How North Korea Finally Made It Impossible to Escape

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[@jsebmaestro]

The worst part about this is that this isn't history, its happening right now.

[@candicraveingcloude2822]

It's current yet historically big, making this history in the making

[@Dayvit78]

Uh yea, that's how history happens. First it's news, then it's history, then it's archaeology.

[@van3158]

But… white supremacy

[@namantherockstar]

American inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...

[@EonityLuna]

Remember this, along with what’s happening in Xinjiang in China, what’s being done to Ukraine by the Russians, and more. If future generations manage to somehow exist, they will not look kindly upon this era of history.

[@matthewchi5292]

My grandparents were both from North Korea, and they had an insane 6th sense of knowing what North Korea would become. They told me Kim Il Sung gave them nothing but bad vibes and didn't want to stick around. As soon as the Korean War ended, they, as well as my grandfather's little brother, escaped North Korea to the South when the borders were still being built up and defenses were nonexistent. They pretty much left the rest of their family behind and are presumably still in North Korea. It's kind of crazy to think that I, as well as the rest of my current family, could have been stuck in North Korea if my grandparents didn't go with their hunch and remained in the regime.

[@VVe3]

crazy

[@BluuLili]

Wow

[@Poliostasis]

Damn... can't imagine what the rest of your family is going through in North Korea, that's unfortunate to hear.

[@-kenjo-421]

Or maybe you werent born if they didnt leave

[@kinkykoala7870]

Wtf that’s insane. Living must be a trip knowing that. Hopefully the country falls honestly or the next generation of power takes all this down. Who knows but what a horrible living experience that must be in there.

[@justvibingtomusic]

Watching this while comfortably getting McDonald's delivered to my house through doordash. We take things for TOO granted sometimes

[@jekkyfish.]

palestine

[@BOOGERBOY1]

I'm just happy I live in a good country compared to some, very thankful 🙏

[@streaming5332]

Maccas...? hardly the good life, unhealthy and tasteless.

[@user-fh5gx4yb5s]

It's so weird how the small 3 oceanic countries Palau Marshall Islands and I think Kiribati are allowed to go to anywhere in the US for free I believe

[@deannekliene2673]

We are spoiled Bratz!

[@illuzions1615]

The sad part is we only saw the numbers for the successful detectors. We have no idea how many have perished trying to escape. If I had to guess it may be in the hundreds of thousands.

[@RebrnKing]

That’s a thought I had as well, just wonder how many attempts were made. There was a successful North Korean girl who did escaped in 2007 that was on the Shawn Ryan show channel her name is Yeonmi park. All I can say is how absolutely absurd, insane & horrific that place. Makes me thankful to be an American

[@CollectorsCorner777]

It's most definitely not that many. Maybe just thousands.

[@officialnoonon]

​@@CollectorsCorner777 Whether it's hundreds of thousands or thousands, the latter are still enough to fill an entire football stadium. Imagine that. I believe the numbers could be in the middle, therefore tens of thousands, because North Korea isn't a particularly big country and many have starved to death already or have been executed. On second thought you might be closer to the truth, but please don't use the word "just" while describing genocide.

[@Elenege007]

even millions

[@NoProblem-IAmMeYouAreYou]

​@@RebrnKingI read her first book, absolutely heartbreaking and disgusting how badly north Koreans are treated by Kim regime and how china treats the escaped north Koreans

[@joeis18]

Imagine sending a two-year-old to life because their parents read a book. It's almost literally unbelievable.

[@TheChadD315]

Right and thinking that seems reasonable.

[@TricaGamer]

imagine believing it

[@chaosXP3RT]

​@@TheChadD315What are you implying?

[@firehot427]

@@TricaGamertankie

[@jiraffe9600]

@@TricaGamerI don’t believe in god either, but sending some one to prison for reading it is fucking ridiculous. What they did was even worse, they sent someone to prison for someone else reading it.

[@cgibbs011]

Imagine living in a country so terrible they have to build massive walls and barbed fences to keep people IN.

[@Dayvit78]

I think over a billion people can imagine it, since China is doing the same thing. Complete wall across the whole border - didn't used to be there.

[@guyuscoolius2326]

american brainwashing is mighty powerful, the masses need to be saved from themselves

[@longbottomleaf6918]

@@guyuscoolius2326 dafuq

[@lucaskp16]

wtf_@@guyuscoolius2326

[@lucaskp16]

people in china can still leave and millions do compared to north corea where very few can make it out.@@Dayvit78 I live in the other side of the world and there is so many Chinese here that we all call the supermarket the Chinese. you can stop any person in the street ask them where is the closest Chinese and they will point you to the nearest supermarket. and has no racism associated with it. is just that like 95% of supermarkets that are not part of big franchises like wallmart are all Chinese own and run by Chinese inmigrants.

[@audinothuman]

my step dad in uni taught a man in Australia around 60 years old who escaped North Korea, he was so interested and had passion in everything he was always doing work. This shows how glad and happy they are to be out of the country and how much of a hell hole North Korea could have been. I wish I could have questioned the dude but it was 3 years ago.

[@JeromeLee-wf8ws]

Wonder how's he doing 🤔 .... a job maybe a child with a gf ...

[@CJOlin]

So... Apparently you didn't go to "uni", hence the appearance that your comment was written by a 12 year old.

[@johannajohnson496]

Why is no one talking about how SMOOTH that Advertisement lead up was 💀💀 Like talking about electronics in Korea and App bans in china and then America and then BOOM! Nord VPN advertising… Like that was so smooth what-

[@HyperCplus]

Who in this day and age doesnt use Ublock yet lmao

[@johannajohnson496]

@@HyperCplus it was part of the video 🫣

[@Zerolusa]

Smoother than smooth criminal

[@YanniYankovych]

@@HyperCplus iOS users I guess?

[@HyperCplus]

@@YanniYankovych I've had iPhone before and use Brave Browser with built in uBlock

[@Herkimer_Snerd]

The whole country is nothing more than an open air prison. I can't even find the words to describe how evil a person would have to be to do that to the citizens. Heinous, disgusting and deplorable.

[@zlatanbogdanovic6874]

Exactly. Just like I said 2 days ago that North Korea has become pretty much a rotting zombie. It's almost as if a communist experimented by bringing Goguryeo with communist elements only to get a zombie which is smaller but also a lot stronger seeking to reunite Korea and isolate it at all costs. Mihajlo Bogdanović

[@barittos5585]

excact same with sweden if they suspect you as a father running away with your kids outside the country

[@def3ndr887]

The dictator grows fat while the people starve

[@smithy2365]

But it's okay because they're not invading us....... ((sense the sarcasm))

[@philsurtees]

Exactly! The United States IS evil, as you rightly point out, using its power to impose heavy sanctions on North Korea - and every other country it doesn't like - and effectively starving the citizens, all because we can't have Americans questioning their brainwashing, can we? I agree with you that the United States is the most evil regime on the planet.

[@PlutoIsntReal_]

Those 210 people who managed to escape during the pandemic must have balls of absolute steel. I can't imagine feeling like you have no choice but to walk into certain death for a better life.

[@roach.with.a.tophat]

fr, i have nothing but respect for the people who escaped. cant even begin to imagine what they went through

[@justinnieves7804]

Will you are put into that kind of situation you do whatever it takes that's what Americans do all colleges are race religions color religion

[@obscure.reference]

lol what are you saying the pandemic was walking into certain death

[@n0ttheglowyf0x62]

If i was in north korea, i would atleast try escaping, hell no im not living in that strict area.

[@tru3sk1ll]

but if you had no knowledge of the outside world it's even worse - they are censored, they are told they'll be killed if they leave @@n0ttheglowyf0x62

[@bananahira2624]

i still dont understand how even after telling this with sources, theres tankies on twitter saying that all of this is false.

[@nozers]

Its so insufferable, especially hasanabi

[@INSANEMIAC]

​@@nozers of course hasan doesn't believe it

[@HotShot725]

@@INSANEMIAC If he went over there and did the same thing as Otto, he still won't believe it. LOL

[@Kunfucious577]

Yet, refuses to move there. For them, this should be the utopia they’re demanding over here.

[@jahcode6132]

It's why groupthink is so dangerous. People want to think that there is some grand struggle between good and evil, with them being on the "good" side, and the other side being "evil". And sure labor rights violations and exploitation happening under capitalism is all based on some truth. The current increases in wealth inequality between the Billionaires and working class is very concerning as well. But to put yourself in an internet echochamber and cope with other people about how North Korea, China, Cuba, and other countries that claim to practice communism are all secretly utopias (or if not utopias, much better off than we are) and believe conspiracy theories that any of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary is some secret CIA psyop or western propaganda is just sad. We live in a time of decentralized information where anything can be fact checked. That some people willingly give themselves over to a centralized system of thinking where it's imperative to believe what the group and leader/s of the group wants you to believe breaks my heart. This was longer than I expected but as a very online individual I've seen a lot of friends over the last 10 years lose themselves in echochambers. I almost lost myself to a couple when I was younger and more naive. So just be careful y'all.

[@nightmare348]

Sometimes when I'm feeling like garbage and depressed about the way my life's going, I only have to think about how lucky I am to be born in the USA and about how many people aren't as lucky as me, and the depression about my life goes away, only for it to come back as depression for all these people stuck in literal Hells on Earth.

[@Nik-xi2ri]

Exactly! And not drafted to fight in a Ukrainian minefield

[@abigailmpofu4210]

Not for long, my dear not for...

[@Kunfucious577]

@@abigailmpofu4210they got you

[@stephanaeon]

I think to a point this can help you appreciate what you have but please don't completely dininish your hardships or feelings either. There is always someone going through something worse but that doesn't necessarily mean that your feelings are not valid. If you break your arm and another person gets theirs cut off, it doesn't mean your arm being broken is not painful and serious. But yes, it can put your worries into perspective. One of the worst parts of my adult life was being widowed and having to rely on food stamps and state assistance for my kids, his death was very sudden and I was staying home with the kids at the time. But then I think about how lucky I was to even have food stamps to rely on. And a grocery store full of food to spend them at. It was still an extremely hard time but I didn't have to worry that my children would starve to death.

[@Rubyrush]

Let's not even get to iran and what happened with Mahsa amini

[@redrevolver4272]

A friend’s dad was an interrogator in South Korea when he was in the army. He was sent in to interview a North Korean man who walked straight through the DMZ. As he put it, he just started going through the DMZ. Crossed tigers, saw guards, etc. The dude straight up just said fuck it and crossed the DMZ. WHAT A CHAD

[@Shadowwind4]

What’s the saying again? Live free or die

[@realABN]

Based

[@dramalover0203]

Hii if it's possible, do you remember the person's name?

[@kaimojepaslt]

its made up story.@@dramalover0203

[@psyche_out]

My family knows this man! His story is so wild, he literally crashed a car into the wall and crawled over

[@charlieangkor8649]

“Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own” - Universal Declaration of Human Rights

[@TheManofthecross]

and yet due to politics and more they make an exception to the norks.

[@intercakefederation]

Rights are an illusion

[@explosiveperson1]

@@TheManofthecross NORKS IS A NEW ONE LMAOOOOO 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@LHyoutube]

​@@TheManofthecross - WTF are you even talking about? The United Nations didn't "make an exception" for North Korea, due to "politics and more" or indeed for any other reasons. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is like every other UN resolution - it only applies to countries who specifically chose to ratify them and who more broadly respect the authority of the UN (or the wider global community). North Korea don't respect the UN, nor does it care what most of the rest of the world thinks either. It's a totalitarian dictatorship in the most insular country in the world. What else exactly are you suggesting the UN could or should have done? Used its member nations to invade North Korea to bring universal human rights to its citizens? Because that would very clearly lead to World War III. Perhaps try actually thinking before you comment next time? 😂

[@edgeflame8276]

udhr isn't a legally binding document, it's just a recommendatory document written by countries after ww2 which countries follow to avoid conflict.

[@dsd2dsd2]

2:06 that little girl on the left end trying to make his little sibling bow as well. thats sad

[@AcademicJaedon]

*her and yeah that’s just scary

[@arta_kaigi]

Hi! A little note for the begging of the video: Afghanistan is the same actually since Taliban came.(you can't leave without getting the government's approval first) No one knows though because the Afghans who leave are too terrified to say ANYTHING about it. I'm from Iran and never really talked to them until a while ago since people here often feel threatened by the Afghans which is -surprise surprise- partially the propaganda of the regime. I learned this a while back when I realized I was unknowingly keeping my distance from Afghan illegal immigrants and started making conversations for the first time. The ones that came here have to go through a very dangerous path that can sometimes take a month on foot to pass and many die on their way here. They wouldn't go through so much misery and sh*** if they could legally leave the country.

[@vehicleunhandler]

isn't iran the country that uses religion as their excuses for atrocities?

[@ALEX_MALEX289]

Shoot really I have a friend who's from Afghanistan never knew it was hard to leave

[@daniellaherget3878]

What does that have to do with anything? You don't think the average person, wants to live in a horrifyingly oppressive society correct?

[@dalnoraes]

I used to be neighbours with NK refugees and the PTSD they had was harrowing to listen to through the walls. We had to be careful to close our doors gently, because slamming them could trigger them into thinking that they were being shot at.

[@myricn]

God that sounds like hell for them. I can’t even imagine how they must feel like…

[@b4rvyy.1]

FUCKING HELL that shit is so fucking terrible, and that slamming door thing is tragic 😖

[@censored4christ162]

Okay well thats not a good quality to have in a neighbor i hope they dont see me carrying my guns and get scared

[@catdownthestreet]

@@censored4christ162 you’re in favor of the second amendment, yes? according to a study that was well-researched and reviewed, people carrying armed guns were more likely to be killed by police than those without the weapons. white men with guns were even more likely to die than black men with guns- but it’s important to note that most black people who were killed by police were unarmed. that gun is putting you in danger. please stay safe and do a little research if you want to confirm :)

[@shoeofobama6091]

@@censored4christ162 why would you openly carry guns in front of a ptsd stricken neighbor

[@victornguyen1175]

The craziest thing about stuff like this is that people who live there and don't hear about the outside world just assume it's like this everywhere.

[@Capunderpants]

As someone who was isolated from city life until adulthood that's horrifying.

[@Pablo-om8cj]

No. They are sure they have it the best

[@usernameisallfull]

They don't know that the outside world has changed drastically. People there dream of going to long gone countries because they think it still exists. It's very depressing to think about...

[@NetBattler]

Kim really knows how to brainwash his people

[@marsalah70]

Maybe in the borders in China between NK. There's a lot of snuggling there.

[@modinproductions]

Kind of amazing that Google Maps still has a lot of data on North Korea!

[@user-rq7km3os5u]

The defectors who escaped from 2021-2023 were probably elite warriors who trained from their young age to the day of their escape

[@NickRoman]

Truely, the biggest prison on Earth. Born into prison. A doom you can only escape in death. The fact that such a horror exists on our world and we allow it is depressing.

[@seasnaill2589]

The war needed to help them would be too heavy a toll unfortunately. They got treaties with China, any army going in is gonna kick off WW3.

[@missamethystmonkey9319]

Fear of nuclear warfare. The US would’ve raided it already if it wasn’t for the North Korean ruler now. He is an evil, evil man. It would’ve been all of Korea if the US didn’t help fight against communism with the south in the Korean War. It was the third largest war in American history and it was right after WWII. If we had another Korean War nowadays, it would be so incredibly ugly. Potentially causing a WWIII with nuclear bombs. 🤮

[@thewildhealer541]

Yeah, it's honestly making me feel bad. I don't know why we allow this to happen. Nukes made things impossible when they are in the hands of psychopaths

[@nrg6245]

It’s more proof god isn’t real and that strong humans need to set aside personal delusions and rise up and fight evil corruption and communism. The US needs to start stepping up like the old days or the future of the world is truly doomed. North Korea is just the start of evil regimes winning

[@waltermh111]

"Allow it" you go die on the front line and hope they don't blow up the nearby countries at the same time. Have fun...

[@djukor]

You can tell how great a country is by the fact it has to put in this much effort to keep its people from leaving.

[@liquidsnakex]

Every communist country is always like this. The only people that deserve to be trapped in such places are the spoiled brats that still support the ideology even after knowing it never fails to lead to stuff like this.

[@pyschofire-rblx9093]

Great? 🤡

[@meitokenchop6037]

@@pyschofire-rblx9093 comment meant that if a country is great, people would not have to escape from in in the first place.

[@paestriez]

@@pyschofire-rblx9093sarcasm.

[@kingslayer4080]

@@pyschofire-rblx9093 You should talk with people more often.

[@mr.mytoff4432]

This is the smoothest content to ad transition i have ever seen

[@CheryPoche]

The people in North Korea are going through absolute hell..I feel bad for all the people there, imagine your parents being arrested because they read a book.. unbelievable

[@KikoBean]

My mother and (supposedly) father are defectors. I dont know them since my father disappeared and my mom decided to allow me to be adopted. I did a project on defection from North Korea and there has been a massive decline in defectors over the past few years due to massive crackdowns in the country. Its depressing to me to know that there are kids who wont be able to live civilized lives outside of the DPRK because their parents couldnt escape

[@marcuz8278]

Have you met any other nk?

[@KikoBean]

@@marcuz8278 none that grew up in North Korea. I have met other adoptees at the Korean heritage camps for adoptive fams, and they have brought other native Koreans in for various activities and stuff, but I haven't had the chance to go over to Korea proper. I hope I can meet my birth parents someday though. Would be nice.

[@BEN-ys6gu]

@@KikoBean I don't know how they managed to do it, but to me it seems like they did the impossible. Out of thousands of people who tried, they were the winners. It's heartbreaking to know that even those few people who make it out don't get to enjoy their happy ending in the slightest. In fact, seems like it is the opposite, they are completely broken. I am very sorry...

[@charliekelly735]

​@@BEN-ys6guPeople who are free are much happier than before. Paranoid, sure. But much happier.

[@schrodingerskatze2162]

You are being tricked. Most things about DPRK are false information. Please, the US genocided millions of Koreans. The US has caused all of this and all they need to do now is to ALLOW KOREA TO TRADE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. PLEASE DON'T BELIEVE THIS BULLSHIT. DPRK has Universal Housing, Universal Healthcare, Full-Employment, Workplace Democracy and Neighborhood Democracy. That's WHY they are being sabotaged. Same as Cuba.

[@soljah37]

I'm hoping that I get to experience the fall of NK in my lifetime. One of my friend's parents fled North Korea back in the 70's and made their way to the United States. Hearing the stories from my friend's dad really puts it into perspective on how lucky we are in the US.

[@patoluis6349]

I think we should appreciate more the way we live en Occident. I am from Mexico, and even though I don’t live in a first world country, I am thankful for not living In a country with no liberty

[@katemaloney4296]

Even if it fell tomorrow, the people of North Korea wouldn't know what to do. They would basically be useless for at least three generations.

[@d.whillmar1740]

I don't think it would happen soon. NK hides behind China and Russia backs. That's kinda plenty of potential help for the regime.

[@Arron-op2vg]

US ? Really ? The prostitution capital of the world.

[@User-jr7vf]

The fall of NK will come with consequences for South Korea, Russia, and China. Mainly SK, they will have to deal with the aftermath, they will have to take care of the North Koreans and rebuild/integrate them into their own society. This is why SK tolerates, and even punishes those South Koreans who try to persuade North Koreans to revolt against the regime.

[@CherryJuli]

As someone who was born in East Germany this just makes me incredibly sad.

[@zaf1111]

Best and most effective content-to-advert link ever.

[@yurironoue5888]

The fact that this country is allowed to exist is a tragedy.

[@GameKidsDaily]

ikr

[@van3158]

Get on then Rambo!

[@simon6556]

it's a tragedy from one view yes, but another view is that no one in the international community wants to try and actively topple the North Korean regime because of the frightening consequences that may come from such an attempt. The threat of nuclear attack by NK is the most straightforward consequence, they have seen what happened to Saddam's Iraq and Gaddafi's Libya, and they will certainly not allow the US to destroy their regime like what happened in these countries, hence they arm themself with nuclear weapons, so for this reason and some other reasons such as the refugee crisis that may come from an attack on NK, I think everyone basically tolerates the existence of NK

[@blenderbanana]

North Korea is holding South Korea and Japan hostage.

[@esobed1]

​​@@simon6556 not just the nukes. The amount of conventional rocket artillery pointed at Seoul is ridiculous. Very confident that if South Korea was attacked by the North that they would be very successful in defeating any invasion attempt. Also confident that with a coalition of Pacific nations along with the non-intervention of China( highly unlikely) that North Korea could be successfully liberated. Both of these options would cause major destruction and disruption of global economy... so North Korea is tolerated, unfortunately.

[@chrism3790]

The crazy thing is that Kim Jong Un went to school in Switzerland. He experienced life in one of the most free and peaceful environments anywhere in the entire world, first hand, only to go back to North Korea and perfect the hellish dystopia he inherited from his ancestors.

[@Churros1616]

You seem to forget that Switzerland was pro nazis.

[@rustyboltz2820]

He has to, China needs a buffer zone between any ally of the US government. If he decided one day that things need to change he would be assassinated very quickly, and he can't step down either because of the family dynasty. That being said I doubt he would rather his people be free in the first place.

[@OriQinzzi]

I think it's from narcissism and possibly some kind of child abuse from his family. He's definitely not sane.

[@vortexriver1071]

@@OriQinzzidoubt any dictator is sane

[@OriQinzzi]

@@vortexriver1071 true

[@user-gp4js7mn4z]

An eye-opening documentary revealing the harsh reality of life in North Korea. This video sheds light on the unimaginable struggles faced by those trying to escape. It's a stark reminder of the importance of freedom and the lengths some will go to achieve it.

[@Ryan_possibly]

"democracy is not perfect, but never have we had to build a wall to keep our people in"

[@Salted_Fysh]

What you didn't even mention was that for many of the people who actually did manage to save up the money for a broker, they were immediately sold into slavery in China and Russia by the very brokers themselves. And if they did manage to escape slavery at some point, they almost immediately ended up in police custody and got deported back into NK where the only thing awaiting them was more slavery.

[@seco_oces]

Even worse it is probably execution what is awaiting them in NK 😢

[@SkyyKeiron]

7:29

[@Salted_Fysh]

@@SkyyKeiron nah, that's a bit different. I'm talking about the slavery and unreliable brokers part in particular.

[@iamdalibor]

That's so focked up. How could you double cross someone and not feel bad about it? You basically killed them at that point

[@Salted_Fysh]

@@iamdalibor Money.

[@Luminty99]

Imagine having absolutely no idea what the rest of the world is like and what rights they have and what technology they have and never having the chance to leave and see what you’re missing. It’s like their country is the whole world to them

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@Lennxd12]

The only advantage of that is that they don't have to be ennoyed and bothered by some things... Like idk pride shit this... Extreme stuff like in USA or Canada or other things

[@placidqualm]

@@Lennxd12because seeing people love each other is so much worse than “living” in extreme poverty and being one breath away from slavery 🙄

[@Lennxd12]

@@placidqualm you seem to have absolutely no plan about how incredible bad that movement got, and I just mentioned it I never said it was worser to see that than live like there I just said that's the only advantage that that has, it keeps them away from western stupidity problems I never said what you implemented it just shows that you are either too stupid to look behind that or your one of these "things"

[@henriantoinette]

​@@Lennxd12my dude i am so sorry you have to see that... it must be so detrimental to your well-being, prayers for everyone in the states 🙏

[@Itz_izzystarz]

4:27 *the berlin wall* "Perhaps I should introdice myself" 💀

[@j.kristineemmons]

My aunt has been there. She brought me back a souvenir.

[@MrGiygas1]

Actually, North Korea is not the only country that made it illegal for its citizens to leave without approval. Eritrea also forbids its citizens from leaving the country.

[@MrGiygas1]

Eritrea is also called Africa’s North Korea btw

[@daniellee2343]

Ruled by a communist party.

[@Plznojudge]

Gotta blow it up

[@wentoneisendon6502]

It's also the only country that has overseas citizens file for taxes within the countries, alongside the USA lmao

[@theanonymousservant5909]

As per my cousin who was raised in Ethiopia and lived with Eritreans, the rule in there is that once you turn 15, you can’t leave the country. That’s why many parents usually send their kids out of the country so that they don’t have to stay there

[@StormTalara]

I remember when Kim Jong Il died and Kim Jong Un was stepping up. Many people even back then were commenting how much worse things were going to get for the poor people of NK, as Kim Jong Un was educated in the US, and so understands the outside world and how to crack down on things (what to look for etc). I feel so bad for all those stuck in the country.

[@einomainen]

Kim Jong-Un was not educated in the US, he was educated in Switzerland

[@LimitBreakr424]

I remember reading it was a private school in Switzerland?

[@elijahparks2417]

@@LimitBreakr424that’s correct

[@Lyu-Phy]

The elite people all studied at the same places, they all know each other and are friends often. Not all, but a lot of them and it pretty much still is all connected. Some of them are even blood related, some presidents are related with each other.

[@tessa63627]

So an actual school for supervillians.

[@Kunfucious577]

I’m Korean and a few years ago, I realized that all north Koreas did was adopt the same exact laws that my country had when they had kings. From 1300-1900, Korea was a monarchy and it was exactly like how North Korea is now. Even right down to the hysterical crying when the leader dies. Here are a few examples. The generational killings of entire family lines as punishment, requiring passes to move from city to city, not being allowed to leave the country, economic classes, etc. it’s sick.

[@Cyndi3907]

The masses are so weakened from starvation. They can’t fight back.

[@youtubeuser6978]

You'd also need to consider that it is very hard to even obtain all the needed information. Like, knowing which country is safe and which isn't surely isn't written in school books.

[@findtheshuaibs3888]

Maybe some of the earlier defectors left clues in old school books or something in case they didn't succeed. Or they had to hire people for info (And as mentioned in the video that isn't as easy as it sounds)

[@censored4christ162]

​@@findtheshuaibs3888so theyre all zombies in a way.

[@h0rriphic]

For sure. They’ve also been lied to about the rest of the world since birth.

[@gabrielarellano4117]

I know at least 3 people who have visited the DPRK and your western propaganda is BS and the biggest issues facing the DPRK are western imperialism, I mean the US literally made world record of dropping bombs on the DPRK, and the CIA openly admits to running lies and propaganda to convince y'all they are your enemy, but reality is y'all have fallen for the lies of the real evil empire

[@PlatoonGoon]

There are no school books, at least not of maps I'd imagine. Education is basically null.

[@kirara2516]

I feel so bad for the people in that country. Every single day is a struggle and no one knows if they'll be killed or arrested for something they didn't do, but a family member or a friend did. Who arrests a 2 year old child who barely knows how to speak let alone do a bad thing?

[@anotherweasleymore]

It’s about setting an example and promoting fear into the population

[@limehawk4989]

Pretty sure it's a rethorical question.@@anotherweasleymore

[@Songshare]

Pure evil.

[@sergeykish]

"Traitor of the Motherland family members" (Russian: ЧСИР: члены семьи изменника Родины, lit. 'members of the family of a traitor of the Motherland') was a term in Article 58 of the Criminal Code of Russian SFSR (as amended from the original wording of 1927). The amended Article dealt with the criminal prosecution of wives and children (kin punishment) of all people who were arrested and convicted as "traitors of the Motherland" in the Soviet Union during Stalinist purges of the 1930s and later.

[@sicknessnfilth1616]

They have Kim's unconditional love and care. What more could one want?

[@bochapman1058]

One thing I found interesting was when I lived in China, there was a train to N. Korea and they had almost zero lights at night. Where as China was always bright and colorful.

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

20:15 Redstar sounds like a dystopian nightmare machine on par with Skynet

[@KarlRock]

It’s good to hear that South Korea takes them in. If only getting out was easier!

[@jonj5909]

Namaste Pewdiepie

[@GauravSharmaABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR]

PewDiePie at home 😅

[@raykyledecastro6083]

Hello mr pewds

[@weom1536]

And many defectors wish to go back but South Korea doesn't let them, strange how that works huh

[@spearmintlatios9047]

@@weom1536if they go back they will surely die or serve life in prison, so good?

[@Clone683]

Being born in North Korea is like one of the worst ways to lose the birth lottery.

[@christopherregan1654]

I don't even understand why the population would even want to have children, given that those who are born there are automatically condemned to one of the worst fates possible on the entire planet.

[@Azurewithgogos]

@@christopherregan1654 becuase they’re brainwashed into thinking North Korea is some sort of paradise and they aren’t ever given information about the outside world.

[@novasakura4563]

​@@christopherregan1654it's all they know

[@frameturtle]

@@christopherregan1654i mean, do they even have birth control?

[@hexkaze5849]

​@christopherregan1654 they'd probably get forced to reproduce to keep up the population given everything else we know about that country 💀

[@cjmq0o]

23:34 Here is an Update to This On November 30th, a month before the Ban was intended to take effect, this ban was Blocked by a Federal Judge, declaring it unconstitutional

[@amandakucsera]

The song “a big hit!” By Daesung wished everyone a happy 2009 and the song was so good it made them feel alive and ready to live a different life.

[@thekwoka4707]

I volunteered with an organization that worked with NK refugees in Seoul. Talking with them was wild. The stuff they've gone through even as children was insane.

[@benblakemore745]

What kind of stuff?

[@davejenvey3598]

Funking do gooder

[@Yes-Man]

@@benblakemore745 a) you don't want to know b) there are interviews and documentaries out there

[@komcomkat]

@@benblakemore745read The Girl with Seven Names! If you don’t feel like reading, I do remember one story where her brother had to bring his own feces to school for fertilizer because they didn’t have money to pay tuition. So fertilizer was the best they could do

[@clairdeloona]

@@davejenvey3598”haha i just insulted someone for helping people”

[@SwiFTDBL]

honestly crazy to think a country like this still exists

[@joeyvillarreal761]

America is right behind

[@xavierharris7123]

@@joeyvillarreal761 America and North Korea are nowhere near the same I have no idea why you think this

[@stavrostelka2252]

​@xavierharris7123 Oh yes,democracy is flourishing in usa🤦‍♂️🤭.

[@milo5315]

​@@stavrostelka2252compared to freaking North Korea it sure as hell is

[@stavrostelka2252]

@@milo5315 I suppose your "truth telling" TV channels told you that 🤷‍♂️🤭😁. You modern slave,be well 🤝.

[@lmmanalili]

Philippines as well. Illegal to leave without approval of the state if you're leaving for work.

[@ExistingSmiles]

Seeing this while eating homemade waffles and about to go to church feels unreal

[@rare2775]

My grandfather from my dad’s side escaped from north korea during the 625 war at the age of 5 He had to walk on corpses, leave his father behind cuz he was captured by the government and had to hide anytime he saw north korean soldiers Luckily he made it out but few of his family members had been either killed by the bombings or got captured He’s still alive and healthy at 78 years old but he still remembers that event clearly.

[@namantherockstar]

American inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...

[@janakumer]

@@namantherockstar Dude can you stop spamming this shit everywhare.

[@zachgillen5872]

​@@namantherockstarno

[@SomeLostInesh]

Idk if it truly is impossible

[@rileydeutsch9418]

​@@namantherockstartroll

[@dumdumfg8422]

My grandpa was only 7-10 years old when he escaped NK with his brother and sister, he came to US not knowing any English and raised 3 very successful children (my aunt, uncle, and father) all ended up being doctors….On the other side of my family, my grandmother made it out of Vietnam and to the US by marrying a soldier from the US during the Vietnam war, they also raised successful children , my mother being one who became a dentist and started her own practice…I am very thankful that my grandparents on both sides of the family pursued freedom, and also my parents both worked hard and sacrificed time, allowing me to have the lifestyle I do today

[@MrWayne6363]

You are a perfect example of what immigrants should strive towards. Success like that of your family is rare, and admirable. It's what made America the country it was meant to be. Success is earned and can only be taken if you surrender your freedom. "Entitlements" and "rights" are awarded by the state in exchange for freedom. Which has more value? A juicy steak that you sweated and earned before eating, or one that someone gave to you "for free". Nothing is free and if you believe that then you are enslaved.

[@anitacrumbly]

@@MrWayne6363 so what your saying is she is one of the "good ones" not like those other ones.🤨 Her story is one out of millions some aren't as lucky, they work just as hard but poverty is a hard hole to climb out of, especially now when everyone no matter immigrant or natural born citizen is in the same boat of working hard but the gap between the ultra rich and the working poor are the only two classes left in this country. When her grandparents came here a house cost 70k , my salary is the same as that house now in 2023 yet i can't even think of buying a home because saving money is laughable after rent, utilites, medication, health insurance, car insurance oh and i need to eat. I'm eating what some would consider a college diet because there isn't money for more. Do you think people enjoy living on the street, in their cars, without food, or paycheck to paycheck never able to get ahead NO, No one is expecting free, we all pay taxes, (well not the rich and not the mega churches) and we want our money to pay for healthcare, higher education, and for better services for homelessness, senior, and veterans not more money into the huge military budget. So no those things people want are not free but we sacrifice our time and bodies making some overlord richer and want at the very least our taxes to pay for what we need to live. We do not need people especially those in office spouting hate and false flags of grooming to distract people from them trying to take more of our rights away like the right to my own body and how i choose to deal it, or the right to not be discriminated against because of the color of my skin, my sexual orientation or gender. Freedom is not being scared that my own country will turn into a theocracy which it could if religon and politics don't stay seperate.

[@Kylirr]

​@@MrWayne6363lol, lmao even

[@Emmet_Bryan]

gross

[@handlemoment]

​@@Emmet_Bryanyou gay

[@JosefWolff]

Why is no one talking about how SMOOTH that Advertisement lead up was Like talking about electronics in Korea and App bans in china and then America and then BOOM! Nord VPN advertising… Like that was so smooth what-

[@Idkwhattoputhete12324]

comment bot

[@Widemouth1832]

I had two great uncles fight in Korea. One of them was injured badly ans was never the same. He was flown to S. Korea by the govt to visit the country and get some closure about the war. He spoke about the warmth and greatfulness of the korean people and govt.

[@hunorhorvath3470]

Just imagine how incredibly difficult was it for the few people who successfully made it out of the country since 2020. Even just to plan a complete escape while constantly being inspected everywhere is challenging but managing to get thorugh the country’s heavily patrolled borderlines and then making a long journey through China or Russia without knowing any foreign languages and barely having any money… It is absolutely incredible that there are still several successful escape attempts with these circumstances.

[@PyroboySCM]

Yeah... I can't even imagine it, MUCH respect to all those who made it, AND to those who tried it, but didn't make it... RIP to them (and their families)... 🤐😢 It's such a shame that such medieval regimes like this still can be in power nowadays... The people in North Korea deserve SO much better than this shithole that their country is right now! 🙄😢

[@ishaks8152]

I am not one of them.Sorry guys.

[@ana_goncalves]

It's probably weathy people with connections in and outside. if not wealthy, at least well off enough to gather the money

[@cdel4391]

i suspect a good portion of the recent defectors are soldiers themselves who were already on guard duty in the dmz, i dont see how it can be done any other way

[@xjcx6187]

Good for them, don't come to America

[@konrados9596]

it's just terrible. I've always wondered how much mistreatment a person can take before taking any risk to improve what's going on in their life. In this case, it is a country with a population of over 20 million. But the government manages to control them. This level of isolation is a terrifying weapon.

[@LogicallyBasedCommentator999]

mind control and influence

[@gavinwhite3871]

Even if you escape unharmed, the regime will still kill your family because of you

[@WWZenaDo]

It WAS a country of over 20 million. I suspect that at this time their population numbers have significantly dropped. I wonder what their current birth rate, and infant survival rates are?

[@sumredpillgaysian2090]

​@@WWZenaDoProbably astronomically low.

[@WWZenaDo]

@@sumredpillgaysian2090 Yes, that's very likely. I suspect that cases of infanticide are higher there, too.

[@lovelymayhem9851]

When coparenting with my abusive ex takes a toll on me, I watch stuff like this to get in gratitude mode. Just a reminder of how fortunate I am.

[@RinoMoen]

would be interesting to get hands on wirh one of the red star phones. Provided you have an underground lead shielded lab to turn it on in

[@stephenmartinez1]

For anyone wondering, North Korea’s military and soldiers don’t actually leave the country to do battle. They are used within the country to act as local police. They are used as laborers to construct civil projects like road and infrastructure building. There are many military checkpoints all throughout the countries roads, where soldiers check for travel permits. They patrol the boarders with china and South Korea, as well as the ocean. China has even permitted the dprk soldiers to enter china to locate and bring boarder crossers back into North Korea.

[@freedomdude5420]

Proving china is the problem.

[@CommonDaeze]

Sounds like the national guard, army core of engineers, and metropolitan police departments in the US

[@nigstar1239]

@@CommonDaeze "sounds like police" 😐 man, your IQ is really really low or your extremely out of reality.

[@sumayyahadetunmbi4347]

oh

[@NigerianCrusader]

THEY ARE NOT MEAN

[@diirt]

Its heartbreaking to think about how many North Korean people actually get caught nowadays because of the tightened enforcement security. From over 2000 to less than 100 successful escapes is scary enough, but to think that behind those ~60 successful defections there's thousands of failed ones each year is truly heartbreaking to me.

[@mrandmr8621]

Can't forget that out of the successful defections, how many of them are North Korean spies sent out to recapture or harass legit defectors or other nefarous schemes.

[@oliviasooooksk]

It’s seriously heartbreaking. Like I cried during this video…. I can’t imagine how a single person there feels

[@nobodyimportant4936]

​@@oliviasooooksk😂😂😂

[@chrisg6492]

@@nobodyimportant4936explain what is funny, seriously explain

[@Samookely]

@@nobodyimportant4936 nothing is funny about this, these people practically live in real life hell

[@mickynick9888]

Could you imagine a north Korean watching a smuggled version of the interview? That would be epic Im sure it's happened in real life I wish I was there to see people's reactions.

[@MarkLucchinelli]

Nice Segway to the VPN ad seamless

[@andmicbro1]

Also, a reminder that North Korea can only do most of what it does thanks to massive support from China. China sends regular supplies to North Korea, in direct violation of sanctions, to prop up the autocracy. Because the only thing worse to China than the shit happening in North Korea is having no buffer between themselves and an American allied country. Without this critical support, both official, and under the table unofficially, North Korea probably would have collapsed long ago. Or at least they'd be a minor player who would increasingly have little ability to enforce the oppression they have upon their population.

[@burningphoenix6679]

It’s not even just about a buffer anymore. With how unstable Kim is, he might genuinely be using nuclear blackmail against China. If his regime was about to fall because of China cutting off aid, he just might nuke them.

[@StarboyXL9]

Perhaps thats why America is focusing so heavily on reforming China into a friendly republic through internal strife and revolution. Make China an ally, NK regime dies out. Two birds, one stone.

[@issabeganovic8822]

Not to mention if NK collapsed right at this moment, who's to stop mercenaries and criminals from turning the country into another Bosnia or Syria? Only this time, there's Nuclear Weapons to steal and sell to the highest bidder, or even worse, they take everyone with them. No matter how you spin it, there's no real way to win here.

[@slylover123]

It's a giant buffer country and it's so sad

[@philsurtees]

What, no reminder about the people starving because of sanctions imposed by the United States, which it forces countries throughout the world to uphold? We're just going to maintain the delusion that the Americans are the good guys, are we? The Chinese have helped to prevent the North Koreans from dying of starvation, caused by the Americans, yet you want to twist things around and make China the bad guys? The brainwashing of people like you simply beggars belief!

[@simpleplanfan011]

We are very lucky to not have been born into a country like this. I cannot imagine how hard these people have it there 🙁

[@kariisawa_]

Imagine how hard it must be not having to worry about being jobless or homeless your entire life, what a disaster

[@tobs_p9946]

@@kariisawa_ ???

[@reinhartdevera2644]

@@kariisawa_north korean fed 😭

[@carolinemendell1963]

@@reinhartdevera2644LMFAO

[@Miichi5]

not once will I say my life is shit again, imagine being born in a prison and living there until your death

[@cette_cacophonie]

I can't imagine a parent conceiving a child there. Also: "Became a state in 1948", more like Orwell's 1984 nightmare began

[@EarthWalkerOne]

TBH, I count border patrol and the necessity to go through customs as requiring permission from the government to come and go from your own country.

[@Soniman001]

I’ve never seen a country with THIS MUCH contempt for its own people. Every law I’ve seen enacted and enforced has been done in a effort to make people’s lives more miserable and never EVER to make it better. I’m ashamed as a human being that such a nightmarish place continues to exist on the modern day and nothing can be done about it

[@BIllyZantensu]

USSR

[@knightsofsumeria]

Thank China. The only reason why NK even still exists

[@just_aaaaly84]

​@@user-oc7wm2hp9sKys.

[@towtruckaj]

Hate to break it to you but a lot of countries want the same control, they just try and hide it better. I mean shit, Outside of any other opinions of china or russia. The fact that they would deport people back to north korea knowing their fates and their reasons for escaping proves within itself that they have the same ambitions for their people...

[@sonofaspine]

Its a very hard life here living in luxury and freedom. I am very intelligent and would therefore prefer living in North Korea@@Valdraya

[@maclain728]

Damn that’s honestly a nightmare. One day part of your family or a close friend decides it’s time to try escaping, and once they’re gone odds are essentially certain you’ll never hear from them again or even learn what happened

[@josephmatthews7698]

Not only that you're almost certainly getting executed or sentenced to life in a work camp for being affiliated with an escapee.

[@thecinematicexperience420]

And then you and your entire family get imprisoned and punished harshly for it 😔

[@raptorcell6633]

Or you will learn what happened when everyone, 3 generations above and below them, in your family is thrown in a concentration camp.

[@itsthenewlifeofsomeone1]

Welcome to America

[@MemeMachine3216]

You go to prison too.

[@Vels1980]

I think that there are 2 reasons for Supreme Kim using this method. 1. He wants to keep the “culture”??? 2. His dad said so 3. He wants human puppets??

[@TheTheHoumer]

wow,it hurts that people stuck like that

[@yubjuli.h6894]

What isn't discussed, which should be, is the difficulty of even acquiring this information. Finding someone that has and is willing to share information about the rest of the world, let alone how to escape to it. It is very possible that many of those escapees had no idea that China was deporting back but Malaysia was not. North korea is the definition of a dystopia.

[@nabanitadas2537]

Exactly my point. Just think about it tho...the many survivors who have managed to escaped without knowing that China was deporting back them in Nk. IT is sad to think that they got hope for an only amount of time and then again going back to that hell hole to being tortured to death.

[@ot7biasedmashups]

That is so true.

[@VITAS874]

Because nk is china colony

[@Chumbucket187]

many bothans died to bring us the death star plans

[@levitatingoctahedron922]

you only think this because you believe everything you hear about the country.

[@ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff5]

North Korea is one of those countries where I feel the only way it could be freed is through rebellion that ends with the execution of the tyrants or through intervention of a much more powerful country and neither seems likely to happen. It's a tragedy.

[@arisufizu5698]

Intervention of foreign countries is too risky as it might kickstart WW3

[@Red_Lion2000]

Lol, yea im sure North Koreans are begging for the US to come in and drop thousands of tonnes of "liberation" on them, just like when they "liberated" Korea after literally murdering a 1/4th of the entire population using more bombs than were used on Japan including the two nukes. Read a book.

[@pineapplelollipop1074]

Personally I think the most likely is that china loses need for North Korea and stops funding it.

[@theflashgirl2057]

@@arisufizu5698 well. Ww3 is already on the brink of starting and it is not with NK

[@InnerAnimations]

@@theflashgirl2057pretty much its been goin on for ages now

[@petesporsche8098]

I think that the actual "Demilitarized Zone" is the 20 feet of open space between the two armies.

[@satchel87]

All it would take is for everyone to rise up at the same time, think about how simple that is yet also impossible.

[@zenniththefolf4888]

I can't imagine something as petty and unjust as literally sentencing a 2 year old to life in prison. The more I learn about North Korea the more devoid of humanity and general morals or ethics I learn it is. And I always knew it was a corrupt dictatorship, it just somehow never fails to stoop even lower.

[@ayoCC]

Humanity includes benevolence and good but it also includes malicious self interest. A free and fair world is fragile, and can only be maintained by standing against tyranny and separating powers to keep them in check

[@juandp3862]

There's also another piece to the puzzle, they wouldn't have got all of that without the help of a pair of countries to the north.

[@youdontknowme3318]

Living in Haiti 🇭🇹 is just as bad , the government there is so corrupt and have associations with gangs that have overrun the country , imagine sleeping in your home at 1am and armed gangs invade your town and force you to have sex with your daughter at gunpoint force you to have sex with your mom dad have sex with daughters all at gunpoint brothers and sisters force to have sex , and imagine you’re lucky enough to flee that area running for your life and taking your kids with you you don’t have a chance to grab anything to take with and you don’t know where you’re going to spend the night or where you’re going to stay, and literally there are no police to help the police is also corrupt the few good police officers that are there are being killed and being set up by corrupt police , it’s just as bad in Haiti as it is in North Korea I pray for Haiti 🇭🇹 and North Korea 🙏🏾

[@giggerchas1488]

it’s unbelievable because it’s fake. You can’t trust the US State department

[@T1Oracle]

I mean there was Chattel slavery in the US where they made slaves impregnate their own mothers and then sold the children. I think NK is nicer than that...

[@yli5531]

I have been to the other side of DPRK's northern boarder. There are lots of Korean ethnic Chinese people living in villages near the boarder. Lots of people are willing to give defectors food, water, and shelter for free - the villagers are not wealthy, but they are very kind people.

[@makeitpay8241]

nice

[@Ineverwannasleep]

Aww, that’s very sweet :)

[@klemetsrudj]

Because in general, people are kind and human, governments, not so much...

[@FilipPandrc]

@@makeitpay8241 *rice

[@orangestoneface]

kind..not sure. most refugees are female were cos many f are born in hunger and can be sold to marrage in china so profit is not kindness

[@zenamason9256]

As an Australian it surprises me how small the Korean Peninsular is.

[@joeykramer7282]

That slap foot military March is so ridiculous. I bet half those soldiers couldn’t run if they needed to because they have ruined their feet.

[@kartikjaggi007]

Can't help but think that if this continues, there might come a generation that might not even know that there is anything outside North Korea, and the rest of the world would start to treat them like an uncontacted tribe.

[@gorkyd7912]

It's already worse. They know there's a world out there but they are disinformed about it. They're taught the US is an evil imperial force, for example, and they use real facts when it suits this agenda. So its not like they're going to wake up and realize its all lies when a big chunk of it is based on actual fact, they will have to learn through experience like everyone must.

[@astralmindny9055]

Lol! Imagine? Nah. As long as WAR exist, I'm pretty sure at any given generation, they'd know the outside world exist just for the simple fact that the men are forced to join the military, and I'm pretty sure they would know that they're defending their country from other countries. Lol!

[@crimsonpirate1710]

This is already a reality i fear.

[@jonathansorek6705]

Most uncontacted tribes dont have access to Nuclear ICBMS and regularly threaten peaceful countries with them

[@Patroba23]

Lmao nah they watching south korean movies from the black market w a VPN

[@soyjoyy]

I'm very happy for people who have managed to escape, if it's 2000 or 30 people. Just the fact some people manage to do it means it's not impossible. You are heros and I hope you live a good life, if you are reading this.

[@nifiga_prikolno]

Imagine how many have failed

[@Flackon]

But when you are one of these people, whether is impossible or not matters little. What matters is if it's possible for *you*. Sad to see they have cracked down so hard on escaping.

[@howieewalt1322]

For real. I've never met someone from NK, but if I ever do I will make sure they will be made to feel extremely welcomed by me and my piers.

[@cvilla1944]

Those small amount of people are usually NK citizens who are allowed to leave for business reasons (usually to go to China or Russia) and they just don't come back.

[@SamSitar]

each escape from North Korea weakens that country.

[@brilliant_stories]

At a certain point you just have to ask yourself…what do you want for your people? Well being? Or just control?

[@Delta_Aves]

Obedience.

[@brilliant_stories]

@@Delta_Aves Why is it that some people have an exaggerated obsessive need for the subservience of others?

[@Delta_Aves]

@@brilliant_stories Because they genuinely believe that’s how the world works; especially if they grew up with the privilege and wealth to shield them from facing the harsh reality of being in the 99%.

[@brilliant_stories]

@@Delta_Aves To look into the eyes of a subject with no care for their well-being, only desire to control.

[@girivarshrivas639]

i liked you content but as a video editor i think you can show some more assets related to the situation

[@ThisIsACreativeName]

I genuinely wish we could do something to help the citizens. The world is a messed up place

[@ExoGhost]

We can. Our nations are just afraid that Kim will launch nukes if we try to abolish him

[@zombreon6021]

Apparently there’s a price that can be paid to smuggle them out. 20k a person? A million dollars could free 50 people :/ I dunno…

[@ExoGhost]

@@zombreon6021 A million dollars is pocket change for governments. They could easily do it

[@squish162]

@@zombreon6021thats gotta be cap

[@zombreon6021]

@@squish162 they said 21k in the video

[@ripwednesdayadams]

I read about a harrowing escape from North Korea. This girl and her elderly mother went on a long, nearly unsurvivable journey. It was only by sheer luck and the kindness of random border guards that they were able to get out. I feel so horrible for everyone who lives there.

[@JLo83]

You're probably referring to Yeon-mi Park. Her story has been heavily questioned in the last couple years as her story kept changing and now she's a far-right podcast and interview personality. So.... Maybe take that story with a grain of salt.

[@Leg0456]

Yeon mi Park. He actually referenced her story in his previous video on escaping North Korea.

[@nathenzuber4021]

Yes, dictatorships are rather nasty when it comes to human rights.

[@aurexify4000]

@@JLo83 She's not a far-right podcast. She's conservative, which you should know is different.

[@juahl]

​​@JLo83 Intresting how ALL defectors of ALL countries that find their way to free countries become conservative. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also, as a child of parents also escaping persecution? My parents told stories that seemed to change, it wasn't that their stories were changing but that the journey was so vast that it sounded disintegrated. You heard how long her journey may have taken, many events can happen in this long journey, causing stories to overlap.

[@ChelsieMorganTonight]

How is this even going on??? I just can’t wrap my head around it. We need to get those people out of there!

[@odzergaming]

Ok now the world is full of nukes

[@76tennboy]

Yeah, but as anyone knows, all you need is a hovercraft to get across the DMZ!

[@sickcallranger2590]

We don't give the North Korean people enough credit. Defecting is no easy feat, but despite physical and ideological obstacles and decades of programming, they still find a way.

[@hobomike6935]

I think we’ve given the North Koreans enough credit.

[@ducks9678]

@@hobomike6935 You sound racist?

[@sickcallranger2590]

@@hobomike6935 I don't think so honestly. I've studied them, their language and their culture for my work. North Korea is a black box, but its people are far more imaginative than most people think. It's almost impressive how well they fend for themselves in such a shitty regime.

[@ENZOxDV9]

​@@sickcallranger2590 they're not dumb, they're human like everyone else. Even with no outside information they know their situation is horrible and many will attempt to escape by any means necessary

[@sickcallranger2590]

@@ENZOxDV9 That is my point. I've had the pleasure of speaking face to face with and receiving lectures from a former high-ranking Bureau 39 official who defected some years ago. Fascinating stories, truly extraordinary man.

[@CinemaSteve]

So glad my grandparents both escaped North Korea otherwise I wouldn’t be born in the USA. My grandma escaped during the Korean War along with many others, and my Grandpa got captured twice during the war but somehow made it out both times. I’ve thought about it a couple times like what if they didn’t make it out, where would I be now? Crazy to ponder that sometimes.

[@du4lstrik3]

'Murica.

[@akizmetkat999]

A couple of times? You must have misspoken.

[@CinemaSteve]

@@akizmetkat999 nope. My grandpa told us he got caught twice by the North Korean army. So if he lied then sure I guess.

[@Foprop1]

Omg, thats honestly crazy, I honestly salute them

[@CinemaSteve]

@@Foprop1 Pretty crazy for sure! One of the few lucky ones who could make it out. They still had family in North Korea for years until they were smuggled out and they told some harrowing stories as well.

[@Vanity1284]

I really hope that one day the people form a way to fight back against the government.

[@Coolouie]

The rules would make it almost impossible.

[@katzensaftpresse]

We had similar in Germany before 1989.

[@RandomStranger335]

This feels genuinely wrong, you only live once and I can’t imagine having to live in the same country your whole life serving under a leader without being able to do things you want. This is very wrong and I feel extremely bad for people who live in North Korea. I hope the people who escaped are doing well.

[@NikoCubeRoot]

North Korea be like: Do anything that is related to North Korea rules or get device that is allowed by government or else you will get prisoned for x10+ jail time multiplier in total of average of 10y Jail Time or even a easy execution because they have over 600M+ CCTVs!! Even attempt to escaping you get OOF'd by government rules breaking

[@jkeebla]

YOLO 🤑

[@theguyof360]

They should stay there forever

[@cringeposting435]

very appropriate pfp

[@DavidTheBrain_]

​@@theguyof360U should stay a virgin forever do not reproduce

[@aaronworsnop]

Honestly, the tragedy of all this makes me feel sick. I'm in no way related to the situation, but being human and thinking that real people are going through this...

[@iidoyila_live_]

making the world better is a puzzle , so prepare to understand the complexity of conflict . .

[@Brixster]

@@iidoyila_live_Why does this sound suspiciously like a threat 🤨

[@iidoyila_live_]

@@Brixster because i am speakinh with the voice of the rules of the universe -- here to warn you not to be too sure of yourself ! and maybe you'll see me fightinh . . i am a demon who play-fights !

[@OriginalContent89]

​@@iidoyila_live_I'll have what he's smoking

[@SwimSwim-wx4hh]

When using a death note seems justified...

[@michaelgarner4229]

My heart breaks for those poor people

[@SchrodringersEclipse]

this was an interesting way to learn kim jong un took power on my birthday

[@livef0rever_147]

“Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in” - J.F.K.

[@dinojack5567]

That quote originally was about the Soviet Union and Berlin Wall. Interesting to see it in a new meaning/context!

[@dianehenry733]

Yet...

[@KittyNoo]

Yet there is a wall now on the south boarder

[@MrGrae333]

​@@dinojack5567It's not cool lol, it's sad that that quote still fits as a description for a place in earth..

[@AdorableAdonis-ni9dq]

They put a wall in Mexico

[@josephfranzen9196]

I’m a North Korean who as a toddler was smuggled into South Korea by either my aunt or uncle (I’ve been unable to confirm specific details) back in 1986. In 1988 I was adopted by my parents and have been an American citizen since 1995. I’ve gone onto serve 8 years in the 82nd 1st/504th and 3 years with Triple Canopy as well as pursuing a degree in network engineering. I consider myself quite fortunate and lucky and often reflect on what my life would have been like had I not escaped. I wonder what became of my biological parents and other family, although I’m fairly certain they died of famine. I did and still have quite a few relatives in the South but it’s been difficult to get empirical quantifiable data or metrics on my family due to numerous variables.

[@TutTravelsVlogs]

Your journey is incredibly moving and positions you uniquely to raise awareness about North Korean issues. Have you considered leading an awareness campaign? Your voice could be powerful in sparking change and honoring your heritage.

[@SinanjuRED]

Well sir, if you're speaking truth then you very much are remarkably lucky and fortunate; also quite a badass.

[@13Gangland]

Their dead my boy. It's best to not think about it.

[@lacil8895]

What an amazing story. Sorry about your family. The only thing you can do is keep moving forward and focus on your life there. All best.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

What are you doing nowadays?

[@douglaskim8431]

citizens often move freely back and forth to China, there are many DPRK students who study as well in countries in Europe where they have diplomatic ties

[@chiimumango3979]

I heard a story from a friend of mine who had another friend whose family visited North Korea, his mother was pregnant and then she gave birth. Since the baby is a Natural born North Korean citizen, basically they were trapped there

[@nayeyi1012]

wait so the mother has to stay in nk or does the family have to stay?