Millions spent to pamper North Korean elite

Professors and scientists are among the North Korean elite treated to a variety of perks, paid for by Kim Jong Un's regime. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

[@Ashc0d]

Even the dolphins are showing tricks for their lives..

[@chalinosanchez696]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AndreaVirago]

Dude that was kinda deep

[@niconicoyazawa5182]

Lol

[@MyGenericYTC]

The poor people at the end is the most bone chilling scene in this video!

[@thecodgamer57]

Poor dolphins

[@niconicoyazawa5182]

Ikr

[@Aftertaste_]

Well this guy's banned from North Korea...

[@niconicoyazawa5182]

Yuh

[@dfw3355]

The dolphins live far better than the average North Korean.

[@pvcvalley]

A truly breathtaking country indeed.

[@martiginebullich8934]

pyongyang's elite? Buddy there's like more than 3 million people living in Pyongyang that ain't an "elite"😂😂😂

[@irawilliams343]

Shows how twisted the government is

[@theonetheonlydeganthevegan4392]

Where is Katniss when you need her?

[@maihaiki888]

We need her RIGHT NOW 😭😭

[@GrimmEnt.]

We Americans are spoiled.

[@Irley-kr7lh]

I tought that everybody was "Equal" in a socialist country

[@markk7569]

there is a big difference bteween totalitarian communism and socialism... google the two before commenting something this dumb. north korea is far from socialist..

[@comradeleppi2000]

North Korea is not socialist country

[@petergilkes7082]

You must be American!

[@fsab5610]

Some are more equal than others :D

[@surendramumgai631]

All would be equal if the resources were abundant to give a great life to everyone ..till then some inequality is unavoidable...

[@emiliobello2429]

Pyongyang seems like a mysterious city

[@FrozenHaxor]

Not mysterious at all, visit communist Cuba, you'll get an instant flashback.

[@GrimmEnt.]

1:58 atleast he's honest.

[@evanyoung2919]

Don’t we have the same type of thing in the us except with taxes?

[@jeremydyar7566]

no. not in the slightest

[@petergilkes7082]

Do you mean "does everybody have nice housing" in America? Obviously not. KJU "gives" housing, America pays some people $2 an hour and others $billions. So it's just as unequal! Yet commenters on here think America is "equal"! Time to put LOL!

[@phillipwright7022]

@@jeremydyar7566 clueless.

[@norwegian24]

1.58 he was honest I think....

[@thegtafanboy]

"vanity projects" like....orphanages?

[@petergilkes7082]

Well said!

[@525Lines]

I like that combo solar panel/wind turbine at 2:03.

[@joemartinez5676]

Here too

[@G1CAAAAEO]

The dolphins aren't the only ones held in captivity.

[@fatihaktas4473]

Reminds me of the whole modern western civilization and the discrepancy between poor and the rich

[@Julia-ln5og]

It's much worse for them

[@forgivezhariondissapointed4234]

The rich is the best

[@fadedphilosphy]

If you guys come to water parks in America.....holy shit....your minds will be blown away

[@jejh600]

If you go to water parks in russia..... holy shit...your minds will be blown away

[@surendramumgai631]

CNN comparing Pyongyang with rural north korea ...but how can a remote north korean village have the same development as the country's capital ???

[@AYVYN]

Literally every nation in human history has had hierarchies and festivities. Propaganda aside. It’s interesting to contemplate where exactly societies diverge.

[@fredcucaracha9859]

How many murders were there in Baltimore over the Memorial Day weekend: 12 people have been killed, 27 “THUGS" were shot. 35 people have been killed so far in May, the first time the city has had 30 homicides in a month since 1999. With a week remaining, it's on the verge of being the most violent month in more than a decade. No month in the last 15 years has had more than 33 killings. There have been 108 homicides in the city this year. This year Baltimore might become the murder capital of the nation. It's quite likely it will pass Detroit in #'s of homicides, at least under the current rate of 1.4 murders per day (42 homicides in the last 30 days!!). It seems obvious to me that Black Lives ONLY and exclusively seem to matter when a cop or white person are involved. Am I wrong? Go figure….. Can CNN please ask Baltimore, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake how these people are getting guns? Can Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby try and at least allow the law abiding citizens of Maryland to carry concealed weapons. To bad CNN, The Mayor and Obama are more worried about climate change/North Korean elite than Baltimore peoples lives.

[@sandwitchchan1999]

Cause because of the NRA bad guys are able to get guns

[@CMV314]

Oh boy, another right wing idiot within our shores. Thankfully, your type is dying out.

[@apocalyptic3837]

i know this was 5 years ago but you're not considering a lot of things here. 1. they probably already did make a news report on it and you're simply just ignoring that they did 2. getting into north korea is fucking difficult and expensive and rare so of course they're going to focus a lot on a once-in-a-century event. 3. this is a case of confirmation bias

[@DoctorChained]

Imagine getting triggered about covering North Korea. Jesus Christ what a snowflake.

[@Julia-ln5og]

I'm pretty sure over half the people who watched this know absolutely nothing about north korea. Cause they are really comparing it to america 😗🤣

[@petergilkes7082]

580,000 Americans are without a roof over their heads and live on streets. Many more do not have running water if they have a home. OK?

[@CREvothegreater]

same as with the rest of the world....

[@srercrcr]

How can they have such air pollution when they have limited industrialization?

[@earthakitt3661]

China

[@phillipwright7022]

@@earthakitt3661 cringe orphan cia bot spotted

[@comradeleppi2000]

This is same everywhere. Lol

[@kyteloust6531]

Interesting

[@mishabear703]

their best still looks outdated

[@ameenferry4988]

Nah they look low-mid

[@abdulahosmanbegovic2479]

What’s Murica any different?

[@kanadeisthebestinthegame]

Isn’t this every country?

[@patrickvernon2749]

America: how dare they not spend billions!

[@suryathampi9659]

Did I really die?!

[@slovokia]

The people who staff North Koreans nuclear weapons infrastructure being entertained

[@FreeBird-ws2ye]

People are great but government is more on monarchy

[@alventuradelacruz522]

In this country everyone is a "paid actor"

[@TheMaxundmoritz]

If only the money spent on the military went to help the people KJU might reach old age. KJU should study the histories of East Germany and Romania.

[@younginsane90]

Maxundmoritz Hautala You don't think he'll grow old ?

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@younginsane90 At the rate he is going. IE eating a lot, smoking cigarettes, Cuban Cigars, he likes Monte Cristo..

[@charlescxgo7629]

Their ‘luxury’ lifestyles don’t look very luxurious...quite depressing actually...I mean it’s sad to think if that apartment is considered ‘luxurious’...what conditions their commoners would be living in....

[@maihaiki888]

I mean, I don't really know how I can be happy in my luxury apartment when people are suffering. In the other window, you see wealth, in the other, poverty.

[@lucky1206]

When they say it was a gift from their leader, it really is and not just a past tense phrase like how we say the White House is the American people's House. It's almost like a SIMs game when there are different levels of lifestyle from the way they to their homes

[@angelamagnus6615]

Amurica is no different. The rich and poor live worlds apart

[@domoisawsome123]

We don't have famines.

[@angelamagnus6615]

@@domoisawsome123 the hunger index? Famine can also be caused by climate or man made like the Bengal famine.

[@annabeeamputee]

America literally is way different 🤨 at least the homeless can become in homeless

[@ricardo_valadez]

Did you compare marica no north Korea 💀

[@syrruupp]

You see, social status in NK is very important

[@penndianesstewdeo5254]

.WHAT THE ORPHANAGES ARE ONLY HALF FULL? ..... geez ..... I'm sure lots of western countries would love to send sum .........WE'RE OVER STOCKED.

[@veovis523]

You know you're listening to propaganda when you hear "the orphanages are only half full" and they're trying to make it sound like a bad thing.

[@kellychuang8373]

Sorry don't think any country in their right mind is doing that and for the US travel is banned there since 2017 just Google Otto Warmbier as a reason why.

[@AndreaVirago]

I am sry but why do Pyongyang buildings look so strange idk how to explain it but so sci fi ?

[@madisonhonk1987]

The fake smiles

[@nethur1616]

It's all a stage

[@jejh600]

No it’s not

[@waltbullet1287]

This is usa in 7 years

[@Brix96]

If you are not allowed to see the poor areas or the poor people how do you know they exist.as regards drab housing blocks take a look at the homeless in the u s a plus millions of people live on drab housing estates and blocks of flats in Britain.perhaps you live in Beverly hills but most Americans dont.

North Korea is doing what is right for their economy at the moment. If they ever wish to uphold power, and prevent an attempt of overthrowing the government, they need to show the North Korea that they are growing economically. (In-fact they grew with 3,9% in GDP despite sanctions) Know that North Korea, and Kim Jong Un cares for it's people, and know that the money to make this place was NOT taken from the starving people. They don't even pay tax in the first place. Do i agree that many people are starving and suffering in North Korea? Yes! Do i agree that North Korea is not a good country to live in? Yes! Do i agree that CNN makes it look like they're starving their people on purpose? Yes! North Korea fights hard... They face deadly sanctions and threats. Instead of threatening North Korea even more, forcing them to invest more money into the nuclear weaponry. If they would help North Korea grow, and stop the sanctions, the country's morale would increase. Then strict laws and propaganda wouldn't be necessary due to the country growing economically, so the government may dare to show the outside world. Think about a reunion! Such comes NOT with sanctions, - Rather teamwork!

[@Andy6969ful]

I'm sorry but the difference between North Korea and Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the USA, the EU, Russia, and hundreds more are what exactly? The rich have always had perks and the poor have always been left behind so how is North Korea doing anything different? And the GOD figure of their former leader.. is different from people worshiping a Jew named Jesus Christ who lived thousands of years ago how exactly? Especially when Jesus ran around with his so called apostles who were always heavily armed so the way you're portraying this as something strange is really odd.

[@dejavu2395]

lol~ nice counter-propaganda

[@BRuane-pw6xq]

This is Fat Donny Chump s plan for America unless he is stopped.

[@gellichua7742]

Maruchan for me pi glc

[@gellichua7742]

Am I in heaven

[@jarrodyuki7081]

south korea will take north korea.

[@SuperFrosBite]

Lebanon vs North Korea

[@FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial]

Long live Kim Joung Un.

[@Julia-ln5og]

That's not funny

[@FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial]

@@Julia-ln5og loooooooooooool

[@petergilkes4391]

How the hell was this shit dug up after 5 years? CNN should make a video of poor, rural Americans going to all the best places and all the billionaires suffering in the countryside.