For real. So sad to see that look of utter defeat in life like they had. I found myself hating the host parading around in there with a camera at that point to be honest.
If I walked into a house and instead of pictures of people's children or other family, there were pictures of the country's leaders on the wall I would want to get out that house again as quickly as possible.
all those places are set up for when people come to vissit. they dont live in those buildings. Its all fake.. It's set up to make it look like theyre living normal lives but they arent. far from it
like bruh, here, we also have picture of our old leader (the one that is considered to be the best) but only in places that are tied and built by the government such as schools, political meeting room, etc forcing to have it at home sounds like a nightmare here the pictures represent our appreciation to the leader as well as people liberated the country, in North Korea it is like some thing you will be fucked for spilling water over it
Elena Komleva Yeah that’s how shit works, taxes to pay for schools, hospitals, and welfare. And loans, to pay back the money YOU borrowed. It would be great if we lived in a world where everyone cared for everyone, but it isn’t like that sadly. You’re welcome to give up all you have and live in the woods if you’d like.
@@jonahruiz4101 "....Yeah that's how shit works..." EXCELLENT response. 😂 Are you a fellow American because I'm American and that's how we respond to things.
Nobody who lives in a capitalist country is free, except for the bloodsucking self-entitled CEO's that steal the paychecks of 200 million hardworking Americans.
Roger Baker - There is a difference between a Republic and an Imperialist government. With a Republic one has choices whereas with an Imperialist one choices are made by the sovereign (I.e. the king).
@@N7-WAR-HOUND I think it all depends on what kind of family you are born in. if you are below the middle class you are completely fucked and if you are born into a rich family, you have much better chances at the country.
@4:44 That fantastic shot of the colonel looking stern then bursting into laughter saying "you just want to photograph and don't need an explanation" that right there is powerful and I believe worthy of an award.
This is a great documentary. I've watched many documentaries where the reporters have been extremely provocative and asked the people questions that could potentially put them in danger. They were deliberately trying to ridicule the country. Meanwhile this is a refreshing film because the journalist has been very respectful towards the people, not forcing them to answer provocative questions. He sees the friendly, normal human side of these people. I love the sentence in the end about how generalizations serve no purpose. Very professional documentary.
I know. So-called 'journalists' who put North Koreans into that position should be ashamed of themselves. And fired. All they are doing is revealing to us that ratings are more important to them than human lives. They're fully aware of the trouble they can get these people into, and they do it anyway.
@@Julia-nl3gq they're actually showing you the truth, not this glazed over crapola. These people are indoctrinated and scared and the government perfected it over 76 years so please spare everyone the typical lib responses.
A young cousin of mine went to attend a North Korean university after her father got a job related to diplomacy there. A few months later he suddenly died of some kind of illness, and now my cousin is still living alone in N. Korea because she hasn't finished her education yet. Our family keep wondering what really happened to her father, and can't wait for her to come home.
This is so far my favorite documentary on North Korea. He's actually very respectful despite the situation. He doesn't just focus on the negative light but also positive aspects. Very nicely done. I hope in my lifetime I'll see news about the liberation of North Koreans. Please God
My favorite North Korea Documentary's made by SAO Documentary. The people asking the guides questions are from CHINA so they'll have more cultural knowledge.
An touching humanistic view of N. Korea, the first such portrayal I've ever seen. It shows that people are just people, no matter what their situation. Whether they say it or not, they no doubt yearn for a better future. They're just waiting for that day to come.
People are the same everywhere. Although the particulars change from place to place, don't we all want the same things: security, raise our kids, a refrigerator. We're all the same.
Imagine visiting a place where you get off the airplane and you’re in a museum; a museum with guides to ensure you take in the perpetual performance art as the artist intended. THAT is N Korea
a museum with living souls. it absolutely CRUSHES me when i see these people. the kids too. this is all an act they put on for the outside world to see. and when eyes look away, they go back to their “normal” which is what we consider inhumane. i feel so bad that there is LITERALLY nothing we can do BUT to stop visiting and funding kim and his military. it’s the biggest income they have for their country. WE fund, what will ultimately be our demise, if kim isn’t just bluffing.
Yes. America is holding the people of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea hostage by U.S. aggressive sanctions, mock invasion exercises, and America's propaganda campaign.
My heart ❤️ truly goes out to the N.Korean people who has a heart & soul but aren’t allowed to freely express it though. My hope is that they’ll someday be allowed to and that both Koreas will once again be unified as one . That’s a realistic dream even though it doesn’t currently seem like a reasonable one. I’ve watched this documentary several times, and honestly, you did a superb job!!! My dad served proudly for 13 months in Seoul SK in the army on the DMZ where He didn’t serve during the Korean War but years later. Keep up the great work !! I’m a US citizen and it’s such a pleasure to know you and You’re so brave having visited a country 7 times which is so isolated from the world. Many thumbs up to you and your crew !!
Communism/socialism destroys its citizens. All Communist countries had massive famine. USSR, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, China……. And their politicians wonder why ppl want to flee. God bless those poor citizens starving, working 10-12 hour shifts for very little, zero rights, and being forced against their will.
It looks exactly like my workplace in London. Misery and terror all year long and then someone from head office comes to visit and for that one day everything gets staged to look like everything is perfect.
Sounds exactly like nursing homes and hospitals here in the states. The nursing directors and administrators run it like it's their own fiefdom but when inspectors come knocking once a year or whenever there's a complaint, all is staged to show that "standards" are being met. I know of one nursing home that had a separate set of records to show the "state" and the actual ones were under lock and key.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 ikr! Reminds me of when I was in school and the principal would schedule a day to come sit in the back of our class and we'd all pretend to be an absolutely perfect learning environment.
You should have seen how the town I live in was swept and manicured when the king and queen came to visit. Broken streetlights, graffiti, cracks in the pavement... suddenly there was enough money and enough workers to fix it all!
I'm from Indonesia. In the 1990s my middle school had a 'surprise' visit from the Minister of Education, and at the only day of the rehearsal to welcome the minister, I decided not to come... Unfortunately, when he dropped in to the 'special day', the minister came straight at me and decided I was that one lucky student that will be asked for questions. Since I didn't attend the rehearsal, I was staged at the corner most location at the lab equipped with a broken microscope that only function if there is a natural light shining directly to it (which I didn't know). Needless to say, I did my best to avoid eye contact, and turned my back at him and start looking at my petri dish, quickly pretending I was busy with my microscope. But he was adamant, and still eager to look what I was looking at. To my surprise my microscope came back with an empty image as the minister stood straight next to the natural light source for that particular microscope and blocking the way.... He asked me deadpan what is it that we're looking at? and I just can't explain it to him since I wasn't there at the rehearsal and didn't know the issue. I can't forget the look of the Head of Education department, my principal, and my teacher...none of them prepared me with that question, I swore I could hear a pin drop during my speechless moment. Eventually, I did say we were looking at either an amoeba or an algae...while stuttering. This video reminds me to be grateful. I used to think Indonesia in the 1990s is like North Korea, but now I can gladly say that Indonesia in 1980-1990s, dictatorship was far far less deadly than NK. failing a staging doesn't warrant a child to be enrolled in forced labor or concentration camp and teachers let children to be their awkward-self. Even though we have a dictator rule at that time, I can remember that my teachers still appreciate my little protest at compulsory doctrine curriculum by putting 'I doubt it' or 'unsure' at every likert-scale test that worship the dictator, and gave me a pass even though I probably fail on every tests and never heard anyone went to any concentration camp for doing so.
Why, low crime rate, did you see any drug addicted homeless people living in their thousands, any obesity epidemic, any racial divide, anyone dying because they can't afford medical expenses. Mate you need to open your mind to what you are being shown and the reality of what goes on in your own backyard
@Johney Smith That is true. The true intention of the DW Documentary seems to be keep on bashing North Korea until it submits to the capitalists and the oil companies.
They are nervous about the camera for reasons that you're not considering. If I rarely saw foreigners and suddenly theres someone filming my daily life with a professional camera shoved in my face I'd be scared. Imagine you're skating or shopping at a grocery store and 4 men you don't know begin recording you..... THAT is scary.
Having a Foreign Tourists is probably one of the best times of their lives. It’s sad how everyone knows how to ACT like their happy and everything’s fine.
They are actually used to the regime, since they know nothing about the rest of the world, so they don't have anything to compare to. They think that NK is the best country ever, and praying for Kims and all that stuff becomes a natural habit in their lives, which means that the government succeed in feeding them propaganda
It's not fake there's a political faction that even has government influence that's christian. Although a minority, and I doubt there isn't discrimination and heavy surveillance of some christian institutions I find it hard to believe they'd be too upset at what's essentially a small minority. Unless someone has a source saying otherwise.
Thank you for uploading. Ten years ago, it was rare to see North Korea on TH-cam. Recently, many people who traveled to North Korea have posted videos on TH-cam, so we can easily see the deeper situation in North Korea on TH-cam.
You're not seeing NK. The capitol is a city where only those loyal to the regime are allowed to live. And the parts you see in these videos are what NK wants you to see, it isn't how life really is. Most of this is staged, actors made to portray NK in a light that makes it appear to be modern when the truth is very different.
I was really surprised when the soldier towards the beginning of the video asked how they report on the Korean Peninsula in Austria. Given how they feel about outside information, I didn't think that was something he was allowed to ask.
Probably one of the best North Korean documentaries I've seen. So fascinating to get a look into such a private country. Excellent filming, Excellent documentary. Love your work!
My grandma who lived in the Soviet Union in Estonia, recalls that they knew that they were lied to, they just didn't know how much they were lied to. The same thing is in North Korea.
Nearly every American is kind to North Korean visitors / defectors. So 330,000,000 people are nice. Maybe 20 Americans or so make money off this. So let's get this straight -you reject the kindness of 329,999,980 people who get no money for kindness because of the 20 who do? What kind of communist math is that?
Sadrack Jean Baptiste currently western countries have the best human rights. There are no none westernized countries with good human rights. So yes, these countries must first accept capitalism and westernize their societies to progress
I kind of wonder if that North Korean student was just thinking: "What? Leif Erikson discovered it, and before him an unknown person." And maybe the teacher was like "Dammit, Europeans are stupid!"?
Who discovered Canada? There was no Canada, or US. There was the Americas -- the entire Western Hemisphere, that we describe as 'discovered.' That's like asking "Who discovered Saskatchawan" or "Iowa," for Crissake. Its one solid land mass, plus the Caribbean.
Difference there is I have the freedom to figure that out and research it. In NK they're probably like "No one discovered America! They're all mutants there!"
The problem is all these documentaries aren't North Korean documentaries. They're Pyongyang documentaries. The capital is MUCH DIFFERENT than the rest of the country. The further away from Pyongyang you get, the worse things get.
Yeah, they are beautiful blissfully ignorant propaganda shows. Painting a wonderful picture of the not so bad country. While in reality what they show is the only city in the contry which is filled with the elite while millions of people literally rot away in the death camp with children being sliced open and burned alive for information on their parents th-cam.com/video/QUhj4JQkqAs/w-d-xo.html The fact that you call this propaganda piece "the best" is sickening and also scary. It's stunning that people believe this side of it so easily. NK is a horrific death zone and documentaries like this one of DW are appallingly minimizing the horror that goes on there.
@@FirstnameLastname-pe3ky You are basically right. But I think the journalist is trying to do very small steps each time he visits the country. As he said, he is trying to establish deeper and deeper relations with his "overseers" (building up a network of people who might - some day - will give him true and propaganda-free information). Basically Salami-Tactics ;) NK's government will not let anyone inside the country again who was too critical etc. And btw: he makes more than clear that most of this stuff they show to him is staged propaganda bullshit and he was not allowed to film this or that etc. (so where is your problem?)
But we'll never get a glimpse into the truth of this because of laws prohibiting any photography of any malnourished, and sad, or any "less than perfect" scenery or persons.
as a S. korean, we can go abroad except N.korea which is so sad to me. hope to go there see and talk to the people in my life. Thanks this precious docu. for inviting unvisitable place to me
As the narrator said himself, there is a person under the uniform. So if I was him, my biggest concern would be the soldiers well being, and not trying to show the world some insignificant things, that the soldiers regime may find offensive. Because that soldier may get sent to a gulag for showing me something he was not supposed to. Or letting me slide on some miniscule thing like a picture I was not supposed to take. That would be my main concern, especially if I got to know that individual on a friend basis, over a long stretch of time. But these journalists sometimes love to push the envelope, and thereby endanger the ones that let them slide in the first place. I think we must never forget, how oppressed the north Korean people actually are. This country is hell on earth, because where else could your entire family be punished with death, for a mistake you made?
yet these are claims without backing really makes you think geuss who wrote that opinion? what grounding does it have? why do you think the north koreans hate america?
Drink deeply of the most efficient Western news propaganda. It is so pervasive, it takes almost a life time to break through, but once you do, you will never be the same.
Looks like the Soviet town I was born in....I hated living in Soviet period....I live in Europe now. How little did I know then that I was so heavily brainwashed by soviet propaganda similar like the North Koreans.... propaganda.... and surveillance , yet, I appreciate the experiences of living in Soviet Union. Because the experience of lack of human rights and being able to be a unique individual, nowadays, I am so so so grateful for the human rights I have in Europe. I also deeply value being an individual with my personal likes and dislikes. It has taken me time to learn. Well, I am 43 now. I do know my preferences now. I have choices and I can chose. Yes, I took flowers to Lenin monument. Photos of Lenin, Carl Marks, they were in each room, at school, at work, as well their monuments in every city. Worship, blind, worship of leaders. Regardless if you agree or not.....like or dislike, that did not matter. I am free of it now. It has taken me years to understand how those years, my formative years formed and shaped me. For me, that period was horrible. I did not like my childhood. Did I like anything? I am not sure. Probably I appreciate that I was very independent from a very young age....I liked it then because I was a child. I liked my independence but looking back I am horrified I did take so many risks being 6-7 years old I cooked, shopped. Stayed at home alone after school. Took empty milk bottles to recycled centre in exchanger for pocket money..... I was a child .....an independent child. I am very independent adult now, -:)
@Aldo Htownsouth lol... you got me thinking... am i??? Bac in the day as we party down we went thru a bunch of it along with other kinds of course... I think I'll keep my All American Heritage tho... 😉 take care...
Moscov, Kyiv, Riga, Tallin, Minsk etc. maybe you dont know but are in Europe too. I think childchood in soviet union wasnt too bad comparing to what was next to come after downfall of SU. Hope South Korea will help north after Kimland period.
Terrific documentary. Plus, nice touch playing Mike Oldfield's "Let There Be Light/Oceania" at about the 14:40 minute mark from the album "The Songs of Distant Earth" during your narration. Haven't listened to this great album in nearly 25 years ... Thank you.
That was such a silly comment from the journalist. As if they wouldn’t be learning math.....how does he figure anything there gets done without math?!?
And hardly any people out & about, the country is like a ghost town. They either r restricted to go out or to scared that something they do or say could be misunderstood by the military & be punished or even killed for it.
@456 546465 impossible, we used to live under Soviet Union regime, these are slightly alike regimes, there were no such kind of places in the USSR, if the government officials knew the woman engaged in prostitution she would be punished and condemned publicly.
Deanius DaGenius I wrote 4 words on a comment and got 5k+ likes (and counting) It was on “Are You Lost In the World Like Me” It’s the one uploaded by Marco Z
Imagine if N-K would actually be a super advanced civilization, living underground with state of Art artificial sun and sky and controlled seasons and unlimited food resources and every north korean on the surface would actually be a clone or robot with no need To eat or rest
@wO yeah, but they've got a few restrictions the rest of the world doesn't have Like freedom of thought and access to reality...they sound, look, and act like blithering idiots. Although if I were scared to death, maybe I could say "Look! A microscope!" like it's the newest thing in technology...
@jxhensley Yeah, but pointing out a microscope as of its some kind of hyper-advanced phenomenon is pretty ridiculous considering that every middle school, high school, and university science lab I have ever been in had dozens of them and nobody made a fuss over it.
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7:30 - This is a great example of someone talking for thirty seconds in Language A, and the translation in Language B being only like five or six seconds long.
This DW documentary on North Korea is eye-opening! It’s fascinating to get a glimpse of daily life under Kim Jong Un's regime. Looking forward to more hidden stories from DW!
It is nice to see you are showing different things rather than going on the tourist's tour and filming what you can already find a hundred times on TH-cam. You guys did a nice job and I really like the Kodak Portra theme throughout since it comes off as original and gives off an entertaining vibe. Give yourselves a pat on the back for not being so biased that it comes off as really annoying and fake.
I’m sorry did I hear that correctly - they buy flowers to leave at the monument, then they take them an put them back in the store to RESELL them. LMAO.
23:41 shocked me; I’ve watched so many North Korean documentaries etc and I’ve never seen a teenager there act like any other teenager in the world - looking at his phone and then waving with a smile. It looked so casual I honestly thought I’d imagined it at first. (He must be rich af, look at how many bottles of random drinks he’s buying lol)
Its for show. They show you what they want you to see. Thats why they try to keep you in pyongyang where the elites are. Its all a facade and most are acting. The others are brainwashed.
@@jeffreyg4626 we have it SO MUCH better than any single one of these people. it isn’t a competition.. and if it was, they have us beat by a very very verrrrry long shot.
Pyongyang contains less than 1% of the country's population most of them the highly privileged. In North Korea, you're not allowed to travel without permit, which means none of these people have no clue about how their counterparts are doing in the country. Which isn't good. People who say this documentary isn't biased is forgetting the part that it's only documenting one city in the entire country. People in North Korea are good people, the Dynasty is disgusting.
Finally someone pointed it out. If this is the elite class, which lives even worse than the middle class in SK, I wonder how 97% of the population operate. Probably a mix of communism and medieval feudal system, doing back-breaking labor for 12-14 hours a day.
People are inherently born good people. Unfortunately the same can not be said for governments representing such people. Sometimes, achieving power and dominance through social, economic, political, military, or even religious means.
@@limitlesswithoutlimit8993 - I doubt the privileged work as factory operatives, or fieldworkers! And how do we know it isn;t it just foreigner travellers that are required to travel with a permit?
@@mattlamb1566 well. Having food and clean clothes is actually really privileged in NK. Yes, there's also a very small rich elite, but for everyone else having a decent meal is already a huge privilege. You can't really compare NK with any other place in the world. It's an insanely secluded place living almost in a different universe due to their leaders delusions and brainwashed population.
Wow! They are malnourished, not allowed to trade with anyone but still manage to build railways and skyscrapers. Pretty impressive people who do a lot with so little. Thank you for the documentary, DW. You rarely dissappoint with your quality of stories.
19:10 she looked so scared that she nearly burst into tears probably because she’s tired of living in that damn country and has pictures taken of her by strangers that she’s taught are the enemy
Propaganda Journalism. The target is not North Korean, its to poison the world with lies about North Korea. Becareful about the west. Journalism propaganda is their last effort to destroy NK after bombing and Sanctions failed. The narrator is telling lies throughout the video play that is not supported by the film shortage/scene. He relies on the viewers curiosity about NK to mislead our perception and interest. Shame to him.
NO WEAPONS they cant even afford uranium or even its bastard brothers.They are on their knees ,the weapons as anyone can spot are all ex russian pre digital missiles - these can be defused on tyhe fuckin internet ffs ,only way they leave tyhe ground is if America allows it to happen ,yanno ...."like another pearl harbour"
The government may not be the best in North Korea, and I know they have serious problems there, but I think the North Korean people should be recognized for the artistic and talented people that they are. Every video I see on North Korea shows the incredible talent that they have, whether creating paintings, choreographing fantastic shows, or their talent with musical instruments. I would really like to see North Korea open up and join with the rest of the world. It seems to me that regardless of what bad things have happened there, they have an ancient and amazing culture, and the talents that the North Korean people show are almost unmatched by any modern country today. It would be a truly great thing for them to be able to share those talents. I believe they would instantly gain respect and admiration the whole world over. Things are changing there, and I sincerely hope they change for the better so more people could enjoy the wonderful things that the North Korean people offer.
It takes real talent to be one of the poorest countries in the world and achieve Nuclear capabilities. If only they opened up and had good politicians, they would out do South Korea and Japan.
I don't think it's per se "talent" but moreso just constant practice. Not sure whether that's something to praise, as - like he said in this doc - people are promised goods in return for their participation.
@@yohannesiv4300 Except they're not one of the poorest countires. Kim Jong Un is rich, rich, rich - he exploits his country, and people, to do so. You can look up documentaries on this, or search for 'office 39'....he has money-making scams all over the world, he even does things like export his own citizens to countries like China, to work in slave-labour, with their wages all flowing back to him (they stay because he will murder their families if they try to flee). NK has completely gotten around all the sanctions put on it. Pyongyang is a rich, rich, rich city, with wealthy citizens. Yes, those in the countryside are mostly very poor - but, as one expert pointed out, this is not because NK is poor, this is because Kim Jong Un hoards the wealth. They acheives Nuclear Capabilities because they are rich. The entire Kim family is filthy rich, and they have scams all over the entire world; they are raking in the money. There are some really amazing documentaries on this, including....let me go find it....a DW documentary - th-cam.com/video/ib9Z7lublQE/w-d-xo.html It's called 'Kim's Cash Machine'. It's not about talent. They got it the same way every country does - money. Also, I'm not trying to be rude at all towards you, but, this idea of them 'outdoing' SK and Japan, it rubs me the wrong way. Like...I'm not sure what you meant, and, as I said, I don't mean to be rude, but it felt like, why pit them against each other like that? Why does it have to be a compitition? Why does one country need to 'out do' another? What would be better is if Kim Jong Un was killed, and NK and SK could unite. They are the same country. They've only been divied for about 70 years. It's a false divide. They are all Korean, it's the same country.
I amcarbonandotherbits. Lol how American to think the money collected is their money. They are selling Kim’s flowers and collecting Kim’s money. Many people just stop getting paid for a while. Poor Souls.
@@pamelaraney4654 exactly you might make enuff to eat if your lucky enuff that kim crack head does not need to buy another mazarati to sit in his garage lol ...this pos will die soon so will his hole empire it is kinda funny to watch it all happen
@@pamelaraney4654 and also pathetic and sad that one mans greed and power can kill and destroy and starve the mind body and soul of so many people .....
I have seen a lot of documentaries about North Korea, where journalists put people in difficult situation and treated hem like aliens. This documentary is one of the best. The reported showed us real people at their work and treated them realy nicely. He was careful not to put them in danger with his questions.
id like to that the glorious leader ....my agent ( the leader) my co stars ( the leader) i would thatn my parents but they are in a prison for having thoughts of heinz baked beans ( invented by the glorious leader who also created the internet ) this oscar will be nice as the glorious leaders toliet door stop
seemed to have some weight on him given the fact most kids in n korea his age are extremely malnourished .....either he has extremely important parents or north korea doesnt in fact starve their people.
they planted chubby people!!! there were maybe 2 or 3. That little boy, and then the 1 worker in the textile factory they paid the most attention to! I swear, being larger is their job, and I bet it is not because they eat well. They are probably forced to eat nasty things like left over fats, ect.
Actually, a lot of the north Korean people are happy. If you watch videos on NK defectors, they say the only positive thing about NK is the people and how, no matter what, they are happy and loving to one another because there isnt any competition or jealousy (such as wanting the newest shoes or wanting to be rich etc) it's all family and friend love, even when starving, which makes it even more sad
Pretty sure not a NOrth Korean. Maybe Chinese like others say. He is too camera ready. Most other people in other NK videos almost never smile and waive at cameras.
Recycling the flowers and having dedicated people to do so is just so mindblowingly oppressive and gives a morbid creepy bureaucratic vibe in it's circular logic. Just seeing defeat and sadness in those worker women's eyes was soul crushing. We are very fortunate in the free world, folks.
An opinion. You cannot prove God or disprove God exists. And please don't try and sell me the idea that order was created out of chaos. That would not be science.
Excellent documentary video. I hope other viewers can appreciate all the accomplishments you've made that got you to this point where you were able to make a video like this under such challenging circumstances. John - northern California
john r. Just say California!! We all one state here! I’m from SoCal but originally from central coast (San Luis Obispo), NorCal is no different. Just slightly more seasonal. It’s all one state bro!
North Korea reminds me of my mother in law. All smiles and perfection on the surface; utter turmoil boiling just below the surface.
That's Sweden, not North Korea.
If she has a nice figure I think I could make it work.
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Damn
I appreciate that the interviewer is mindful of not putting the local people in a difficult situation with his questions or behavior! Great job!
Stop vying for attention.
All the dislikes are now guest workers at Kwan-li-so No. 15.
thanks sir! you are right
@@ML-ov7wo North korean spies
You’re not allowed to ask them things
i wish to live to see the day when this dictatorship ends...
If I were a N.Korean Soldier. I would have a secret suicides mission to kill the Evil leader.
hear hear! such a shame, these people dont have a chance to experience life. so sad
Yes, free the people and feed them!
Same! They are cool people that are REALLY confused
Behold, the last single-race country 🤯
This by far has been the best coverage of all aspects of North Korea I have seen by any foreigner. Great job DW.
Where are you from?
@@art5850probably 🇮🇳
Have you seen coverage of NW by a non-foreigner?
The poor people in that garment factory looked so so downhearted and broken with forced smiles and laughter. It's heartbreaking.
For real. So sad to see that look of utter defeat in life like they had. I found myself hating the host parading around in there with a camera at that point to be honest.
They might actually be happy but it's really all they know... it's really sad.
And they're the lucky ones
they are actually nor allowed to smile in the camera unless it's for the "great leader."
Oh please. In Amazon is better? Or maybe in Apple factory?
If I walked into a house and instead of pictures of people's children or other family, there were pictures of the country's leaders on the wall I would want to get out that house again as quickly as possible.
all those places are set up for when people come to vissit. they dont live in those buildings. Its all fake.. It's set up to make it look like theyre living normal lives but they arent. far from it
It’s law that all buildings should contain portraits of the past leaders and they should be the first rescued in the event of a fire (before children)
like bruh, here, we also have picture of our old leader (the one that is considered to be the best) but only in places that are tied and built by the government such as schools, political meeting room, etc
forcing to have it at home sounds like a nightmare
here the pictures represent our appreciation to the leader as well as people liberated the country, in North Korea it is like some thing you will be fucked for spilling water over it
@@anhtunguyen781 are you allowed to criticise your leader?
@@anhtunguyen781 Ho Chi Minh? Your name looks Vietnamese
This documentry can cure anyone's depression. Now all of a sudden, I am happy to live my life on my terms! God bless these poor souls.
Most people anywhere in the world cannot live on their terms, they have to pay taxes, loans, mortgages to name just a few stipulations..
Elena Komleva Yeah that’s how shit works, taxes to pay for schools, hospitals, and welfare. And loans, to pay back the money YOU borrowed. It would be great if we lived in a world where everyone cared for everyone, but it isn’t like that sadly. You’re welcome to give up all you have and live in the woods if you’d like.
@@jonahruiz4101 "....Yeah that's how shit works..." EXCELLENT response. 😂 Are you a fellow American because I'm American and that's how we respond to things.
Bla
@@ElenaKomleva Do you just see taxation as theft and nothing more?...
From the hair, the clothes to pastel colored buildings North Korea is like travelling back in time. Its like the 60’s all over again.
No matter how mad I am, how stressed I am, or how sad I am, when I wake up, I will wake up with freedom.
watch manufacturing consent by noam chomsky, nobody is immune to propaganda
Sure you do
XYZ Ratz Yeah I’m locked away at school for 8 hours everyday. I can really feel the freedom.
Nobody who lives in a capitalist country is free, except for the bloodsucking self-entitled CEO's that steal the paychecks of 200 million hardworking Americans.
@@hakeemsd70m
EXACTLY.
PERFECTLY said!!!!!
This is the most neutral documentary of North Korea on TH-cam. Others tend to be biased or made their observations from 1st world perspective.
wanna know why there isnt any deformed or disabled people in north korea? Pig food
Not 1st world, more accurately the Imperialist world in which you live, and it is pretty obvious where you get your information.
Roger Baker - There is a difference between a Republic and an Imperialist government. With a Republic one has choices whereas with an Imperialist one choices are made by the sovereign (I.e. the king).
Roger Baker lol shoes on the other foot there boy. This is propaganda. Want to experience it for yourself? Go live in China like I have.
@@N7-WAR-HOUND I think it all depends on what kind of family you are born in. if you are below the middle class you are completely fucked and if you are born into a rich family, you have much better chances at the country.
Whoever’s reading this in the year 2200 i hope this country is free by now
Sadly, not much change rlly
Nope now we're just in a pandemic
its been free for ages
im sure your american concept of freedom is truly free
Ya come after 100 more years let's see what happens
its 2020 u muffin.
23:40 somehow the guy smiling in the camera brings a lot of joy to my heart
It just shows that no matter where you are, there's always that one guy who's always positive.
I saw this moment and immediately scrolled to the comments expecting someone to point it out HAHA
He looks so likable
@4:44 That fantastic shot of the colonel looking stern then bursting into laughter saying "you just want to photograph and don't need an explanation" that right there is powerful and I believe worthy of an award.
This is a great documentary. I've watched many documentaries where the reporters have been extremely provocative and asked the people questions that could potentially put them in danger. They were deliberately trying to ridicule the country. Meanwhile this is a refreshing film because the journalist has been very respectful towards the people, not forcing them to answer provocative questions. He sees the friendly, normal human side of these people. I love the sentence in the end about how generalizations serve no purpose. Very professional documentary.
I know. So-called 'journalists' who put North Koreans into that position should be ashamed of themselves. And fired. All they are doing is revealing to us that ratings are more important to them than human lives. They're fully aware of the trouble they can get these people into, and they do it anyway.
@@Julia-nl3gq they're actually showing you the truth, not this glazed over crapola. These people are indoctrinated and scared and the government perfected it over 76 years so please spare everyone the typical lib responses.
that's exactly what I thought too.
he intends on going back so he's being mindful of what he's choosing to show us in his documentary...
🤦♂
A young cousin of mine went to attend a North Korean university after her father got a job related to diplomacy there. A few months later he suddenly died of some kind of illness, and now my cousin is still living alone in N. Korea because she hasn't finished her education yet. Our family keep wondering what really happened to her father, and can't wait for her to come home.
Are you from Viet Nan?
I hope she comes home safe and sound I'll keep her in my prayers
he wud have been killed off and shes bein forced to stay
Say goodbye to your cousin.
Trường Ca Hành what country are you in that they think it’s a good idea to live there.
This is so far my favorite documentary on North Korea. He's actually very respectful despite the situation. He doesn't just focus on the negative light but also positive aspects. Very nicely done.
I hope in my lifetime I'll see news about the liberation of North Koreans. Please God
My favorite North Korea Documentary's made by SAO Documentary. The people asking the guides questions are from CHINA so they'll have more cultural knowledge.
But still the reality is that their negativity overpowers the positive aspects!
An touching humanistic view of N. Korea, the first such portrayal I've ever seen. It shows that people are just people, no matter what their situation. Whether they say it or not, they no doubt yearn for a better future. They're just waiting for that day to come.
People are the same everywhere. Although the particulars change from place to place, don't we all want the same things: security, raise our kids, a refrigerator. We're all the same.
Imagine visiting a place where you get off the airplane and you’re in a museum; a museum with guides to ensure you take in the perpetual performance art as the artist intended. THAT is N Korea
a museum with living souls. it absolutely CRUSHES me when i see these people. the kids too. this is all an act they put on for the outside world to see. and when eyes look away, they go back to their “normal” which is what we consider inhumane. i feel so bad that there is LITERALLY nothing we can do BUT to stop visiting and funding kim and his military. it’s the biggest income they have for their country. WE fund, what will ultimately be our demise, if kim isn’t just bluffing.
😂
It's not a museum, it's a death camp.
It’s pretty much the biggest hostage situation
Killjoy26
Except most of the hostage takers are hostages themselves.
Yes. America is holding the people of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea hostage by U.S. aggressive sanctions, mock invasion exercises, and America's propaganda campaign.
Michael Kitterman M.
@@MikeKitterman 😅
@@MikeKitterman didn't know north Koreans had access to TH-cam
My heart ❤️ truly goes out to the N.Korean people who has a heart & soul but aren’t allowed to freely express it though. My hope is that they’ll someday be allowed to and that both Koreas will once again be unified as one . That’s a realistic dream even though it doesn’t currently seem like a reasonable one. I’ve watched this documentary several times, and honestly, you did a superb job!!! My dad served proudly for 13 months in Seoul SK in the army on the DMZ where He didn’t serve during the Korean War but years later. Keep up the great work !! I’m a US citizen and it’s such a pleasure to know you and You’re so brave having visited a country 7 times which is so isolated from the world. Many thumbs up to you and your crew !!
Communism/socialism destroys its citizens. All Communist countries had massive famine. USSR, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, China……. And their politicians wonder why ppl want to flee.
God bless those poor citizens starving, working 10-12 hour shifts for very little, zero rights, and being forced against their will.
No
Kim Jong un is good. North Korea is good.
Isolated from the world. You mean isolated from the western dominance and ideology. Specify the isolation if you could...
That is a great story from you. Thank you for sharing.
It looks exactly like my workplace in London. Misery and terror all year long and then someone from head office comes to visit and for that one day everything gets staged to look like everything is perfect.
Sounds exactly like nursing homes and hospitals here in the states. The nursing directors and administrators run it like it's their own fiefdom but when inspectors come knocking once a year or whenever there's a complaint, all is staged to show that "standards" are being met. I know of one nursing home that had a separate set of records to show the "state" and the actual ones were under lock and key.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 ikr! Reminds me of when I was in school and the principal would schedule a day to come sit in the back of our class and we'd all pretend to be an absolutely perfect learning environment.
You should have seen how the town I live in was swept and manicured when the king and queen came to visit. Broken streetlights, graffiti, cracks in the pavement... suddenly there was enough money and enough workers to fix it all!
It's called The Royal Visit effect.
I'm from Indonesia. In the 1990s my middle school had a 'surprise' visit from the Minister of Education, and at the only day of the rehearsal to welcome the minister, I decided not to come... Unfortunately, when he dropped in to the 'special day', the minister came straight at me and decided I was that one lucky student that will be asked for questions. Since I didn't attend the rehearsal, I was staged at the corner most location at the lab equipped with a broken microscope that only function if there is a natural light shining directly to it (which I didn't know). Needless to say, I did my best to avoid eye contact, and turned my back at him and start looking at my petri dish, quickly pretending I was busy with my microscope. But he was adamant, and still eager to look what I was looking at. To my surprise my microscope came back with an empty image as the minister stood straight next to the natural light source for that particular microscope and blocking the way.... He asked me deadpan what is it that we're looking at? and I just can't explain it to him since I wasn't there at the rehearsal and didn't know the issue. I can't forget the look of the Head of Education department, my principal, and my teacher...none of them prepared me with that question, I swore I could hear a pin drop during my speechless moment. Eventually, I did say we were looking at either an amoeba or an algae...while stuttering.
This video reminds me to be grateful. I used to think Indonesia in the 1990s is like North Korea, but now I can gladly say that Indonesia in 1980-1990s, dictatorship was far far less deadly than NK. failing a staging doesn't warrant a child to be enrolled in forced labor or concentration camp and teachers let children to be their awkward-self. Even though we have a dictator rule at that time, I can remember that my teachers still appreciate my little protest at compulsory doctrine curriculum by putting 'I doubt it' or 'unsure' at every likert-scale test that worship the dictator, and gave me a pass even though I probably fail on every tests and never heard anyone went to any concentration camp for doing so.
I feel like WHEN North Koreans are free to move the west for work they will get a reputation of being very hard working, mannerly workers very quickly
Exactly. And the south koreans are really welcoming to them....i hope one day korea is unified
There are many north koreans working in foreign countries
Susana del Mar yup working in many countries and making money for Room #37
They do already but it’s secret. They work hard for nothing and the money is sent back to their leader
@@tomatosauce3675 nah m8 theres a stigma in the South about defectors
You threw that kid a loaded question with ‘Who discovered America?’
🤣🤣🤣
He was thinking hard about the name of the first Indian who drifted there.
The Native Americans
I thought the same.. reporter: he did not respond. kid: dumb dumb... still thinks it was Chris C.
Don’t see it as loaded
My heart breaks for these people.
Why, low crime rate, did you see any drug addicted homeless people living in their thousands, any obesity epidemic, any racial divide, anyone dying because they can't afford medical expenses. Mate you need to open your mind to what you are being shown and the reality of what goes on in your own backyard
Don't be they want you to feel sorry for them
My heart breaks for them too, it's unsettling to think that only luck prevented any of us from being born there
. 0:22
Please say that ur goverment who has destroyed the whole world
I've been waiting for a good North Korea docu for ages. You click on some... and very soon realise you've seen it. This was a new one and great!
You have to watch "under the sun" from 2015
There is a good one from vice news
@Johney Smith That is true. The true intention of the DW Documentary seems to be keep on bashing North Korea until it submits to the capitalists and the oil companies.
True Mexico This one is already sorta old because NK has changed drastically this year alone. They have changed A LOT.
@@rainydayyoutube Vice isnt an unbiased source unfortunately.
God, they are all so nervous around the camera. That is sad.
Because the authorities will be watching for anything unusual or out of character. It could mean their life or prison.
Tragic really
I'm not the only one that would want to visit them right?
Most Asian cultures are. They're shy and over polite generally speaking. They never stare you down or get into your face, considered very rude.
They are nervous about the camera for reasons that you're not considering. If I rarely saw foreigners and suddenly theres someone filming my daily life with a professional camera shoved in my face I'd be scared. Imagine you're skating or shopping at a grocery store and 4 men you don't know begin recording you..... THAT is scary.
“Here is our cloning lab.”
I’m sorry hwhat?
Cloning, the high tech version of an alabama family
@@ohhi5237 LoL
Vesastrul 👏
it’s very common in agriculture, less so with sentient life because of the moral implications.
@@TheVictoriousShot technically possible though. It's creepy. You should research dolly the sheep
Having a Foreign Tourists is probably one of the best times of their lives. It’s sad how everyone knows how to ACT like their happy and everything’s fine.
😔😞😥😓
You can't act everyday life
How do you know that people act?
provavelmente estão, já pensou nisso?
They are actually used to the regime, since they know nothing about the rest of the world, so they don't have anything to compare to. They think that NK is the best country ever, and praying for Kims and all that stuff becomes a natural habit in their lives, which means that the government succeed in feeding them propaganda
I was today years old when I learned that there are Christians in North Korea.
The church is mostly for foreign diplomatic missions
NK citizens aren’t allowed to practice faith or worship. bc it takes away from faith and worship to kim jong-un
It's a front\fake.
Communism is vile. No religion. No freedom. No human rights.
It's not fake there's a political faction that even has government influence that's christian. Although a minority, and I doubt there isn't discrimination and heavy surveillance of some christian institutions I find it hard to believe they'd be too upset at what's essentially a small minority. Unless someone has a source saying otherwise.
I loved the painfully obvious "HYUNDAI" text being covered by a banner that doesnt even match the size 😂
Yeah, at 28:37
😂
You are fucking cracy haha
We( Proud South Korea) is the best country
@@yourboyfriend9480 No we aint
Loll
26:10 you can see the fear in the reaction of the woman picking the leaves
I saw that, too. 😥
No one wants to be filmed, or caught on film helping or contributing to documentary's like these. I haven't made it that far yet.
I’m surprised they let this man back there seven times when he’s being so honest about his reporting and his condemnation of the administration.
North Korea reminds me of old GTA game,not many people or cars on street and empty buildings .
n they respawn every 15 minutes :D its EXACTLY like GTA m8 :D
christianrepizo
Their demonstrations are so colorful and orderly. Makes me want to move there.
Where are the prostitutes?
@@nicabarr6658 the real questions being asked
Nic Abarr dead-
Her: Casually, “here’s our cloning lab”.
Me: “yeah, imma head out”
Lmao what time?
mt4lennox 14:19
@@manuelmojica8009 lmao,. Thanks, just the way she said it to "this is our cloning lab" , I'm weak hahaha
Thanks
Where we going!?😂😂😂
Yeah I was like wtf when I heard her say that too. One thing they have way ahead of us is they can basically do any research they want. No oversight.
Thank you for uploading. Ten years ago, it was rare to see North Korea on TH-cam. Recently, many people who traveled to North Korea have posted videos on TH-cam, so we can easily see the deeper situation in North Korea on TH-cam.
You're not seeing NK. The capitol is a city where only those loyal to the regime are allowed to live. And the parts you see in these videos are what NK wants you to see, it isn't how life really is. Most of this is staged, actors made to portray NK in a light that makes it appear to be modern when the truth is very different.
@@defeatignorance8681 jeaolus in reality your country just poor corrupt selfish🤣
@@defeatignorance8681 fonte?
@@defeatignorance8681there are videos in others cities like Kaesong
I was really surprised when the soldier towards the beginning of the video asked how they report on the Korean Peninsula in Austria. Given how they feel about outside information, I didn't think that was something he was allowed to ask.
Probably one of the best North Korean documentaries I've seen. So fascinating to get a look into such a private country. Excellent filming, Excellent documentary. Love your work!
Jana go visit, remember don't take no portraits or anything. You will die waiting to be released.
Jana you might want to have a doctor take a look at that dumb.
Jana,
Well, it's no wonder, being a German production...
(DW = Deutsche Welle [wave/frequency])
it is a very excellent documentary, it does not matter who made it, it shows a lot of picture were not able to see elsewere.
das ist good country not usa!!!
North Korea is just like a home having only one door and there is not a single Window.
And no wifi
GoodPoint
At least they dont lynch people for killing cows. Filthy mumbai and delhi is fitted for you. Dont spread hate.
@@upenlimbu07 they probably do
In stead of windows you have pictures of the great leaders
1:47 the only footage of that north korean citizen that the world will ever see is her almost dropping a bag of chips
yeah they def reviewed this footage and snatched her, her family & her friends up and sent them to a hard labor camp.
she went off script, now she must face the consequences
Probably will get executed if she drops it completely
The fact that North Korea actually believes they can beat the US in any variation of combat is baffling.. 😂😂🤦♂️
The government most likely knows they can’t win a war against the US and South Korea. They convince there population they can tho.
Considering how vitnam defeated usa, I wouldn't be surprised.
@@felipeemanuel5790 that was over 50 years ago brother. Times have changed..😂👀
The whole thing fascinates me how someone can control a whole country and cause it to be a perfect blend of smoke n mirrors.
DEADn
Capitalism is no different . US is a different version of North Korea
@@kazkk2321 Explain your comment.
DEADn
US is a house of cards where nothing is really verifiable anymore and ppl go round and round like beetles chasing their tales
@@kazkk2321 Can you get more specific in your reference?
@@kazkk2321 you are ridicules! go get a job or read a book, but this comment here... pointless. untrue. ignorant.
When "Somebody that I used to know" started playing, I thought it was another opened tab but then realized it was the video.
My grandma who lived in the Soviet Union in Estonia, recalls that they knew that they were lied to, they just didn't know how much they were lied to. The same thing is in North Korea.
Same
I wonder what they would do if you asked them something like " So which of the 3 dear leaders to you love the most?"
i heard there are Americans who are nice to us, but when they're home, they make money out of us.
me: This vid.... hahahahah
yes except this video is British lmao
Lol but In order to get in you need to fork over money and it all goes to the regime and nuclear arsenal.. never the citizens
Nearly every American is kind to North Korean visitors / defectors. So 330,000,000 people are nice. Maybe 20 Americans or so make money off this. So let's get this straight -you reject the kindness of 329,999,980 people who get no money for kindness because of the 20 who do? What kind of communist math is that?
@@357MagnumBob wha???
@asdf what's he supposed to say? "We'll look over the human rights violations and the nuclear aggression" lol?
Progress doesn’t mean westernization!! It means moving forward!
bravo!!!
There's nothing truer than this statement
but this isn’t progress either, it’s all fake. bring human rights to north korea and down with kim jong un
Bayblade Bayblade human rights don’t have to be western to be right!
Sadrack Jean Baptiste currently western countries have the best human rights. There are no none westernized countries with good human rights. So yes, these countries must first accept capitalism and westernize their societies to progress
Ask an American who discovered Canada and you would get that same blank stare.
I kind of wonder if that North Korean student was just thinking: "What? Leif Erikson discovered it, and before him an unknown person."
And maybe the teacher was like "Dammit, Europeans are stupid!"?
It was probably the Vikings just like America was prob discovered by Vikings first
IKR... and just fyi Christopher Columbus didn't "discover" America.
Who discovered Canada? There was no Canada, or US. There was the Americas -- the entire Western Hemisphere, that we describe as 'discovered.' That's like asking "Who discovered Saskatchawan" or "Iowa," for Crissake. Its one solid land mass, plus the Caribbean.
Difference there is I have the freedom to figure that out and research it. In NK they're probably like "No one discovered America! They're all mutants there!"
The problem is all these documentaries aren't North Korean documentaries. They're Pyongyang documentaries. The capital is MUCH DIFFERENT than the rest of the country. The further away from Pyongyang you get, the worse things get.
only saw two but, i feel like DW's north korean documentaries are the best 👀
same
Yeah, they are beautiful blissfully ignorant propaganda shows. Painting a wonderful picture of the not so bad country. While in reality what they show is the only city in the contry which is filled with the elite while millions of people literally rot away in the death camp with children being sliced open and burned alive for information on their parents th-cam.com/video/QUhj4JQkqAs/w-d-xo.html
The fact that you call this propaganda piece "the best" is sickening and also scary. It's stunning that people believe this side of it so easily. NK is a horrific death zone and documentaries like this one of DW are appallingly minimizing the horror that goes on there.
@@FirstnameLastname-pe3ky You are basically right. But I think the journalist is trying to do very small steps each time he visits the country. As he said, he is trying to establish deeper and deeper relations with his "overseers" (building up a network of people who might - some day - will give him true and propaganda-free information). Basically Salami-Tactics ;)
NK's government will not let anyone inside the country again who was too critical etc.
And btw: he makes more than clear that most of this stuff they show to him is staged propaganda bullshit and he was not allowed to film this or that etc. (so where is your problem?)
well at least they dont believe that the earth is flat.
This vid is educated and neutral version. You got too see funny version of north korean by (Anton)
The People🤣. That's madness and illegal
“Officially, it’s a paradise on Earth.”
Unofficially?
Living hell
I get that reference
i wasn’t sure i heard that right. PARADISE??? ☠️ like you absolutely cannot be serious hahaha (@ the video)
@@meghancepeda none of you get the reference haha
@@PhantomCitadel i truly, do not.
I couldn't ignore how malnourished most of the children as well as adults are💔
But we'll never get a glimpse into the truth of this because of laws prohibiting any photography of any malnourished, and sad, or any "less than perfect" scenery or persons.
Just because they're not wildly obese like American kids?
as a S. korean, we can go abroad except N.korea which is so sad to me. hope to go there see and talk to the people in my life. Thanks this precious docu. for inviting unvisitable place to me
As the narrator said himself, there is a person under the uniform. So if I was him, my biggest concern would be the soldiers well being, and not trying to show the world some insignificant things, that the soldiers regime may find offensive. Because that soldier may get sent to a gulag for showing me something he was not supposed to. Or letting me slide on some miniscule thing like a picture I was not supposed to take. That would be my main concern, especially if I got to know that individual on a friend basis, over a long stretch of time. But these journalists sometimes love to push the envelope, and thereby endanger the ones that let them slide in the first place. I think we must never forget, how oppressed the north Korean people actually are. This country is hell on earth, because where else could your entire family be punished with death, for a mistake you made?
Ed yes!!!
You are exactly right!
All around the West.
Especially if you are a Muslim!
yet these are claims without backing
really makes you think
geuss who wrote that opinion?
what grounding does it have?
why do you think the north koreans hate america?
Drink deeply of the most efficient Western news propaganda. It is so pervasive, it takes almost a life time to break through, but once you do, you will never be the same.
Looks like the Soviet town I was born in....I hated living in Soviet period....I live in Europe now. How little did I know then that I was so heavily brainwashed by soviet propaganda similar like the North Koreans....
propaganda.... and surveillance , yet, I appreciate the experiences of living in Soviet Union. Because the experience of lack of human rights and being able to be a unique individual, nowadays,
I am so so so grateful for the human rights I have in Europe. I also deeply value being an individual with my personal likes and dislikes. It has taken me time to learn. Well, I am 43 now. I do know my preferences now. I have choices and I can chose.
Yes, I took flowers to Lenin monument. Photos of Lenin, Carl Marks, they were in each room, at school, at work, as well their monuments in every city. Worship, blind, worship of leaders. Regardless if you agree or not.....like or dislike, that did not matter.
I am free of it now. It has taken me years to understand how those years, my formative years formed and shaped me. For me, that period was horrible. I did not like my childhood.
Did I like anything? I am not sure. Probably I appreciate that I was very independent from a very young age....I liked it then because I was a child. I liked my independence but looking back I am horrified I did take so many risks being 6-7 years old I cooked, shopped. Stayed at home alone after school. Took empty milk bottles to recycled centre in exchanger for pocket money..... I was a child .....an independent child. I am very independent adult now, -:)
Olya Freedom - Peace be with you.
My parents lived in the soviet union, I completely understand all of this.
@Aldo Htownsouth lol... you got me thinking... am i??? Bac in the day as we party down we went thru a bunch of it along with other kinds of course... I think I'll keep my All American Heritage tho... 😉 take care...
Moscov, Kyiv, Riga, Tallin, Minsk etc. maybe you dont know but are in Europe too.
I think childchood in soviet union wasnt too bad comparing to what was next to come after downfall of SU.
Hope South Korea will help north after Kimland period.
@KJ Dempsey Said The spoiled Westerner
Terrific documentary. Plus, nice touch playing Mike Oldfield's "Let There Be Light/Oceania" at about the 14:40 minute mark from the album "The Songs of Distant Earth" during your narration. Haven't listened to this great album in nearly 25 years ... Thank you.
Thanks for watching and for your positive feedback.
23:46 first time I see someone genuinely smiling in North Korea
I said the same thing. And it was when he saw a foreigner.
he is part of the very small elite population
Why you gotta rat him out?
@@powerranger6059 haha
He's also buying 100 bottles of some drinks only.
"They took me to a classroom where a starving woman stands in front of a room full of children pretending to do math."
Medium grey : 😂😂
That was such a silly comment from the journalist. As if they wouldn’t be learning math.....how does he figure anything there gets done without math?!?
"Starving"
@@DaniHMcV you don't need math to serve the supreme leader
This statement from journalist makes this video totally rubbish
A city of empty buildings
And hardly any people out & about, the country is like a ghost town. They either r restricted to go out or to scared that something they do or say could be misunderstood by the military & be punished or even killed for it.
@456 546465 impossible, we used to live under Soviet Union regime, these are slightly alike regimes, there were no such kind of places in the USSR, if the government officials knew the woman engaged in prostitution she would be punished and condemned publicly.
Dude u wrote 5 words n get 267 likes, kudos to u !
Deanius DaGenius
I wrote 4 words on a comment and got 5k+ likes (and counting)
It was on “Are You Lost In the World Like Me”
It’s the one uploaded by Marco Z
That takes a lot of courage to visit North Korea like that as you can be imprisoned if you accidentally say the wrong thing or take the wrong picture
"Here is our cloning lab..."
/eyeroll
Imagine if N-K would actually be a super advanced civilization, living underground with state of Art artificial sun and sky and controlled seasons and unlimited food resources and every north korean on the surface would actually be a clone or robot with no need To eat or rest
@@anttitheinternetguy3213 lol
@@anttitheinternetguy3213 Asian Wakanda?
you do realize we have cloning isn't something new? We've been doing it for a while now.
@wO yeah, but they've got a few restrictions the rest of the world doesn't have Like freedom of thought and access to reality...they sound, look, and act like blithering idiots. Although if I were scared to death, maybe I could say "Look! A microscope!" like it's the newest thing in technology...
"This is our cloning lab, here's a microscope." Yep, totally not a bit. Totally real science.
@jxhensley Yeah, but pointing out a microscope as of its some kind of hyper-advanced phenomenon is pretty ridiculous considering that every middle school, high school, and university science lab I have ever been in had dozens of them and nobody made a fuss over it.
evry1 looks weary
*hands kid paper pen and calculator* PRESS BUTTONS AND COPY TO PAPER. MAKE MATH.
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7:30 - This is a great example of someone talking for thirty seconds in Language A, and the translation in Language B being only like five or six seconds long.
This DW documentary on North Korea is eye-opening! It’s fascinating to get a glimpse of daily life under Kim Jong Un's regime. Looking forward to more hidden stories from DW!
It is nice to see you are showing different things rather than going on the tourist's tour and filming what you can already find a hundred times on TH-cam. You guys did a nice job and I really like the Kodak Portra theme throughout since it comes off as original and gives off an entertaining vibe. Give yourselves a pat on the back for not being so biased that it comes off as really annoying and fake.
I mean, he did travel into the country with them knowing he's a journalist. Not as a journalist under a tourist visa (which is illegal in North Korea)
What was the cámara that toke the pics?
The use of film instead of digital is kind of pretentious. This whole documentary is a bit smug and o so politically correct.
I’m sorry did I hear that correctly - they buy flowers to leave at the monument, then they take them an put them back in the store to RESELL them.
LMAO.
yes better for the environment ..
Every 8th day of the month :D to pay homage to their "merciful leader"
Now that parts hilarious
They don’t have enough resources for everyone so it makes sense
@@aSpaghettiMan wtf is wrong with you.
Don't litter, recycle.
23:41 shocked me; I’ve watched so many North Korean documentaries etc and I’ve never seen a teenager there act like any other teenager in the world - looking at his phone and then waving with a smile. It looked so casual I honestly thought I’d imagined it at first.
(He must be rich af, look at how many bottles of random drinks he’s buying lol)
Pêches Melba Judging from his clothes, facial expression, and his look, he’s most likely a Chinese tourist or student.
Jing Siyang yeah that seems most likely
It's a chinese tourist
Its for show. They show you what they want you to see. Thats why they try to keep you in pyongyang where the elites are. Its all a facade and most are acting. The others are brainwashed.
Pêches Melba he was probably set there to make nk look nice
the guy at 23:42 and his genuine smile
We're now landing in North Korea. Passengers are reminded to set their watches back... 55 years
Hahahaa😂😂
Paul Taylor lol
80 yrs lol
@@jimanderson7648 you're probably right hahaha
😂😂😂😂
Look at the faces of those workers. They look so unhappy 🙁
Come to the US and look at workers going to work. They look fucking miserable. I know, I'm one of them.
@@jeffreyg4626 I bet you don’t work in a rice field for cents. These guys have nothing
@@jeffreyg4626 I'm sure bagging groceries puts you on par with being a slave in north korea. Grow up
@@CelticConservative at least they get paid minimum wage. N Korea they get paid 5 cents a day
@@jeffreyg4626 we have it SO MUCH better than any single one of these people. it isn’t a competition.. and if it was, they have us beat by a very very verrrrry long shot.
Pyongyang contains less than 1% of the country's population most of them the highly privileged. In North Korea, you're not allowed to travel without permit, which means none of these people have no clue about how their counterparts are doing in the country. Which isn't good. People who say this documentary isn't biased is forgetting the part that it's only documenting one city in the entire country. People in North Korea are good people, the Dynasty is disgusting.
Finally someone pointed it out. If this is the elite class, which lives even worse than the middle class in SK, I wonder how 97% of the population operate. Probably a mix of communism and medieval feudal system, doing back-breaking labor for 12-14 hours a day.
People are inherently born good people. Unfortunately the same can not be said for governments representing such people. Sometimes, achieving power and dominance through social, economic, political, military, or even religious means.
@@limitlesswithoutlimit8993 - I doubt the privileged work as factory operatives, or fieldworkers! And how do we know it isn;t it just foreigner travellers that are required to travel with a permit?
@@ricsta7660
Um. No. People are inherently born corrupt which is why religion, hierarchy, police, etc. exist in the first place.
@@mattlamb1566 well. Having food and clean clothes is actually really privileged in NK. Yes, there's also a very small rich elite, but for everyone else having a decent meal is already a huge privilege. You can't really compare NK with any other place in the world. It's an insanely secluded place living almost in a different universe due to their leaders delusions and brainwashed population.
Thank you for Focusing on the PEOPLE rather than the mainstream controversies
😂he be flexing and forgot about his group 10:18
They gave him 20 years hard labor for forgetting about his group 😞
@@sergiogarcia9714 are you serious
@@EBizz85 , he was executed straight after. /s
Peder Strøm Kollenborg with an AA fun
RunniN IT He was lying, unfortunately it was 40 years hard labor for crimes against groups
Damn i feel so sorry for them.. They literally don't know any better..
Wow! They are malnourished, not allowed to trade with anyone but still manage to build railways and skyscrapers. Pretty impressive people who do a lot with so little. Thank you for the documentary, DW. You rarely dissappoint with your quality of stories.
Early winter it's freaking eerie as heck there
19:10 she looked so scared that she nearly burst into tears probably because she’s tired of living in that damn country and has pictures taken of her by strangers that she’s taught are the enemy
"guards to the left of me, minders to the right! - Here I am stuck in the middle with Un..."
Dern Vader haha! Nice!
one of my fav songs, one of the best.
Comment of the month! :)
Wow lmao
Literally lol'd
This looks like a propaganda for people outside North Korea. Don’t seems right
Then we need to see those helpless people as well cause they don't miss in every country.
Propaganda Journalism. The target is not North Korean, its to poison the world with lies about North Korea. Becareful about the west. Journalism propaganda is their last effort to destroy NK after bombing and Sanctions failed. The narrator is telling lies throughout the video play that is not supported by the film shortage/scene. He relies on the viewers curiosity about NK to mislead our perception and interest. Shame to him.
Please put when this documentation was made and who the narrator is in the description.
How can u tell the difference between what's real and what's staged in North Korea?
you can't
@Ronald Reed Very true, this documentary just feel more staged.
Its like my workplace during audit, everything is staged 😅
Everything you SEE is going to be a sham. Everything you hear* from defectors is mostly true as someone with severe ptsd can recall it.
If a westerner is allowed to see it, it’s staged.
I feel like I’m watching some big play with everyone being actors , it all looks and feels so fake!
this is the point the hoax, north korea is a great theater where a Greek tragedy is consumed
Mollymoo I mean he kind of says it 15:15 which is just so eerie to hear
It, "feels" fake? How so?
NO WEAPONS they cant even afford uranium or even its bastard brothers.They are on their knees ,the weapons as anyone can spot are all ex russian pre digital missiles - these can be defused on tyhe fuckin internet ffs ,only way they leave tyhe ground is if America allows it to happen ,yanno ...."like another pearl harbour"
Whats the difference? You see movies in America all the time.
watching this video makes me feel im in the 80's era.
You’re way off. This is 50s 60s minus the technology
Yeah, until you see them farming with ox and plows from the 1800s. (Not even horses)
Beautiful people still living in 1900s. I feel bad for them...
The government may not be the best in North Korea, and I know they have serious problems there, but I think the North Korean people should be recognized for the artistic and talented people that they are. Every video I see on North Korea shows the incredible talent that they have, whether creating paintings, choreographing fantastic shows, or their talent with musical instruments. I would really like to see North Korea open up and join with the rest of the world. It seems to me that regardless of what bad things have happened there, they have an ancient and amazing culture, and the talents that the North Korean people show are almost unmatched by any modern country today. It would be a truly great thing for them to be able to share those talents. I believe they would instantly gain respect and admiration the whole world over. Things are changing there, and I sincerely hope they change for the better so more people could enjoy the wonderful things that the North Korean people offer.
The only version of North Korea shown is what the government wants you to see. I do agree that the people are very talented.
It takes real talent to be one of the poorest countries in the world and achieve Nuclear capabilities. If only they opened up and had good politicians, they would out do South Korea and Japan.
I don't think it's per se "talent" but moreso just constant practice. Not sure whether that's something to praise, as - like he said in this doc - people are promised goods in return for their participation.
@@yohannesiv4300 Except they're not one of the poorest countires. Kim Jong Un is rich, rich, rich - he exploits his country, and people, to do so. You can look up documentaries on this, or search for 'office 39'....he has money-making scams all over the world, he even does things like export his own citizens to countries like China, to work in slave-labour, with their wages all flowing back to him (they stay because he will murder their families if they try to flee).
NK has completely gotten around all the sanctions put on it. Pyongyang is a rich, rich, rich city, with wealthy citizens. Yes, those in the countryside are mostly very poor - but, as one expert pointed out, this is not because NK is poor, this is because Kim Jong Un hoards the wealth.
They acheives Nuclear Capabilities because they are rich. The entire Kim family is filthy rich, and they have scams all over the entire world; they are raking in the money. There are some really amazing documentaries on this, including....let me go find it....a DW documentary -
th-cam.com/video/ib9Z7lublQE/w-d-xo.html
It's called 'Kim's Cash Machine'.
It's not about talent. They got it the same way every country does - money.
Also, I'm not trying to be rude at all towards you, but, this idea of them 'outdoing' SK and Japan, it rubs me the wrong way. Like...I'm not sure what you meant, and, as I said, I don't mean to be rude, but it felt like, why pit them against each other like that? Why does it have to be a compitition? Why does one country need to 'out do' another?
What would be better is if Kim Jong Un was killed, and NK and SK could unite. They are the same country. They've only been divied for about 70 years. It's a false divide. They are all Korean, it's the same country.
@@yohannesiv4300 Pakistan
Same flower are sold over and over
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Stonks ↗️
Seems to me you could make a lot of money owning a flower shop in NK.
you dont make a lot of anything in NK lol
I amcarbonandotherbits. Lol how American to think the money collected is their money. They are selling Kim’s flowers and collecting Kim’s money. Many people just stop getting paid for a while. Poor Souls.
@@pamelaraney4654 exactly you might make enuff to eat if your lucky enuff that kim crack head does not need to buy another mazarati to sit in his garage lol ...this pos will die soon so will his hole empire it is kinda funny to watch it all happen
@@pamelaraney4654 and also pathetic and sad that one mans greed and power can kill and destroy and starve the mind body and soul of so many people .....
@@pamelaraney4654 . Stop ruining my dreams of fame and fortune with common sense.
I have seen a lot of documentaries about North Korea, where journalists put people in difficult situation and treated hem like aliens. This documentary is one of the best. The reported showed us real people at their work and treated them realy nicely. He was careful not to put them in danger with his questions.
And the Oscar for best actor goes to North Korean #37
id like to that the glorious leader ....my agent ( the leader) my co stars ( the leader) i would thatn my parents but they are in a prison for having thoughts of heinz baked beans ( invented by the glorious leader who also created the internet ) this oscar will be nice as the glorious leaders toliet door stop
10:15 just watch and spot the kid catching up to his group
Luke Burger that’s literally me irl I’m always in my own world
He will now be imprisoned for slowness. Thank you for highlighting this matter. Have a nice day.
seemed to have some weight on him given the fact most kids in n korea his age are extremely malnourished .....either he has extremely important parents or north korea doesnt in fact starve their people.
@@Brawling_Style I assuming the first one
they planted chubby people!!! there were maybe 2 or 3. That little boy, and then the 1 worker in the textile factory they paid the most attention to! I swear, being larger is their job, and I bet it is not because they eat well. They are probably forced to eat nasty things like left over fats, ect.
23:41 The only real happy person in whole north korea.
He's Chinese
Chinese tourist
That or best actor in NK
Actually, a lot of the north Korean people are happy. If you watch videos on NK defectors, they say the only positive thing about NK is the people and how, no matter what, they are happy and loving to one another because there isnt any competition or jealousy (such as wanting the newest shoes or wanting to be rich etc) it's all family and friend love, even when starving, which makes it even more sad
Pretty sure not a NOrth Korean. Maybe Chinese like others say. He is too camera ready. Most other people in other NK videos almost never smile and waive at cameras.
Recycling the flowers and having dedicated people to do so is just so mindblowingly oppressive and gives a morbid creepy bureaucratic vibe in it's circular logic. Just seeing defeat and sadness in those worker women's eyes was soul crushing. We are very fortunate in the free world, folks.
23:47 *That guy brought Smile to my face* I don't know why. But he seemed like a happy young lad doing great in North Korea
I felt exactly the same way!
i thought it was rich chigga/rich brian lol
Golden 47 probably son of high ranking official
He’s kinda handsome hahahaha
He lòoked well fed. But others have really sad eyes.
Kim Jong-Un 2020: Today is a great day for our glorius country, but I want to give a shoutout for todays sponsor:Raid Shadow Legends!
LOL OML 😂
Maybe raid was made by mEo ze dong Kim jun I’ll kim I’ll sung and Kim jung un Stalin hitler and satin
@@randomfish2054 cringe
@@normalperson8173 What’s cringe HUH!?
@@normalperson8173 yeah
God bless the journalist that made this documentary!
An opinion. You cannot prove God or disprove God exists. And please don't try and sell me the idea that order was created out of chaos. That would not be science.
Unfortunately your predictions of N Korea giving up their nuclear policy were not to be realized.
Very clean. I wish they show how people in the villages live......extreme poverty and hard work.
Foreigners aren’t allowed outside Pyongyang
Hard work and no free Enterprise. Just how some in America want it.
They aren’t allowed to go there but it surely is like that
Pretending to work and to understand what am I doing in math class is something that I have done, wtf.
We sometime do that when government or important figure coming to class,
Math - 😵
For real that looked like real math to me
@@Animated341 Graphing functions, probably finding extrema, asymptotes and stuff. Requires elements of calculus.
@@herihachiro Happens in Britain as well.
Excellent documentary video. I hope other viewers can appreciate all the accomplishments you've made that got you to this point where you were able to make a video like this under such challenging circumstances. John - northern California
john r. Just say California!! We all one state here! I’m from SoCal but originally from central coast (San Luis Obispo), NorCal is no different. Just slightly more seasonal. It’s all one state bro!
pooldgn.
Please post when this documentary was made. I don’t know why so many people don’t.