N. Korea showcases sons of U.S. defector in video

[@neejohnenjegekkiv5370]

Why are people so shocked they support the North Korean system? Their father was an ideologue who moved to NK. They lived their whole life there and have gone through the North Korean school system. They are also subjected to North Korean radio, television and newspapers for as long as they can remember. Of course they will think exactly like a North Korean. What's the big shocker here?

[@xaviermondragonjr3376]

neejohnenjegek Kiv That they look American

[@SymbolicLogic24]

hell they're television in north korea is literally propaganda and that's all that is played. Probably mostly the same for radio. Definitely newspapers.

[@omsmada]

The father wasn't really an ideologue, he escaped to N Korea to avoid punishment for going AWOL. Then he became one.

[@MegaMapper]

+SymbolicLogic24 so in your country i won't find any propaganda? If you live in USA your life isn't different from north korean, if you live in germany, france, sweden, norway same shit! (i don't know about the rest of european countries). Same with Asia, middle east, south africa.

[@coko9186]

Because they're white. That's honestly why. If they were asian looking, this would not even be a CNN story.

[@525Lines]

They haven't even tried the new jacked doritos.

[@PunkRockLove01]

XD

[@Miller98k]

525Lines 😂👍🏻

[@PiperTMTotalWar]

lmao

[@farieddewindt7424]

525Lines lol.

[@spookym123]

So there are some benefits to living in North Korea.

[@jacobt1045]

They are literally just white North Koreans, except the dad and mom.

[@jacobt1045]

@Joe BT "Romanian Women" Did you even watch the video?

[@jacobt1045]

@Joe BT No problem, happens to everyone now and then.

[@paulflaubert7355]

I just hope they dont try to steal a poster

[@jacobt1045]

@Joe BT lol. I get where your coming from but I think he is referring to Otto Warmbier who tried to steal a North Korean propaganda poster and was later released to the U.S in a vegetative state and later died. Edit: He died becuase his parents had his feeding tube removed becuse when you are a vegetable 'you' are dead and your body is just an empty shell.

[@jacobt1045]

@Joe BT The injuries he sustained caused his vegetative state, that is in a way, death. But the body itself died when the parents pulled the plug because their son was no longer with them.

[@PBurns-ng3gw]

What I find hilarious is that since these guys probably speak English with a heavy Korean accent, anybody meeting them out of context would probably just think they're being racist assholes.

[@saif316]

HAHAHAHA! Great comment, I am laughing so hard right now lol.....made my day ! Thanks so much !

[@jdavs9493]

They’re probably chill af too

[@garrysmith5562]

You think racists have a believable accent when the put it on? This shows your racism you know.

[@iowabyslipknot]

@@garrysmith5562This shows your two brain cells fighting to form a coherent point you know.

[@Aaron-8989]

😂😂

[@ateram]

The weirdest thing is seeing a white guy speak Korean like that

[@peteryang8991]

Who cares, their father is a traitor and his two sons are North Koreans, they are not one of us regardless of their ethnicity. And his two son been North Korean are traitor to their own people also, the North Korean communist party is a tyranny government that oppressed its people. Like father like son, all traitors.

[@haruthebear6880]

@@peteryang8991 dude calm down, they are North koreans and they were indoctrinated since birth. So they kinda had the same Education as the average North korean

[@cuac5869]

@@peteryang8991 the kids are Innocent, chill dude. They've grown up brainwashed.

[@hambatuhan2696]

on the contrary, a lot of asian speak fluent English and no one bats an eye 😂

[@cursebr2937]

Nah just u

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Dresnok's defection in 1962 wasn't just the court marshaling threat. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Basically, Dresnok had been cursed with misfortune his whole life, and when the order came down to court marshal him, he just said screw it and fled across the DMZ to North Korea so he could wipe the slate clean.

[@360Nomad]

It's spelled "court martial"

[@ZhangtheGreat]

@@360Nomad Me rite reel gud.

[@Tyrosine0910]

@@360Nomad Court marshmallow

[@360Nomad]

@@Tyrosine0910 10/10

[@jparker818]

He said fuck America then 😂

[@ukasz-vs4nr]

Why is this guy questioning whether this footage is real or not? They were literally born in NK and graduated in NK education system, of course they will support the regime, why is that so shocking?

[@DS-hy6ld]

Yeah I was baffled at that. I have absolutely no idea what that was supposed to mean. _OF COURSE_ it's "real"!!

[@Danilo125815]

Because he is paid to lie about NK and present everything in the worst light possible. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

[@LeechWoman]

@@Danilo125815 American TV will basically tell you that people are slaves in NK and forced to think in a certain way, and forced to do things. Truth is, nobody is forced to do anything in NK. If they don't agree with politics, then they wont say anything at all, instead of lying about it.

[@oceanichimself4603]

@@Danilo125815 He genuinely believes the lies he has been indoctrinated to believe - about the greatness of Communism and of the DPRK. Because he was raised in North Korea. He was raised to be this way. They have absolutely no reason to think otherwise. But we do, because we are not North Koreans.

[@Danilo125815]

@@oceanichimself4603 Yes, he was raised in North Korea and saw with his own eyes what life in North Korea looks like, he wasn't served a warped version through propaganda channels like you racist smart asses who think you know better than "indoctrinated" (aka poor POC) people how their life is like. I can't even imagine the audacity it takes to think so highly of your own farts, to discredit lived experience of millions of people as simply them being "indoctrinated" and to claim you know better them, truly mind boggling.

[@TSUTENKAKU007]

These two brothers are N. Koreans, not any others because they were born there, lived entire life there, and believe in N. Korean doctrine. Therefore it is natural for them to talk against U.S. and follow N. Korean doctrine. The best thing U.S. should do is to let them live their own lives in N. Korea as long as they want. I am sure they have no desire to even migrate to any other nation, as I am sure they are pretty well treated by N. Korean regimes anyway.

[@P7777-u7r]

I dont agree with north korea but those two brothers were born there etc dont have american citizenship and owe no legal allegiance to the US

[@P7777-u7r]

MRBlackfatrat I think they could apply for it maybe I don’t think they automatically get it though? Even at that they’re Americans in ancestry only. They were born North Koreans they’ve lived their entire life there brainwashed by the same propaganda as every other North Korean

[@0IIIIII]

Patrick Murphy bear thing to do is to assassinate them.

[@CH-kw8qw]

@@0IIIIII Fuck off

[@ciscobriones5904]

@@Blackfatrat if not born in america they cant get citizenship automatically...just cause there dad was american doesnt mean they are americans automatically due to being born in north Korea

[@EA-js1me]

American right-winger: “Why don’t you go live in North Korea, commie!” Dresnok: “Hold my beer.”

[@dk6173]

Lol

[@noco7243]

Only one though?

[@MrJm323]

Wish more Democrats would go with him. (Yeah, I'll hold your beer. .....Bye!!)

[@marchveris]

Dresnok was not even a communist probably. He was a kid who's life was literally a shitshow from the start and made an impulsive choice whilte being at DMZ because he fucked up and was about face military court. I doubt he had any idealogical background lol. He probably knew he fucked up later on.

[@Yeahbuddy-yf2cv]

American left-winger man I’m so jealous

[@iVenge]

Would love to see someone do a more extensive documentary on these two.

[@zacharyyan4898]

Good luck with that

[@thomascurry3930]

When you are born in a Country there is no reson to think someone made you say something. I grew up in America and just love it because its all i know. As i got older i found that there is the otherside of the world .

[@alexmijo]

And after finding out about the rest of the world you realized America is still the best 😎

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

The difference is that in NK you do not learn about the rest of the world. You only learn that NK is paradise.

[@moon_wei]

@@alexmijo lmao y'all don't have free healthcare You'd rather be dead than go get treated in a hospital in the US

[@bcmteacher]

@@alexmijo Other than Canada, what countries have you visited?

[@amna4146]

Their father could have taught them about the outside world. There are North Koreans who imagine the outside world is better, that's why they leave. North Koreans are definitely told what to say when they're in the media, I have no doubt these brothers didn't go completely off script

[@runne_451]

As a south korean, It really feels weird to see western guys speaking korean with north korean accent... + Sorry guys I think I wrote it in weird way. I fixed it.

[@jukio02]

They are technically North Koreans, not Americans.

[@CIA_Killed_JFK]

They are not Americans.. They have never been to America once.. They are North Koreans with European decent...

[@MTC008]

@@CIA_Killed_JFK you mean a north korean of caucasian descent, european is just a denonym for someone who resides in europe

[@whereyouathalol9621]

@@MTC008 Caucasia is a region in Asia, so not European. Thinking that someone white is then being caucasian is just false.

[@MTC008]

@@whereyouathalol9621 lol what are you talking about? there is a race called caucasian, this is what are so called white people

[@lepetitchat123]

These two are just no different than native North koreans.

[@youngmo77]

Precisely

[@peteryang8991]

Their father is a traitor and his two sons are North Koreans, they are not one of us regardless of their ethnicity. And his two son been North Korean are traitor to their own people also, the North Korean communist party is a tyranny government that oppressed its people. Like father like son, all traitors.

[@blankblank5409]

Peter Yang Haha fat Americans go _____________

[@paulflaubert7355]

Except they put catsup on everything and always end a sentence wirh 'dude'

[@dantecaputo2629]

Peter Yang Well, you certainly can’t call the sons traitors. There North Korean, they’ve never held American citizenship. North Korea is there native country, and therefore they can’t be considered traitors to the US anymore then they can be considered traitors to Spain.

[@colewinstead4740]

“i’m not sure that this is actually real” the disappointment in his voice does it for me hahaha

[@M267-z3b]

Imagine being American shocked at the “propaganda” of something like this then going back to watching CNN and Fox News

[@BizzyIzzy87]

Seriously lol! I am amazed how much people in the western part of the world believe they aren’t brain washed at least to a certain extent either.

[@zenpai5998]

This is CNN

[@karibennett5847]

It is NOT that bad YET.

[@karibennett5847]

@@zenpai5998 And I think FOX is absolutely ridiculous and hilariously freaky scary! Worst!!!

[@prebenjaeger]

@Steveyboii What a shit example of "uninformed Americans". The people you mention may be far out but at least the the absolute opposite of the drones, who follow the propaganda of the government and media, that you initially talked about

[@moviesinclusive]

At least they have luxury items such as curly straws in North Korea

[@ptrekboxbreaks5198]

This story is just so fascinating and it is very true. They've lived there their entire life and most certainly want to live there

[@Boomhauersdad]

They’re probably treated favorably since they’re white so that they say good things about North Korea

[@53skm15]

wow they actually speaks like north korean perfectly...

[@be1ua]

well, they were born there.......

[@jacohan4028]

Pyeongan accent.

[@jewdidnaziitthrumping4410]

north Korea does not like race mixing they brought Slavic women for us soldiers

[@nose123456ful]

They are not even Americans physically ,half Romania ,and they grew up in North Korea , their mother tongue is 100% Korean with capital accents I think , color does not mean anything

[@darkzerk7]

What the fuck is an "american physically"? Do you realize american whites are a mixture of 10-20 different European nationalities? Do you think the US had any whites before they entered the continent from Europe?

[@norwegianboyee]

Those two sons must live interesting lives. Especially the guy that is a captain in the North Korean army.

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

More interesting that the native equivalent of Joe Six-Pack for sure. Although sipping a beer, even a crappy US beer, would be a luxury in NK.

[@mikebond3210]

​@Patrick Mccutcheon haha you mean american cheap beer like piss ?

[@mikebond3210]

​@Patrick Mccutcheon haha you mean american cheap beer like piss ?

[@cehaem2]

@@patrickmccutcheon9361 NK brew their own beer.

[@cehaem2]

@@bhall4996 it's quite good actually as they don't use HGB. I had it in China. There's a Czech brewer in the special economy zone as well that supplies the hotels. But their wine is bad. Really bad.

[@grandmastergalloway2865]

When I clicked on this I HONESTLY thought this was the Onion.

[@1roiboi]

During the Cuban Revolution, there was an American who gave up his citizenship to fight along side Fidel Castro. William Morgan from Ohio was Fidel Castro’s 2nd in command, he also served in WW2. He helped train the Cubans to overthrow Batista.

[@GrexFilms]

many people leave the US, actually. And I dont blame them

[@ANYA.RIZALI]

meow

[@stoggafllik]

@@GrexFilms then leave, no one cares if you stay here

[@UmQasaann]

¡Viva la Revolución y el Che! ¡Viva el socialismo! ¡Yo soy Fidel! 🇨🇺 🛠

[@justinkim7756]

​@purpleblastoise lmao che got shot like the dog he is and communism killed Latin America just like u ppl deserve 😂😂

[@guil6134]

Dresnock, that is a badass last name

[@angloengland559]

English name, course it is

[@TomSawyerLost]

it's Dresnok, without the C. To me it sounds more slavic, like Czech or Slovak maybe...

[@ganjaman407]

It's a traitor name

[@charliecatesby3346]

I'm pretty sure Dresnok isn't an English name. In fact I'm sure it's German in origin.

[@tonybinda6905]

Fitting name. Right up their with Bernie Madoff off with the money

[@RunningRiot14]

I love how they are like "HALF American" so they could be like "its ok he's only half it must have been the other half" dudes dad was a U.S soldier.

[@LeechWoman]

Half Romanian, more like. Their mum is Romanian

[@yourbadger5486]

​@LeechWoman Yeah she was kidnapped in order to be the wife of the defector

[@wjgthatsit2357]

Time traveler: *does something totally mundane* The timeline:

[@gameexpert2011]

"Ethnically Americans" Bro, they're ethnically Europeans. Being an American is a national identity. I suppose Native Americans could be considered "ethnically Americans", but the fact that they originally came from Siberia makes them ethically Asian, not American either. But since they were the original settlers, then you could argue that they deserve the title of being "ethnically American". I digress.

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

By that reason, how many ethnic Americans are left. Are there are any pure- blood ‘Indian’ Americans left and if there are, do any live outside of reservations?

[@gameexpert2011]

@@patrickmccutcheon9361 Right. Also, this is completely off topic but what's even more confusing is that there were so many Native American tribes in history that were in North America in what is now Canada, the United States, and Mexico. They had lands in these 3 countries but did they Native American tribes/clans ever form their own nation? Did they ever have a constitution or some sort of law and order? Did they recognize their tribes/clans as a Republic or a Kingdom? Did they have some sort of borders like we do today?

[@pedroxyo]

Ethnicity doesn't mean race

[@gameexpert2011]

@@pedroxyo Where did race come from? We're talking about ethnicity.

[@pedroxyo]

@@gameexpert2011 Came from you, you are mistaking ethnicity for race. How can they be ethnically european (also how can one even be ethnically european, if it was just one ethnicity they wouldn't need 44 countries) their only tie to europe is their dna, and they were born in north korea and they speak korean, that's enough

[@explorermike19]

The sad story about these two men's parents is that their father was American James Joseph Dreznok and Romanian Doina Bumbea. James Joseph Dreznok's entire life was a turbid collection of bad choices and at the age of 21 in 1962 while doing patrol duty with the US Army on the North/South Korean border chose to defect to North Korea. Video interviews of Dreznok are available in which it is obvious that Dreznok was of fairly modest intellect, to put it kindly. Their mother Doina Bumbea was a Romanian art student who was kidnapped while she was in Italy, brought to North Korea, and "gifted" to Dreznok by the North Korean government. At that time, North Korea was kidnapping people from around the world to bring to North Korea. Some of these victims were young women who were used for a number of sordid reasons including being gifted to the American defectors as wives. Dreznok never returned to the USA and had three children by two different women while in North Korea.

[@hazaonly]

Why not you also describe how amazing his life was in America as true American Dream. His parents divorced and his father kicked him out, his relatives kicked him out, lived in orphange and was cheated by his wife during his military service while he raminaed loyal to her. He was forced to be the part of the war he don't want to be in any longer. Atleast in North Korea he was free married to good women who died in his arms and he stayed loyal to NK till his end.

[@marshmallowkingthesecond3152]

​@@hazaonlytankie shill

[@ManiyaVinas]

What a rtrded country

[@vigilante9089]

​​​The reason he was free in north korea was cause he was supplying them propaganda and also taught koreans English and ironic is Koreans are brainwashed to hate Americans but james and his crew were treated like kings while the lower class starved and dies​@@hazaonly

[@RED-my9hl]

​@@hazaonlygood women? they probably begged him to help them leave wtf is wrong with you

[@fandomguy8025]

People: "omg this is so weird, amazing, these white people speak Korean like a Korean" , well duh. It's just a language. It has nothing to do with what one looks like. We are all the same, no matter how different we look on the outside.

[@AlexanderMatrix11111]

No were not.

[@BNSFGuy4723]

@@AlexanderMatrix11111 then you’re just a dumbass if you can’t learn another language lol

[@AlexanderMatrix11111]

@@BNSFGuy4723 I know four and still: No were not.

[@driftingsoul7355]

@@AlexanderMatrix11111 What are you talking about no one is saying some “all races are united as one” bullshit, we LITERALLY ARE all the same. It’s just a fact. We are all the same species, what are you on? We are literally just circumstances of geography and language/culture. The only differences are external and superficial…are you like actually suggesting races have biological (species) differences?

[@AlexanderMatrix11111]

@@driftingsoul7355 I have been to 55 countries and interacted with people from about all countries. No we are not all the same no matter how much your communist hippie mind wants it. IQ-behaviors-capacities vary with the race with exceptions here and there.

[@NL-tq1yr]

"Remember these brothers only lived in NK, that's the only reality they know." Yeah but you can basically say that about americans as well.

[@rcgunner7086]

You can basically say that about anyone.

[@J____12345]

The difference Americans have access to world news/media so the US can’t impose one reality of what’s going on in the world. Unlike Nk

[@clintfowler1526]

Difference is the US is not a totalitarian state. There’s limited censorship. North Korea is not that way. They’re a dictatorship no matter how you look at it

[@rebralhunter6069]

Americans can leave america.

[@LeechUFC]

RebralHunter americans can leave america but most the population can’t afford to leave and millions never even leave their towns in their lifetime lmao

[@pumpkinpepsi]

I think it's definitely real; they dont have some innate love for the US just because their father was born there. Their father's life was heartbreakingly sad. I doubt he ever spoke highly of his time in the US, and they have no frame of reference. They have lived in relative luxury in NK their whole lives. Why wouldn't they support NK?

[@Me-ic3li]

I don’t know how anyone can be surprised that they speak their native language fluently?

[@WhiteWolf--]

Never blamed Dreznok for a second. He was treated like a king for the rest of his life, every want and need fulfilled, except leaving the country of course.

[@hannahrhcp]

Not 100% truth. They beated him several times, was forced to “volunteer” to remove his militar tattoos with knifes and show his scars in a documentary, etc

[@danilyevh.2712]

@@hannahrhcp I dont think thats true, but I may be wrong here. But Dresnok and other American defectors were treated as elites in Pyongyang. When Dresnok and his fellows tried to defect to the Soviet Union via the Soviet embassy, the North Koreans felt embarrassed that they were hospitable enough and tried to be more friendly with the American defectors.

[@LeechWoman]

if you watch the documentary on his life in N Korea, he never mentions money troubles and he never mentions having to work over there.

[@kiki88561]

@@danilyevh.2712 It is true though, as Dresnok himself mentions that, and shows the scars. He was also confined with other Americans there for a while, and was allegedly forced to study the regime with them.

[@albertjsanchez99]

What a shame. They have will never know of Long John Silver

[@stillatit90]

Albert Sanchez why would they even care?

[@jaemochiboi]

lol ikr? So random.

[@al821]

Albert Sanchez or Popeyes, KFC, Chick-fil-A. They have not lived life until they smoke a blunt and try hot pockets.

[@TheHastyNinja]

Weed is abundant in North Korea. You can even see it growing plentiful on the roadsides.

[@barryirlandi4217]

Albert Sanchez poor people they probably don't even know who Emenmem is...

[@christophergomez499]

Yo why do these grown men have silly straws XD

[@rickygrimshaw1255]

Christopher Gomez What’s wrong with silly straws 😉

[@blankblank5409]

Fuck you silly straw hater

[@JB-wg8id]

Hey. Silly straws have been the apex of straw design for decades. It's a straw that not only draws liquids but also keeps kids entertained and keeps your virginity intact

[@ZOMBIEWOLF29]

​@@JB-wg8id Based take

[@Quasimodo1957]

Oh well this isn't news. They don't know any better because they haven't been anywhere else. They weren't forced to say anything.

[@strategossable1366]

I hate news dubbing foreign languages rather than subbing. 1 - you can't tell if it has been dubbed accurately unless you know the language well enough to lipread, 2 - it makes people who consume news less aware of foreign languages being a thing and creates a subconscious message that English is the default language which everyone should naturally be expected to speak, and 3 - in cases where it is really interesting to hear the language e.g. right here hearing a caucasian speaking Korean as a native I CANNOT HEAR IT FOR LONGER THAN 4 SECONDS BEFORE THE DUB COMES IN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA sorry is just annoying for me I want to hear beautiful languages not just English :(

[@musammatakter6538]

You can search up James dresnok son's interview. A 50 min interview should show up. No eng subs tho. They do appear in documentary called crossing the lines along their father. They were young back then. You can hear their English there also.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

This. I was really annoyed because I wanted to hear their Korean accent. They literally spoke 2 or 3 words before being dubbed over. It is extra annoying because their main point is "Look at the white people speaking Korean perfectly!!"

[@THE-zv7vj]

love the crazy straws in their drinks on the table.

[@8Oblivion_Lost8]

Bizzare, just plain bizzare.

[@eeshsinger]

Andre Yashin Yep

[@realdy]

Their father, PFC James Dresnok was a soldier from US Army who was stationed in South Korea at May, 1962. He got caught by going outside his base with fake signature of his superior officer and was about to go to military trial. But instead, he crossed the DMZ where millions of land mines are buried and went to North Korea. There, he became a propaganda movie star and got married with a Romanian woman who got kidnapped by North Korea. He died by stroke in 2016. P.S) The interviewer in this video is Ken Roh, pro-NK American journalist who got phD in Kim il sung university and advocated the attacking against the US ambassador in South Korea. He died April 15, 2020 by corona.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Based fuck ameeigolems

[@bunk95]

Thats fiction. You marketing someone outside of fiction with that?

[@christopherdonaghue2461]

This is the height of irresponsible journalism. On what basis can you justify even making the suggestion that they made such comments under duress? Every time somebody supports a country that America doesn't like, to American media, it's a lie, a sham, they were forced into it at gunpoint. Well, find me the gun or stop fucking lying!

[@Baphomets_Kid]

American propaganda is amazing. Very very few Americans realize they’re brainwashed.

[@boostoshi]

1:27 Dayum. Their dad got hooked up with their fine looking mom by NK. NK looking out. Ultimate wingman

[@VVEmil]

Yeah. Romanian women are truly beautiful.

[@caleb_güero]

Yeah well, she was kidnapped and forced to marry him.

[@fahhhque2255]

You're a fucking idiot

[@ANYA.RIZALI]

meow

[@colebarrick7973]

Shame shame you know youa name

[@RudieObias]

There's a documentary about their father who was an American soldier who defected to North Korea during the Korean War called CROSSING THE LINE. It's pretty good!

[@dannynrny473]

You're right. Thanks. Good documentary

[@noydb2148]

Jenkins is still alive on Sado island, working at a gift shop. Tells a different story. I may read his book.

[@josepaulobarbosadasilva1544]

Rudie, have I ever said that? I know very well that they are half Romanian, their mother's name is Doina Bumbea...And being American is definetely not a race...but my friend , you have confused yourself...I have never said that being 'American is a race'...

[@ANYA.RIZALI]

meow

[@WutThaFuh]

He defected in '62 mate!

[@quarant1353]

No "ploy" - they are for real.

[@CryptoX-kr3wu]

They’re basically North Koreans that look Caucasian.

[@drips1030]

The "captain" doesn't look very happy to me. Something isn't right there!

[@Steveinthailand]

Yes, James and Ted did go on holiday to Phuket, Thailand in 2019, I was there. Totally false report that theyve never been abroad, or cant leave DPRK. Ted has a condo in Beijing while James is reading for his Masters Degree via UK university

[@ptrekboxbreaks5198]

Links?

[@glitzyglam7827]

Wow!

[@carlmarcks114]

Yeah right

[@Steven-tl8fs]

You are wrong. I was there. They can't leave NK.

[@brandonyu9602]

Those crazy straws

[@PeaceCannon]

They are North Korean... The same way that people of Asian ancestry who live in the US are Americans. Why is anyone surprised by this?

[@canadianaviator]

Because there are less than 10 white people in North Korea and it’s highly unusual

[@MrRusty-fm4gb]

So that wouod make them american/romanian north korean?

[@baikushex0et682]

No I read their id card states nationality usa

[@justinboyd8383]

These people just can't imagine that Americans would reject U.S. imperialism. The Dresnoks get it.

[@__hjg__2123]

Even more tragic when you learn that their mother was kidnapped by North Korea and never saw her Romanian relatives ever again.

[@jukio02]

Now, another defector, Travis King.

[@jcalhoun7501]

I don't get it. People are supposed to care about a traitor and the sons of a traitor.

[@KenshinHimura-eb9bv]

J Calhoun coward they were sons of deserters who were court martial but we're too coward and decided not to stand trial

[@dongibson8513]

J Calhoun They are all north Koreans now who just look like Americans. Father was a slacker and crossed the border to avoid a courtmarshal for forging a pass and being away from his post. He made a decision he couldn't go back on, besides he's well treated there as are the sons who are useful propaganda tools. The downside of this is if any one of them stops being useful to the regime or says anything against the dictator they can disappear and never be heard from again.

[@isaacsechslingloff6296]

People have the right to choose their allegiances. There is no shame in making a choice

[@AChannelFrom2006]

Americans: " Everyone must bow down to Jeff Bezos. People are not allowed free will. "

[@Liam-iv7wk]

Reminds me of the Colonial children raised by Native Americans.

[@thatsnodildo1974]

They arent 'defectors' they literally grew up there so why are yall surprised?

[@Epic_Memer_Man]

They are descendants of defectors

[@tommydonahue924]

This is gonna be the guy who just ran into North Korea

[@VantaBay]

They're right

[@vincentvarkor]

North Korean Eric And Donald Jr

[@mustardorb8867]

These guys are fucking legends!

[@thulsadoom3658]

"Half American"? American isn't a racial grouping, but okay.

[@Sergio-fu7mv]

It might as well be because most of us hold ourselves as the American race due to us having been here for generations.

[@thulsadoom3658]

@@Sergio-fu7mv LMFAO Literally no one, and I mean no one talks or thinks like that if they have a brain and a clear understanding of the term "race".

[@codysingh5939]

American is a racial grouping.

[@verystrongcat7148]

This is infected Terran

[@qarmatianwarhorse6028]

Make your father proud, gentlemen. #OneKoreaUnderJuche

[@saucejohnson9862]

How is that “expert” not sure if it’s real when there’s been an entire documentary about it? Let alone it’s been free on KZbin for the past 10 years..

[@dylanmartin998]

I don’t really see how what they said is wrong or controversial? The US invaded Korea totally unprovoked, the US does pursue global economic and political dominance and has a long history of harsh sanctions against the North. I don’t see how from their perspective what they said is in anyway unusual ?

[@cosplayshop]

Lol US invaded Korea unprovoked? You must be thinking of North Korea, US did not care less for Korea after WW2, did not even bothered to rebuild the Southern Army, which is the reason why the North see it as a chance and invaded South in the first place... Learn your history please

[@cosplayshop]

@Big Daddy I don't know what kind of Alternative History you learn your history from. US DO NOT CARE about Korea because that would piss off the Japanese where US had 100K troop in occupation duty after WW2. The last thing US wanted is Japan to revolt and they would have to fight another Pacific War. That is the reason why US and Allied continue to ignore the South Korean plea for heavy armament and they are stuck without tank, or even an airforce. The North sees this, and think this is a good time to attack, The North cross the 38 parallel and the South is completely unprepared, that's why the North fought the South all the way to Busan before the US seriously involved in the situation.

[@cosplayshop]

@Big Daddy It doesn't matter? First of all, that was a UN Operation, it wasn't US willy-nilly go into South Korea. So the question is, were UN Matter? Second, they hate us there? Dude, you do know you are talking about South Korea, not Japan? South Korean pay us to station troop there. We should have withdrawn from Japan and let them develop a formable military and scrap the article 10 for Japan.

[@cosplayshop]

@Big Daddy I don't know if you are for real this naive or you are a paid agent. First of all, do you think if we withdraw from that part of the world and only mind our part of the world, Russia and China will NOT encroach our part of the world once they dominated, their's after our withdrawal? You have to be either naive or stupid or both to think this is going to happen. World Trade is world trade, if we don't dominate, they will, and in this case, it would much rather be us than them. What do you think will happen when China, who control 98% of world rare earth sale, took Taiwan, which control the world 56% of world IC sales? Do you think China will play nice with us and sell us the chip they now dominated? Same with Oil, Plastic, Tin, Zinc, Copper, and every other mineral US don't have. Dude, I don't know what world you are living in, but what you said is either incredibly naive or scripted.

[@cosplayshop]

@Big Daddy no American would call America the USA......

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Playing traitorous imperialists is very hard. Commendations to these brothers for their dedication to the Fatherland 🇰🇵

[@mcj2219]

People will never identify these guys as "Korean", but any african that moves to Europe will be seen as a native European nowadays 🤦😂

[@andrewsmith4492]

They can keep them.

[@mikehunt9884]

one thing is for sure, the people in north korea that live inside pyongyang, those are the 1%, and they are 100% loyal to the state, and they'll do anything to remain on the good side of the Kims. They don't want to have to have to fend for themselves out in the countryside. The people there were probably some of the few people that didn't have to starve during the 90's famines

[@hectorramirez3757]

Yes you would be in trouble. The UCMJ has no geographical boundaries or any expiration dates. Once you’re caught, you serve your sentence.

[@TheChuck624]

So if they were born in N. Korea, how is it they qualify to be called Americans? Do they have American birth certificates, social security numbers, American passports and have they ever one time visited the U.S. What a stupid story.

[@ShortsMaGeeTV]

Their father died. Don't you do research?

[@ruizhang2452]

“Defector” seems to be a dream job if you are from N Korea - look at Yoemni Park, another star defector

[@lucasgrey9794]

There is an interview of her family and neighbors. Apparently she was a brat. You should look deeper into the "Defector" meme. Scary stuff.

[@dankmemes7342]

Sad thing is, his son is actually correct and everything they’re saying about the US is true

[@brandonlu9280]

Except is living in North Korea better as a poor person

[@yonatannazarian3557]

They're saying the truth though

[@bluerosemaiden5945]

Doesn't change the fact that they're hypocrites.

[@ZeleKnez]

God bless them.

[@jostrander71]

Imagine those 2 have never been outside North Korea. I wonder what their life is like.

[@pr0v1d3nce2]

I agree with the brothers

[@gnkyiri]

A documentary was published a few years ago about Dresnock, the former leader kim Jong ILL was very good to him, let him teach English classes and used him as actor in North Korea movies (mostly for war propeganda) He is a celebrity among N.K. people and treat very kindly and very well for his contributions (according to the documentary). I believe this to be true, the sons will have a good status from thier following in thier fathers foot steps. I would imagine American intelligence would nab them the very second they set foot on any U.S. allied soil. My guess is both sons are very well educated and thier father has taught them many things of American history and government. To report they are being forced to act or just brain washed with propaganda can be misleading. These two sons know more about N.K. than all of the U.S. intelligence community combined together. I just wonder, why bring the spotlight on the sons at this time? We have a very weak president at this time, and to show one of the sons in a diplomatic status would be a slap in the face to America, and being N.K. citizen and having diplomatic status means the American intelligence community cannot detain him or touch him for any reason when traveling to U.N. representing N.K. government. I am just a normal working guy with my opinions, If you don't like my opinion then post your opinion instead of beat me down because you don't agree with what I just posted.......i just look the timeline was 7 years ago, I think the article is recent. My bad.

[@karibennett5847]

I watched a very rare interview allowed in NK of this family when these guys were teens and their home was nothing really. The dad was fed well only really and known to the public not to harm and famous. He cried the whole time.

[@karibennett5847]

@Mazhar Imam I will try to find it as it was 3 years ago that I saw it.

[@rubengutierrez19]

@@karibennett5847 hello from late 2021 , did you find it?

[@karibennett5847]

@@rubengutierrez19 I did just find it- kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z56rgmyXaaibh5I&ab_channel=DocumentaryTV. Crossing The Line by BBC: only interview he has ever done with a foreign country

[@jaysnehpandey7089]

​@@karibennett5847found?

[@manuelcorrea2365]

@@karibennett5847 To be honest, I don't think you are telling the truth. There is no way that _"rare interview"_ was allowed in North Korea if the father was crying the whole time. In order to be broadcasted in national TV, the father should have been celebrating the whole time how wonderful his life in North Korea was, how blessed he was to live in the happiest country in the world and how their supreme leader knows better than everyone else. Being that said, plus the fact that you never showed any support to your claim, I think you completely made this story up to get some attention.

[@danielbutler946]

Now this is what I see as a traitor

[@planes3333]

I see them as traitors too.

[@danielbutler946]

@@planes3333 Nice one reverse clause but still point solid.

[@planes3333]

@@danielbutler946 can you elaborate.

[@danielbutler946]

@@planes3333 Sure when you defect to another country and give intelligence or more in interest of international conflict or annexation no matter the variable on previous home country you are a traitor to said country.

[@syntheticdawn4992]

How are they betraying DPRK exactly? they are born there.

[@lenardtorres1965]

Defects?... They didn't defect. They sacrificed.

[@christopherbrown9279]

I grew up in America too but America is wrong. Creating wars all over the world and sending American money to Ukraine smh its disgusting

[@hotboigee5689]

The fact that they said half Korean LOL look at them do they look half Korean to you

[@reFocusZone]

You misunderstood, they did not say these sons are half Korean - their mother is Romanian 1:27 - they were just born there and apparently have never been outside of the country. They will NEVER be fully trusted - because NO foreigners are. But they have always been given privileged lifestyles because they are valuable propaganda assets. (I assume that they were often told the truth about America and the West by their father growing up. Or then again, maybe not, if he was always fearful of being punished and killed?)

[@siz22]

I mean, they not wrong about America

[@AlexS-ij2fe]

"They've never lived outside of North Korea." So? How many flag-waving Americans have ever lived outside of the US?

[@gregweller1263]

Who gives a crap what they have to say.

[@shutzyjcdr]

I'm Romanian and I gotta say it took me by surprise the fact about their mother being Romanian...

[@icositetrachoron7028]

Probably kidnapped

[@litespeedway6538]

genetically engineered europeans / westerners, serving a purpose ?

[@brookxiaofengxiong8473]

Romanian women are beautiful and sexy, that’s why

[@BettyCraig-x8l]

I'm sure her relatives would like to know what happened to her.

[@jcwoodman5285]

They've never had a McRib😥

[@GrexFilms]

they think the same of you... "he never tried dog meat"

[@jakekaywell5972]

@@GrexFilms Or kimchi, actually. NK's national dish and these two would be certain to have it.

[@asdfxyz27]

Nothing new, they make people recite a script they want.

[@MarMar-nq9ii]

Классные ребята. Удачи им.

[@jonathanshaw3250]

Why does KZbin think I would want to see this now?

[@craigslistrro709]

A Turkey raised by chickens, believes he is a chicken. I have no reason to doubt these guys.

[@Jordan-mn2ty]

They seem much more well mannered than your typical Westerner.

[@SADBOY-di3th]

True

[@elmuhager01]

Do you blame those who wants to get away from congested roads and highways, North Korea is almost a ghost town. hardly any traffic jams .

[@noneya9084]

And hardly any food

[@lawrence2992]

And no internet, no traveling outside the country, no international phone services, and doing something as little as littering will have you sent to a gulag.

[@tahrondavis8080]

How tf did this ended up in my recommendations!? 😂😂

[@GrexFilms]

because it's time for you to go to North Korea :)

[@alisolkanu4763]

You are where you are born.

[@jaytee3217]

Imagine dooming all your future descendants to a life in North Korea all because u didn't have the balls to face the music to your own superiors.

[@千代白渚]

I won't call that a doom. A private's sons became military officers in a super hierarchical society.

[@gello8518]

Blood line will only last as long as they can kidnap white women. They aren’t allowed to breed into Korean blood line. They also lose the propaganda effect if they are no longer white.

[@jonathankim2386]

I feel sorry for them If they were born in America or South Korea, they would have spend their time watching Netflix and KZbin eating cheeseburgers instead of talking about how much they respect Kim Jong Un and hate America.

[@ElDoradoooo97]

2:16 I thought she was a cartoon character. I thought I was watching a cartoon.

[@adamweishaupt2846]

1:07-1:14 Could say the same thing about the Western governments and media outlets.

[@blankblank5409]

Both sides spout propaganda

[@slowmo4757]

If you know the story of their Dad, than there is no reason to question if they were forced to say those things. They are North Koreans! Born and raised there. They know nothing else.

[@teniaru6692]

"Don't worry son, opposite day isn't real, it can't hurt you." Opposite day: