Does North Korea Have an Embassy in Your Country? (and is it like this one in London?!)

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Spent days and days editing this one! Do me a favour and like, comment, share, subscribe... All the things that makes KZbin notice you..! Thanks guys xxx

[@hannahcat1338]

You are lovely

[@ZoeDiscovers]

So I'm unable to fact check this so I didn't put it in the video but I've heard it from a couple of people before; Australia used to have an embassy in North Korea, but the story goes that they had a toga party (come on Australians...) and it got a bit wild and the North Koreans didn't take well to it so kind of kicked them out... Anyway. Fun story even if it's not true :)

[@Nico-jn8ec]

Yes, in Rome we have a North Korean embassy. As far as I know, Italy was the first State of the G7 to establish diplomatic ties with the DPRK and hence to let DPRK open an embassy in Italy. I wish we could open an embassy in Pyongyang, as well. By the way, great stuff Zoe!!

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Thank you~~~

[@OrihuelaClubDeAlterne]

We have a NK one in Spain too

[@robertsilva8097]

Thank You For sharing this Video

[@ZoeDiscovers]

My pleasure!

[@notnoonenim]

Im Germany we have a north korean embassy in Berlin. It looks quite big though

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Right! It was recently brought into the media for having a hostel in it..! I go over this in the video haha

[@notnoonenim]

@@ZoeDiscovers oh Im sorry. Guess I was was too fast haha I‘ve written my comment prior to watching your video. I really enjoyed it though! :)

[@thatdavidvlog]

Very interesting, next time im in London I might have a wander by x

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Go for it!

[@Torchiy]

Nice video again 😄 Unfortunately there's no NK embassy in the Netherlands, where I live. We did have a North Korean restaurant in Amsterdam though. That was about 10 years ago. But the restaurant closed after 6 months.

[@kamikaze8733]

Yes ,We have North Korean embassy here in Nepal. But I was not sure where it was located ( i googled it) . I was a bit surprised to know about Northkorean Embassy in the Uk.

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Yeah it's a bit of a unique one right!

[@charlesk1089]

This was a very nice video. The DPRK embassy in Berlin is interesting as well because it was previously the embassy to the former East Germany. It is far larger than DPRK-German relationships would suggest as a result, with the hotel building that is a part of the DPRK embassy in addition to the main embassy building. The embassy in Berlin also has an area in front of the embassy in which photos are placed highlighting DPRK political topics. There are also in Berlin several Germans who have DPRK ancestry from the period in which DPRK students were sent to East Germany to study and some formed temporary liaisons with German women.

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Nice one! Did you go there before?

[@charlesk1089]

@@ZoeDiscovers The DPRK embassy is in the center of Berlin. When I lived there, one could stand outside and watch the DPRK embassy staff play volleyball in the back of the embassy. The fact that the DPRK embassy owned a youth hostel also made the DPRK embassy in Berlin extremely odd. Anyone could go freely into the youth hostel portion of the embassy.

[@edward_ketiak88]

There's a DPRK 🇰🇵 embassy in Singapore 🇸🇬. As far as I know, I did read an article, mentioning that it looks like a house instead of an office.

[@crisantogandara4499]

In February 2001 Spain and North Korea established diplomatic relations. In 2003, plans to open a diplomatic mission were halted due to North Korea's withdrawal from Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty. On 1 October 2013, Kim Hyŏk Chŏl became the first DPRK ambassador in Spain when his country opened its new embassy in Madrid.

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Ah nice one!

[@GAXE47]

no but there are generally delegation in Paris and Pyongyang . My country recognize only Korea Republic Embassy

[@untitledanarchistseagullch1237]

This reminds me of my first visit to Lima, where, after a long flight, I fancied a bit of a walk in the neighbourhood of my hotel to stretch my legs, and, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a certain unmistakable seal featuring a hydroelectric dam in the middle. On a more extensive walk a few years later, I discovered that the DPRK's embassy in Perú is just about a hundred yards down the street from the ROK embassy, raising the speculative spectre of inter-Korean rows over car parks at the local Vivanda supermarket.

[@towarzyszwiktoria7415]

We have an embassy in Poland, it exist since 1948. And for several years brother of Kim Jong Il were ambassador!

[@jippee1]

Hi Zoe! A fan here from South Africa. We too have an embassy, but not much more information about it is available

[@ZoeDiscovers]

maybe you could visit one day!

[@adamtajyar]

I can 100% for certain say the U.S has no North Korean embassies.

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Very true...

[@vladvalcheff6683]

Keep doing great job here, Zoe! In my home country Bulgaria there is a DPRK embassy and we have one in Pyongyang as well. Can't wait to visit North Korea one day when the borders are open. Probably because of the close relationship between our countries before 1989.

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Ahh nice one! And thannk you :). Hope you can visit the DPRK soon! See you there ;)

[@vladvalcheff6683]

@@ZoeDiscovers definitely because I love authentic Korean culture that we can see mostly in DPRK. Best wishes from Warrington, UK where is my place now.

[@JoshK-x1x]

As a korean living in Seoul, absolutely no. And I believe that I won't get any chance to see one for the rest of my life.

[@janedegnan3622]

Hi Zoe. I’m concerned about the recent reports re: Covid in N Korea. Some are describing it as a “disaster”. Can you update us?

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Unfortunately I don't know anything more than what the media is reporting. For sure if North Korea are reporting the disaster, it is possible it's actually a lot worse inside and shouldnt be taken lightly. Hoping everyone there is ok...

[@janedegnan3622]

@@ZoeDiscovers thanks for responding, Zoe. And thanks for bringing the DPRK and it’s citizens a little closer to us all. Btw, the North Korean Embassy in Canada is in Ottawa, 5000 kilometres from my town on the west coast! The building is rather somber looking, perhaps reflecting the frosty relations between the two countries? The Embassy in London is both quaint and posh in comparison!

[@robertsilva8097]

I think North Koreans have an Embassy in the United Nations building I think I'm Not sure

[@adriancarty612]

Hey Zoe why does the dprk have some many embassies? They don't allow there citizens to travel outside the country.

[@ZoeDiscovers]

it's not just travel embassies deal with, but so much more! every foreign correspondence etc.

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmm7687]

We need a conference of supporters of DPRK, where we come up with crazy ways to support the heroic efforts of nation building by the North Korean people.

[@masakimuro]

We don't have an embassy of DPRK in Japan, but we have General Association of Korean Residents in Japan. Historically, a bit sensitive or maybe political things, so, I will stop comment about this. Please check the link below. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongryon

[@ZoeDiscovers]

Yes the history and culture of Chongryon is very interesting. I see them a lot usually in Pyongyang, they come in big school groups. Thanks for pointing this one out !