigger than Seoul.
Bigger but 100 years behind in everything
I doubt that those can be counted as city at all. Seoul is a lot bigger
@@G.A.C_Preserve I meant land size, not population and infrastructure
@@nateliebherr ok
Umm, no it doesn't look like a "boom town". There is NO traffic and hardly anyone is walking around.
only party members are allowed to have cars and drive
They don't even have traffic lights there. They have power outages all the time. So that may be the reason.
@@musicbkim I worked for the government and specialized in NK.....its because only the party elite get cars
Introvert person would like that environment
Me: What’s it like living in North Korea?
Friend: Can’t complain
Well of course. Complaining is against the law. You trying to get your friend in trouble?
It’s hell on earth and the world knows it.
@@SqueakyWheelMakesNoise not. in his case he looked like one of the few privileged. im sure he lives a nice life compared to most north koreans.
In North-Korea, you don't complain about the government. The government complains about you!
The saddest part of this comment is you won't be asking them that anyway. Because they are not allowed and do t have internet unless it's the government official.. so they cant even see life outside of there
The lady's face - they should have blurred it 😢I think she is just really pure and naive as she has had no internet/outside world access and just blurted out the truth. She could get punished for admitting to the famine.
Atleast the reporter wasn't rude like most reporters that go to North Korea
He doesn't want to die
I agree, I've heard other reporters say things that could literally get themselves killed. This reporter knows how to play the game, I'd speak nothing but good things if I was in North Korea.
Very interesting and informative. Outstanding documentary, excellent reporters and writing.
All of those huge buildings and in that area the streets are empty, hummm.
Same with all cities during working times. You should know if you actually work !!
Atleast theres no gay parades, always a small blessing
@@supa3ek if you think NK is like the rest of the world you are the useful idiot that the NK leaders adore
"These building along the river are all new" Yeah and EMPTY too lololololol
You have X-ray eyes! What a gift!
@@prangos6072 it doesn't take a genius to figure that out, tell ya what, why don't you go and investigate for us?!
The guy smiling in the middle of the group in the elevator at 16:56
It felt strange seeing that reunification themed performance at the mass games and remembering how hopeful people were, and now the idea has been completely abandoned by the North. It's such a sad situation all the way around, especially for the families who have been separated.
Heartbreaking and inspirational. ❤
15:03 This reply is CRAZY. I can’t believe he just said that. It sounds like he’s saying there is a show put on but reality is all around you if you pay attention.
Thats what i heard too. It seemed like a very carefully phrased answer that hinted towards reality without risking himself and his family
He said as much as he is legally allowed to say without having to face a firing squad.
I'm pretty sure the lady that was asked about the famine is now hanging upside-down
Excellent documentary. Well done and very insightful
Not really, it didn't really give us any new information...
Seyi seems like such a nice reporter. He looks like he really cares. And doesn't ask progressively.
The underground trains are the old waggons from the former GDR from Berlin. After the Berlin wall was fall down, Eastern Berlin spent the waggons to North Corea.
dood casually brought up Kim Jong Un's education in Switzerland lol
when she started to talk about being separated from her father on the game show, I started to cry a little bit😢
I loved both reporters! Both are very interested and friendly, and ask the right questions.
You can tell who has been in South Korea longer between Hy and Su. Sorry if I'm not getting their names fully right. Hy is so much more comfortable and free; Su is first getting used to everything. Even then, you see progress as the video progresses. Su gets to shop, appears brighter and more engaged. It's beautiful. I hope she is happy in her new life.
Amazing coverage ❤
I hate to admit it but NK knows how to put on a show I’d rather attend their performance in a stadium than K-pop
Trumpist?
@@denisrousseau9071 whatever that means 😂
@@joeanthony8087 show must go on!
@@denisrousseau9071 oh ok 😂
The Metro station on wall art like thomas shelby in peaky blinders 😂
16:04 are you serious, what did you expect as an answer in front of the camera 🤦♂
The largest stadium in the world was / still kind of is, the great Strahov stadium in Prague in Czech republic with capacity of 250 000 people.
The logistics alone of working out emergency plans 😮
Did he just say it seemed like Juche was working? lol!!
19:20 "just in case any American soldier try to defect in North Korea" 😂 NK is hilarious lmao
its happened recently
@@GCccccc and he somehow made it out alive that very same week and without being tortured or harmed despite america and its army being the sworn enemy of NK. makes you wonder what US secrets he gave up.
@@MrWolfSnack oh he forsure gave something up
This was such a good video and i watch literally thousands on TH-cam but this one stands out! I found myself trying to hold back the tears at the end when she told about the soldiers taking her father and her watching him leave until she could no longer see him and that was the last time she ever seen him 😢! To think this is one story of uncountable stories, wow!
I love how you guys all get brought on the exact same tour.
This was really good!! Gut wrenching and eye opening!
The deadpan delivery is wonderful
Surely this all wasn't prepared in advance by the authorities!
"I will leave it up to your judgment. I'm sure you can see with your own eyes what is right and wrong" well said
Very good documentary.
Your facial expressions said everything you couldn't say out loud. The persimmon tree was a classic 😂
We also want a documentary on homelessness in Canada.
You are not able to search it yourself?
Oh seriously, get a job.
@@louisschummer931 they are home less, not job less
Why Canada? That’s random. You’d get more interesting stats about homelessness in Los Angeles or Portland…
16:56 - The North Korean doing a cheeky smile in the elevator lol!
Very old video if you're talking about the South Korean president visiting. This happened 5 years ago!
OP already mentioned first was from 2018 and the second was 2017
@@Weather_Nerd and there will be no further videos of north korea. all foreign tourists and outside medias are banned.
I liked that this documentary was really divided in half between north and south. Watching the young woman in the end on the TV show really brought tears to my eyes.
I love your content, the information in your videos helps me so much
Amazing reporting!
You said the whole world won't hear you. I think you were referring to the reality show. But you know what? The whole world does hear you. We hear you loud and clear. I'm sorry for the loss of your father. He should have never been taken from you.
Balls of steel to go do this. Respect.
"Mr. Chu is the boss of this state-owned enterprise."
So... he isn't the boss then?
Um fato que acho curioso. Nunca vi em nenhum vídeo sobre a Coréia do Norte algo que mostre onde estão os cemitérios do país. Onde estão os cemitérios? Onde estão enterrados os antigos soldados que lutaram na guerra da Coréia?
This is a fascinating point. It’s something I have never considered. There’s obviously a reason they choose not to show any cemeteries. Perhaps there are no cemeteries as such? Maybe they are just buried in an undignified manner, especially during times like the great famine, where death was rampant and unavoidable.
Thank you very much for the Producer ofthis Tv show,I live and grow up in a East European Comunist Country and suffer and suffer since 81" up to 90"....no food no Hope no Joy of Living !!!
It’s tragic how useless the UN is. Why do we pay those bureaucrats so much of our money?!
Both really good reporting, well done.
honestly having seen one of these docs like 10 years ago i would say they are in fact progressing just very slowly
What year was this one taped I'm curious?🤔
It's all a big show though. And all the money that is used to do all this is with illegally obtain money. There are two different systems in North Korea you have the Kings Court, and the regular North Korean money
Very informative, many of us do not know the real North Korea and kudos to all those that want to escape and make a better life for themselves.
Sehr gute Doku!
Als Deutscher weiß ich, was ein geteiltes Land bedeutet!
There's another peril that's not discussed in the documentary. As uniquely cruel and heart wrenching as each narrative is, can you say it enough times that the audience ( particularly native born South Koreans ) might become desensitized to it?
Bless that girls heart.. She has no idea how brave abd strong she really is...
What excellent reporting from both reporters. Being from Los Angeles and with all its freedoms, I was just taken back by what I learned from this documentary. Thank you, this was very informative
@sandponics true very true. But i live on the suburbs of L.A. where not as much crime as the media loves to portray. I’d rather have freedom than live like the North Koreans do. The documentary was interesting but not a way of life I’d choose. Just saying
I'd say both LA and NK are horrible places to live in their own ways, just sayin
@@thatjakeshow true but some of us just have to be where we are for our own reasons
This was so gripping my heart goes out to those brave men and women I hope that they are all able to flourish in their new worlds
It feels sooooo fake and set up. The uncanny valley feeling is everywhere, it just never ends. People look like they are just 'there' without any real purpose or a destination it feels like, like a certain amount of people are just told to go from point A to B for the cameras. Like this one for example 10:09, fully seated drop ride but no one at the entrance/bottom? 14:23, a totally empty bus line in the city even if it's at night? 19:54, yeah, even before Korea was divided the Kims weren't exactly the rulers like they are now are they? They try so hard to make it look so perfect that it becomes 'soulless'. It's haunting and quite scary to be honest.
But it only feels fake and set up to you and I, not to them.
19:40 you’re going through harsh times because of your incompetent leaders….
It may look like a show but its very much real to them
the country is a camp....the end.
You said continually that there was no advertising but that is totally false. There is loads of advertising everywhere you look. They are just selling something other than consumer goods.
38:51 i'm certain..this teacher is a Fililino😁
Bless her. I wish her the best from the USA 🇺🇸 🤝🇰🇷
Title should be 'Life in another planet' haha...
When was this filmed?
When was the documentary made?
2017
That's the same thing I want to know
2018.
You call the people middle class. Actually they are the the highest, upper crust, healthiest. Most of the rest of the country is close to starving.
ITS IMPRESSIVE HOW EXTRAVAGANT THEIR MILITARY & CELEBRATIONS SHOWS ARE!! SO PERFECTLY CHOREOGRAPHED ITS PRETTY AMAZING TO WATCH!!
While their people work to the bloody bone and continue to be starved and oppressed. Give us a break here.
So says mr room 32
Well they don’t actually do any combat what else are they gonna do
I wonder where the people in the train station or in the streets are going
Nowhere, their job is making the underground look real...traveling back and forth the stations 😊
A Jurnalist goes to a show and ask himself: will it be real or a show? WTF
Great documentary! ❤
I have no idea why we need to constantly see and hear the reporters, as if they are the stars. Every minute spent filming the face of the reporter on the bus, is one lost for us to see outside. No comment is needed on a good report that just sho ws and let's people speak for themselves.
Nothing is taught in journalism anymore but to always show you as the subject, lie as much as possible, and talk around the subject for half an hour to draw out the time.
Freedom is a taste..
22:35 So there is something good in such a terrifying country.
Let’s all go to North Korea and experience it ourselves 😂
South Korea: 8K OLED TV
North Korea: Hold my beer!
same old journalism we've already seen every time they go in there. Cut it out
Touching video
Everything about this documentary is scary! North Korea isn’t a good place
This guy clearly wasn't hesitant with his words...
16:22 Is he wearing a Nike polo shirt????
That’s a good observation! It sure is.
yes if your wealthy you have the right to wear polo adidas or nike in nk
Naivity of journalists is everlasting...
Which year you have filmed it??
you do know there are the credits at the end with the date? 2017
@@FreeDocumentarywhy be rude🤷🏼♂️. Watched the video but no like button because you are not courteous at all.
I have to laugh, as I was wondering the same thing, then realizing it was on my tiny screen in Roman numerals! 🤦♂️😹
Excellent pairing of documentaries juxtaposing the North and South. As someone from the US, it always boggles my mind to see how insular and isolated the North is, as well as how everything revolves around the leaders and the state. It was crazy how the woman had the more privileged life there still didn't know where Thailand was on the map.
I hope some day the people of Korea can be reunified like Germany. The people on both sides of the border have a lot of heart.
@@erinmcdonald7781 These comments kill me. Lmoa🤣🤣
@@matthewcollins5344don't worry i'll place a like for you
How old is this video were u just able to put it out
I was tripping out until I read that this is Marcel Theroux and not Louis!!! omg 🤯
North Korea, country on another planet.
I’ve been intrigued by North Korea for many years & have watched plenty of documentaries on the country. I never once thought that having money can help you ‘buy your way’ out of potential problems. It so makes sense
A small gain is in fact still a gain. It's all paper tigers either way. If I am completely wrong I apologize, the people of North Korea deserve to experience life and genuinely smile. I do know one thing for certain, the pain is as real as pain can get, this you can see clearly.