What's The North Korean Education System Like? | STAY CURIOUS #4

[@AsianBoss]

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[@aqua-mina]

It's also interesting how she says that in her opinion North Korean students are happier and less stressed than South Korean students, I can see why, of course, but it's interesting nonetheless.

[@TanyaSky]

Mina in Japan I was looking for this comment

[@arturocevallossoto5203]

Young people believe if they fail school their life is over. It's not like they have the dream to finish this or that, but they believe the punishment and shame will be unbearable. It isn't.

[@lilpenes6440]

No pain no gain

[@tomasmalin]

Arturo Cevallos Soto Your comment is kind of encouraging. :-) I have troubles at university, living in stress for a long time and the possible shame seems so unbearable.

[@zenniz1992]

Whats the point of being stress when your career path is dictated by the government.

[@TheRealityofFake]

It is truly sad when you can say that North Korean students are happier than South Korean students. SK really needs to reform their education so kids don't get so stressed out

[@ian72marian]

i grew up in a communist country, of course you have no stress because you don't have to worry where you will work, what you will eat and have no info about life in general. When you finish school you go to army, after that you are assigned somewhere to work... you have no stress, you have no joy, you just live!

[@boredmewcat3514]

DriveByBodyPiercer Most N.Korean students who live outside of Pyongyang can't even eat lunch at school and even little kids are forced into force labour campaigns.

[@beng7015]

DriveByBodyPiercer why you no doctor yet?

[@allenad2155]

DriveByBodyPiercer lol

[@pyqmxbdshc]

Would that not have the same effect as the "yutori education system" that Japan tried a while ago?

[@sitansukumarsinha4216]

I wish someone would interview a north Korean doctor! I have always wondered about the medical system in NK.

[@chiyoko4244]

Given that only 5% of students gets into university, I think it's rather bad for the lack of doctors...

[@shingtome2179]

there is a Korean drama about a surgeon from North Korea

[@prasannathummalacheruvu8805]

Seriously.... I want to know about that... Is it really like how it's shown in the drama doctor stranger? Or not...

[@XxRosa131293xX]

@@shingtome2179 can you tell me the name? Please

[@samuelinchina]

@@XxRosa131293xX doctor stranger

[@alexbollinger4007]

I'm so glad Asian Boss is able to show us real life experiences from people who lived in NK. Bless those defectors for having the confidence to talk about their past.

[@ian72marian]

how will she experience something when you know that you can't visit alone NK, always you have someone with you and no liberty of movement...

[@alexbollinger4007]

Philosophical Fish I hope to one day. Unfortunately videos like these are all I can have for now.

[@necromanti]

阿德里安 Is that a threat?

[@hellieb85]

actually I've seen recent videos of people walking and exploring on their own in Pyongyang. I found it odd too, considering what I always hear about North Korea, but it seems like they are actually being slightly more lenient. Check out Barcroft TV's videos with Andre McLeod!

[@janesmith9024]

@阿德里安 Are you really saying I would be allowed into the poorest parts of N Korea away from the capital and talk to the people there about anything I choose? Thought not.

[@lilpenes6440]

If Kim Il Sung could walk on water...could he swim on land?

[@askquestionsplz]

/music plays

[@StarCastersUniverse]

Love this

[@renataampudia5994]

Lil Penes because of that question I can’t sleep at night

[@thatblackqueenb6548]

Hahaha🤣

[@kathleenj.l.delossantos3904]

Lil Penes meme music plays hahha

[@ernestoalbina4538]

"People always ask you what your dreams are..." "That's something I never thought about ever since I was a kid." :(

[@khonzahanny]

Not having a dream as a kid is like, the saddest thing ever

[@benarfa3085]

that's why the students have no stress at all, the Government do the thinking for them, and evrybody goes through the same system from childhood to adulthood

[@Alternatives_Universum]

This way you will never get dissapointet.

[@avesena975]

@@khonzahanny even today i still didn't have a dream. rounded up i didnt have will and purpose to live. wake up - work - eat - sleep.

[@dharmazhuimnida6779]

@@avesena975 its also a typical days of mine :(

[@AsianBoss]

Depending on the traction this video gets, we might release an extended 30-40 min version. Given our limited time and resources, we do have to move on to other topics (more NK topics coming) but we will let the viewers decide. Update: We are told that North Korea now has 3 years of middle school and 3 years of high school.

[@zahrahadi8170]

Asian Boss is there a part 2??

[@dul8299]

You should interview Sokeel Park. There is so much to hear from him as well.

[@MultiSARAHGAGA]

Yes please release some longer vids on NK topics! they are very informative and interesting and i'd love to hear more about it. though i'm already very thankful to you that you're uploading these videos in the first place!

[@saramazzoli7241]

I'd really appreciate and be really thankful if you could publish the longer version of this video, but if you don't have time or resources I do totally understand that and be thankful anyway. Thanks for your hard work and for making me a richer person everyday! (And also thanks to people that are brave enough to tell their opinions & stories, if they ever get to read this comment!)

[@eatfugu]

you are doing excellent work, guys. very informative stuff. thank you!

[@Alex_FRD]

"Pyongyang isn't the real North Korea." Pyongyang is a city of actors to show of how "great" things are to the rest of the world. I don't even want to imagine how bad things are everywhere else.

[@violet8248]

I would assume that it is similar to Shanghai in China. I was able to go there last year and the difference from the beautiful city to the food markets where there is raw meat just sitting on the dirty floor was sickening. The entirety of the city is nothing more than a play ground for the rich and a facade to hide how horrible life truly is there. I had the opportunity to visit a "regular" person's home when I was in Shanghai and it was so disheartening. Here I was in this gorgeous, rich city but this woman was forced to live in a house that was so poorly built that she had to wear a puffer jacket in her own home. Her kitchen was nothing more than a sink and 2 portable hotplates. So while people are forced to live in places like that and eat unsanitary food the rich are able to live in high rises and live luxurious lives.

[@GR-dw9nm]

@@violet8248 Sounds like major cities vs rural poverty anywhere in the world. NYC, LA, SF. List goes on.

[@_phong.huynh_]

@Thanos The FARMER and American suburbs

[@january9506]

G R maybe there are poverty in NYC, LA, etc we all know about that.....but compared to north korea they are much much better

[@akexkdffakdkwicdfkkdkk7343]

"New York City isn't the real America anyway. America is filthy tooth-rotting meth addicts in the Appalachians, prostituted to the libertine Antichrist. They need help overthrowing the Christian elites, and I'm trying to help spread the message" is literally the opposite-but-actually-same counterpart of this joke. The democratic revolution that needs to happen in "the real North Korea" and South Korea for that matter is AI/programmed autodriving farm vehicles and 100% urbanization. That's a renationalization of agriculture in DPRK terms, and the last era of big-business buyouts of smaller farms in capitalist terms. Small farmers will shift into basically responding to demand of diversity of crop-growing methods for the cities, all their plots are within farmer's market driving distance. Then I'll never ever ever have to hear about imaginary serfs in the Korean countryside again.

[@Toni1988ify]

We study British English in Europe too, it's not only about the accent, also the spelling of many words is different. And English isn't just the language of the US, it's the main global lingua franca. It's perfectly possible to make your students learn English while your country is opposed to America.

[@thepezfeo]

I'm curious if they learn any Mandarin. Knowing the language might increase the number of people that try to sneak into or through China.

[@dul8299]

Where are you from? Why do Europe learn English? Why do they choose English? Why do they not choose your native language? Why do they not learn a "global" language? English is not the global language fyi, it's British Imperialism.

[@dul8299]

Who believe English as a global language is brainwash.

[@Belihoney]

Many have adopted English as away to communicate amongst various cultures/languages. It's easier everyone speaking one langauage rather than having a conference of top European Directors with the extra cost of trnalators constantly bickering over each other to translate to their boss. That's what they mean by global lang. And in Europe, MANY countries were imperialistic, France, Spain (like come on, South Central America?), Belgium (believe it or not, they were super brutal occupiers too), Italy etc. It just so happened that English reached further due to their conquests and America made a lot of money inticing people to learnt the language more.

[@SuzuStarlight]

BelizeHunni English is also considered one of the easiest European languages to learn, so that also helped the decision to make it a global language to communicate. The EU still has French and German in their roster of business languages, but English is just way more relaxed for everyone. And I say that as someone who studied French and is a native German speaker, lol. Also, yes, colonialism was a big thing in almost all of central Europe and did its part in rising the tension that led to WW1.

[@Kai-vo5zq]

All the videos you make on North Korea, I click on extremely fast. Lol. Interesting as always.

[@m.w.6526]

its often fabricated

[@Kevhoe]

+Max Werner In what way?

[@ianleex6874]

not that often.

[@ianleex6874]

its often exaggerated when speaking out it publicly in large places.

[@leslie6049]

LDaveEvan I also click on the north Korean videos immediately!

[@TheRachaelLefler]

As an artist, the talk about such poor paper quality makes me sad.

[@SushyDraws]

hahahaahaa yeah me too! but I think we have pencils that shatter when you drop them as well.

[@FireStormBaller]

Hey, at least it's good for toilet paper.

[@Theohybrid]

I think I'd need it in my hand to feel the gravity of the poor quality. I mean, based on what they've said, $1 Paper from a dollar store would be better quality. Sheesh!

[@rachidmasimov4132]

It's a besieged country technically still fighting the US occupants on the Korean soil. I don't think the British kids had that much marvelous pens and rations in 1942.

[@foottoast4235]

Not the biggest issue about the country though lol

[@jedha6859]

I'm tired of those Facebook politicians who cannot differentiate the government and the people of NK. Please stop making rude jokes about our brothers.

[@TanyaSky]

Jed Ha that's how we raise our hands in Russia when we are in elementary schools. At least that's how it was in my school :) it's just considered respectful towards the teacher, teaches you patience (if you are eager to answer, you tend to wave your hand in the air like crazy). So, I actually think it's good to be taught like that

[@espalorp3286]

It seems in a vague way to be almost communistic to have everyone have their arms at the same height, so everyone is as "eager" and "likely" to get picked as everyone else, whereas it seems capitalist/competitive to have those who get the teacher's eye the opportunity to ask their own question.

[@TanyaSky]

Proteus or it's just more respectful towards the teacher to patiently let him/her finish what he/she was saying without distracting 💁🏻

[@jedha6859]

Did I say something about hand raise?

[@wagiecagie]

Bryan Sepulveda no shit,fucking dumbass

[@JLydecka]

"First thing we learn about is our kim's revolution" "That's a subject?" XD Priceless

[@DreamBelief]

Jacob Lydecka yeah. That reply confused me. That's history, so of course it's a subject. It's not unusual or surprising. I'm sure he learned his own country's history a lot. I loathed how we repeated the same small sub-section of Australian history all the way through primary school here in AUS. I'm not sure why he seemed surprised that they learned a small cherry picked part of their history. We all do.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

Yes, I mean having 'North Korean' History is entirely reasonable Or 'Korean History.' but a class dedicated to literally two people's lives is... unique.

[@elvisishakmboni4333]

Neurofied Yamato well one could argue that the fact North Korea is only on its 3rd leader learning about their revolution makes up almost the whole history of the nation.

[@FreeScience]

I assume he wondered if "Great Leader history" was a separate subject, compared to general history, but there probably is no such distinction in DPRK.

[@kathleenj.l.delossantos3904]

Jacob Johnson hahahaha

[@nowsnothetime]

It's not that weird that they're learning british english.. in Italy, we're taught standard british english pretty much everywhere, i don't think there are schools that teach american english. Actually, i think the only country that uses american english in education is the usa

[@kora4185]

in south america is the 'american' english that they learn (then again they are in america after all), but yeah here in europe I never heard of people learning the 'american' english (although plenty speak it because they learn from the movies/internet etc); I remember getting tooons of shit for pronouncing 'woRld' how americans do when I was little lol

[@claraschou4955]

In Denmark we learn both american and british english :)

[@refamontekazelo.7208]

Its being teach in the philippines

[@dream_in_kpop6221]

In Germany we also learn british english but after a few years we learn some american words which are different

[@mariaelenaramirez6140]

In Mexico we learn american english, :(

[@hayes2232]

I heard from a different interview about how North Koreans are much more stress-free education wise. I wonder why that is. Maybe it's from not having to worry about getting great grades to go to university since no one goes? Or that your career is already chosen for you anyway so you don't have to think too much on it? Not sure, but very interesting.

[@MichaelSHartman]

South Korea from what I have read has become very competitive and status minded. Think trying to get to the top of a corporation. It is similar to the stories we have heard about Japan's children pressured to succeed.

[@trishahernz7809]

Most likely how competitive students have to go through to get into a well known university, go to a good college, points for getting a good job after graduation.

[@amandacaballero1271]

would you be able to name this video so i can watch it please

[@lufetm]

yeah but after school they are working 15 hours a day for a 3$ and starve to death so Im glad that my country isnt so stress-free in terms of education

[@lelexoxo303]

@@lufetm I feel like there is a decent middle ground between "highest suicide ratings among students" and "dictatorial regime with zero freedom of choice".

[@heksen800]

I am from the Netherlands and have a big interest in Asian culture. I love this chanel

[@jalfredprufrock620]

The "sum of life" thing actually isn't unique to North Korea - it's a communism thing. AKA "struggle sessions" or "self-criticism" sessions.

[@PatchyE]

In China it's called "criticism and self-criticism".

[@Tintenfischchen]

That could actually be a good thing, if it's done right, which is probably not the case in communist countries.

[@TotalFutballer]

In Vietnam it's the exact same shit too!!! Hahaha :)

[@lesterramos6468]

Yeah, the problem with that is that the teachers don't seem to know or care on how to facilitate criticism sessions based on what was told in the video where retribution was meted out by some who were criticized or to those who have been criticized unjustly to the point where classmates, usually friends just simply play the system just to make it through the class. On paper, this ain't a bad session to teach to young children, but it seems to be poorly executed.

[@AnNguyen-sj1im]

How old are you? I had never ever heard about that kind of thing in school. Of course, adult associations have "self-criticism" but rarely. But kids? Never.

[@hillarymorales9277]

Wow! It's interesting how isolated they are from the rest of the world, and also how this control mechanism still exist in 21st century. Very informative video

[@Metalhead121591]

Agreed, but other governments don't go the same lengths as the DPRK. It's a cult of personality the like the world has never seen.

[@hillarymorales9277]

Don't get me wrong, like you said all governments brainwash people, but I think nowadays is more subtle? Like using social media or media in general? I was pointing that North Korea 'control mechanism' seems, from my perspective, archaic... something that worked in the past, but is still working in '21st century' in North Korea.

[@hillarymorales9277]

Education system is a key factor in this process. It reminds me a book I read last year in Introduction of Psychology class, "Pedagogy of the Opressed" by Paulo Freire. It's about the traditional conception pedagogy, the "banking model". The student is treated as an empty vessel to be filled with knowledge, like a piggy bank. I don't know if you guys like to read, but this book is amazing. It was written in 1960, and is still a contemporary issue.

[@g2knows752]

flame yes indeed... american students are now indoctrinated via common core and clearly leftist agendas. the rewriting and omission of history is truly sickening as well.....

[@azzzanadra]

go to turkmenistan, it's the same.

[@kk8490]

“Do North Korean students have dreams?” “Dreams? Dreams, huh?” Her astonishment at the idea of students having dreams is so depressing

[@erenmademewritethis9833]

I mean honestly very few people are having dreams nowadays , it's all about conforming to society , best job , best house , best car , most attractive wife ... at least she enjoyed her time at school and got to shoot a GUN unlike her southern peers that are committing suicide from stress

[@katdoestuffYT]

@@erenmademewritethis9833 True, North Korean school seems pretty fun except for the whole North Korea thing!

[@creative-name5279]

Yeah, there's not much of a future in North Korea, so what is there to dream about? You're not allowed to go to university, and you can't decide which field you'd go into. Even if those restrictions were removed, you'd be faced with limited job opportunities.

[@mikjnomis]

So glad this channel exists.

[@ElizabethYamada]

Thank you, Asian Boss. The whole world needs to watch this.

[@binimbap]

I loved to hear from people who lived outside Pyongyang! I also think Pyongyang doesn't represent the DPRK that well, the experiences are very different from the rural areas.

[@eleazaralmazan4089]

You guys make some of the most interesting content on KZbin! Great job as usual!

[@acrien]

"a lot of times you see a piece of wood sticking out of the paper, it's bad quality, but it makes for a really good toilet paper"...is there a proper-ass-wiping-with-protruding-wooden-pieces that I am not aware of?

[@kguerr197]

LMAO! That's hilarious!

[@dougroberts9821]

Was kinda wondering about that.

[@Xezlec]

I think a few wood flakes won't hurt you too much, assuming they're not sharp.

[@Iammenakpuji]

I think in their view, the paper would be more decent compared to not having nothing for toilet. I mean in ancient times some people even used leaves to wipe their buttocks if there's no water source, so there'll be no complains about it

[@joseplayer2144]

What I'm wondering is are they shown a regular map of the world. Like do they know what the world looks like and do they know where all the countries are and what there names are. Particularly America, are they aware that there "eternal enemy" America is the 3rd largest country in the world? And do they know that they are the small country between china and south Korea.

[@Raisa-gb4fh]

I'm wondering if they Know other people even exist outside of their own country, with freedom.

[@izzyzle]

@@Raisa-gb4fh i think that they are told that the outside world is so much worse than north korea and that there's famine and wars etc. but i wonder if they are taught anything else at all about other countries' history or geography

[@gratiaseia]

@@jasminezoeer1836 what does that have to do with the topic at hand?

[@曹聪-k1o]

I've heard that most of the Americans also cannot point out the position of NK on the world map.

[@harinegems]

well its called geography

[@jillthompson6110]

North Korean religion sounds like the copy and a gross distortion of Christianity. Kim Il Sung walked on the water (Jesus walked on the water), and the North Korean 'the sum of life' (confessions of sin and praying for forgiveness from God).

[@johnkhem9512]

Jill Thompson Kim Il Sung's father was a Christian Pastor and he attended church with his family during his childhood, maybe that's where he got those ideas from. As a Christian, I can't help but feel extremely upset about it

[@fctheone]

Incidentally, a substantial number of North Korean defectors do end up converting to Christianity once they escape.

[@l0rd0f0blivi0n]

If you can notice the bad things in the Kim family personality cult, are you willing to admit that those same things operate in christianity?

[@anubisfike]

North Korean ideology and the personality cults surrounding the leaders is definitely heavily inspired by Christianity. Think of it as the same reason why Christianity is heavily inspired by older religions (like Buddhism and Zoroastrianism): if you know a certain formula works well you might as well adapt it for your own purposes, if nothing else it makes it easier for people to accept what you're trying to sell them.

[@adrijenie4105]

well Christianity is also a gross distortion of ancient religion. so what could you expect? xD

[@glyrou215]

Wow... Talk about brainwashing

[@espalorp3286]

1. They did not contradict themselves 2. You do not need to have lived in NK to decide whether something is brainwashing or not.

[@davyjones6949]

The school books reminded me of the school books in nazi germany, which I recently found/read. This really could happen everywhere, it's scary.

[@CeaserMadrazo]

Philosophical Fish Ignore this guy, everyone. I can't tell if he's a troll looking for attention, or just an idiot who likes to ignore facts that don't support his ideas, and ramble on about things nobody's even talking about. But he's not worth talking to.

[@espalorp3286]

Yes. Keep telling me what I believe. You're obviously the superior intellect™ and can read my mind on every issue concerning global politics.

[@itshwalterwoyte5813]

>philosophical hahahahahahahaha, get a life you fedoralord

[@fadhilmuhammad8249]

I wonder what they call for newton's law and any other outside physics law and theory. Is it kim il sung's falling apple law?LMAO

[@wenjianli7278]

Thank you Asian Boss! One thing I like the most about this interview is that one of the interviewers said she was from the rural areas of North Korea. This made me realise how different life can be for people living in various places in a country like North Korea. From this I would like to share more of my ideas on the interviews from Asian Boss in general. I like the videos from Asian Boss a lot, but it seems that the most interviews happened in big cities. As a Chinese who's from a small city and have been frequently visiting Beijing and been living in Hong Kong and now Munich, I can tell how much difference it is to live in cities with different scale at least for my own country (and on the contrary in Bavaria, Germany for example, the difference between cities and rural areas is not that significant. I guess this difference is generally less observable in Europe than in Asia), and this affects people's opinions a lot. That's why sometimes I found the answers by people from Shanghai or Beijing not that representative. I'm not sure if this is also the case for friends from Japan, Korea or the Philippines. Nevertheless I understand it would be extremely difficult to travel to much smaller cities and interview people, and it's already been a good job by Asian Boss. My point was that for anyone especially those not from Asia who watches these interviews, please bear in mind that they reflect opinions of SOME people, but not those in the countries IN GENERAL.

[@conho4898]

As a Vietnamese, I'm gonna assume that hand-raising style is Communist-only, because you're told to do the same in Vietnam lol.

[@fastgun3121]

Tim Tran it's a socialist thing nazis did it too

[@pinkcheese917]

@@fastgun3121 the nazis weren't socialist, it's only in their name, not in ideology.

[@Linhdoesstuff]

True, I thought that everyone did it...

[@iusemathinreallife]

When I used to teach English in China, Chinese kids did it too

[@izzyzle]

maybe it's just about respect. for example in south korea and i think in japan too, when you give something to someone and you use two hands it's about showing respect. also in south korea younger people have to hold a glass with 2 hands when someone older is pouring them a drink and they have to hold a bottle with two hands when they're puring drink for someone older. this rand raising style also uses two arms

[@insertprofessionalhandlehere]

This is honestly my favorite topic to listen to/learn. Keep up the amazing work Asian Boss!

[@jalfredprufrock620]

Hmm... a lot of what they're saying actually doesn't seem so different from how South Korean education used to be under the military dictatorship regimes a few decades back.

[@TheShawolz]

John Suh one of our teacher used to told us that we shouldnt think of north korea as a fatality but reither think about it can evolve if we gave them the opportunity to because north korea nowadays is the same as what south korea used to be in the 70s and 80s

[@wagiecagie]

John Suh atta boi

[@allenad2155]

John Suh were you there a few decades back? If not shut up.

[@iMockingbird]

People don't have to participate in Chinggis Khan's campaigns or in WWII to know about them. Ever heard of the science "history"?

[@kimcheerose]

I went to school in S.Korea in 70's and what you're saying is not true.

[@MK-qh3li]

"bullied North Korean kids" you can't get any unluckier than that

[@qfason5836]

I’m really impressed by asian boss interviews. Very high level better than most on tv.

[@dv9124]

lmao that hand-raising at around 4:00 looks like the ultimate skill straight outta Ultraman I used to watch in Kindergarten.

[@sunnyday6133]

That's actually the hand-raise you're taught in Russian schools as well. Guess it's the leftovers from old times.

[@ducky_vt3982]

I know this is an old comment but in America, in my private school, I've had many teachers criticize students for raising their hands halfway like that and even yell at them kind of jokingly for it.

[@dawnriddler]

It's the same situation in China, all the students are thought to raise hands like this, cause it's deemed polite and respectful.

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

Ha, Ultraman... I thought that looked vaguely familiar!

[@dasaniwaterb]

Had to do so when taking taekwondo class

[@user-ht4ii1wi6u]

every North Korean themed video gets a view and a like from me :)

[@tiffany4518]

Bryan Sepulveda no he should suck in hell

[@Lowezar]

Video on South Korean education system next? :)

[@morningdewacademic]

Extremely eye opening, my heart goes out to the citizens struggling in this environment, thanks for sharing this!

[@anneli351]

Your channel is awesome!!! The content of your videos is amazing, always!!

[@daltongrowley5280]

Thank you for these videos that remind those of us in the west that these regimes are full of people who are just trying to survive. Its all too easy to think of North Korea as an evil place full of evil people, but the truth is that it is just a place full of regular people like the rest of the world, its only run by Evil people. All too many people in the west think that we "do something" about North Korea but its not so simple when you think of all the people struggling to survive and in some cases seeking freedom at their own peril. The same freedom that many of us take for granted.

[@TracyR4]

Give me a break. Both 1984 and Hunger Games are dystopian societies. He's comparing those stories to N Korea, because that's what they are. I don't see any of you losers out there writing.

[@TR000PA]

The saying applies "ignorance is bliss", when the Government KNOWS you are destined to be a nameless peasant there is no need to create any expectations, the difference of education likely lies if you are part of one of the ruling families in NK.

[@Tom-gy5ii]

It’s so sad about how brainwashed they become from the poor and corrupt education system

[@olebrasderuiter1200]

Stories like these look like they could fit into 1984 just fine..... Jesus

[@rania9534]

IKR!

[@AA-cb9oy]

the girl's accent with long hair is charming!!

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

@Elijah Harris Something more important you don't have to do?

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

I think they both sound charming. I know the languages are entirely different, but the impression is somewhat like Japanese. Whereas Chinese has a slightly annoying sound, to my ear.

[@1998rg]

Elijah Harris how many languages do use then? Nobody asked for your corrections and we all understood OP

[@benjaminchan7841]

@@Fuzzybeanerizer It depends. Some Chinese from China have really thick accent so they sound irritating

[@Jfreek5050]

"Do North Korean students have any dreams at all?" To not die of starvation?

[@tbthomas5117]

So glad to see this kind of quality programming on KZbin. You are obviously focused on delivering quality reporting, as opposed to fake content and click-bait headlines. Keep it up. The Free World desperately needs honest media.

[@deedlessdeity218]

It is hammered into you that you are a flawed, lesser, imperfect being, unworthy; while your leader is a perfect being, and your only way to become any better is to follow exactly as told.

[@wqrela5496]

Asian Boss deserves 1M sub.

[@Aliska48]

Great Interview. So interesting learning about North Korea from north korean. Thank you!

[@c.s.7266]

This is great. Thank you for educating us. These people are so brave.

[@MrBritishComedy]

Thank you for uploading these interviews, I find them highly interesting to watch, this one in particular. These are two very brave and strong women. I especially liked what the long-haired woman had to say about her experience in school and as a child. She also comes across as both a very kind person and an emancipated woman, so I'd find it very interesting to hear about how well-integrated she feels now in South Korea, what kind of job she has, about her current personal life and so on...

[@dycdesign]

Thank you so much, I enjoy learning about all your topics. I'm in Houston, Texas, USA & would love to be able to help defectors. I admire their courage, and willingness to share. Thank you again!

[@Touhou2006]

Texas!

[@Juheesung]

NK guys go army for more than 10years? That's fucking crazy

[@mrckapm2241]

It's 10 years for men and 7 years for women.

[@123readygo3]

Juhee Sung yeah im shocked..that freaking crazy

[@thebestcentaur]

Right after middle school too...

[@kimsangin2756]

I'm always so amazed by how Asian Boss give me many new knowledges about things like this and people's different perspective about some issues around us. Keep up the good job!

[@whitneyangelie3682]

I can't stop watching these vids. These interviews with North Koreans are so fascinating. It's crazy how much they're taught to hate us Americans lol

[@patriciawhite6429]

@@whitneyangelie3682 your response make no sense he was just repeating what she said in the video as an example of test questions. your getting offended for no reason. making Americans look as unintelligent and emotional driven as you are.

[@NaChamRu]

Patricia white and why are you giving yourself an excuse to make such a prejudice uncomfortable comment toward a whole country?

[@dahkadhkhkh]

I always get so happy when a new video is added to the NK refugees series, they are so interesting and the ones who are being interviewed are so clear and nice to listen to! Keep up the good work! :)

[@benedettobruno1669]

Gosh! I'm so fascinated by these videos with North Koreans that I want to watch more and more of them! Also, it's a pleasure for my eyes to see these defectors dressed in clean and good-looking clothes.

[@simdova1740]

I wholeheartedly support a 30-40 minute of this vid. For me, this is one of your most interesting vids. This and the protests in HK.

[@MrStensnask]

Seems like kind women. And bright. And the long haired woman is kinda beautiful.

[@MarikChan]

This channel is honestly nothing short of amazing.

[@thisishowirelax148]

The North Korean videos are my favourite. So interesting to get their perspective!

[@ER_aka_RAM]

Another fascinating piece... Both woman had such a great perspective in light of her upbringing. Keep up the good work!

[@fyremunky]

Seems that overall happiness of students is a recurring theme between north and South korea... should we look into this..?

[@jbb2009]

I think the bullying is definitely a way to teach children to be on high alert, to always be watching comrades and criticizing any deflection from the imposed rule/way of living. It creates also a fear of receiving critique that then encourages compliance with the rule.

[@aqua-mina]

Wow, very interesting. Thank you for posting videos like these. 👍🏿

[@syaurang407]

I could learn about something else about North Korea that is not kind of information from TV shows we enjoy everyday in our life in South Korea. Thanks for giving me a lot of information ASIAN BOSS !

[@rozavetallt867]

i love this channel, specially when u have something about NK! Keep posting about North Korea!

[@lahma7819]

I’m a British Pakistani and when I went Pakistan my cousins were being taught American English.

[@Anasyub]

THEY HAD EXAMS ON SHOOTING?? LIKE THEY TAUGHT STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SHOOT GUNS IN SCHOOL? woah this is so interesting and shocking honestly the whole video

[@Nafets-C]

kinda cool though

[@lelexoxo303]

@@Nafets-C If you're a trigger-happy American, sure. To people of the developed world it's mostly shocking.

[@artirana3241]

Asian boss reminds us of the gossips and stories we would hear when people from different places met, its informational !!

[@LKeshaba]

6:19 british accent? that "water" sounds very korean to me 😂

[@cucumber1357]

Fascinating! Great Interviews. Thank you Asian Boss!

[@MrLeonid213]

I'm from Russia And I was learned in Russian educational system which is the same is the North Korean educational system.

[@mikechamberlain4503]

Steve, thank you for these videos. Your North Korean interviews might turn out to be very important historical documents. Your channel has taught me so much!

[@allenmoldovan]

You do a disservice to Orwell by likening 1984 to the hunger games.. you should do a segment about North Koreans reactions to 1984

[@TheRachaelLefler]

Haha true, Hunger Games is nowhere near as good a book. I also think Animal Farm might appeal to them.

[@TheRachaelLefler]

Hunger Games is like a teenage anime drama romance that somehow accidentally got placed into a very fake-feeling dystopian world. I think the author sounds to me like an upper-middle class American woman who has never had to struggle with any actual poverty or injustice in her life, so she wrote a flaccid, unconvincing, dull book about such things. A North Korean escaped refugee, even without formal training in writing novels, could write a book 10x better just from their own life experiences.

[@allenmoldovan]

Animal farm for sure. Orwell in general. His works resonate with many who had to endure totalitarian dictatorships under the guise of socialism. fun fact 1984 was published the same year as North Koreas inception/founding.

[@allenmoldovan]

Preach girl, preach

[@boomyvoomy]

Rachael Lefler Plus , Battle Royal is better than Hunger Games

[@NoyumiAo]

Thank you for making this, Asian Boss!

[@yosoy3982]

I grew up in the Cuban communist system, and it is similar but a little more flexible. The only dream of every young Cuban is swim or fly to USA or any other place.

[@ian72marian]

In communist Romania was the same, but via Germany, France... :) Now we are free, 3-4 millions Romanians are left the country to western Europe. Communism made our country weak and non competitive against democratic countries.

[@mikicerise6250]

Yo Soy But Cubans also learn serious subjects.

[@yosoy3982]

Yea, many dead in firing squads.

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

The dream of many in the USA is to go to Cuba.

[@mariaivanova8192]

Jeff Kardos Jr. Not to live there though

[@emmahardesty4330]

Glad you asked questions about education. Very interesting, revealing. Thanks, yet again.

[@perdienjr4787]

Hi Asian Boss from this video can you make another one about why education in south korea make their student stress and what their opinion about it from south korea citizen point of view? Thank you

[@kimcheerose]

Asian culture overall puts significant emphasis on education from ancient times. S.Korean people are extremely Competitive and feel education is means to advance their kids future. So S. Korean high school students go to regular school till 4pm then another private school for another 5-6hours and don't come home till 10-11pm and have to study some more before going sleep for the night.

[@kristinef.petersen1728]

What Asian do is very informative, the most informative I listen to. Thank you 🌼 We're all human beings, I'm eskimo/Inuit. We're actually from East Asia, according to DNA research.

[@kingo549]

Guys ,be grateful that you’re not born in North Korea,it’s the literal definition of dystopia !!!

[@oaktadopbok665]

Very interesting. Thank you for all your hard work and thank you to all the people who shared your stories. We are glad you survived and hope you do well in life. Greetings from the USA.

[@sabina5000]

I'd like to ask, does anyone know if north koreans and south koreans can understand eachother perfectly or do they have some kind of different distinctive accent or they use other words? I've always wondered, thank you

[@nathancole5158]

Mochi Yehet In a past video it was said that South Koreans language kind of evolved because of influence from other languages, but many people in North Korea use words and terms that are considered ancient to South Koreans

[@sabina5000]

Nathan Cole I see! Thank you :)

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

Their grammatical structure is the same, but because of the American influence South Korean has taken on a lot of loan words and such, and North Korean has basically stayed the same (probably evolving in and of itself). They're not entirely mutually unintelligible, but there's definitely an audible difference in the language. I can understand a fair bit of South Korean, but if I listen to a northerner speak without being able to read subtitles, they're more difficult to understand.

[@sabina5000]

Candice Honeycutt thank you so much! So interesting! I wish I could hear that difference!

[@rozavetallt867]

thats really cool

[@brider26]

Great video. This is exactly why it annoys me so much that people are traveling to North Korean for tourism and talking about how it was a great experience and that it's "not as bad as the media portrays it." 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 Thanks for spreading knowledge!

[@kguerr197]

They can only stay in Pyongyang where the regime can watch them wherever they go but the amenities are luxurious so it looks fun and exciting. I hope foreign tourists don't break any rules or laws there. The consequences are not worth the risk just for cheap thrills and bragging rights to your college buddies.

[@gilbertmcglurk2591]

On that whole, "who's happier part" I think any student (execpt the Japanese) would be happier than a South Korean student.

[@Xezlec]

I think you can include the Japanese. Japan is pretty relaxed compared to South Korea.

[@성이름-o4x2f]

I surely say... singapore is more competive than SK. (a little bit)

[@ramonemiliochaconperdomo7225]

"execpr the japanese" honestly, what the fucl have you heard abour Japan education system?? 😂😅

[@leslie6049]

your interviews are always in depth and informative for me..I love to learn about the Korean/Asian culture..so I thank you for these videos!

[@JoachimderZweite]

These were amazing interviews. I was blown away when she said North Korean children were happier (when fed).

[@BRTxNL]

It's amazing to get an insight in how things in NK work. Absolutely fascinating!

[@gbf5590]

학교에서 수학여행가서 장기자랑하고 댄스파티하고 친구들과 엄청 놀았습니다 지금은 사라진거 같지만 예전에는 초등학고중학교에 보이스카웃 걸스카웃 아람단이 있어서 학교에서 숙박시설 잡고 버스 대절해서 놀러갔습니다 수학여행으로 해외여행도 가는 학교도 있습니다 힉교에서 수영장 놀이공원도 놀러갑니다 한국 학생들은 여향의 자유가 없는 북한과 달리 친구들이나 가족들하고도 여행 많이 다닙니다 교회에서 수련회도 갑니다 지옥같은 곳에서 자유 인권이란게 뭔지 모르고 사는 북한 학생들보다 한국 학생들이 추억이 훨씬 많고 비교도 할수없이 자유와 인권을 누리 풍족한 환경에서 인간답게 살고 훨씬 많이 논다 생각하고 훨씬 재밌게 놉니다 학생의 본분은 공부하는거지 노는게 아닙니다 다른 많은 나라들은 초중고등학교가 유급제도가 있어 공부못하면 학년이 못올라가고 다른 나라는 모르지만 미국의 경우 성적이 부진한 아이들은 여름방학에 썸머스쿨을 들으러 학교에 가서 공부합니다 한국은 고3때 특히 공부 많이 하고 대학교 들어가면 1~2학년때 많이 놀고 3~4학년때 졸업준비 취업준비로 공부 많이하지만 미국은 대학 졿업하기가 힘들어 대학 들어가자마자 공부 많이 합니다 공부는 자기가 성공하기 위해서 하는거지 남을 위해서 하는게 아니죠 가난한 나라의 아이들은 공부를 하고 싶어도 생활 여건이 안되서 못하는거죠 한국도 옛날 가난하게 살때는 공부하고 싶지만 집이 가난해서 부모님이 돈이 없어서 대학 포기하는 아이들이 많았습니다 또행씨가 말하는건 한국 70년대 초반 시골 학생들의 삶입니다 북한이 학생들에게도 엄청난 노동을 시키고 모든 조직생활을 해야하고 아동학대를 시키고 쉬는날도 훨씬 적고 거리에 놀데고 없고 자유 인권도 없고 열악한 환경인데 잘논다고 말하는게 어이가 없네요

[@Kimbapsarang]

g bf 대박공감... 북한이라는 나라가 애초에 행복지수를 논할 수준이 안되잖아요 비교할 가치가 아닌데 언급을 왜하는지 모를

[@swetawelet6623]

Fascinating. More people should know about this to be grateful for what we have.

[@CynicalLlort]

Thank goodness I live in America, life is almost too easy here, I feel so bad for North Koreans.

[@ricaflorabelremulta7985]

the moment they started talking abt dreams, I was sad bc even that single thing was deprived from them

[@hackmigueluc]

I would like to see an episode about sex/sex education in North Korea.

[@z.m.4331]

hackmigueluc Was thinking the same!

[@ecenaztoz9085]

I dont think they have it I am from Turkey and I didn't receive it either.

[@Eggmancan]

Love these NKorea vids. I would watch an extended cut. I would also like to hear some NKorea perspectives on topics like Work Life, Army Life, Holidays, Hobbies/Leisure, Drinking, Sex, etc.

[@kerol5905]

2:47 When he asked if she found somethings pretty ridiculous now about things they used to study... He should've kept a more sympathetic and compassionate attitude. Especially that grin/smirk at 3:03-3:04... No need to show her how ridiculous it was. She already knows. No need to make fun about it or laugh on it and make her, on the other hand, feel bad about the fact that used to believe in these things. He should've been more careful on hiding his condescending attitude.

[@Xezlec]

I think he assumed she would laugh with him, since he specifically asked for something she found ridiculous now.

[@seanmarren9804]

I see a recurring theme in these videos. It sounds like South Korea should let their kids play more and keep them from strenuous competition until they are a little older. It's important for happiness later in life. That's just my opinion. Loved the video!

[@nomore__5372]

please more video about north korea

[@withoutcommentary-kh6rx]

Asian Boss makes good content. This deserves more views.

[@marshachaniago9737]

"why do they teach English in the first place? I mean.." "the US is the enemy." do you never heard about...British English lol (uhh ik that woman already said they using British English ahah)