The mystery of North Korean "ghost ships" | Undercover Asia | Full Episode

[@chrisnelmes7180]

The monk has my respect. Praying for total strangers from a country that wants him dead. And then to accept the remains for temporary storage. Any person who has that level of belief in their faith gets respect from me.

[@jasonkennedy2667]

Spot on mate agree 100%

[@MforMovesets]

Isn't that basically his job though?

[@KimchiYeo]

Thast is because this man isn't a biast jerk like allot of the media who just hates north koreans and anyone who believes the fake media.

[@kanokrojjanakitti9155]

@@MforMovesets His job or not is a hard question because this video is not cleary identifies him as a Shinto priest or a Buddhist monk.If he is the latter category,it is not his job but if he is a Shinto priest,it may be his job.from thai buddhist.

[@baileyhowe2739]

chris nelmes, statements like yours regarding respect bothers me somewhat. of course the monk would do this! what human would not? or is it you see very little respect given in your immediate world of family & friends? or perhaps you have become disillusioned of society around you? you need to gain a understanding of the larger picture of respect within society!

[@beth-bi9yv]

My heart hurts for everyone suffering. I can't imagine the fear and pain that north Koreans must deal with daily.

[@pewkhor1953]

When CNA was launched in 1999, I was sceptical about its ability to produce good quality shows. I even doubted that it could last. However, it has since won me over. I now watch all of its shows and whenever I am overseas, the first thing that I would do after checking into a hotel is to check whether the hotel subscribes to the channel. I am so proud that it is a SINGAPORE news channel. Keep up the good work, CNA

[@JH-dl6vu]

Its the same media corp. It's just better because you agree with some of its reporting now. That is it. Same BS. Even this segment of "investigative journalism" has really no scientific proof or evidence, just a bunch of people in suits telling you what they "think". Interviewing Japanese government officials and white british people and having them give you 'what they think' is just hearsay, no evidence or fact based journalism at all. Sad really. Also MediaCorp still owns CNA who is still controlled by the british crown, so what you're seeing is just british propaganda. They changed their tactic to display things that many Singaporeans already believe (hence confirmation bias). Most of their reporting is anti asian that are usually just interviews without proper evidence. I really wanted to enjoy proper journalism on both sides of the story with scientific evidence, but its still more the same. More people like it because they started reported on things people wanted to HEAR. Look how disgusting their behavior is. This isn't some animals that are dying, theyre human beings. They turned it around and said, .”its costing the country annually millions to repatriate them, cleanup, and give them medical care”. No respect for human life, people are escaping because of the horrible conditions there and at the last choice choosing to risk life to escape and they complain about how much its costing the Japanese government? Oh good grief.

[@khoo7431]

@@JH-dl6vu is mediacorp really owned by ur so called "british crown"

[@JH-dl6vu]

@@khoo7431 Google MediaCorp and goto Wikipedia "Mediacorp's origins can be traced to the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation, which was awarded a broadcasting license by the British crown in 1936 as a radio network. " This is an english station lol, every talking point is in english, all they do is interview British 'authorities', the white guys in suits are british, the guys giving their point of view are british. A couple of reporters are english born uncle chans. LOL Straight propaganda. Look at all the videos and "investigative pieces". Its all english guys giving their point of view about Asia or a british/american born asian dude talking about how evil asia is. The handover is still overseen by the British. If you really think about it, it makes sense. Singapore was british ruled (as pretty much a slave colony) before it merged with Malaysia which was also british ruled / colony. The british literally enslaved all of south east asia. The top ranking people in SG are British or europeans. SGers are second class citizens in their own country, like Hong Kong. British still command many things in SG and still influenced heavily. Most things there are anti chinese, pro west/brit while the people are chinese descent. Its literally colonial mentality like what they did to the phillipines or HK.

[@supernova7966]

but no freespeech in Singapore

[@hedgeandhue]

State sponsored channels with a lot of funding can produce great documentaries. One good example is al jazeera English; they comission great documentaries and series from international filmmakers. At the same time, I wouldn't ever trust their news commentaries on MbS or Yemen to be unbiased. RT, the Russian oligarch owned channel can produce some good stuff, but really they're mostly stirring shit in one way or another. Their KZbin channel, Ruptly, generally livestreams whatever protests have turned violent around the world. An insidious way of spreading a sense of unease!

[@armadilloburns4880]

This channel captures certain and serious issues which are left out by the mainstream media. The content and quality of the documentaries are outstanding.

[@buckethead420]

in my central european country the north korean ghost ships were present in the mainstream media for a few days. i dont know where you are from, but maybe you simply missed it

[@georgemendez6760]

you probably don't want to identify them so that their families can stay safe

[@seamussmith7115]

I like how the Japanese monk offered soju to the deceased North Koreans.

[@Mr3344555]

Respect goes a very, long way.

[@TehTechExpert]

Common offering for alcohol to deceased/ancestors to pay respect.

[@Messerchmitt11B]

Reminds me of a Japanese survivor of Iwo Jima who offered iced cold water to his deceased colleagues every morning as it was the last thing they requested before their death.

[@MS-gr2nv]

Im sure it was Sake not soju

[@murphytheturtle8968]

@@MS-gr2nv soju is korean, it was because they were korean, and makes more sense in the context of this comment bud.

[@XxXShevampXxX]

That monk has a truly beautiful soul.

[@captainfx6197]

That monk doing a great service, to those who are lost.

[@tgtg4247]

We should however appreciate how open the Japanese gov is about it, showing pictures and things like that, would never happen in most of the Asian countries, they're usually not so interested in foreign media.

[@खुशबार]

Japan has really changed, they are probably the best western friendly country in Asia

[@Lost_Hwasal]

They probably take pleasure in speaking ill of koreans.

[@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr]

TGTG exactly but the thing they never acknowledge is unit 731

[@EM-yz1yv]

@@Lost_Hwasal gives anti-Japanese comment. So happy to speak ill of Japanese.

[@DiandraStarShine]

the countries? no, *countries* don't watch tv & videos..why do you believe that thought?? because *plenty* of people, the *human beings* in *many* Asian nations are very interested in what goes on around the world, including information gleaned from sometimes watching foreign media..some of the most interesting news agencies and documentary filmmakers are based in Asian nations, as well..that report all kinds of stories from all around the globe..which includes the CNA channel, based in Singapore - which produced this very doco..they seem pretty interested in Japan and Korea, right? they also report on things happening in places like New Zealand, the USA, India, the UK, Myanmar, etc.🎥📺

[@4PawSquad]

Thank you for uploading these. Really nice to have such quality shows without having cable. Really intriguing stories.

[@jamesstrain7062]

12:40 “We are not sure who to trust!” He said, while being secretly recorded.

[@scottcharney1091]

Not only that, but the word is "whom."

[@adduuahmed6153]

After DW Channel ,this is my favourite channel after all , very interesting documentaries. Well done 👍🏾

[@jennahh_]

ADDUU AHMED I agree

[@ablemagawitch]

at least link the channel, there are lot of options of DW in search results. Help promote the good educational and useful videos, the results are full of click-bait crap that they copied someone else's clip and made bad montage.

[@FIONA21ful]

Very interesting as always to hear and learn about issues on the other side of the world.

[@hectorkeezy1499]

The “Eight body ship” had its propeller blocked, by some netting, it looked like. The poor souls probably drifted around for weeks, without any food or water.

[@tinavannavong9423]

😞

[@oasis6279]

China 🇨🇳

[@sandrapadua2632]

They can survive in tje sea knowing that sea is plenty of fish..maybe they encoubter china on the way..

[@chinaforcedorganharvest-me7062]

South Korea's patrol official just got kill again by Illegal Chinese Fishing Fleet, this is the 2nd official and it spark outrage. So yes, it's all China since Illegal Chinese Fishing Fleet got over 500 BILLIONS DOLLARS worth of squid since 2017 by plundering in North Korea area alone.

[@adrianjohan]

Thank you CNA for the informative program.

[@jmigoe75]

A very comprehensive documentary. Thoroughly researched and well presented.

[@Alyssa-sc1tq]

Amazing documentary, CNA. You are a gem in the Singapore film industry. Who is the amazing director, producers and team behind this?

[@rubenscott3972]

Are you from singapore sad video

[@tituslim3137]

Look at the credit scenes at the end of the video

[@TheRandomINFJ]

Don't ask. If one truly wants to know, they do the research ❤

[@change691]

​@@TheRandomINFJyou sound like a hoot to hang out with.

[@dr.elizabethmartin7118]

So very sad - humans without humanity.........North Korea has not enough food for its people..........they are prisoners.

[@yaminogame7805]

I hope someone can help them escape

[@demoncloud6147]

Only if they had oils like middle east, USA could have liberated them !

[@glennv6804]

They are trying with their life to escape. And in death are sent back

[@nytrex_yt7417]

Disney Princess of Mars bruh

[@morganmcgarthur9621]

China should be sanctioned for all of the North Koreans that they send back to their deaths.

[@NiftyShifty1]

Last time I checked, the dead don’t really have much to say about where they are buried.

[@buggernut3643]

If they're dead, they might as well be sent back to their families.

[@buggernut3643]

@Disney Princess of Mars As in sent back to their families for burial, etc.

[@PrincessCupncake]

3:45 The lady asks not to be filmed... the least you could have done if you weren’t going to cut that scene out was blurred her face. Show some respect!

[@theadventurer247]

Agreed

[@Imawhiteboard]

OHHHH NO SHE'S IN PUBLIC BUT WANTS PRIVACY... THAT'S LOGIC

[@PrincessCupncake]

Ma’am, I didn’t mean to disrespect you so much to send you into a caps lock fit. Forgive my transgression Besides... A closed private business is not public. 🤦‍♀️

[@tdmj2812]

PrincessCupncake 😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻👆🏻😉

[@FIONA21ful]

Ohh is that what she says? I thought she was waving hello.

[@damonlangley6615]

The world: Happy New Year! KZbin Recommendations: This documentary.

[@lafingas555]

My KZbin recommendations on Hogmanay was Golden Gate jumpers.

[@genericyoutube]

@@lafingas555 saaaaame.. and I watched

[@SpartanX360]

Saaame lol 😂 but I watched it

[@XxXShevampXxX]

@@lafingas555 me too dude

[@yodabeeshdc8275]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯%

[@brucevilla]

Thanks for Uploading.

[@MrChronicpayne]

this was really well done, good job

[@cloudburstlia456]

I am addicted to this entire channel it is well done

[@mamba101]

Most likely fishermen venturing out further due to low catch yields and being hungry, their boats are not equipped for it so the end up adrift and land in Japan. Some may be genuine escape but that’s less likely.

[@longyu9336]

Even if it's obvious that one ship tried to escape (for example no fishing equipment and a far too large crew for a fishing operation) the Japanese would probably still declare them as fishermen, as to cover their bereaved families back home from prosecution as defector families.

[@forcexjr1566]

Another video portrays possible conflicts with Chinese fishermen venturing into NK waters to fish, not sure how true it is though.

[@asnoodle7216]

nice documentary CNA love it

[@badmonkey2222]

To leave thier country with no identity, be at sea for months alone no one knows who or where you are, to die the same way then to be cremated and sent back with no identity just a horrible thought.

[@prettbad3385sportsstuff]

some people have nobody in their life and they are always alone even when a 100 people are with them they wont intermingle or play nice with others ,

[@seenyouyt6885]

I have been watching all videos of CNA while working at the same time 😁

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I've been looking for a good documentary of this and i'm glad I found this channel. It really makes you wonder why fishing boats with no technology whatsoever are being used with a crew that I would imagine have never fished before. This really seems out of character for the north Koreans allowing fishermen to go out completely unsupervised, and only makes the whole situation more mysterious. great video, and hopefully we can intervene and help the future fishermen before the ocean gets them.

[@robertwilliams2720]

I bet it's people trying to escape north Korea or they are starving and fished out there waters....no technology on boats because there probably all destitute a north Korean fisherman can't make much.

[@nolanmartin4813]

Were they diving in to grab the fish? The japanese pull whole oceans pf fish out with the fleets they have but complain about these people feeding themselves. Pure propaganda japan depletes the pacific not north korean dingys.

[@mess8008]

If I survived and made it, I’d beg to be declared dead so they left my family alone back home.

[@jdoe680]

if those really were spies, I doubt they would use such an inefficent method and they wouldn't actually have stuff written in korean on them

[@djfhfh]

They use bigger ships in which the smaller ships can launch from.. Thats how they have successfully kidnaped in the past

[@scottstokes822]

As a merchant seaman, I wouldn’t be surprised if these boats were involved in collisions at sea. Shipping lane is so crowded, I actually think the whole ocean is just covered with fishing boats

[@sangkang6294]

Most likely the fisherman went out to sea further and further to catch fish since Japan and South Korean have depleted fish in those areas. The wooden ships aren't designed to fish in deep seas, plus gas is probably a luxury they can't afford. They simply couldn't get back and drifted further out to sea. There's also the possibility the fisherman are local army/navy soldiers looking to find food as all North Korean army is no longer rationed by the state.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

What? OMG. How do they expect them to be ready for war if they're not feeding them? Then again, war today is fought with missiles, anyway.

[@asmodeusasteroth7137]

Sk and Japan and China China will strip the world

[@dottieland7061]

asmodeus asteroth and how do you know japan is? China yes but the others no. So you are sadly missformed

[@ninoellison7793]

Fascinating & excellent doco, yet so many alternative possibilities and a myriad of unanswered questions!

[@TeaCup1940]

North Korean squid poachers frequently also sail into Russian waters and many ghost ships wash onto Russia's coast. A 2020 study concluded that massive Chinese trawler fleets poaching squid in recent years have drastically depleted seafood stocks in North Korean waters. With quotas to meet, North Korea's fishermen have been forced to make ever longer, riskier trips out to sea in their creaking wooden vessels.

[@1man2dogs1life]

Awesome program. Thank you for translating instead of english voice overs. Theyre always so terrible and takes away some of the experience. Cant wait to watch some more ❤❤

[@tlw987]

It’s so...sad, unfortunate, almost cruel, that the person who died at the beginning was able to get close enough to die on the shores of the destination. So close but still spelled death and suffering. Physical immobilization due to your neck being caught between two rocks...that’s a true nightmare. If you’re risking these consequences, life back in NK must be unbelievable. Time for reunification with the south as a leader.

[@Roshia_Cryo]

If so on reunification we would have to get rid of NK's leader and others who would take over when Kim Jong Un dies.

[@mainecoonie9598]

Very interesting documentary!!

[@lifeisaadventure9948]

These Ghost Ships should be seen as a sign that things are getting worse 😲Survivors should be offered political asylum

[@chedsalvia6270]

only if it's profitable or there are geopolitical reasons behind it

[@nicholasahlmark7423]

They are all offered political asylum in Japan or S.Korea. Thus far none of them have taken that option. It's all in the film.

[@tarync6539]

No. Asylum is not a human right. Just because things are shit doesnt mean you can stroll into any country and demand to be looked after! Thats why Europe is in such a mess

[@Aldnon]

Take the asylum and their family might be in danger.

[@MS-gr2nv]

@@tarync6539 Deamn right!

[@icreatedanaccountforthis1852]

The monk warmed my heart.

[@stever7638]

About 20 seconds into this video, my 1st thoughts are that they're filling the ships with prisoners from their camps and floating them off to sea.

[@robertrob4754]

Steve R maybe, possibly

[@stever7638]

Plus.....NK doesn't really allow people to leave the country, so safe bet they were already deceased when the ship departed. Unless.... these are the groups of ingenious people who manage to flee.

[@stever7638]

@L1 How complicated can it be? Let the current take the vessel.

[@djfhfh]

I dont mean to speak ill of the dead but almost all abductions in japan by North Koreans were from fishing boats it is a possibilty there were there to abduct Japanese citizens

[@babayega_]

@@djfhfh I don't disagree with you at all. In fact I don't think 99 percent of the people in the comments know what you are talking about as far as the kidnapping of Japanese citizens to be taken into NK story. So most just assumed they somehow accidentally drifted there it they are dead people being dumped off. Which makes sense if there are only 8 people that are dead and NK had absolutely no where to get rid of the dead bodies to where in fact it wild be much less of a headache to just bury them in Graves, it even Mass Graves that they can have dug up by other prisoners where the labor is off no cost at all. LoL. For NK to waste the resources of fuel (of their more scarce commodities, along with unnecessarily wasting ship after ship after ship just to get rid of 1 or 2 bodies at a time just sent very much reaching out there for an answer. But as far as the kidnappings go skiing with the recent capture of I've of those ships, it's far more believable that they might be doomed ships sent out to bring back more hostages. So I'm with you on that for sure.

[@BoostedPastime]

You should have taken out the part of the video where the journalist explains how many collaborators he has inside the north as well as how they communicate.

[@ffsForgerFortySeven.9154]

HAHAHAHA at 3:49 his wife told him she thought he delete this picture

[@milanocorsiva7458]

Prof Lankov explanation made my day 👐

[@etohprn5158]

Careful North Korea, u may need the Red Cross someday.

[@dfgndfghdfghdfgh]

North Korea have had the red cross since the 40s though so not sure what you mean?

[@demon5758]

what saddens me, Is that most of these north korean civilians are starving, their having to go out of nk waters into neighbouring or international waters just to try and catch fish, as their fish population has been ravaged and decimated. These tiny boats they use must be terrifying to be in out in open waters and dieing from exposure is a horrible way to leave this world. my heart goes out to these simple people

[@juliogonzo2718]

I wonder if their families are punished under the assumption they defected?

[@khronin]

Sad--but your comment is exactly what they do every second of the day.Make the worst assumptions--often false--then dictate and punish people for that.The you tube stories of defectors warrants our help for these people.

[@ReyDev165]

Thanks for this information. Prof. ReyDev

[@erickrcisneros]

This is super sad 😔.... I was scared when a friend and I were fishing 🎣 and the boat engine broke 12 miles away from the land... the US Coast Guard saved us, it was 6 hours , not long compared to them... And they didn’t make us pay any money.

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Wish they did not put loud music on these videos. Makes them in watchable

[@lewisdoherty7621]

If North Korea suddenly became a democracy, likely the overall food supply would increase through privatized farming and there would be efficient fish farming reducing the constant need to try to pull as much fish out of the common ocean and from Japan's territory. North Korea would basically be absorbed into South Korea like East Germany into West Germany, so there would be a lot of instant help. The need for them to clump all of their ships together probably largely comes from the need to make sure no one tries to escape. This is not an efficient method of fishing.

[@hdaviator9181]

I think you confuse democracy with capitalism. Venezuela is technically a democracy, but people are eating from trash cans. Its capitalism what they need.

[@arifnoble9563]

The act of private business itself scream capitalism. One scene in the video said that " the fishermen doesn't own the fishing vessel, it is Government's fishing vessel as there is no such thing as private property"( paraphrase involves, can't exactly remember the exact quote).But the thing with fish farming and alternative food source should be heavily invested by NK Gov. even though the they are banned but smuggling is one of the way to get money. The unification of the south and the north requires extensive program both to reform the people and introduce a cooperative system between the two considering both have been separated for so long that the only thing they have in common is the skin colour.

[@JH-dl6vu]

North Korea may never be a democratic state but neither is: 1. Britain / UK, they're a constitutional monarchy and 2. America (they're a constitutional republic). There is no such thing as democracy in this world. About every country is a republic or a monarchy. People that keep yelling democracy are either retarded and uneducated or spreading propaganda to think you have a choice in voting. Really. America nor the British are democratic in any way. Brits have a queen. America is a republic which means that the people in charge VOTE for you instead of your vote mattering. People should really educate themselves on politics and what democracy is before they keep spouting it.

[@13thBear]

Or, maybe the South and North unify like VietNam. Everybody calms down. South sends food north. The north sends power south. North and South combine manufacturing sites and skills and becomes an industrial powerhouse like China or Japan. The eastern hemisphere is a manufacturing Dynamo that buys all the western nations and governments are taken over by socialist dictatorships and most everybody is happy under one world government. Or, maybe not.

[@memyself-nd-i]

feel bad for the North Korean people. I lived in South Korea a year, stationed at PanMunJom, and as such I saw a lot with my own eyes about life in North Korea. The video of dear leader looking out a window was filmed at Panmunjom

[@mariekatherine5238]

I think Japan is doing the right thing with the deceased by securing and honoring the remains. It’s unlikely most can be positively identified, and even so, return the relatives may endanger them. I’d rather know my relative had died and his memory respected than being entrusted to an evil government.

[@fukuroxx4547]

Thank you for this quite in depth video documentation. My friend send me video link about this topic, but those video content is miss-leading and full of bias (alluding the ghost ship fenomena is north korean fisherman killed by "secret army of certain country"). I'm glad that I find this video with different perspective and base more on fact and investigation, it really an eye opening. I decide to subscribe and binge watch other video.

[@takeru51]

We received reports of foreign men who appear to be foreign 😂

[@shekharsharma1490]

Dayum, seriously !!!??? What a stupid joke....🙄🙄🙄😕😕😕

[@texasray5237]

Don't believe it.

[@practicaloccultist231]

*impossible*

[@haechiwr]

HAHAHAHA SO FUNNY

[@noudsu7596]

😂😂😂

[@mario_maelt]

great job

[@rogerwilco2]

The Soviet Union also had huge issues with fishermen, because they basically need to go outside the range of state surveillance to do their work. They ended up eradicating whole groups of people, like the Livonians in Latvia, just to prevent them from having contacts with Finns and other non-Soviet countries. So for a country in dire need of food, and thus fishing, the fishermen present a difficult dilemma of loss of more food at the price of loss of control and oversight. This probably leads to fishermen being pushed to go fishing without adequate tools, supplies or in dangerous circumstances.

[@alifa7381]

I typed the sentence the lady presumed the Korean writing to be cigarettes 🚬 and she was right. ‘흡연은 건강에 해롭습니다’ translates to: ‘Smoking is bad for your health.’ Of course I’m not Korean, and I have a very basic understanding of the language so I used google translate therefore it may just be a loose/rough translation but I think it seems fairly accurate.

[@Eurotrash4367]

3:18 - The correct translation is "Now I have the photographs."

[@brgrote]

Wow! Good job.

[@Bullminator]

I wonder how many fisherman tried to cross with all their familys to Japan.

[@Bullminator]

They probaly have partrol boats there that will shot at anyone that goes to south.

[@Bullminator]

Because if they dont, they will kill their familys instead (and them). There is always one person that will report them out of fear as they are brainwashed like this.

[@Bullminator]

The north would shot them, not the south. South would be happy to accept them.

[@zigzagkill8153]

@Leopold Something not taught, or highlighted enough in modern education. North and South Korea, are technically STILL at war. They are on a "cease fire" treaty. At any moment in time the South could obliterate the North. Sadly, it's the North holding it's own people hostage, due to a socialist imperialistic following the Kim family. When a North Korean does run over the border, to the South, the Soldiers are cheering the defector on, and waiting with medical supplies. Meanwhile the Norths military is shooting at them. This is very well documented and very well known, in actuality.

[@nicholasahlmark7423]

No record of any such cases.

[@Vanessa-pq8bn]

I think the association is good because that means there is some small connection between the countries which could mean peace

[@LindaTCornwall]

The Japanese are one of the most respectful cultures in the wold. I know many Japanese, amazing people.. I'd move to Japan tomorrow if I could afford it.

[@ishenicole9987]

Yeah when they eat live food of course it's a cultured country

[@ishenicole9987]

Yeah when they eat live food poor animals and sea creatures ... Not forgetting the horrors torture and rapes and so on... Not forgetting the high crime rate.. Very cultured indeed.

[@LindaTCornwall]

@@ishenicole9987 You're talking out your butt... do a little research on crime figures for Japan. Going to hazard a guess you're American lol.. As for eating live sea creature, name one culture that doesn't! You realise Oysters are live when you eat them right.. dim and dummer has arrived!!

[@LindaTCornwall]

@@ishenicole9987 www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Japan/United-States/Crime

[@fiddleback4903]

@@LindaTCornwall Japan doesn't want non-Japanese in their country if they can help it.

[@Arsenic71]

Can I just say, entirely unrelated to the actual content, that Dilly Barlow's voice is absolutely outstanding - a very good choice.

[@ristube3319]

I’ve heard that they’re forced to stay at sea till they met a quota. Which why they die at sea. I wonder if they become crew less because of fresh water, that they probably didn’t have enough of, if any at all with no motor or supplies for a 700 mile trip without any tools.

[@benjaminr265]

nice video.

[@VideoCesar07]

Ghost ships? More like Death ships or slaughter ships.

[@notimportant4810]

I was surprised that the Japanese government was warning the fishermen about disease. Caution over bioweapons makes sense these days. Everyone seems so angry and ready to fight now.

[@KA-vs7nl]

not important なら墓かと、ならハカマやや

[@chickentowel7036]

@not important it's not just about biochemical weapons, though it's a possibility, but dead bodies carry diseases.

[@notimportant4810]

@@chickentowel7036 true, but i am one of the ones who leaps to conclusions. I'm working on it, but that's one of my shortcomings.

[@alexseetoe]

murderboats are the right term

[@fermentedsourdough5462]

Repatriation of the remains is the wrong thing to do because it inflicts punishment on those families for having a relative who'd tried to escape, or is deemed to have done so.

[@nicholasahlmark7423]

There's zero evidence that any of them were trying to escape, if you pay attention to the film.

[@ЕкатеринаК-ш3х]

One landed after the typhoon few days ago in Vladivostok... it was empty

[@antoniocastro4371]

Hi everyone! I'm an European male, 44 years old, and i am not an ignorant, or a brainwashed person, and already have reached enough intelligence maturity to realize how the real world works around me! As we all know there are several things that negatively affect our planet, and our society, but I will only mention the top 3, which are: greed, all religious extremism, and many of the attitudes of the United States government towards other nations!!! But I am mainly disappointed by this peace-destroying machine, USA government, and just only because of this small group of people who are really hungry for money and power, the rest of the world is overwhelmed by their will, and it all makes me so disgusted, and with such a rage inside me because i just can't do anything to stop them...

[@philricher9844]

Actually, the last 75 years has been the most peaceful period in human history. This is largely thanks to the effort and great expense America shoulders to keep trade moving and helping to develop poorer nations. America is the closest thing the world has to a policeman and we should be grateful for their efforts

[@batesify]

Interesting

[@thegrayyernaut]

46:04 my dude shooting his DSLR in front of crashing waves while putting the lens hood backward really got on the nerve.

[@mjfan653]

imagine being a north korean and being on the brink of death in that boat, suddenly japanese rescue workers rescue you. Compared to everything a nk has seen since birth, its probably comparable to alien first contact for a westerner. From a wooden barge to a helicopter, god damn thats wild.

[@corn8591]

That's honestly a giant reach. Just because you've probably heard terrible things about North Korea's living conditions, don't automatically assume that every aspect of the country is underdeveloped. I mean of course it would be compared to Japan (most countries would), but it is not like they've never seen sky scrapers or anything. North Koreans, in the past, have been forced to build great structures in honor of their leaders. Things like gigantic statues, complex buildings, and even grand scale life-like renditions have been constructed because of this. So it isn't realistic nor accurate to compare a North Korean's first experience abroad to that of a westerner experiencing alien contact. The country has helicopters, planes, etc. How do you think they would drop all of these bombs that they keep stocked? Of course there are parts of the country where such things are not that great, but it's like that everywhere you go.

[@nolanmartin4813]

North korea has no helicopters? What?

[@spitefulbug7280]

30:25 I love those sycophantic smiles.

[@darrche5129]

They don't do DNA profiling before cremating? Oh wait there's the personal effects.

[@nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659]

DNA profiling is extremely expensive and can only tell you so much about a person. There is for example no genome that makes someone Korean or Japanese. If both countries would cooperate more it could be used to identify the bodies, but wouldn’t be of much more use than that

[@acatinny]

They don't do that because small local town offices do not have funding for all of those who died at the sea. Many of Japanese rural local communities got a financial crisis because of the rapid decrease and aging of their population. It has already cost them so much to do police investigations, cremation, sending remains to temples and cleaning up the shipwrecks, and who are they supposed to ask to pay back? North Korean government?

[@jakoblimo123]

Anybody else find it weird that he saw a dead body and immediately decided to take photos of it? Or is that just me

[@veezo2323]

DAAAMN....NORTH KOREA IS GOING TO JAPAN AS SPIES!!

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Nobody going to talk about the fish vacuum cleaner at 33:53?

[@Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII]

It sucks!

[@TheCornellJunkie]

Interesting and depressing ....

[@Badgersj]

Fascinating.

[@aldohu7064]

Looks like "genocide waste" to me 😐

[@corn8591]

If the bodies were already deceased when loaded on to the boats then they would be more decomposed when they arrived on Japanese shorelines. The few pictures that they showed featured bodies of those who had seemingly died at sea, considering how fleshy and full of color they still were.

[@duaneelliott3315]

At least the monk is trying to give the passed away fisherman a proper funeral and resting place. The souls of those passed away will have a place to stay with the monk( respected unlike their life in North Korea).

[@zenakyungsoo8461]

Maybe they were just trying to escape hell. North Korea is like hell on earth.

[@stevek343]

Its earth on hell.

[@bradwall8596]

So interesting

[@geoffdearth7360]

One question: These are called "fishing ships" and those aboard "fishermen" but is there any evidence of them fishing? As distinct from them being set adrift or attempting to escape?

[@nicholasahlmark7423]

Well if you watch the film you will see footage of them actually fishing squid, so yes the evidence is all in the film.

[@unknowable2432]

@@nicholasahlmark7423 Facts

[@bshinn4884]

Maybe has something to do with the jellyfish explosion and lack of fish? They have to travel out farther to get a decent catch and get lost? I'm sure there may have been a few that intentionally tried to escape, but I imagine North Korea vets anyone that would have a vehicle for escape pretty thoroughly.

[@смиренный-х2б]

Keep up the Docs! I'd like to see a nuclear documentary

[@PrincessCupncake]

I agree! I would love to see that. Either nuclear energy or weapons or specific to DPRK

[@Roshia_Cryo]

I would love to see that too

[@tarotdreamseverythinginbet350]

This amount of fishing is heart breaking 💔😢

[@shnilauzdicka]

So of all the victims in this case you choose to feel bad for the fish huh

[@rizznrk77]

7:56 when you realize that monk is flexing with a Samsung watch

[@oliversmith9200]

Very astute were the last words spoken by Professor Andre Lankov. He speaks to the root of the causality; less one of the results of political economics than of human need for resource shares.

[@patfonta8818]

Hollywood should send in James Bond

[@ShanThePinkCookie]

Wow I watched a 46 minute video about fishing but was lowkey absorbed the entire time

[@Dumbledoresarmy13]

So rather than regulating the fishing operations and putting some restrictions out there, they just pretend the private fishing operations don't exist at all, and then they give them not a restriction for the environment's sake, but a minimum quota that they MUST fulfill to avoid being punished?? That seems like a really awful idea long term.

[@augustusmd]

i don’t see it as shameful when a fisherman, while doing an honest living, somehow got drifted to japan. fishing some 350 miles offshore is a common practice for fishermen across the region. here in the philippines, we often cater vietnamese and taiwanese fishermen. would i consider these incidents shameful for the taiwanese and vietnamese government? certainly not!

[@pokemonparade1337]

Good shit

[@jeffreymoran6234]

There definitely trying to escape N. Korea, but probably have no food for the journey to Japan.

[@ernestimken6969]

Life in N. Korea is horrible. Sanctions seem to be the only peaceful way to curtail their illegal activities, but at the same time starving people are trying to survive. It's a conundrum.

[@behzadahmad8818]

japan needs to clean their beaches more often

[@giantblob7075]

Japanese Beaches are actually really clean, especially in the east coast and their inner seas. Its unfortunate, their position, as the ocean pollution in the Sea of Japan from countries such as NK, SK and China washes up on their beaches :(. But yes, i guess they could fund a better clean up operation.

[@elvasam]

Wish it was in English. The captions are too small to read

[@deshyatanzil250]

I feel as if there forced to do so from north korea to steal fish or there going there as fishermen as an excuse to escape from there leader