DPRK: The Land Of Whispers (North Korea Travel Documentary) (2013) // *CUT VERSION - see comments!*

North Korea lies somewhere between a 1930′s Soviet Union frozen in time and a dark, futuristic vision of society... as imagined back in the 70′s.
"Land of Whispers" invites you to visit arguably the most unique and isolated travel destination in the world - not to criticize, but to observe and listen. Aside from usual highlights such as Pyongyang or Arirang, this unique one-man documentary brings you to areas such as Chongjin or Wonson, still virtually unknown to even google or wikipedia. There, I attempt to pierce through the ever-present 'national mythology' and as much as possible, I try to connect with people - such as the waitress mesmerized by tablet computers, or a tour guide cautiously fascinated by modern pop culture.
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* Global Peace Film Festival 2013 (Orlando, FL, USA) / Official Selection *
* Jayu: The North Korean Human Rights Film Festival 2013 (Canada) / Official Selection *
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*** You're watching a heavily CUT UP version of the film with almost the entire soundtrack removed. Links to COMPLETE FILM below! *** Due to changing YT terms over the years as well as constant false-flagging of the film by parties who'd like to see it taken down, these cuts have been forced onto me in order to keep the film online. I appreciate your understanding. You can still watch the COMPLETE, UNCUT version of the film on Amazon (free with prime in many regions) and soon via my web site. Links below! US: www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B071X5M2H8/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r DE/AT: www.amazon.de/gp/video/detail/B085RBSH43/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r UK: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B071GMHC8N/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r JP: www.amazon.co.jp/gp/video/detail/B0852665MJ/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r Other Regions: COMING SOON at etheriumsky.com/projects/dprk-land-of-whispers/

[@tomer3344]

Hey can you please release in Canada!

[@tristanwhalenv]

I ain’t paying for shit

[@brendamichelle4783]

Makes me realize what I’ve taken for granted my whole life - being born in the USA🇺🇸. How blessed I truly am. Communism is evil.

[@fc436]

"""For most people, either spontaneously or as a result of heavy indoctrination, really believe in all these things, they are true.So, even feeling so much anger towards their leaders, I realize that only by respecting the things they believe in,""" IIn fact... It's the same thing you can notice in Islamic extremists, in African tribes who believe in absurd things etc etc. But it's the same for Westerners !!! We believe that it is deeply right that there are people who have more wealth than an entire nation. we believe that it is right and normal that an entrepreneur who invoices millions can pay his workers 1400 euros a month. We believe it is normal that a dishwasher works 14 hours a day for 1000 euros, and a notary earns 6 thousand euros a month to sit and put signatures. Is it normal to pray to an imaginary being in the evening or to believe that a magical child was born 2000 years ago? Is it normal to go to church to hear the same words and precepts millions of times, from a stranger and written by a few crazy hundreds of years ago? What's the difference with Korean propaganda? It's exactly the same All this is absurd and unrealistic for me..I don't understand how most give it as normal and fair. Outside of the scientific facts, all cultures believe in meaningless things, I start from the human brain

[@RyanNorbert-rf1hf]

You aren't the only one brother 🙏👍

[@razorbacks1983]

I wonder why so many people including myself are addicted to watching North Korea videos.

[@soosterling]

curiosity and a strong inner will for change.

[@georgeminjack]

Nicholas Jordan same

[@jasonkuy7100]

Nicholas Jordan same me. im addicted to the video and culture

[@TheTwoCommaKid]

Same here, for the past week until now

[@StudioNama]

We've been to the moon, mapped the stars, seen the ocean depths, but we still don't know jack about North Korea.

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

The little boy playing the guitar at 30:51 gives me a major dose of the creeps....

[@dougroberts9821]

It’s like watching a robot on a ride at Disney World.

[@laetitialogan2017]

Not natural,

[@RonnyRotfront]

Westoids are so stupid it's alsways funny

[@SectorZeroOne]

This was probably the most humanizing documentary of North Korea. I respect your work for showing the people are not their government and that their curiosity and potential is just like any other Terran on Earth. Great work, sir.

[@BabyMonkeyDefender]

The north Korean people, especially the young hate us. They refer to us as bastards. I've been watching a few of the newer released vids and they talk to students. You should hear what they say. It's bone chilling. The do projects and give oral reports and it always says a thing like"the American bastards must die" and "if we went to war we would win definitely, the American bastards will die and we will be victorious". That's not all. They teach them propaganda from the earliest age possible, and that's nearly impossible to turn around. If there was a war you'd be in danger of as young as teen years old children. They just don't know any better. I've been watching Yoenmi Park videos recently. She escaped NK. She's very interesting and knowledgeable. Are had a hard life getting to where she is now. I recommend looking her up.

[@gyanf]

The worst?

[@joeyreed7946]

I feel horrible for that Korean man who missed his train

[@orangejoe204]

Didn't you hear? He wasn't "punished", merely "criticized"... for a week... in a labor camp.

[@jackwatson3944]

@@orangejoe204 and once his kids and grandkids have finished being criticised they can move on.

[@riotriguez5854]

Ig you had seen me when I missed my flight from Georgia to Florida you'd have thought I was boiled alive

[@kingoftech]

The notes on the MP3 player are the cutest thing ever. I wish the best for DPRK's people.

[@Manueljlin]

made me drop a tear ;-;

[@moscowinla5216]

Man you got a gift for this documentary stuff. I clicked on the vid wanting to skim over the highlights of your trip and instead I watched it from beginning to end without any skipping

[@EtheriumSky]

haha thanks a lot! Check out the new project i'm working on, too! igg.me/at/AndroidRed !

[@angrywhisperz]

lol same here,

[@moscowinla5216]

Etherium Sky Films & Media quick question because I am planning on going myself in the future. how were you so......rebellious? like there's a few times you ignore the tour guides instructions of no pictures. everything I am reading on Google is telling me that is 15 years in a North Korean labor camp

[@EtheriumSky]

haha rebellious? Nah, i don't think so. I did/do my best to treat people - as people. That's all. I live in a different reality than them - but i don't think i'm in any way superior b/c of that. There were moments I would've liked to but didn't film - those you don't see in the film obviously. As for Google - eh, don't trust it too much. I'm not saying it's not true, the rules/laws are crazy in NK, people have very challenging lives there - but still google mostly paints an over-simplified, generalized, one-sided picture presented mostly by people who have no firsthand knowledge or experience... That said, check out this recent doc called 'Under the Sun' - a different film on NK, very well and interestingly done.

[@moscowinla5216]

Etherium Sky Films & Media Got it. Will check that out. Last question: how did you cope with their food? Was it good? Or did you have to force feed yourself?

[@aaronthoming8192]

Seeing Jim's message on your phone made me tear up. You did the right thing by going there. You planted seeds of understanding both in Korea and here. It was powerful to see the North Koreans as individuals.

[@leandradozier968]

Actually him going only gave money to the Kim Dynasty furthering people’s oppression but yeah, a free westerner satisfied his curiosity and didn’t think how this hurt the people he never saw. He did nothing good.

[@padmad3k63]

Dude the reason why he's cocky about your filming is because his life depends on it. You really need to respect their rules, don't be ignorant.

[@sinead45gizmo53]

@mermaid thats up to you and your country what you put up with! So ridiculous!! If your country want to become a multicultural moshpit ye only have yourselves to blame! Doesnt mean you dont respect others culture!!

[@sinead45gizmo53]

@mermaid if its up to them to overturn there tyrannical government then would that not be the same for your people who feel like there not being heard! I didnt say if i thought the way they live is right or wrong!!

[@Candy_Gal]

Wandy Wexler Weslon Who said illegal immigrants don’t have to respect our rules? Of course they do! They just don’t get killed for filming, and tourist guides don’t have to fake a propaganda tour or die if they don’t do it right! Ffs...big difference!

[@jackwatson3944]

Exactly, in a country like that you wouldn't want to jeopardise a job like that.

[@Candy_Gal]

Madeline Monahan 🙄

[@TheMixedtype]

I am worried about jim.

[@frtard]

Luke McGregor He's in a better place now.

[@samysdefer]

frtard lol... probably yes.

[@frtard]

Luke McGregor Well, either he's dead or still in North Korea. Either way, he's screwed.

[@orangejoe204]

+Whisper Turkey You should be. Part of the job of these "tour guides" is to resist any attempt to get them to soften up and deviate from the rules and Party line, as well as prevent any attempt by the Westerners to engage with regular citizens. Poor Jim had a soul, it seemed. If he didn't pay for it then, you can bet he paid for it after this documentary came out. The government of the DPRK is terrified of Westerners because they bring information that NONE of these people have ever heard of. The "tour guides" are actually all secret policemen, by and large, and have been heavily indoctrinated for YEARS on how to resist and respond to Western lies and provocations. That's their job. If they get soft, they get "reeducated". For what it's worth, if that's what really happened to Jim, then he suffered for the noble cause of truth and the eventual freedom of his people from censorship and lies.

[@danielbixler134]

poor jim

[@Sovspot]

RIP Jim. Good luck in the work camp.

[@iOnlineGamerx3]

#freemyniggajim

[@orangejoe204]

+Sovspot It'd be funny if it wasn't so likely. Average people don't get "charged" with "crimes" in North Korea. That's just for the higher ups. You just disappear suddenly, like in Russia under Stalin, and nobody ever speaks your name ever again. Unpersons.

[@kevinmccormick5345]

+Cassie Travold hahaha

[@SMGJohn]

+Alex Tocqueville Except every single 900k person was tried under Soviet law and executed. But of course you listen to Disney channel for your historical knowledge so its no wonder you think the Soviets possessed laser guns they turn people into dust or Stalin could control weather and gravity with his pinky finger to cause famines.

[@Thetabringer]

Alex Tocqueville Well your entire family & clique goes to a camp too, just for knowin u once you fuck up. poor assed Jim

[@Femmefatale1990]

I really hope Jim is alive and well.

[@austinmcmahon254]

Legend has it that Jim was allowed to take the mp3 player with him to the hard labor camp, but he had no way to recharge it when he got there.

[@durpface1087]

Damn this looks like something Vice would make... But this is better.

[@EtheriumSky]

Vice turned me down repeatedly when i approached them with this project so i secretly take a bit of pleasure and satisfaction from your comment ;) Thank you!

[@KastaLimpa]

Etherium Sky Wow, this type of documentary are perfect for Vice. Well fuck Shane Smith then :) (He's a good dude, just kidding) Great documentary; scary, funny and very interesting. Great work man!

[@beatgrinder]

"Well, it was nice knowing you Jim": Kim, other 'tour guide' and Jim's assassin.

[@MyFairDiva]

Anyone else finds it strange that you don't see any pets around? I suppose it has to do with being unable to buy any kind of thing and the food rationing. Also, no people with disabilities or plain different. I wonder what do they do with children that aren't born "perfect". And by the way, those children performing at the school gave me the creeps a bit. Fantastic documentary.

[@EtheriumSky]

I saw one dog during the trip, he was tied up behind one restaurant that i stopped at, in the middle of some forest. Seemed pretty weak but he also didn't seem worse of than (sadly) other animals in china, vietnam or elsewhere in the region. And in one of the english-language papers that they gave me on the plane they had this "article" about some woman who married a guy in a wheelchair. And she was essentially saying how wonderful he is and how it doesn't matter to her that he's in a wheelchair cause he's so great. The paper itself was pretty interesting to read through, it was sort of like a "North Korean" version of a gossipy magazine, except there the letters that the readers wrote them were not about their love issues but for example one letter was from some teenager whose school was visited by Kim Jong Un and the girl was writing to express how enlightened she felt after that and what not heh...

[@MarkusDuesseldorf]

They have their pets on their plate, not on the street.

[@ZapatistaRebel1917]

Etherium Sky i wonder if instead of sanctions and pressure other countrys just started to give funding and aid t N korea if we started to build schools hospitals roads etc if we help them develop and created a strong more productive agriculture if we gave them machinery to help build stuff if we gave them much more food clothes medicine N Korea could become a much more open country with a stronger economy and therefore better living conditions for the people the danger of war would become smaller turism could be way mor open as the government wouldnt ave as much to hide perhaps a peace treaty between north and south could be signed korea would move way from china and become a more democratic and free society

[@MyFairDiva]

DuesseldorfMarkus Lol, yeah I had forgotten about that fact.

[@louissimard691]

***** That's called colonialism. I don't think the DPRK would agree to that. They would say that it's from them. We already give a lot of help...

[@cowpens6]

I'm ordinary person in south korea. not having any of interest to north but I'm quite shocked by their livings in all of the propagandas. here is the propaganda signs and songs I can understand. sorry about grammas, I'm not good at english. 07:26 '선군조선의 태양 김정은 동지 만세' 'all hail to the Kim Jung Un!, great leader of Chosun, like the sun' . Chosun is another name of north korea. 07:53 '위대한 령도자 김정은 동지 만세!' ' all hail to the great leader Kim Jung Un!'. but picture aside of the sign is Kim Il Sung. 08:15 '조선은 결심하면 한다!' 'Chosun make things happen what we decided.' 10:19 left paper said "new Kim Il Sung, Kim Jung Il statues sit at the department of defence". 10:19 right paper said "only strong millitary can keep the country prosper" "our party loves children". interesting. do not fold the newspaper. I didn't know that until today. 10:55 distance building's sign '로동신문'. north korea's major news paper name. run by the government. 11:51 TV subtitle. '"동무여 청춘을 조국에 바치자" "my comrade, give up our youth for the country". looks like karaoke's millitary propaganda song. 13:43 14:19 "혁명의 성산 백두산, 김정일". "holy mountain Paektu, starting point of revolution, Kim Jung Il. written in 1992/2/16". mountain Paektu also specially treated in south korea. 17:21 "어데가나 잊지 못할 전우들이여" "my comrade, I will never forget you". karaoke propaganda. 18:17 at 12 o'clock, clockwise, "자주 평화 welcome 친선" "self-indefendence peace welcome friendly" 20:33 north korea folk song. a pretty girl go out for water and meet people, they wanna girl to sing, she sing a song with shy. can't find any propaganda. 21:26 '위대한 령도자 김정은 동지의 선군혁명령도를 충성으로 받들자' 'serve revolution order given by great leader Kim Jung Un' 22:05 '위대한 령도자 김정은 동지 만세!" "all hail to the great leader Kim Jung Un!" 22:26 '경애하는 김정은 동지를 따라 백두의 행군길을 꿋꿋이 이어가자' 'follow the beloved leader Kim Jung Un, passing through the Paektu marching road". means follow their country's spirit but I don't know how to explain it in english. 22:32 "선군조선의 태양 김정은 장군 만세!" "all hail to the general Kim Jung Un, the sun of the millitary based country, Chosun". 23:04 "위대한 어버이 김일성 동지는 ?????" "great father of all people, Kim Il Sung is ????" 25:31 north korea folk song. means goodbye but hope that we will see you again soon. 29:53 can't understand lyrics but one thing is sure, that's not a child song. they sing a Kim Jung Il as their parent. 31:50 song that three kid sing means I love my father and mother more than anything in the world. very common child song also known in south korea. but looks like their father, mother means 'dear leader'. 33:40 I can't hear his lyric. I never heard such rythm, maybe only known song in north korea or very very old song. 39:00 Arirang melody. koreans first folk song. all korean knows this song. no propaganda, no political message. 40:20 north korea propaganda song. praise their country, party, Juche sasang, leader. 43:26 signstone '강성대국' tells 'most powerful country in the world". 43:57 '선군정치' 'millitary and party are first'. weird. all signstons tell propaganda not a single village name shown. 44:30 no. south korean think seven is lucky number. three? not much like seven. I thought three is propaganda thing, connected to Kim's family. 44:45 I sing, I dance, I smile... cute child song. I never heard that song but everyday I heard similar melody when I'm their age. 52:01 '우리 당과 인민의 최고 령도자 김정은 동지 만세' 'all hail to Kim Jung Eun, the leader of our party, our people' 52:01 '일심단결을 더욱 강화하자' 'all people, all together' 52:01 '위대한 장군님의 선군사상을 빛나게 실현하지!' 'great leader's millitary first idea, we can make it happen!'. '결사옹위' 'to keep the country and leader, we can anything pay for it' 57:30 propaganda song. praise their party. equal their party like a flower, beatiful scenery. about Juche Sasang, I heard that it is their constitution also their religion and everything. rumor has it, woman must choose their hair style in menu shown in 35:42. not allowed any others. menu is controlled by government. mens are worse, less than ten styles, only short hair cut allowed. pity all tourist, all children, all customers in barber shop, all people in bowling alley and all people in this picture. maybe they are farmers, workers or someone never be allowed standing there couple of hours ago. thank you. thank you very much for generosity that you and your firends showing to kids. thank you. all of the people in north korea starving, 5 years ago, secretly filmed real life in north shook the south korea. keyword 북한 꽃제비(beggar, especialy orphant kid). kid playing the guitar remind that.

[@unknownman2432]

shame this comment isn't in top

[@cowpens6]

thank you!

[@rzzrbladezofockam7634]

Oh, before I forget it!!!!!! Thanks for those translations and times, the amount of propaganda is staggering and I know that the west is having the same, yet it is not like I can tell what is propaganda and what is not, what is true and what is not, or whether I get the whole story. In a western proxy war, in Congo last year (2015) death number 20 million fell, as a former career officer in the army, I came close to different information than the News was spreading, news that seemed rather important, yet was never broadcasted. In Europe most do not understand that the number of refugees from Africa is caused directly by people fleeing from the violence caused by our own governments, my nation, a tiny one is the number 6 arms dealer on this planet. My old army rifle, FAL, now serves some warlord in Africa to whom it was sold, or given.

[@marmalization]

thank you, sir. really appreciated.

[@gregzaniewski3996]

Thanks and God bless you.

[@uppsie]

I think the most important thing to remember is that as awful and evil as their leaders are, the people of North Korea are normal average people just like anyone else and deserve compassion and respect, just like anyone else.

[@uppsie]

***** That's bound to happen when you're brainwashed from birth and dissent is met with severe punishment such as execution or imprisonment.

[@merlinmediagroup]

@Northern Winds I think the problem is they are highly narcissistic and psychopathic, so to them, total subservience is required to maintain the illusion of control.

[@michaeldavis4276]

No. Normal people would rise up against this type of evil. Normal people would not voluntarily be starved to death, or believe their leadership never takes a shit. Normal people oppose tyranny. These are not normal people. They are cowards.

[@buttkid3548]

@@michaeldavis4276 they are brainwashed, not cowards.

[@방기열-c1n]

There are many fakes in north Korea to show foreign.

[@ItzDrPlow]

gotta be honest that broke my heart to see that woman playing that tablet. she was so excited and just for a moment forgot how horrible her life really was

[@gregfinn3800]

those kids playing the musical instruments are creepy .

[@jspin1103]

Yup, those poor little kids were beaten into submission. Fear's a great motivator.

[@lauratheexplorer6390]

Think of how many hours a day they're made to practice. Must be pretty tough on them, no doubt.

[@jspin1103]

Laura Mundy "Tough on them?" That's putting it mildly. At that level it's called exploitation and/or abuse.

[@lauratheexplorer6390]

Yeah, I know that was an understatement. They basically have no childhood. But these are the lucky ones. They aren't on the outskirts of Pyongyang, freezing and starving to death.

[@AlterMannCam]

They're cute wtf are you talking about

[@NeuroPOP1]

This is by far the most honest documentary on North Korea that I've seen, very far away from prejudice I think. Not to take away any of the horror brought about by such a regime, but thank you for trying to understand them as a people and to try and "explain them" to us. I loved your time-lapse sequences and the music, it all had a very late-Cold War feeling to it. I will certainly make a small donation to you for the awesome job. :)

[@EtheriumSky]

Thanks much for the good words! I'm very much hoping things get easier for the people there soon!

[@Drac39]

You probably got your tour guides killed or imprisoned. Scary scary stuff

[@michaelgee4803]

I have recently read several books on North Korea and viewed many utube films. I find the whole concept of North Korea utterly fascinating but I must say that your film is by far the best of all. You are an excellent film maker and your edit was far superior than that of BBC, RT corporations who obviously operate on vast budgets and for that you should in all sincereity be proud!

[@EtheriumSky]

+Michael Dyas Appreciate the good words, thanks for watching!

[@EtheriumSky]

+anicca vj Hey there - sorry but i actually cannot recommend any travel company - sadly the company i traveled with doesn't appreciate clients coming to them after seeing the film anymore. But look on google - you'll find a whole bunch. No matter who you book with it'll be the same exact thing, ran by NK's gov. Good luck!

[@EtheriumSky]

thanks much!

[@breklein3338]

+Etherium Sky Of course they don't ugh.

[@EtheriumSky]

***** Well the irony is they loved the film, even advertised themselves with it briefly - then they had a sudden 180 a month or so later... im suspecting someone in the gov there happened to see it and flipped out...

[@bluelichen9696]

You should retitle this 'How I got Jim and Mo killed'

[@Beck88]

i dont know about you guys, i think north korea ladies are kinda cute

[@Flame8boy]

This is how you know that Korean women are generally pretty and not revolutionized by plastic surgery.

[@stevehuang8482]

imagine all the pretty girls living life in peace :)

[@atlas-vista]

that's because they don't have tons of make up on them !

[@atlas-vista]

***** very little means ruining the look . No make up is better

[@KirilPetrov65]

I hope north Korea opens up. I wish they prosper and become as good as any country. Their isolation should end. They should be free.

[@KirilPetrov65]

Daniel Acevedo what do you mean? Continue fighting?

[@twoxohxseven]

I agree. And this whole thing between the U.S. And NK is stupid.

[@twoxohxseven]

Bender Rodriquez Ooh, ooh, I know! The U.S. should invade North Korea and bring them democracy! That always works, right? Right? lol jk

[@KirilPetrov65]

Bender Rodriquez there's some of them who want to escape. Eventually there'll be those who oppose their government and form a union leading to chaos

[@CROBlackDEvil]

The communist USSR is the reason DPRK is what it is today. Communism. Promises of great wealth and equal rights for all workers resulted in this. But I would sure love to see a free NK one day :D

[@papaburger]

I wonder what had happened to Jim ( the tour guide mentioned in the film) . Perhaps he was punished ( execution, imprison, sent to labor camp ... etc ). I find exposing the reality with the cost of a tour guide's life disturbing.

[@jaynecordus8274]

I love your choice of music in this.

[@phoenixdavida8987]

Jayne Cordus yes i agree

[@Untrus]

R.I.P Jim

[@patrickm2191]

Dudes! This was the best DPRK documentary I've ever seen. Everyone who made this is incredible.

[@EtheriumSky]

Thank you much!

[@benspreen]

This was by far the best documentary I've seen on DPRK. You focused on the people more than most others, it felt like I was getting to know what the people are like rather than how they are portrayed as sheep in other films. And I must say the art on the MP3 player was quite touching. I hope one day that the country becomes more open and prosperous, and would love to visit when that time comes.

[@microfighterz]

You said what I was thinking. I'm so sick of watching videos of people who go to DPRK and treat the citizens they meet almost like monkeys in a zoo. There's one particular video that gets my blood boiling where these people of a tour were lucky enough to have someone comfortable enough to show them their new smartphone, and showing how it has games and a camera, and the English people are snickering and laughing. Really reminded me of bullies from high school.

[@Timonti3]

I’m just glad you returned safe and sound, man...

[@KissShotAcerolaOrion]

Easily my favorite documentary about North Korea.

[@HarshRajAlwaysfree]

Vice one is the best Long live the Tea girl !!!

[@Bananas4Bananas4]

I loved the documentary until the end (5min). (sorry gunna rag) When he started making his final culminating speech it was insanely positive considering the state of their nation. People are being tortured, murdered, kidnapped in prison camps, the people are dying of starvation, NK citizens blame all their problems on the west. In north Korea their is a great damm that had been built by the great leader and it broke and nearly flooded every single producing farm leading to their mass starvation. But will blame west. The capitalism quote threw me for a loop "there is no capitalism" he said this so positivity like it was good. So I am really confused to why...getting rations not being able to do what you want..seems to be displayed in a positive light... In NK the only want it for war so they may "die together." - said in the testimonials of many NK defectors. Also I am not sure what the director believes in when he shows the video of the englishman on the news. He seems to also play a blame game on western countries and SK and JAP. When the regime and the great leaders are truly to blame for the aggression of the NK. I'm am responding poorly to a well made and i think rather brave young directors documentary right now I know. Korea can not open up. That would unravel the entire regime, there is no hope for the country until their is a change in power. Rather than being depressed seeing the thousands of koreans in their art show (ari-something Sorry!) the director was amazed and impressed... Those people do not a get a day off in their life. They did all that for you... can't you see this isn't what they want to be doing...Kim Jung Il loved the arts and theatre and demanded this from his people. NK is not modern you saw the most modern parts of the country and that's it. It is a show. Not tainted by LCD screens doesnt make this country great. It is tainted by propaganda and I know the director knows this SO i can't understand why his ending reaction is so positive for the miserable, starving, persecuted people of NK. Other than that great documentary. Cinematography was spot on! you are super brave for asking all those questions. be careful though you don't wanna get anyone in trouble! You are a genuine talented dude!

[@GSKim-pv5ey]

May I ask what country you are from and support?

[@Bananas4Bananas4]

Z Kim it's hard for me to 100% support anyone. But I know what I don't support and that's any government/person who does not support and defend basic human rights. :(

[@GSKim-pv5ey]

The United States is included in that list then, is that correct?

[@pawejarek4584]

Katie B im totally agree with you. I ve noticed that the end speech is very dissapointing, especially when we are talking about the future of north korea. Something wrong with this picture. Iphones ?? WTF ! When this guy is saying 10 words about Iphones, in his little poor culminating speech, some family prisoned for generations just then losts mother, father, which were murdered in prison camps. Its totally normal in NK because North Korea is a hell on the earth. The government is the big mafia, which actually are drug dealers. We cant just say a word about future of NK. Its a lost world. Maybe the trains are working, people are talking between each other, but the background is a massive holocaust.

[@yakojjy]

Katie B I've seen Z Kim around, and I honestly think he's a propagandist for North Korea.

[@1618omprakash]

It was really heart touching. I have seen more than dozen documentaries on North korea. I felt that I was travelling in DPRK.

[@MailinP]

okay those kids were the cutest though

[@El-Dorado930]

It's depressing to think about what kind of lives they'll lead when they're grown up.

[@jcheukrn]

I hope u will not get those tour guides in trouble

[@casanovapilar]

do you know if Jim is still alive? or if he is, under what conditions? and the rest of the "tour guides"? are they protected? I wonder...

[@theaob]

That is the same thing I wondered. Probably punished tough.

[@casanovapilar]

Maybe I have to be literal: when you go to a different country (very much from yours), you enter a different culture, and - whether you disagree or not - you HAVE TO RESPECT IT, and your duty is to be aware of certain aspects of it, at least the most important ones. Regarding a communist regime - whether you like it or not - people are under so much control by the governmet they ARE KILLED for anything!, especially if they are suspect to give information to a foreigner, even more if that person is from the USA! Come on! Etherium whatever, you DID NOT KNOW THAT!! I believe you did not. Because you´re taking such a paternalistic/imperialistic attitude through all the documentary; and when the Jim issue happens, you just skip it away as if it was just another monument you pass by in your tour. This is so obvious, my first question implied all this and more. Sometimes you have to do some thorough research beforehand, as well. There are very good history books everywhere. But Jim is DEAD if he was lucky, or "working" in one of their camps, if he was not; together with the rest of his family "by association". Nothing new, most of us do not know. And please, don´t ask for money for any of your "leasure trips".

[@nigahiga6400]

***** Exactly. When I went to the DPRK the Korean guides appointed by the North Korean government spent hours talking about the evil deeds of the "American Imperalists" and other propaganda. Their rules are quite strange, but I found the relationship between you as a tourist and the North Korean guides becomes much friendlier when you abide by the rules and respect their beliefs. They're not out to change your views, so you don't need to argue with their views.

[@joonhlee2001]

Pilar Casanova c

[@jammadamma]

Why are journalists always trying to "challenge" the locals with "provocative" questions? We all know the facts about this oppressive regime they all have to live under. All you are doing is put individuals in danger.

[@isaac8334]

People got no idea how it feels to live on north korea . I have experienced it in my childhood when i was in Iraq back in 1990s under Saddam it was scary life

[@NovemberCrystal]

I really hope the tour guides didn't end up at any of the rehab camps. They seemed like really nice people, but the governments strict policies sadly doesn't allow them to open up much due the severe punishment for doing so. It was a really great documentary. It showed me a lot about the North Korean people and some of their culture outside of their "Great Leader". If the the number 3 really is a lucky number, then I damn hope Kim Jung-Un is the last ruler.

[@nicksum29]

Cried my eyes out when I saw those kids performing. Can you imagine what the adults put them through to achieve such perfection at that age. My God, my God where is your justice and your mercy now!!!!

[@EyFmS]

I say to myself the same thing when i see Toddlers & Tiaras on TLC...

[@nicksum29]

EyFmS Absolutely. Although the comparison is hardly fair. The perfectionism is on a whole different level here. Bordering on psychotic.

[@니뽕이다]

"Jim wanted more and on the way back to Pyongyang he asked me for my MP3 player and the first thing he noticed is that the player was made in Korea. I was a little concerned that I hurt his pride but he wasn't hurt. I think it was just another seed that got planted somewhere in his mind. Jim listened to my player for the entire ride back to Pyongyang. ....otherwise, he liked John Lennon...." Jim is in prison camp now. You wanna bet?

[@CraftezUnited]

Let's rescue him.

[@Protymebilliards]

This doc is just the best keep it up

[@TheCullenbranch]

Amazing documentary! This evoked so much deep thought and emotion, it certainly rivals any documentary put on by Nat Geo or Discovery! Very well done! Where can we donate?

[@EtheriumSky]

Thank you much! Any donations would be appreciated - you can donate at this link goo.gl/6bnA1 . Any funds would be used for the new adventure/documentary feature film from Vietnam, "Vibrant Highland, Commercial Love" - you can see the trailer and some clips on the EtheriumSky KZbin Channel or at www.EtheriumSky.com/VibrantHighland. Thank you much!

[@bambikill7801]

Your documentary was very good, kudos for that. BUT... As several others have pointed out - your naïve approach might very well have gotten your tourguides sent to prison camps (usually for the rest of their life when the issue has to do with "National security") or in the worst case, even executed. I understand that your intentions were good, but you really should have thought a bit about it before you pushed the boundaries so far. What is nothing in a country that's free, in North Korea might mean death or life long imprisonment. You should have gathered more information on the country you were about to visit - then you would have gotten strict warnings about endangering your guides, since it's a known fact that many have gotten in very serious trouble due to not "being able to control the western visitors". Many guides, I'm sure, try to be accommodating to the extent they can, but that shouldn't be revealed by the person filming/taking photos. You should have protected them and not mentioned anything about what they let you do and not. You made matters even worse by actually showing them - on camera - western stuff like KZbin, and you even told outright that you lended your mp3 to the guy. You do know that it's strictly forbidden, by law, for North Koreans to watch/listen to any kind of foreign media? It's a crime mashed up in the huge mess of things that are considered treason. And the final blow was when you said that he liked the music and that you hoped he'd gotten some new insights and ideas. I understand your intention of trying to open doors and unite people over boundaries, to exchange knowledge, culture etc. - but you also have to understand that North Korea is nothing like any other country. (Or, at least most.) It's perfectly fine that you had these talks and showed your stuff - but you should NOT have included that in the doc. I hope the guides are fine and that they have only gotten reprimanded and scolded - but I seriously doubt it.

[@johnLennon255]

Bambi Kill nah Kim definitely had them castrated and hung

[@bambikill7801]

Suq Madiq That's what I'm worried about :S

[@dylannicholls1693]

Bambi Kill Your on drugs mate the laws are extreme but are only usually sorrunding political matters dumb fuck

[@justinmartin4662]

This kind of stuff, the controlling of the people through propaganda and what they see or hear is totally political. Why do you think it’s illegal for them to watch anything from outside the country and even outside music is banned?

[@lhenaguevarra1044]

Very well said. I don't have a problem with KZbinrs bragging their experience in NK, but it's very annoying and frustrating and downright idiocracy when they do so at the expense of NK's citizen. They're people too.

[@revolutionhasexpired6967]

Dude what a beautiful heartfelt video. Very refreshing after watching literally scores of docs on DPRK with the western bias. Keep up the great work.

[@robertomunoz2395]

What do you mean West bias ?!?...Look at the kids performing.....HUMAN ROBOTS . NO FREEDOM = HELL

[@datraremeisje]

this is the best dprk docu i've ever seen (and i've seen a lot) thank you for showing that the tour guides are just people as well

[@EtheriumSky]

thanks for watching, dear!

[@mubrunheira6740]

This is the first DPRK doc i've seen that someone is showing understading instead of trying to push their opinion and yes showing the tour guides are just people, i liked that part a lot.

[@joanandgary59571]

if this is a highlights of the DPRK propaganda tourist exercise then obviously north korea has obviously nothing worth seeing. or worth wasting time on

[@xedalpha1]

Brilliant. At last a balanced documentary showing the people as both oppressed but not mind controlled drones aggressively believing everything they're spoonfed. Paints a picture of possible, slight hope for tomorrow.

[@HughesHallinLA]

Chrystian, thanks for making this wonderful documentary. I've watched just about every on about DPRK that I can find, and yours was the most open-minded and humanist approach to the subject. I really got more of a sense of the people than from any other film I've seen, and to me that is the most important thing. Thanks for this!

[@ASMArtsy]

What a great job exposing the DPRK government while simultaneously making a love letter to the Korean people themselves. They are by far the biggest reason things have to change.

[@RandomGaki]

I remember watching this documentary back in 2013 and couldn't think of the name of it. After searching for nearly an hour I found it. WHY IS THIS NOT HIGHER UP IN THE SEARCH RESULTS ON KZbin. Anyway, absolutely love everything about this documentary. You guys are fucking awesome!

[@EtheriumSky]

Thanks so much! It always means a lot to hear good words from viewers like yourself! It's been a good few years since Land of Whispers got released, we've since completed a couple other features you should check out too! LOVE MARKET (2015) www.etheriumsky.com/gallery/lovemarket/ ARTIST POLICE (2020) www.etheriumsky.com/gallery/artistpolice/ As you noted yourself, youtube algorithms don't really work in our favor, so while our stuff is still available on here, we mainly now promote our work on amazon and on our Etherium Sky Web Site. You can also find 'Etherium Sky Films & Media' on fb if you're on there. Thanks a lot for following our work! :)

[@uncertaintimes411]

Thanks for producing this. I'm half korean and when I see how the north lives compared to the south I get emotional. South Korea is incredible today but knowing the north is the extreme opposite makes me sad. Most people do not realize how extreme North Korea is. Total government control.

[@EtheriumSky]

@Fronika- (yt won't let me reply to you directly! annyoing). I would love to and have been thinking much about visiting and filming in Israel/Palestine. In fact, i met with the director of the Palestinian film '5 broken Cameras' last week (look it up, he tells a pretty impressive story, he was nominated for an Oscar last year) and I felt even more moved by his story, making me want to do something even more. But really it comes down to funding. It's not enough for me to just show up and shoot, the conflict there is pretty complex and in fact my knowledge of it is somewhat minimal. Nonetheless, if any opportunity comes up, i would certainly love to visit, to film, to get to know the people and stories there firsthand.

[@luisahensel]

just hit minute 07:01 . have to continue watching it after work. so far I ♥ what I saw!

[@EtheriumSky]

Luisa Hensel let me know when you finish, Luisa dear! Would love to hear your thoughts!

[@999qwe999]

I know it will be off topic but I need to ask if You are Polish? I am asking as You sound to me like You have Polish accent and I am proud to be Pole myself. Regardless of Your roots You made great documentary and I hope to see some more! Keep up the good work! PS: I would consider Your going back trip to North Korea, especially now when so many people have seen Your movie and after You get some threats from North Korean government. Maybe go in there on different passport or send some friend instead?

[@EtheriumSky]

999qwe999 Good guess, friend ;) Chociaz szczerze nie lubie odpowiadac na pytania o mojej narodowosci. W Polsce sie wychowalem, ale juz od wielu lat mieszkam w roznych innych miejscach i malo mnie laczy z Polska lub jakimkolwiek innym "jednym" krajem. oo, ale w tej chwili akurat slucham nawet starej polskiej muzyki. Wiec chyba mi troche z polskiej kultury zostalo ;) Pozdr!

[@lc6583]

Etherium Sky ( ⊙o⊙ ),I really love your accent.That sounds pretty comfortable.

[@lucidinterval8012]

Dude what an amazing documentary. Underrated. Seriously Etherium Sky this is literally the best DPRK documentary I've seen to date and I think I've seen most if not all of them. Did you feel choked up or get teary eyed at any point in your stay in the DPRK after witnessing the evil horrors that take place there? Did you see pain in anyone's eyes? I feel sad thinking about it, I couldn't imagine witnessing it.

[@EtheriumSky]

Thank you much for the good words. Yes, during the kids performance i had an internal mini breakdown. Ethical battle was going on in my head - do i film this or does filming just make me an indirect accomplice? And here, they actually subtly encouraged filming. The few foreigners that were there watching mostly had tears their eyes and probably felt just like me. I spent the whole afternoon that day in my room trying to make sense of it all. That said - i wouldn't use the words 'evil horrors' and i myself surely did not experience anything remotely that extreme... A month ago I was on the Thai/Myanmar border, witnessing the miserable/helpless fate of the Burmese refugees there. Just couple weeks ago I snuck into Myanmar's Chin state and met some amazing locals in this near completely unknown part of the world, living under constant military presence, with pretty high tensions. Now I'm in Bangladesh, reading about bloggers getting macheted to death minutes away from where I'm staying, out in the open, for practically nothing. Not defending NK by any means and i'm very aware of the news and attrocity reports etc, but I guess my point is that the 'evil horrors' you mention are relative - each person, each region, each community worldwide faces different horrors, in one way or another - i just do my best to stay impartially informed, give up on hasty judgement and whenever possible, help in any, even smallest way - every person in the world can do that much if they want to. Ok, end of sermon, i talk to much ;p

[@chuckiecheeze69]

Great documentary, Christian! You had me even more at the mention of Rammstein on your MP3 player. ;)

[@EtheriumSky]

Thank you Much! :)

[@juanholguin8783]

Everywhere this guy went, there are military people carrying guns. This is like the book 1984 but with korean people as the characters

[@Grimmes12]

Funny you say that, because another vlogger that filmed his trip to DPRK asked for the 1984 book at their library.

[@maralenia]

why are you film-makers always pushing guides into troublesome and uncomfortable situations? your stupidity always brings people into trouble

[@aceghostification1162]

you dont even dare to step into north korea.. so please just shut up

[@maralenia]

***** lol, NO I wan't

[@leainadevil]

This is the best North Korea documentary I've seen so far and I'm pretty sure I won't see better unless you make another one. Amazing job. :D

[@EtheriumSky]

haha thanks

[@kilobravo449]

Just found your video and though it did show the DPRK like many videos of the same subject matter, however yours did reflect something positive and your correspondent planted more seeds in DPRK's garden. Thank you for producing this video and posting it.❤

[@warcatbattalion]

so creepy, i felt that all the poeple you met, in the bowling centre, the shop lady, even children, all of them are just actor to show you something. i can feel that just by looking at their faces and expressions... they are not honest, and i clearly saw no smile at all in these local people's faces. except the cashier lady when she played angry birds. thats real honest smile. i hope all north korean could smile like her. and RIP tour guide Jim, he obviously either in the concentration camp or dead already.

[@PetrSlavik6969]

i also believe Jim got "removed". Sadly, Koreans should see this documentary, not us......

[@potatoO0o]

I find this video quite selfish. Filming for every price, not caring that it could cost all those guides their lives.

[@potatoO0o]

He can still film things they allow him to film and not put those people in danger.

[@RinLockhart]

Unfortunately, this isn't the only one. Besides, not every tourist coming to the DPRK can keep their mouth shut. As long as the country is isolated, people will get curious.

[@Martoto94]

Those kids were creepy as fuck! Tripping balls creepy.

[@Martoto94]

If that were the case, I wouldn't be creeped out by the kids, they would be creeped out by me. Nice try though.

[@YardikinJapan]

This is certainly one of the best the best materials that is to be found on KZbin about North Korea. I especially liked how you illustrated the relationship with the tour guides, which expanded through the stay, up to the finale with the music player which honestly made me think a lot. I will do my best to donate as soon as possible and I look forward to your piece from Vietnam. P.S. I just hope the tour guides are okay.

[@EtheriumSky]

Thank you for watching and for the good words :) Last I heard the guides are all right - I wish there was a way to reach out to them somehow, letter-writing or something - I thought about it many times and really would like to - but I guess there's no real way to do that. "Love Market" - my feature from Vietnam, is up here if you haven't seen it yet! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZqTf3h3ZdV5l6c

[@irlBarraON]

This is absolutely brilliant. Excellent work.

[@bicebrewster5022]

I FIRMLY believe that your visit did MORE to cement relations between North Korea and the rest of the World...excellent VIDEO!!!!

[@EtheriumSky]

+Bice Brewster Thank you much! I did seem to piss off both Americans and the North Koreans and I hear if you piss off both sides of the conflict you must've done something right heh. It was just a very small project - but if it could do some good then i'm happy :)

[@DaesungMars]

best north korea documentary on youtube. I keep rewatching it every once in a while. it really humanizes the north koreans while still showing the severe problems of the country. if north korea does open up one day, I'll sure as hell be there to see it as well.

[@hekimaasilia6207]

Hi guys, its Jim here. Just to assure you that I was not harmed during the making of this documentary. Thanks for your concern.

[@Mary-ue5kc]

Wait did you escape Jim? Whoss account is this? 😂

[@PENDANTturnips]

I think we can safely assume that the tour guide Jim is totally fucked now. Oh well great documentary

[@Cosmosandchisme]

I think this is my favorite documentary of all time.

[@EtheriumSky]

+Kimberly H Thank you!

[@shishi7123]

This is the first high quality video of NOrth Korea I have watched so far. Thanks for this. I hope Jim is okay. I am concerned

[@champton911]

I was hit really hard when you questioned how they will feel when they learn the truth about the dear leaders. My immediate thought was "They never will". How can they?

[@Driveontheroad]

You gotta give credit to this guy. This is a really well-made documentary, probably the best one about NK on KZbin.

[@EtheriumSky]

Lexy Klein Thanks much!

[@kestonsmith1354]

True

[@SnuggeryBuggery]

I do not see the lack of tablets, internet, and pervasive social media to be a downside....

[@heyuxin5658]

trying living your life without the items you mentioned above for one year. Good luck.

[@KydeDimaandal]

Harry Hehehehe Nah. 18 would be more suitable to experience what the North Koreans experience.

[@blahblahman54321]

Harry Hehehehe i did it isnt that hard:/

[@breakhart]

"I tried to imagine myself in his situation and I tried to understand" - do you really understand? if you do, you definitely not talking about political issue to your guide 😀

[@Sheehanjacobks96]

Why can't we all be together? These people are no different than me or you. The bowling alley scene where Moe missed all the pins,when he was walking back he had a hint of laughter/embarassement. I've seen that exact look from my friends while bowling. The montage starting @51:30 was incredibly moving, being able to see that these are regular people, trying to survive like everyone else. We are all one, separated by grudges and ignorance. We live in fear of each other, but do we know why?

[@tyroneellison6862]

This is not true! These people believe that Kim jong fatty is a god and they would kill u if you stated your opinion of dear leader or whatever the sick ass goes by!

[@abrahamhernandez3289]

This is a proper example on how documentaries are supposed to be made, with full transparency, open mind and a desire to learn and comprehend, rather than criticise and discard. I sat through the entire video in awe of the capabilities of the NK people. And I totally agree with you. If they were introduced into the modern world, if ethnic, politic, social and economic barriers broke, North Korea would most likely be one of the top powers in the entire world. Keep up the great work. -An amateur filmaker.

[@fayereaganlover]

Ethnic barriers? Are you brain dead? Immigration would kill North Korea. Go away with your multiculturalism degeneracy shit. We all know what happens to countries which open up to the west: they get full of western degeneracy.

[@synterlu]

Isn't he putting the tour guide in danger by disclosing that he didn't answer when he asked if he really believed in it? ( around 17:00 )

[@milowolfface9392]

He 100% definitely did.

[@shankarpanchapakesan7443]

Hai iam p.sankar i want to be a any film actor ok

[@curiouslytot1950]

The performances were breath taking. Absolutely beautiful

[@shawklan27]

This is WAY better than vice's version

[@BingleFlimp]

This what I want to see in documentaries; real, honest and neutral perspectives. He didn't make me fall in love with North Korea by any stretch of the imagination but he didn't send me away thinking that North Korea was evil, as other documentary makers have done.

[@christianberthiaume8597]

North Korea isn't evil at all except for the people who run the country.

[@BingleFlimp]

Christian Berthiaume I'm well aware of this, look at my comment.

[@CommieJesus]

Oh my God, that's what I call quality content. Keep up the great job, bro. PS: the only thing I disliked was that stereotypical communist font with Russian letters. Just remember that whenever a Russian viewer sees it, you make them cringe. It's not offensive, it's just considered incredibly stupid here.

[@CommieJesus]

***** quote me on saying anything about "red" or "star" and I'll give you a cookie.

[@CommieJesus]

***** I mean fonts like this image.naldzgraphics.net/2012/02/1-kremlin.jpg

[@samfigueroa5087]

Communism was founded in the Soviet Union, that's why he uses the Russian characters

[@CommieJesus]

Sam Figueroa erm... no it wasn't

[@samfigueroa5087]

Commie Jesus my bad

[@CM-kx4on]

Wow, what a facinating video! Outstanding job!

[@룩턴]

South Korea. I love my country. I will never go to N. Korea.

[@kristapsfreibergs7752]

Same

[@isaacpadilla9075]

Same

[@MrMojoSuper]

Great job man! I really enjoyed your objective documentary style reporting! Keep up the good work! Regards from Sweden.

[@EtheriumSky]

Thanks! Be sure to subscribe, we have another feature release this month, within the next 2 weeks!

[@TheMoonchild1969]

North Korea seems to be the asian equivalent of Cuba in the region, but more reclusive. The people are hungry not only for the lack of food which is a way for a totalitarian regime to undermine the people's strength for insurrection, but also hungry for new ideas and concepts. They appear to be industrious and resourceful, and their younger generation look well educated, although I fear highly indoctrinated. The cult of personality to the supreme leaders is almost pathological and very shocking by western standards.The way the tourist guides portrayed themselves as faithful lackeys left me bewildered, but then I remembered, we have also idealized and idolized our leaders and their ideologies all along the way, so sickening. Another distressful aspect I've learned from this documentary is the north Korea's common man apparent ignorance of modern world cultural gyrations in terms of current affairs, literature, music, art and technology. That entrenched ostracism could be a burden to progress for a country that quietly covets it. A burden that must be carried for various generations, once the regime is out of the equation. North Korea is definitely suspended in an undefined alternative time frame. Their architecture frozen in an awkward regression of an already far behind futuristic 1950s, is basically featureless of any desire to strive for beauty. Ugliness is not an overall adjective every country has its niceties, but this country is not well embellished even by a regime that aims for excellency, they hardly have any art painting hanging in any wall. Highly noticeable was how barren the metropolitan landscape is with those colorless dull looking buildings, almost resembling a Chernobyl phantomish retro style. Honestly, I will never undestand the reasons why any government leadership wants to keep its people in the dark, the compulsively man controlling men, that's an evolutionary trait we homo sapiens need to overthrow and rapidly. Some desolation could have settled down in the structures, but the people wants to shine, that's obviously a potent contrast. Finally, I was moved by one of the lackey's final address, he opened a little bit. Maybe his soul will be delivered from history one day, when his people finally join us in the continuously freedom defining world. Mankind will then listen and learn the intimate accounts of one hundred years experience from the north Korean people with this retarded flickering Kim regime. Thus, helping us avoid any putrid scent of any tyranny that may arise thereafter. A tyranny well planted in the hearts, well conceived in the minds of those, who will ever dare to think; they are the ones who only know what's best for us.

[@bambikill7801]

+TheMoonchild1969 Your post was interesting and excellently written - but you should split such big chunks of text into smaller paragraphs - it's hard to read otherwise :) About the guides - they aren't all that faithful, I suspect. But considering what their punishments will be if they DON'T act like that - they can't do it any other way. They aren't precisely guides, in our sense of the word, rather "guards", making sure that the tourists don't venture nor snoop around. Unfortunately, I think these guides fell into VERY serious trouble due to the carelessness of the documentary maker. He was far too naïve.

[@UJOPhoto]

Top-notch production quality. Best documentary I watched about NK.

[@sithvsjedi9696]

To be fair to Moe & the other tour guides they are under pressure we could never even fathom in getting their "performance" just right. When you confronted him I think his complete 180 was as much respect as well as fear. The people in that nation walk a tight rope everyday & I have so much empathy & respect for them. It's not their fault their country is as messed up as it is 🙏🏼

[@caitlinlenz]

Fox News should see this before they call Obama a dictator.

[@ivanmand123]

35:17, just like the scene on "The Interview", fake groccery...

[@bobathicc6188]

ivanmand123 the fake fat kid

[@naciremasti]

i think ive seen 95% of what youtube has to offer on the DPRK, this is the best of them all. thank you

[@yousnortthedsnotofdirtyric3382]

25:55 "maybe I went too far" Ya think? You probably got Jim killed.

[@TotallyArrJay]

'The dear leader visited here' 'The dear leader visited there' 'The dear leader visited this factory 50 times' I can't blame the Kim family for visiting everywhere to be honest, they're stuck in a country where they themselves don't have much to do because of the rules they themselves set up, unless they do have the entertainment in their government homes and just want to hop onto a plane

[@ar2014]

Outstanding.. really an impressive work

[@JakeBroe]

Thanks for getting this footage out! These stories have to be seen and heard by the world.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Great video man ... Subbed!

[@EtheriumSky]

Thanks much!

[@sansowaks]

Fantastic Documentary with a organised approach towards formulating a video - Introduction at start, Explanation during the midst and a fantastic Conclusion. Keep Up Good Work !!

[@EtheriumSky]

K thanks much for watching! Be sure to check out other films on our channel!

[@Miath6951]

I watched North Korea documentaries as much as they are made available. This is the best documentaries I ever found. May be this is the fifth times I watching this film.

[@EtheriumSky]

thank you much friend!

[@EtheriumSky]

thank you much friend!

[@EtheriumSky]

thank you much friend!

[@pranjalvw2193]

wow.. Somewhere in Modern History things went terribly wrong... Appreciated bro

[@BlueSkyCountry]

If the Tzarist and Soviet Union were called the "Third Rome" as many historians consider Russia to have taken up the Roman crown after the Byzantine Empire fell, North Korea is the continuation of the Soviet state and can very well be called the Fourth Rome. Everything in North Korea is very reminiscent of Imperial Rome, from architecture to it's sculptures and monuments everywhere.

[@InsaneCopePosse]

Don't forget Turkmenistan. Actually soviet territory

[@BlueSkyCountry]

@@InsaneCopePosse Yep. Turkmenistan is also very curious and odd.

[@lexiehewson3429]

Wow, great documentary, I loved it. Well done my friend!