Ontario man stumbles upon “mind-boggling” North Korean state TV broadcasts

North Korea is one of the most isolated and secretive countries in the world. Its 26 million residents are cut off from the outside world, while North Korea’s government is extremely selective about what it chooses to show to outsiders.
Despite all of this, an Ontario man was able to tune in to a live feed of North Korean state television.
Global's Jeff Semple speaks with Peter Fairlie about how he stumbled upon the network and what he saw.
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[@GoodKingMort]

‘He started watching and couldn’t stop’ He’s now a proud North Korean citizen.

[@karmalovecollectorkarmalov-t5o]

😂 it’s how all Scientologists start, too 😩😩😩

[@Ketowski]

@@karmalovecollectorkarmalov-t5o It’s not. It’s started by them saying we need to limit contact with your family because they’re “bad” influences, much like the right wing extremists do.

[@bjpargeter466]

With food and shelter considered a fundamental human right for all, I could see why

[@ThenameisJo]

​@@RonBoerste "says the guy follow a cult leader trump"

[@RonBoerste]

@@Ketowski also before I forget look up what Schumer means in the dictionary 😁👌🍻

[@jahjoeka]

Guy was trying to get free cable and found North Korea 😂

[@Kovy_f.art_]

It’s where all roads lead

[@jakes-dev1337]

Literally satellite is not cable

[@user-bp8ls7gn2u]

Cable starts with satellite or did you think they run a cable to each TV station 🤦

[@jahjoeka]

Why everybody trying to be a smartazz for a joke? It's a joke, u haha to it and move on. You don't fact check jokes 🤦

[@boogerf3679]

​@@jahjoeka Jokes should be funny.

[@Dellaluna13]

The pressing question: Did the boat driver not notice he had plenty of room to steer well away from that tree?

[@jayceecee8651]

They needed it there to enhance the scene. 😂 Edited footage makes it seem genuine.

[@QSAUnited]

Well we can't ask him anymore, he was executed shortly after.

[@manudauphin175]

His life was on the line, so he went straight into the branch tree.

[@b-rare]

They had to add some drama to the video

[@squidikka]

They also cut out the best part. After they "crash" Kim points menacingly at the boat driver. So yeah, suffice it to say that unfortunate guy is probably in a camp somewhere.

[@spykewyn8395]

"Yeah, so I was trying to steal the Olympics, and I accidentally picked up North Korea." Wild.

[@skwish6401]

Internet and TV channels should be free just like free speech.

[@diswardexia6105]

​@skwish6401 if that so, how can they maintain operational cost? You want some hardworking people work for free?

[@highmedic2351]

No one said that.

[@Errlazzy]

The olímpic Was free in europe..

[@spykewyn8395]

@@highmedic2351 🤓

[@2394098234509]

This broadcast engineer must be seething that they called his parabolic disc a "backyard satellite" lmao

[@craigmitton5047]

Yes. This is the reason i even watched the video. Good old C band and/or K band home TVRO dishes. North Korea broadcasts somehow not encrypted? Cory Doctorow could write a story with that premise. A real cottage industry in the 80's, helped pay for my college days.

[@Roddy556]

First thing I noticed

[@liammorgans7329]

@@craigmitton5047what are you saying?

[@khyree8928]

​@@liammorgans7329 Craig worked on installing satellites in the 1980's "cottage industry" just meaning people worked from out of their homes. Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author who could make a book on people watching unencrypted tv broadcasts.

[@HereticRamza]

@@craigmitton5047 I watch a lot of videos about satellites and parabolic dishes and I've never seen any encrypted satellite broadcasting. Do you have example videos or articles where someone catches encrypted data from a satellite broadcast? Also, do you know where I could read more about how to encrypt data from a satellite? I'm a software engineer but I'm interested in satellite programming and I'm trying to learn more on the topic.

[@loone8535]

So frickin surreal.. their tv shows look like 1980 and 2005 at the same time

[@FireStick-nu4pn]

This video was preceded by a campaign ad for Kamala Harris. I thought it was the North Korean propaganda this video was about! It’s so similar in comparison. Just lie after lie about how much good our Dear Leaders and unelected officials are doing. We’re not too far behind them. In the West, you can go to prison for liking a meme. If Kamala and her comrades get their way, we’ll also be punished for viewing content not approved by the state.

[@jackharle1251]

Justin is jealous

[@infernaldaedra]

The are like a time capsule from their isolation

[@Aphichat.]

Their resolution havent kept up with the time.

[@malinia.20]

What's actually surreal is they have no homelessness and live good lives despite experiencing a genocide and some of the most brutal economic sanctions on the planet

[@user-tq9bg7dp7o]

He didn't "HACK" into it. He just picked up the satellite broadcast on his satellite receiver.

[@TreeMovies]

you can also watch it live on the internet, and that's been a thing for years now

[@theon216]

​@@TreeMovies people have been collecting nk related things for years, i know quite a lot of collectors, one of them the founder of shiwani TV. He recently got pochonbo vol 43, one of if not the rarest.

[@bcluett1697]

It's probably for embassy or something. The colour bars with the english title on the channel makes me think it's for rebroadcast here.

[@Shadow_Banned_Conservative]

What they should have told us is what satellite that is being broadcast over. Does North Korea have their own communications satellites? I doubt it. Also propaganda channels I doubt would be encrypted, they want you to be able to see it.

[@kev1n726]

@@TreeMovies Yes it was redistributed live on KZbin for years from a NK Government channel. I occasionally wound through it but soon got bored. Thought I still had it subbed but no longer see it listed. / Sat feed has also been around for ages. I used to pick it up in Europe sometimes on 10 degree east back in the early 2000s.

[@jackharper8307]

That’s not a satellite. It’s a satellite dish. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@annsam2111]

😂😂😂😂

[@leblueawoo]

Technically, it's called a parabolic antenna.

[@georgef1176]

Actually it’s considered an antenna

[@GigaStinkerino]

Its hilarious when people try to pontifocate about things they have litteraly no knowledge of. youre doing gods work by fumbling for our entertainment.

[@jackharper8307]

@@GigaStinkerino You’re not saying I fumbled there are you?

[@joedellinger9437]

In the 1980’s a Stanford student figured out how to pirate the signal from the USSR satellites broadcasting to Siberia. It was piped onto the Stanford University cable TV network. We watched the Gorbachev era take hold, live, it was amazing! My favorite was the first ever live call-in program. They did not know to screen the callers. Caller after caller said “I don’t believe this is live and I don’t believe random citizens could be allowed on national TV”. The host ended up holding his watch up to the camera and saying “SEE, THIS IS THE CURRENT TIME! Don’t call in UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION!”.

[@mattmarzula]

Nice "I went to Stanford" soft brag.

[@345mrse]

@@mattmarzula What’s not to brag about? We owe this one our livlihoods. Let me be the first to express my thankfulness.

[@Iz0pen]

@@mattmarzula yes they Stamford propaganda is much easier to swallow than the crude DPRK stuff. MK ultra helps

[@rq4740]

@345mrse tf you talking about

[@bigfootpart4therevengeancing]

​@@HughJass-jv2lt Okay, you win. Or your dorm mate wins. Maybe both?

[@greenworkstu]

For clarification, this man is perfectly stable and not suicidal.

[@Natasha___.]

That’s exactly what I was thinking.

[@XbraveheartX87]

the dude is fine he just has a hobby. go touch grass

[@PeterNgola]

​@@XbraveheartX87you missed the point.... They weren't saying anything bad about the guy they were concerned about what could happen to him since this made national news

[@NEKRWSPHERE]

In fact his depression is now gone, his hair grew back, his productivity is that of a 20-year old, and he is a devout Juche follower.

[@ChuckThree]

He didn’t whistleblown on Boeing, so he should be fine

[@tytoguardian]

“He started watching and couldn’t stop.” OH MY GOD!! HE’S BEEN BRAINWASHED BY THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT!!

[@kawasukiyamahonda]

That lady is wrong.... The biggest propaganda campaign ever carried out in human history was done to the AMERICAN people, and is still ongoing How else do you get them to support funding for endless wars while their mothers file for medical bankruptcy. How else do you get them to be passive while their jobs are taken from them, and given to foreigners so millionaires can buy another summer house. How else do you rob the younger generations of their future, of the American dream, while pretending like they're not slaves to the oligarchy? How else would a govt spy on the texts, conversations, emails, internet history, pictures, videos, of it's citizens while telling them they still live in a democracy? The list goes on and on.

[@johnjeffreys6440]

chinpocomon

[@scraidywolf7081]

😂😂😂

[@richhauxwell7848]

He's already brainwashed by The Canananain Lame Stream Media Propaganda Outlets

[@7x779]

" controlling the Public's mind is the fundamental focus of the regime" So they're just the same as the leftist owned media in Canada and the US. Disagree or run contrary to their narrative, and they'll cancel you. Add all opposing viewpoints are also censor suppressed or demonized

[@firstandforemost87]

What really amazes me is that anybody was so determined to watch the Olympics.

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

He only wanted to see the hiphop dance competition in case Canada had a chance to top Australia’s Raygun.

[@GEMMiOx]

@@ithinkaboutthings9052Apparently Canada won gold in the men’s division so who knows lol

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

@@GEMMiOx Good lord! I thought you were kidding with that comment. Lol.

[@nunyabidness7547]

he was hoping to catch some of the womens sausage competitions

[@pjamateus]

was fun. enjoyed watching it

[@gordonleslie3581]

It wasn't "hacked".. it's a freely available propaganda channel.

[@jennyohara4011]

We watch American Propaganda every minute that tells us how great things are...but we are bankrupt as a country and society

[@JuMa-m9i]

It’s not a propaganda, it’s reality.

[@rafael_lana]

​@@JuMa-m9i😂

[@Hiznogood]

@@jennyohara4011 So why aren’t you in N. Korea then? I know you ain’t there now, because you wouldn’t be allowed to watch and comment on KZbin if you where!

[@anthonyturner9896]

Wait, it’s freely available? How do you access it then?

[@acommon]

This is not a satellite guys. This is a satellite dish. Completely different things. It's like calling your tire a car.

[@user-br2qr1dp4r]

Well you can’t have a car without tires

[@StitchInTime5638]

@@user-br2qr1dp4r yes you can. It may not go anywhere but you could have a fully functional car without tires and drive it, just not very well. lol ha ha ha

[@TonyDracon]

nah same thing

[@MrIgottap]

You are correct, and the only one that thinks it matters enough to post about it.

[@paulrosebush9137]

@@MrIgottap it mattered enough for you to reply

[@jamess9138]

Being from Ontario he immediately apologized to anyone he might have offended.

[@Deontjie]

North Korea now more freedom of speech than the US, GB and Europe. There are no illegal foreigners in North Korea killing innocent people.

[@alvinc.pasoquin1920]

Yes. Especially the South Koreans 🇰🇷

[@bordereau1]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Chudsic]

Lol funny enough tho Ontario folk be the least polite of us Canadians. Southern Ontario might as well be America

[@tonybaloney8401]

​@@ChudsicMore like India

[@manuellubian5709]

As the friend of a former cable company employee, as well as a former tape editor engineer...... I think the bigger question is supposedly just how could someone randomly pick up on the foreign transmission signal. I guess what I am concerned about is how did that signal manage to NOT get picked up by the FCC, 1st, as an intrusion into our signaling network?

[@jok3r906]

A three letter government agency, do you think they really care?

[@jayprojects9693]

He must've been in the North Korean's own satellite's footprint. There are fewer and fewer now, but many channels are freely available by satellite.

[@SuperTrainStationH]

FCC? Do you realize this story is out of Canada?

[@manuellubian5709]

@@SuperTrainStationH Fully aware of that. However, my bigger point is that there should not be any Federal Communications system here in the Western Hemisphere that is in any way shape or form connected to or able to receive signal from anywhere in the puppet government.

[@bobweiram6321]

@@SuperTrainStationH Hey, don't you know the world revolves around murica? Sheesh!

[@mdogzino]

With a dish that big he should be catching alien telecommunications.

[@moeelma8788]

Thts a a FTA... free to air dish, they are bigger than regular dish... They catch free signal from satelites... this is not something extraordinary.. There is also iran and hezbolah tv and a bunch of extremist christian missionary tv.. Mostly illegal tv... Once i cought an american military base tv channel

[@trishemerald2487]

That's probably the real reason he made it.

[@auscop]

That size is very normal for people who are in to scanning the sky's for a huge variety of TV. I had one even slightly larger in Australia in early 90's and managed to watch CNN live during the first gulf war. Many years before it was available here.

[@Jason-wc3fh]

Hahaha. You youngsters crack me up. The early satellite dish's were typically 6' to 12' in diameter and frequently moved in a specified direction to go from satellite to satellite as the amount of channels available per satellite was limited to about 32 or so. His dish is actually a bit small in comparison.

[@mdogzino]

​@@trishemerald2487 you're right, note the SpaceX merch he's wearing too lol.

[@oddballskull1941]

Them: Provoking fan frenzies, reminiscent of Me: hitler Them: Taylor swift Me: never mind

[@calmingwizard6123]

EPIC!!!!

[@christinaburney5935]

Those fan frenzies are people acting because their lives and the lives of their families depend on their acting skills.

[@obomasinladen]

@@christinaburney5935 I don't think so. They are so isolated from the rest of the world. You can't yearn for what you don't know therefore I'd bet they aren't acting. Sure the grass is *actually* greener but are they aware of that if they've been fed lies since birth?

[@carmenmccauley585]

LMAO 😂😂😂

[@scapegoat712]

I was thinking Kamala at the DNC... great minds think alike?

[@fordhouse8b]

You have 5 links under this video, yet you don’t have either the forethought or the decency to link to Peter Fairlie’s own channel? Also, referring to a satellite dish a a satellite? Really?

[@DanScrap1]

What's hilarious is that I just found his channel right before I saw this comment. You are right though. It's lame they didn't link.

[@16jnajm]

Journalist quality 📉

[@AceS_34]

It says on the top right of the screen lol

[@fordhouse8b]

@@AceS_34 A credit is not a link. They mention his name and that he has a KZbin channel in the story as well, but that is not a link someone can click on. I found his channel easily, but a link would drive far more traffic to his channel. The internet is built on links.

[@repaleonhalo9754]

American propaganda

[@bryanjensen2614]

If you're caught watching Seinfeld in North Korea it's no soup for you....literally.

[@Melody_Raventress]

Nah, into the soup...

[@moto_45__]

They aren't allowed soup to begin with lol

[@patrickr2601]

There society isn’t up to speed to know what soup is yet

[@ThomasPerezGhost]

@@Melody_Raventress Directly to soup!

[@Nino-ic7ib]

"Controlling the publics mind has been the fundamental focus of the regime" Gee, sounds familiar

[@anybodyoutthere3208]

I had to laugh 🤣 Yep look it’s the US on the screen

[@SaishsJahshsb-ou9nl]

Pretty much every country and news Where just told its democracy cause we vote lol 😂 Atleast North Korea you can see it easier

[@42Oismybirthday]

True north Korea is so based I'm moving there next month. You should too 😊

[@americancapitalist9094]

@@42OismybirthdayThey’re two heads of the same coin. Sure we have more freedom of choice, but the elites are still in control of both countries.

[@winston_smith311]

the US mass media is the most corrupt entity to ever exist.

[@EugWanker]

A link to the KZbin channel mentioned in the report would have been nice.

[@Fabulousprofound168]

His KZbin channel is his name: Peter Fairlie

[@harryfogarty8190]

You can find the channels broadcasting over the internet for years. I just watched it not that long ago

[@DonnellOkafor-r2d]

I watch NK state TV on YT

[@mleroux1023]

@@Fabulousprofound168

[@MisterMister5893]

Ironically,, that would constitute as western propaganda.

[@Justaguyinthecornerofthescreen]

“Dodging tree branches to save his citizens” That’s literally the only the thing I’ve ever heard him do for his people and even that is dumb

[@Fromer23]

Imagine taking global news seriously, are you okay dude?

[@myview5840]

Imagine your leaders doing that, nope me neither.

[@hockeyham]

Didn't Trudeau do that when helping fight the wildfires in Alberta?

[@aldammer4912]

Yeah, but he threw them in there in the first place.

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

In a suit lmao

[@agnosticsaint]

“Ontario man’s disappearance baffles RCMP”

[@mikeedwards1768]

the disappearance of a squirrel baffles the rcmp

[@Tiffany-Rose]

More at 11 😬😅

[@michaelmccarthy3139]

"Communist sleeper cell found in suburban Ontario"

[@chaseroush6503]

"Oh, we sure enough don't know where he went, eh?"

[@Number4lead]

​@@chaseroush6503to disappear him was a joint venture of N Korea and Trudeau

[@luketarus2769]

That's the propaganda N.Korea wanted the world to see.

[@morapelimokokomali7907]

😂😂😂

[@dessertlocust]

u.s. is better at it, it got biden elected.

[@google_is_a_criminal]

You are worse than gullible if you think what you watch isn't propaganda too.

[@SuperBoomshack]

Resembles the Democrat party

[@alanrogs3990]

@@SuperBoomshack At least in N Korea those cheering people know they have to do it. In the West the people willingly do it. Amazing!

[@blacksideg]

"YOURE WATCHING THE WESTERN SHOW CALLED "The Office", STRAIGHT TO THE LABOUR CAMP WITH YOUUUUU" -Some North Korean police probably

[@Fools_Requiem]

"You're watching Parks and Rec?! Believe it or not, straight to jail."

[@takiz8667]

I read it in a korean accent lol

[@Al_Gore_Rhythmn]

We're not far behind

[@-----------------------------]

@@Al_Gore_Rhythmn yup a certain party with a felon as it's poster child and his BFF was a PDF file. Turns out he payed multiple visits to that PDF file island.

[@Jamtron88]

Yes you are lol​@@Al_Gore_Rhythmn

[@DzTubz]

"This expert" killed me off 🤣🤣🤣

[@rad4924]

Ah yes, that's who Kim Jong Un always reminded me of: Taylor Swift.

[@Avocado740]

The crowd looks exactly alike.

[@Petesworkshop2225]

😂

[@Podcastforthewin]

Mind controlled people, not sure if they actually Kim Un Swift and the new communist regime

[@MirlitronOne]

Yeah, but can you name any of his hit records?

[@just.a.guy324]

@@MirlitronOnerocket man?

[@austinnightingale5134]

Right now somebody in North Korea is watching MSNBC and shaking their head

[@mastakush4272]

Or faux news and saying this is similar to our news! 😂

[@glytchd]

You presume they have the freedom or time to do so. Aside from the fact you'll literally be put in a prison camp if you were caught watching msnbc.

[@alb.7389]

Yeah... North Korea strives to be as good as MSNBC... 😂

[@davebrewer7170]

@@austinnightingale5134 watching MSNBC makes the North Koreans appreciate all the freedoms they have in their society compared to communist USA

[@matthewbbenton]

“News programs praising the regime.” Thank goodness we don’t have such things.

[@cmbells7736]

Sarcasm i assume

[@VTXHobbies]

​@@cmbells7736duhh

[@davidg4288]

@@cmbells7736 No sarcasm. Not even right now.

[@amberturdcoloringbook1733]

Trump cult members wish Trump was the Supreme leader 🤣🤣

[@dancook2425]

Trump 2024 🎉

[@danielwestphal6941]

It's hilarious that Americans call a morning national anthem "propaganda", yet make their school children pledge allegiance to the flag every morning

[@DinDooIt]

It's different when you're not off'ed for watching TV!

[@notNajimi]

Yeah lol. The propaganda hadn’t even started yet by that point in the broadcast, it was just the intro

[@laffey.chan_]

Literally every nations has their own distinctive propagandas, whether they're democratic or authoritarian regime

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

Which schools “make” anyone recite the Pledge of Allegiance? Be specific.

[@andrewmaximo4485]

Ontario is in Canada.

[@pl0930]

How long did it take him to realize he wasn't watching the CBC?

[@robertheintz8017]

Petty dictator Justin dreams of this.

[@jimmyzhao2673]

He was probably thinking Trudeau looks a little bit different these days.

[@mentilly_all]

This comment wins. 👏

[@jeremyallen9624]

North Korean: "I came to America to learn how to make the best propaganda." American: "We don't have propaganda here." North Korean: "Exactly."

[@lissalow]

Haha my thoughts exactly! Both countries broadcast propaganda but one is more insidious about it. One parent forces the child to eat broccoli and the other parent blends the broccoli into chocolate ice-cream.

[@sarasays...850]

Nailed it

[@BigDome1]

​@@lissalowyes, all countries broadcast propaganda and the propaganda in the West is awful, but to attempt to compare the two in any way is disingenuous and just wrong beyond belief. They exist in a different stratosphere of propaganda, to a point where people there have literally no understanding of the outside world whatsoever and the majority aren't even allowed to leave. There is no diversity of political thought, and people are in a complete mental prison. If you lived there for a few years, you would not think there was any comparison to be made whatsoever. "Propaganda" is too soft of a word for what they do. It's outright, daily, enforced brainwashing.

[@kirinsama2959]

This is the truth 😅

[@MichaelShulski]

And you are the Good Guy Freedumb Fighter who is smarter than everyone else

[@gavinjordan5895]

My guy really showed the authorities that he was tryna get sports channels for free

[@BeagleBob-zw7wg]

You have no idea how the world was before media companies bought exclusive rights to frequencies that corrupt politicians had no right to sell

[@northamericanpichu]

“I was just looking for the sports channel, Gary”

[@sketchdoesmusic]

Fortunately people pretty much never get in trouble for piracy.

[@Foggen]

If they broadcast it unencrypted, you can watch it. Pretty straightforward.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Who even watches tv nowdays 😂😂😂

[@unintentionalprovocateur2158]

Story should say: "Ontario man found still using satellite from 70s to watch television"

[@bobsmith6544]

80's

[@natehill8069]

Its free once you have the equipment. If I had one I would use it.

[@ChrisJericho-yf4db]

It's true they don't make things good like they used to,lol. You want something good buy old

[@kellychuba]

@@bobsmith6544 70's

[@pinballshawn]

I hope you all like religion, foreign shows and news feeds because that's all you're going to get with a C-band satellite dish. It's fun to tinker with but the programming sucks in the USA.

[@SuperBartet]

Here in the UK the BBC are trying really hard to be this good at propaganda.

[@vincentvalentine3963]

Same here in Canada it's the same thing lmao

[@debrafrogner]

Same here in America

[@mikemondano3624]

They are so good at it that you don't even notice, apparently.

[@Bravebelly]

The USA also 😢

[@The_10th_Man]

It’s a very different goal though, NK is trying to hold on to power and keep their country going. The western power structures already have unquestioned unchallenged unlimited power and are trying to destroy their countries so that the resulting formless clay can be merged.

[@Moose6340]

I love how it's a news story that a guy has a "West Virginia state flower" (aka a full-size satellite dish) in his backyard. My dad got "satellite TV" back in 1985 with one of these. He loved it for about a year--so did I, when I was home--before the networks started encrypting the signals and he got pissed off that they wanted him to pay for their copyrighted programming. Never used it after that and it just sat rusting in the yard. But before they encrypted it, oh the stuff you could see on Skinemax and Playboy late at night if you knew where to look...

[@robertgaines-tulsa]

Encryption is changing a code so that you need a key to view it like with digital transmission. Back in the analog days, they scrambled the channels. They used modulation techniques to mess up the channel so a TV would show a trashed picture. To view scrambled channels, you needed a descrambling notch filter to make it watchable. Some cable companies made the mistake of using channel 3 for a premium channel. Since cable boxes output on channel 3, moving the notch filter to the box output descrambled all the channels. They also used other kinds of scrambling techniques because you could get notch filters from shady sellers. The notch filters were placed inline with the coax cable. I think the super box had the notch filters built into the box.

[@m0ondoggy]

I remember if I manually adjusted the position of the dish with the remote, If I just had it off a few degrees I would pick up channels that otherwise would have been blocked.

[@TheManWithNoInsides]

If only Americans could understand they are being programed by the TV too.

[@MikeCheckBiloxi]

Facts

[@Bryan3on]

It’s normal that parabolic satellite dish catching channels like this.

[@davidbarts6144]

Yup. Slow news day, I guess.

[@vahehatch2800]

if the transmission is diffused from an NK satelite, that is sensational. interesting why they don't mention which satelite is hosting that broadcast, Ontario

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@davidbarts6144 Silly season.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@vahehatch2800 Because Global staffers don't understand science.

[@ISpitHotFiyaa]

Yeah, maybe they normally scramble the signal but it doesn't surprise me that North Korea uses a satellite to broadcast their public television. I'm not sure why this is news.

[@ryanbarker5217]

'Controlling the public's mind has been the fundamental focus of the regime.' uhm, which government are we talking about? all of them?

[@carrotking8893]

You aren't forced fed anything in North America, it's taught but you don't need to respect it.

[@candy-ninja]

@@carrotking8893No we are definitely force fed narratives. For instance, almost all news (think, CNN and Fox) use passive tense and refuse to say that there is genocide happening in Gaza

[@terahtricia]

i was just thinking, we’re next.

[@mikev2116]

​@@carrotking8893 Teaching it is force feeding it, for the rest of us our views are censored if we don't comply with the current propaganda.

[@florencelovme]

Well most maJor networks control what news they'll gIve to you and how much of It staged or not They control the whole medIa So theres your force feedIng​@@carrotking8893

[@kevingleason1051]

While stationed in South Korea on the DMZ, I repaired an old PHILCO TV that was in the commo hut. One day while I was trying to pick up AFRTS in Seoul with a 2-bay stacked conical antenna on a 50 foot mast, I picked up the video, no sound, of a commie Chinese station broadcasting a "folk opera" of propaganda, "The People" rising up against the evil landowner. The VHF duct lasted about an hour or so, and the station break featured a pic of chairman Mao with an animated sunburst around his head LOL ! No one had a camera handy 😢.

[@PhilipTeague-d1h]

I was on the DMZ also summer 81 we got Commie TV at warrior Base.

[@alanrogs3990]

Bud, I lived in China for almost 20 years. They still occasionally broadcast such programs, but probably in the middle of the afternoon for the old people. It's like their Gun Smoke or Andy Griffin.

[@AlexanderVan]

That’s very interesting. Was it a color or black and white Philco?

[@Bob-cx4ze]

I did something similar when I was pulled in to do security in the army right after 9/11. Ended up finding an old TV that wasn't working, cleaned up some corroded contacts on the relays, and watched the coverage with it. Crazy times.

[@KPManzi]

and what year was that?

[@mentilly_all]

this is immeasurably ironic, coming from one of Canada's state broadcasters

[@TheBrawlmastah]

He changed channels from the propaganda here to the propaganda there.

[@pistre14]

Ahahaha lol

[@ivaniuk123]

The main fallacy of authoritarianism is that it can't happen here.

[@E3ECO]

Yep, but our democracy is robust. It survived Jan 6, and it will continue so long as we don't fall victim to the cult.

[@R.-et5fn]

Yeah don’t fall into the cult thinking that msm pushes

[@jerrijames2224]

@@E3ECO you mean where they invited those people in then arrested them later.? Yeah as heroic as that guy dodging the only tree in the water.

[@E3ECO]

@@jerrijames2224 Wow, you sure drank the Koolaid.

[@brianarbenz1329]

@@E3ECO Robust? No, robust would mean presidents who fully acknowledge it when they lose. And where newsworthiness, rather than click bait determines what is discussed in media. And where the Electoral College had been scrapped, as Sen. Birch Bayh introduced an amendment to do in 1967, but which was never voted on. Our democracy has perhaps regained consciousness, but it's still in critical condition.

[@MartyKleynhans]

Whats truly mind boggling is that the local propoganda works exactly the same way.

[@STV-H4H]

All propaganda has the same effect and purpose.

[@Zodamay]

There are many Usonians who believe that their politicians have been sent by God 😆

[@STV-H4H]

@@Zodamay just ask any magaT, that’s their belief system.

[@DBCooper82]

@@STV-H4Hwho did you vote for in democratic primary?

[@captainobvious6070]

YET you have access to everything and other information from which you can choose from, unlike North Korean. 😂 You think u r special in some kind of matrix happening lmao. 😂😂😂

[@ibezzant]

Plot twist: the next time the man turned on the CBC he noticed the similarities and realized that was also propaganda.

[@Zero11_ss]

They dont even explain how the signal is getting to his house or why its being broadcast outside of the country - both of which are way more important to answer

[@Mapavia89]

That’s MSM for you. Report the news without reporting

[@dasalekhya]

it is a satellite broadcast (probably through some Russian satellite) - it is available all over the world

[@gallagherhelen]

...bruh, that would be actual "investigate journalism" and "reporting" - legacy/mainstream media doesn't do real work like that LOL, they exist for the clicks and eyeballs to get ad revenues

[@mipmipmipmipmip-v5x]

​@@dasalekhya these satellites need to be geostationary so the satellite is specifcally aimed at the region. Also it's apparently not encoded.

[@dasalekhya]

@@mipmipmipmipmip-v5x | there are many Russian satellites hovering over North America. And propaganda transmission is never encoded

[@arveedibira2454]

He can Put up Netflix N Korea edition 😂😂

[@klaussecruz7133]

he's watching the real Squid games

[@philip-at-tube]

lol

[@peterdefrankrijker]

It’s fascinating. Breaking Bad People, Dexter Jong-Un, Better Call Kim… riveting stuff.

[@Rooftop_Korean_159]

They don't have Netflix in North Korea. If you were smart like me you'd know that. Stop being a bonehead. I was born in June

[@peterdefrankrijker]

@@Rooftop_Korean_159 Last june, I suspect.

[@vincent5505]

Imagine getting executed for watching a TV show..

[@alffox9151]

Probably a better alternative considering the crap on TV these days. 😂

[@volvodude101]

England is just about there. But unlike England, North Koreans are allowed to love their own people.

[@paulsengupta971]

@@volvodude101 Being in England, I don't understand your "England is just about there" comment. We have hundreds of channels and can watch anything from anywhere.

[@volvodude101]

@@paulsengupta971 you can watch anything that the regime allows you to watch, and say anything the regime allows you to say. As evidenced by looking out your window at any point in the last 30 years, you Englishmen will have your skulls ventilated for questioning aforementioned regime or its goals, including your genocide. Are you starting to understand? If not now, you never will.

[@faleilham8334]

​@@paulsengupta971 in UK u need license just to put that dann cable on your tv

[@gotiabeitch9638]

He loves his people especially the kids and interact with everyone. That's what we see

[@thedeafcattledog8608]

You can’t escape a prison that you don’t know you’re in.

[@klaas2597]

Aren’t we all being fed propaganda

[@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217]

👍👍👍👍

[@cameronspence4977]

Do you even have a single clue how different "propaganda" in your country aka "anything I dont like" is, from actual north korea propaganda?

[@klaas2597]

@@cameronspence4977 enlighten us…

[@esmaeilheravi4509]

What kind of a question is this ?

[@stonepasta5296]

Instead of watching olympics, people rather watch north korean tv. No shocker.

[@OldUncleDan]

​@@joewiniecki3282 Dude are you a bot? It was mentioned in the first 3 seconds of the video lol

[@MisterEae]

There is less homosexual propaganda.

[@valcaron]

@@MisterEae Only about 10% less though.

[@germanshepherd6638]

I’d rather watch paint dry

[@kirasatoshi905]

​@@germanshepherd6638And I thought I'm the only one doing that 😂😂😂

[@dhosquet]

Sounds like CBC, CTV, and Global news...what's the big deal!?

[@Alphahydro]

Executing someone for watching Rick and Morty is disgusting

[@Dowlphin]

Some would argue that honors the show's style. 🤡

[@candy-ninja]

It’s a lie. They don’t actually get executed lol

[@Dowlphin]

@@candy-ninja Yeah, the sources of such information are typically enemies of NK, so they would peddle all kinds of scare stories. This includes prominent defector figures in the media theater. They get a luxurious lifestyle for telling propaganda lies.

[@Holocaustica]

@@candy-ninjathank you. It’s always a labor camp or death or both. 25 years for wearing nail polish. Flogging if you don’t pick a turnip. So dumb.

[@Maxmulham]

The fact that the "no signal" screen used Pyongyang in the Latin alphabet in English rather than the Korean alphabet tells me this isn't directly from North Korea but it's broadcasting by a middle man. My guess is it's from a NK diplomat/agent out at sea or working remotely from an embassy. I'm probably completely wrong but using the Latin alphabet makes you think.

[@Wesley_H]

Not an unfair point, however TV decoders these days are a lot better than they were in the ‘80s. Most of them don’t even require a closed-caption operator to send the signal with the broadcast anymore. Voice recognition is so good nowadays your TV can probably caption the broadcast itself. So is it so hard to imagine that your TV might also be able to identify the source of a broadcast and display it in whatever language it’s set to?

[@Maxmulham]

​@@Wesley_HCertainly possible but I still lean towards the position that the text was manually inputted by a human.

[@RequestAssassin]

I'm thinking it's the broadcast they use for foreigners staying in NK. You can see a similar broadcast in any NK tour videos here on KZbin

[@baltinam]

Control your mind or stop pollution in your mind ? Is not me and you to define ! Prompt to repent🙏💖

[@Tzhz]

*International standards

[@radiohobbyist13]

Just a few decades ago you could tune in to foreign broadcasts all across the globe. It was called International Shortwave Broadcasting. But the internet killed it. Most Americans actually never heard of it. But now it doesn't matter anymore because it's gone forever. So now, if you want to know what's really happening in the world, you would have to go there in person. 😕

[@catchywatchy7086]

You can still tune into free foreign channels like dw tv, NKH , e.t.c

[@Rocky-ve9iv]

You can use a vpn to change your apparent location on the internet… maybe that can be a way to get different perspectives. Thanks for educating us on this though

[@SebitzuF]

By using nooelec devices and RTL sdr (software defined radio) you can still get global shortwave and even weather satellites ... I can get stations from Greece and France on my laptop for example...

[@backyardaviator2920]

TMW: we still use it where I came from to this very day but only during mass power outage due to floods or typhoons. I usually tap on either vietnamese or Chinese Stations whenever I get my hands on these radios. But in rare occassions, I could somewhat tqp into Mongolian or even Russian Stations if Im lucky

[@kenshinflyer]

As for me, ironically, it was the internet that introduced me to shortwave. And there are still those broadcasting on shortwave, at least from here in Southeast Asia. I just started to tune in to NHK World Japan Radio (both the Japanese and English broadcasts, at 17.81 and 11.815 MHz). And there are also others from Taiwan and, on occasion, South Korea (if it's not jammed by the North).

[@galacticokie18]

The crazy part is people don't notice the propaganda that we watch every day. The human mind is fascinating

[@geodude7116]

But at least in USA you can choose a wide variety of differing propaganda.

[@scottcantdance804]

​@@geodude7116one thing they have in common is that they always support Israel though, weird right?

[@benclarkson4205]

Oh we do… we holidayed in the states for a fortnight during the Olympics… Jesus Christ… your ‘healthcare’ fear mongering is out of control. The irony that this article comes out of the states is unreal.

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

You guys think that the NK would realised there are being watch by those outside their country thanks to that man from Ontario?

[@chuckobscure5622]

@@benclarkson4205It’s a Canadian channel

[@bradybarnett658]

“Braving flood waters”… in a boat lmao

[@animaanimus8011]

Calling those people “fans” instead of hostages is a bad look.

[@calsouth03]

I think he was saying that's how it's presented given it's part of the same sentence as "he's presented as a god"

[@malinia.20]

What are the Trump supporters and Biden/Harris stans called, then? Do them next, please.

[@Virtzus]

@@malinia.20 I believe they're called "people without a gun at their families' heads".

[@malinia.20]

@@Virtzus This is laughable, considering the US is literally known for gun violence. North Korea definitely doesn't have mass shootings, police violence, or random, gang-related shootings every single day. So yeah, I'd say you're wrong.

[@Virtzus]

@@malinia.20 "Doesn't have police violence" - lmao! I guess you call getting executed and your family imprisoned a holiday from work.

[@MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog]

"Brainwashed from kindergarten!" "Yeah, we're doing the same thing." - Billionaire US Media

[@Amanditititito]

You mean Fox News?

[@TheJimburke]

No its not the same not even close.

[@Gregu_]

Comparing Kim Jong Un to Taylor Swift is wild.

[@loureedpipes]

Yeah, like, I don’t think a lot of people are cheering for fun

[@Djsj1313]

Honestly he’s a better person than her and he’s really bad

[@graalcloud]

@@loureedpipes You're simply wrong

[@stateofdecay2210]

I'm living in Iran and I'm 40 it's more than 40 years almost half a century after the revolution that my last generation did and as long as I remember it was all the same and still is, this is why I have never ever bought a TV, and I'm living TVless for more than 2 decades, my only TV is KZbin and that even blocked here so that makes it harder to access but thank god KZbin is still keeping the low resolutions videos available so I can be educated, and my English isn't so much good but I didn't take any classes or any online courses because there's no way for you in Iran to access to any world wide payment system so I did try to learn English all by myself and thank god I started that now my listening is so great that I understand almost 99 percent of any contents on KZbin but because I have never ever spoke English in my entire life speaking and writing is a very challenging thing for me, and also I don't have any academic degree or something because I'm a poor man 😁😁😁 but anyway I just wanna say it's all the same in my country and also as long as I remember the government was saying down with US and stuff like that and US is our enemy but the more I digged or dug internet in the more I found them friendly 👀 and even those Americans who are brave enough to come and visit here as tourists, well most of them are elderlies they know how kind and heartwarming our people are, so never believe TVs and ditch them if you live in a place like this 😁👍✅ have a great night and days everyone

[@evoman1776]

So, it's just like CNN, ABC, NBC, etc.....

[@trampledunderfoot80]

Fox

[@n9wox]

Operation Mockingbird assets

[@masonmalaguti3463]

Just like fox news

[@johnmason6213]

For a minute i thought Global was talking about themselves.

[@Ketowski]

So you know how many put in work camps or killed for watching outside media?

[@yerxa420ca]

@@Ketowski jail =work camp. bro in canada if u say something mean online u can be in jail. what's the difference>?

[@Ketowski]

@@yerxa420ca You really have no idea. Since when? People says mean things online all the time in Canada and the US. They don’t have ‘freedom of expression “ in NK. That’s the difference. And no trial. Big difference. Try visiting Russia or China and finding out how people don’t want to talk about anything there. Because work camps or bring killed and jail aren’t the same thing bro. And jail and prison aren’t even the same thing either. Try learning about real life a bit more.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Global is a for-profit, right-wing corporation.

[@nathanmoreau3937]

​@@Ketowskithe point hes trying to make is not that its just as bad over here, hes saying that if we dont stand up for ourselves, it will only become more restrictive. Just because it isnt as bad over here dosent mean we should let it get like that. Freedom above all!

[@Cptn.Smoker]

I wonder if he thinks it’s mind boggling when he turns on his news channel and watches Canadian propaganda.

[@bobsmith6544]

Yeah. I thought I was seeing Justin Castro...

[@R.-et5fn]

He probably doesn’t realize that he already has state tv over here

[@snitchracer6952]

@@R.-et5fn No pretty much everyone know that dude. It is called the "Canadian Broadcasting Company" and it's common knowledge that it's state funded. It's not some conspiracy like you make it sound. They tell you right on their website......

[@uignireddngfiurdsgfiurdse]

The Canadian mind will see foreign propaganda and be unable to reflect upon parallels in their current TV experience.

[@acote5020]

What percentage of North Korean households have TV

[@TSZatoichi]

I literally copy/pasted your question in Google, and this was the answer it gave me: "Television in North Korea is subject to the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee and controlled by the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea. A study in 2017 found that 98% of households had a television set."

[@jamessloanofficial]

@@TSZatoichi That’s probably hilariously accurate since Google says just 52.6% of NK households have access to electricity…Communism in action - issue a TV to 98% of them to watch propaganda and withhold electricity from half of them.

[@crinkly.love-stick]

They're issued to households by the government. Almost all of them have tv, but the electricity is so bad that they're not on much

[@krisstopher8259]

@@TSZatoichi i was saying to myself "it must be at least 90%"

[@BicycleFunk]

People are often surprised to know that communists have TVs and own their homes.

[@alfredocornelio4329]

"Controlling the public's mind has been the fundamental focus of the regime" But enough about Canada/the west

[@muhammadharis9423]

the difference between them is that the west is much better at it because the people have no idea about it

[@squishy1895]

wut

[@EnterpriseKnight]

0:38 "It's truly mindboggling to watch propaganda. Turns out this King Jon Hun guy saved the world from Thanos!"

[@jeffgroup9025]

5x

[@morrismonet3554]

It's common in the U.S.A. Most of the major networks are tools of the Democrat party.

[@HeavilyCensoredKitty]

And don’t forget the time that he single handily thwarted the invasion of the Dinosaurs. Also fun fact: Kim was the inspiration for the new Top Gun movie, he can pull a Maverick even in a WW2 Propeller Plane!

[@DxModel219]

Then he turns to CNN to end his day… the irony

[@FirstNameLastName-hy1pf]

*He didn't find a TV channel with UN official report about slavery in Canada?* Sure, Canada with slavery it is not a regime, right? RIGHT!?

[@catyear75]

Where would one acquire a Satellite Dish like this gentleman’s ?

[@QuangNguyen-ng5zh]

U.S. citizens get the same propaganda every day too watching CNN, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ESPN, USATODAY, NYT, etc

[@aabsc]

So does Canada watching Global news, CTV, CBC, etc.

[@scruples671]

I dont see any raw footage on YT that came from NK? It is all censored by the west first.

[@tinaleanne8230]

And they cannot stop watching either.

[@ratfinkie62]

FOX.

[@ratfinkie62]

FOX.

[@thomasshepard6030]

So the CIA are not watching North Korea tv

[@andrewp7509]

They are

[@johnchandler1687]

Too busy spying on U.S. conservatives. 😊😅😂

[@sobanoodlez9372]

They're probably also getting idea from them

[@angieramirez5642]

They're too busy smuggling fentanly to support classified wars

[@Deontjie]

No, they are watching your Facebook.

[@nwrhaner]

“Most complex propaganda campaigns we’ve ever seen” Wait till this lady hears about the USA lmfao

[@OctaneStreet]

BRUH that dodging the tree branch part has me deadddd lmao how are these guys on the same planet as the rest of us 😅

[@MrJTHOMMO]

Thank God we don’t have to put up with that type of propoganda from Canadian media 🙄

[@volvodude101]

ours is worse, because people actually believe it

[@DominoStorm1]

I tried the exact same experiment and all I got to hear was my neighbor yelling in Spanish

[@Sapphinthecage]

😂

[@jimmyzhao2673]

yo quiero taco bell

[@Goat-vy2bi]

It has been known for a long time that you can tune in on their channels…. Nothing new…

[@gaetanlizotte1957]

WE GOT THE SAME PROPAGANDA FROM CBC IN CANADA, TRUDEAU IS OUR HERO, SAVING OUR COUNTRY

[@Sunshine-is_here_to_stay]

🚨🚨🚨WHY HAVEN'T WE HELPED & SAVED THE NORTH KOREANS?!? 😡 One day people will look back in history & be appalled that govts around the world 🌎 did nothing to help all those suffering people.😢

[@NimbleTurk]

"controlling the public's mind has been the fundamental focus of the regime" ...sounds a little familiar...

[@l337pwnage]

Definitely more honest than the CBC.

[@R1Kyle]

And Global too.

[@Amanditititito]

Nah, CBC is good.

[@blueskies382]

This should teach people a thing or two about media in general

[@celobelomeu]

if communism isn't a curse for humanity then i don't know what is 😱

[@healingv1sion]

My grandfather had one of these but he used it for p* channels 😂

[@deanpd3402]

Panda channels?

[@sedatedturtle]

Pong?

[@seane940]

Peru?

[@ConceptTuel-dv9xr]

Pasta cooking?

[@timothydempsey3763]

Political insights

[@au7-721]

Our TV propaganda is strong in America too.

[@Polarjack420]

Thanks to Obama

[@mikesmith3438]

​@@Polarjack420ODS 🍼

[@RAAM855]

Lmao. What? American media is always self depreciating and self hating. It's tiresome. People actual want something to be proud of and stop being divided and shamed by their own countries media.

[@paulis7319]

@@Polarjack420 It goes back further than that. Remember Weapons of Mass Destruction?

[@doct0rnic]

​@@Polarjack420 Fox news, Rush Limbaugh, news max, all a product from the repeal of the fair media act

[@deanpd3402]

Kier Starmer, hold my beer.

[@RealEstateInvestments2002]

You trust him that you will get it back? I would not even trust him with an empty glass.

[@stevepichowsky2223]

Relevance?

[@MagnifiedGiant]

Canadians pay for propaganda known as the CBC. The shows on there are mind boggling.

[@mikea8120]

Sure he didn’t tap into a CNN broadcast

[@bob_thebuilder]

He was actually streaming from Canada!

[@charliekelly735]

One second into the video and there's already an inaccuracy. He found the North Korean TV channels much BEFORE the Olympics even happened.

[@egodrop]

It is not only North Korea guys... IT IS EVERY COUNTRY ON THE PLANET BUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS!!!

[@Paul_Wetor]

It's one thing to hear about what North Korean TV is like, but to be able to view it yourself is fascinating.

[@elizabethl6187]

They probably aren’t touring prison camps, but I admit that this would be interesting if not entirely realistic.

[@paolotorres8537]

Considering it’s propaganda, what he learned wouldn’t be so consequential because they only show what they want their citizens to see.

[@robgranberg7854]

This is whats coming down the pipeline for the west.

[@lakerdude42]

I believe it's already been here for a long time. More pronounced right now is one of their avenues of division, politics. Behind the curtain both of these parties are the same thing. They are all friends and laughing at the country . Look how they act when they are debating each other vs after they are done. It's really a sad slave world we live in

[@randy-yu5uz]

I don’t think so…🤦‍♂️

[@MrGittz]

@@lakerdude42Ooh no. It’s called civility. Debating politics and being cordial after isn’t evidence of some conspiracy. You need to get out more.

[@Lex_Lugar]

Delusional

[@kimnielsenthewordyvikingett159]

What do you mean coming Rob it's already here!!!!

[@JeanGarataev-dg9sc]

I love propaganda about north korea propaganda

[@Trgn]

Many people would think western propaganda must be much more subtle and psychologically advanced but apparently who needs advanced propaganda when just basic grade school name calling still works fine for 90% of the mass 😂

[@malinia.20]

Propaganda Inception

[@MitchellPorter2025]

Of the comments comparing this to the West, I'd say 50% compare it to the US Democrats, 30% to the current Canadian government, 20% to the US Republicans

[@fmike15]

Are you sure that wasn't PBS from the USA?

[@cannibalwarlord1884]

We are ruled by psychopaths

[@volvodude101]

small hats

[@cmbells7736]

​​@@volvodude101your small brain is an easy one to propagandize apparently. Edit. Your.

[@volvodude101]

@@cmbells7736 shalom, JIDF, try harder

[@MJ-kd7dp]

THE COMICAL inference here is that Americans, Canadians, Western Europeans, Australians, etc aren't already totally brainwashed.

[@colinburroughs9871]

WHY WOULD FOX NEWS DO THAT TO US!!!!!

[@Amaltator489]

@@colinburroughs9871it’s not just fox buddy it’s every corporate news outlet

[@ofthenearfuture]

​@@Amaltator489Well, at least the 2/3 of media here that's owned by Postmedia

[@IlBiggo]

The moment they said "Taylor Swift" instead of "a pop idol", I knew what kind of channel I was watching.