No One Lives In North Korea's $900 Million Palace

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Welcome back, Richest fans! The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun is worth millions of dollars! However, this former home of previous North Korea leader and founder, Kim Il-sung, has had no one living within its walls for decades. Instead, it’s been converted into a usual building. Today, we’re going to look at this amazing property in detail. We’ll even briefly look at the main home of current leader, Kim Jong-un, and one of the tallest buildings in the world that’s never had someone live inside in North Korea. We’ll also explore a particular abandoned luxury hotel in Croatia.
Now for the spoiler paragraph. If you like surprises, we suggest you stop reading and watch the video multiple times. After we see the amazing history of the Kumsusan Palace and the crazy amount spent to change it to its current task, we’ll then see the strict visitor rules in place and the reason for them. Then, we have the Ryongsong Residence of Jong-un that has intense security with a number of hidden secrets. Next in North Korea is the expensive Ryugyong Hotel that holds an unwanted Guinness World Record. We’ll then explore the Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia. It was created as a playground for the wealthy to relax within. Now, it’s a shell of its former self. We’ll see what caused this touch of luxury to be left to Mother Nature. Finally, we’ll see just how much money former North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, spent on bottles of Hennessy cognac each year. It’s an eye-watering amount!
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Kumsusan Palace of the Sun
02:56 Visiting Rules
04:15 Ryongsong Residence
05:12 Ryugyong Hotel
06:45 Haludovo Palace Hotel

[@johnmarknicolas8856]

"Followed in his father's footsteps and passed away" Very inspiring 😂

[@aeMKei2850]

Hahahahaha 😂😂😂😂

[@gabrielesolletico518]

We will all do that, sooner or later.

[@MrLazlness]

Just waiting for the UN to follow as well

[@eliaskuah7704]

I was wondering wth language that was also.

[@joshbarrera6005]

Lol 😂

[@daltoncampbell8401]

North korea: feed our people, nah, let's built a big ass hotel and never use it!

[@picasoj5944]

tell your government that

[@Juicyzigga]

?? These people deserve freedom

[@CityChristina]

@@Juicyzigga That was the point.

[@chenyeanmingtakumi9033]

It is their secret military base

[@user-bx7vu5cs8p]

They started building it in 1987. At this time, North Korea had enough food. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, they started having lack of food.

[@AmyDuan]

all these millions and their people go hungry

[@GSLevel]

@TheRíchest imagine impersonating and attempting to do a crypto scam, really irrelevant

[@123RADIOactive]

@TheRíchest please do everyone a favour and catch COVID19...... and don’t recover..... 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@merodbloxlover45]

Communism

[@user-yh6dq2hl2t]

@@merodbloxlover45 your mom is communism

[@ozzierabbit587]

Think of all the deaths that were indirectly caused by these pointless misdirections of resources.

[@TechCollective]

Praying for whoever is reading this will become successful! Let's secure our bags in 2021!

[@mantler.szn30]

Ok :)

[@maritoguionyo]

@@mantler.szn30 yes

[@liltgang7995]

U r amazing ❤️

[@dummy112]

Thanks

[@devontaesliming904]

Thankss

[@sealteam7557]

Anyone noticed the fan @ 1:33 cooling the dear leaders😂

[@chii6050]

@TheRíchest bot

[@kimbaldun]

The person who put that fan there gonna have his family sent to the gulag because the god's feet is too cold.

[@thinkinghmmmm]

That was brilliant 🤣🤣🤣 been drying that paint for 60 years.

[@theoriginaltroll388]

Whoever thought of that idea probably got a new apartment 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@allanmn]

Because they are burning in hell...

[@angelfoto4795]

As a person that visited the palace during a national day, almost everything you said was correct, this place is the most secure place in the country. You require formal wear, I didn't know about hair rules, I supose they refer to unusual color or haircuts. You wait in a building a side the place, then you deposit everything, my two cameras and phone, you pass a security check and a footwear cleaner, next you go to a moving walkway to enter the building, during these minutes you can see leaders photos and the gardens, once you're there you will got to the room at 2:08 to salute the statues, inside the building an instrumental version of the song "The Leader Will Always Be with Us" is played continuosly. You will go to various rooms and halls, then you'll visit the Kim Il Sung room, the room is red and there is a guard in every corner, in the center the body lays, in line you salute him three times at his 6' 9' and 3' you don't salute his head side, everything is fast, you can't stop to see the body, you exit from other door and then go to his exposition room, most of them are medals, gifts and diplomas for other countries and a lot of universities. Next you go to the Kim Jong Il room and the same things happens, three sides and exit the room to see his exposition of goods and gifts. You go back to the main room and the to the moving walkway to retrive your items. A lot of locals were there, civilians and military personnel visiting the place. The thing at 4:04 is true, you're not allowed to hide your hands in your pockets or putting your hands together in the back, this happened to me a lot and I was warned because for them it wasn't respectful. In my defense I will say that I could not help it, I always do it. Other curious fact about the place is that there is a abandoned metro station in it, the Kwangmyŏng Station that was closed in 1995, the train don't stop there anymore.

[@janesmith9024]

Very interesting. Thank you

[@IceyKnuckles]

Wow

[@alainportant6412]

Ok, so you couldn't actually see the cadavers of Kim Il SUng and Kim Jong Il ?

[@angelfoto4795]

@@alainportant6412 Yes you can, but the time you spent in there is too short that you don't really remember seeing them.

[@bepperossini8936]

When I was little my Italian grandpa always scolded me for the hands in the pockets ... I can't remember very well the reason but it was something like "only the good-for-nothing keeps the hands in the pockets, hands are made for working"

[@WPGCARS]

I hope that one day North Korea will be a free place.

[@rankedskywars]

korea* will be free

[@mbmyt4973]

@@rankedskywars no just North Korea

[@rankedskywars]

@@mbmyt4973 that was the joke... because in north korea they think of north korea as "korea"

[@kimbaldun]

@@rankedskywars Like we all know that

[@rankedskywars]

@@kimbaldun well the video was talking about the founders was it not? and the founders make their people believe they are the only true korea

[@Eza_yuta]

1:32 Even their portrait need fan.

[@bandanasaikia6048]

😂😂🤣

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

Supreme Portrait

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Best city in the world

[@zzulm]

0:08 sweeping that huge place with that broom 😱

[@JacquelynNhi]

You build a 150 story building for who? You've starved and bankrupted the entire country so they're too poor to afford it and you make it impossible for people to travel from other countries to visit NK because just about anything can get them executed or sent to a prison camp for life. So who the hell is the hotel for?

[@jacksonramsey4848]

Believe it or not, you can actually visit north korea, although I don’t know why anyone would want to in the first place. Even Americans were allowed into the country until 2017 when the trump administration added north korea to his travel ban list, after the death of Otto warmbier

[@samiramarley]

The 105 story Ryugyong Hotel was supposed to be finished by 1989, for the World Festival of Youth and Students, which Pyongyang hosted that year, as an alternative to Seoul's hosting of the 1988 Summer Olympics. Pyongyang already had a few hotels in existence when work began on the Ryugyong. Work stopped in 1992 after funding dried up due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It wasn't until 2008 that glass and metal cladding were added. Eventually, LED displays were added, turning what was intended to be the largest hotel in the world into a massive illuminated propaganda display.

[@michaelqu]

Actually, the "105 story" building is exaggerated. It doesn't even have 100 floors, floors 4, 14, 24, 34, 40-49, 54, 64, 74, 84, 94, and 104 are skipped and missing. In reality, it only has 86 floors.

[@za-mez6132]

The 105-story "Hotel of Doom," never hosted a single guest, but remains a subject of international fascination. Tallest Unoccupied Building in the World. What a waste of money.

[@Bille994]

The Croatian coast is such an unbelievably beautiful part of the world, I'm shocked that hotel hasn't been redeveloped for modern tourism

[@frankier7742]

I hope that everyone gets there dream and have a good life

[@marcoreliever8519]

You to

[@marcoreliever8519]

My dream is mlb

[@griffeyboi1357]

Thank and you to :D

[@gabrielrossman4328]

@@marcoreliever8519 same

[@Mark-mu4pj]

Hop you do to.

[@InfINFINITY]

One person has even said that during their visit, they placed their hand in pockets. Receives 3 generations of punishment after being savagely eaten by kims dogs.

[@Swissswoosher]

“Hidden” is a bit of a stretch

[@bbwon]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Mr. Crabs sold Sponge bob for 62€

[@kimbaldun]

That's like the oldest joke in the book, think of a new one

[@nanolog522]

"I am sorry, 3% of the countries GDP are tied in this palace, but we will have to build another one, because in the first one we display the cars and yachts of the former president. Guess you will have to stay hungry".

[@PsGamerish]

I don't see the connection between North Korea and Croatia... why would you finish the video like that?

[@aeMKei2850]

Word!!!!

[@JW-uv7ww]

@@aeMKei2850 Word Indeed.

[@CityChristina]

I had the same question.

[@michailokeefeMooMoo]

Great video

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Wow $900 Million that's amazing palace

[@frankieg8695]

Is that why people live in poverty??

[@stephenclayton999]

Yeah

[@generalzucc462]

NK have no money. They use money laundering and hacking other countries for main source of income

[@juniorsir9521]

General Zucc how do they hack other countries when they don’t have internet? I’ve seen some photos were they put computers and people sitting and make it seem like they are typing but the computers were old and dusty when the photographer took a quick photo quietly.

[@mihanovak2228]

@@juniorsir9521 they have internet, it's just very restricted. They also have hackers but they work from China, not from North Korea. Educate yourself

[@generalzucc462]

@@juniorsir9521 oh they have computers. Only the elites get to use it, and the ones who are privileged are heavily watched and all western sites are blocked.

[@TACB79]

I hope one day I could have 990mill so I could donate to kids that have cancer. And help the homeless people.

[@johncener6917]

I believe in u

[@TACB79]

@The Comment Reviewer no im serious

[@thunder5536]

@The Comment Reviewer WHY don't you shut the fuck up what would you spend with it. Oh I know spend on toys games or the new Xbox or new ps 5

[@thunder5536]

@@rpr1162 aww someone wants attention..... Delete this bull shit comment

[@heyahiyoiyeheyaiyoiye2637]

Blablabla u just want to show off right we dont know your true colors is???

[@sherlyntehlaylian6273]

Wow, nice video ❤

[@duckeatsbread5644]

TheRíchest lmao nice scammer

[@nataliechalley674]

Wow this is the earliest I’ve ever been

[@nataliechalley674]

I know it’s not that early but still...

[@Abcd123Alex]

Lmao

[@mihikashah1284]

Ye me too (u can read my comment I was second)

[@Joel33736]

01:39... This flag and "book" is not in the palace but near the DMZ... :) There is the place where the armistice was signed.

[@lordbabegt9532]

Nice

[@amen6755]

At 1:33 a fan cooling down the portrait hahaha

[@c-028]

Just realized they sealed up all the window of the building.

[@amritthind6654]

Kim must be so happy till he heard.. World record for the tallest building.... Unoccupied.

[@samiramarley]

The building shown at 4:28 is NOT the Ryongsong Residence. The building we see in the photos shown is the Baekhwawon Guest House, where visiting dignitaries stay and meet with either the supreme leader or other high-ranking officials for diplomatic engagements.

[@treenaxtine]

0:06 & 3:03 I see the future Captain Ri Jeong Hyeok.😅 hoping we're looking at the same person though.😁

[@notsudomanu37]

90% of Korean population starving!!!(ACCORDING TO WHAT I WATCHED IN A VIDEO) Un family:"Let's build another 100million building to abandon!!"

[@Btsarmyfan99]

nice, watched it in a vid so it must be true

[@kimbaldun]

Why not?

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

That would be the Kim family.

[@jeffreyohene3830]

Fun fact: I did not know I was early until I look below

[@khushalrustagi8879]

Same here. 😂😂

[@raynoldrapsing22]

Earliest recommendation I've ever seen. Lmao.

[@dark_pepper2054]

2:52 those people have biggest respect to clean this part for military parade

[@zenbmonk1016]

First the Ryugyong hotel and now the Sun Palace. My question is why? We may never know.

[@physics77guy]

watch Turkmenistan video and try to figure out more

[@mwolf9868]

I was surprised the most with the graffiti in the abandones hotel"s pool

[@Sean-hd1bp]

It's probably stock footage and not the hotel.

[@TheStrikerArmy]

I can’t even remember when we didn’t have to wear masks...

[@lintlicker9630]

March 17 last year for US I remember because we went on lockdown two days after my bday

[@rajaraja-rj3xx]

March,2020

[@jrr6947]

@@lintlicker9630 Damn! It was on my birthday, March 16th that we in South Africa went into lockdown.

[@davideparlato2661]

@@jrr6947 same my birthday is 8 march and lockdown in Italy happened 10 march

[@imlegit1162]

I Pray anyone That sees This is Successful in Life....

[@uh6995]

Thank you

[@legochef9417]

Thx you too

[@ynt4771]

Ooo u pretty☺️. But yeah thank you, you too.

[@generalzucc462]

@@ynt4771 simp

[@ynt4771]

@@generalzucc462 lol not really😂

[@RemReport]

It’s pretty crazy how little we know about North Korea, interesting video

[@naitriumes1914]

All I hope for is North Korea to be free and all the people who live in North Korea to be truly happy AND I hope it happens in my life time.

[@saimyintmyat9373]

It will when ww3 truly start

[@ninja1676]

Hope doesn’t happen unless you make it

[@noobyt3559]

@@saimyintmyat9373 which will never happen

[@saimyintmyat9373]

@@noobyt3559 who know when ww3 will start

[@noobyt3559]

@@saimyintmyat9373 well what i do know is that no one should try to liberate north korea because that might start a ww3

[@drownplayz]

wow

[@simplyeleza]

Nice hotels

[@emanekafecaftoggaf6893]

good

[@elonmusk5411]

Most wanted & unsecure City😎😁

[@rogerthat3157]

It's very secure when it comes to crime rates though

[@uzairiqbal738]

Title: No One Lives In North Korea's $900 Million Palace Me: No then

[@auro1986]

you beautified kumsusan and ryongsong palace?

[@chuckfasjnr9645]

I personally thought the shot a movie in that palace at first, the interview or so

[@mrkongsimr]

It’s a shame the people can’t eat the buildings !!

[@rachelleroberthon2917]

True…

[@LN-DeGenerous]

There’s enough money for every single person on this earth to live a comfortable life but they choose to spend billions on palaces,mansions, castles & other crazy shit🤣

[@LN-DeGenerous]

@@ruripapi sue me

[@ruripapi]

@@LN-DeGenerous ????? The hell

[@amritnalam9994]

True. Even the palace in Britain

[@kangaroo4847]

@@amritnalam9994 that holds the royal family which brings in a big amount of money

[@noobyt3559]

no because if everyone has billions then it will become worthless and inflation will happen

[@boonemeeboonnee5312]

what a dictator of Kim jung un living like heaven when his people living in starvation, hungry like hell

[@Fit.Fusion]

Looks like The North Korea leader playing "live" SimCity with its citizens.

[@rudrakshjindal3697]

Can you make a specific video on ryongsong residence

[@pugg1457]

Damn.

[@kiransunar7096]

Wow

[@Mark-yy2py]

For a country where some of the common folk (not the socialist political class) eat tree bark and pick corn from horse and cow manure, don’t cha think the money could have been better spent?

[@morrisyt415]

Exactly

[@The_Remembering_Person]

For a nation that seems to think that they're liberating the working class the main party seem quite bourgeois don't they?

[@legitsubbingtoeveryonewhos8274]

*To who ever is reading this i hope one day you become rich and successful* 💰 😇

[@braylonhendrix1573]

Thanks

[@Jump12DP]

I spend my summer holidays in Malinska and I go to Haludovo almost every day with them.

[@Jump12DP]

@TheRíchest lmao i thought it was really you lmao

[@Ricanxbxbyy]

@TheRíchest How about you shut the fuck up and stop TRYING to scam everyone.

[@shishiryadav4222]

Do a video about Rashtrapati bhavan India...

[@CheddarMcNugget]

Honestly tho, the rules for tourists aren’t that bad except for the bowing and having to put your stuff in a locker. The Vatican even has photo rules in some places and you to have to abide by a dress code very similar to what this video mentions. North Korea is def crazy but their museum/palace thing isn’t that weird out outlandish

[@rudolvonstroheim07]

Awesome

[@ennriiquee]

1:29 I think Wide Putin has competition 🗿

[@cl5619]

Surprising that they gave themselves a national landmark designation for the palace they built… quite an honor

[@koustavroy9114]

1:33 IS THAT FAN FOR THE PHOTOGRAPH??😂😂😂

[@ToxicMiUiMoDs]

This palace is 🤑🤑🤑

[@SarabjeetSingh-fr8eo]

North Korea is like a huge movie set ..

[@jphaolai526]

Why are North Korea soldiers beside their leader so skinny

[@robinmills8675]

Because they are starving. They survive by taking bribes from the citizens who are, at this minute, freezing and starving to death.

[@jphaolai526]

@@robinmills8675 "human" We thought we were the ultimate being on earth but to see how easily a little fatman can brainwashed and turned million of people into his puppets... Maybe evolution in some parts of the world is a bit slow 😅

[@EnglandEngland-cr2sh]

Respect is incredibly important inside palace

[@lilcj303]

its like a villains evil mansion

[@jelasnkoma4240]

5:19 Azra town(into the badlands) exist

[@Littlegoatpaws]

It's a mausoleum, nobody lives in the Giza pyramids either. The Kims are like latter day pharaohs, they need a quasi-temple mausoleum where even in death they can live and "reside" in forever. So in a way, it still has two residents. They just aren't corporeally animated anymore.

[@choipichiim]

Tbh I wouldn't want to live in a Giza pyramid either. But a palace?

[@OrbitSpace1]

Hey Mates, how are you today?

[@taniawoodhouse6360]

How an earth do they afford all that

[@ruripapi]

ilegal activities

[@aldielric3159]

Yeah right! 👍

[@adryannthedefender701]

What it's bothering, that the architecture share the same resemblace. With the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest. I know Kim Ir Sen had close relation with Nicolae Ceaușescu. Plus the former romanian dictator, said something like we could this masterpiece in my country, it could even could beat Taj Mahal. But with cost of the entire country budget, cuting gas, food, heat supplies to extreme. The people couldn't take it anymore.

[@pokerandphilosophy8328]

It is illegal for visitors of the 'Kumsusan Palace of the Sun' to draw a mustache on one of the Kim Il-sung portraits with a permanent marker. I wish they had informed me before my visit. That would have spared me 25 years hard labor.

[@kimbaldun]

Well duh, no one's living there because there's no wifi

[@MrJESUSISGREATEST]

I wish I lived like this :(

[@dontwatchanime8063]

Tf u mean?wanna live in north korea?

[@MrJESUSISGREATEST]

@@dontwatchanime8063 No, I wanna live the lifestyle of the north korean dictator in a palace. Not at north korea itself.

[@mrbarney4176]

@@MrJESUSISGREATEST 😂😂😂😂

[@MB2.0]

@@MrJESUSISGREATEST 💀💀

[@tonystyger]

Champagne pool!

[@worldofcole2020]

Unlike the Kim family, I will not follow my father's footsteps and die.

[@kimbaldun]

Why?

[@worldofcole2020]

@@kimbaldun because my father has not died yet 😂

[@urbexbrugge116]

Song id???

[@MilesLambos-ef1nt]

Kim Jong Un watching this video like 👁👄👁

[@maritoguionyo]

Oh damn

[@maritoguionyo]

Que quiere prro

[@maritoguionyo]

Pingüinos Melón

[@pookie4203]

I’m going to start myself by eating some kimchi😂

[@its_softsound]

Imagine how many north korean good looking that we didnt see in social media

[@FlipsyBall]

Whos did RB Battles and just knows this music

[@JJ-cy2fi]

1:25 Press F

[@richardque4952]

The city look like a giant movie set Everything is just for display.

[@milroynishantha6458]

Kim Jong Un Sar And Family I Love you 💚💚💙💜💛🙏🙏

[@sudarshan3965]

If I were in charge I would have spent 100 million more

[@jupheinz9303]

I like him

[@darrellmay4502]

A ridiculous waste of money! for the Buildings mentioned!,💥

[@danielkim4632]

"pets" I think not. . .

[@EnglandEngland-cr2sh]

All items are put into a locker on arrival

[@mishaladara]

These guys are direct descendants emperor's and samurais. 4000 years of strict obedience.

[@AcesizOfficial]

💰💰💰

[@kari809]

It is guarded by a battalion of soldiers *proceeds to show dmz soldiers*

[@officialvideos1667]

No open foot wear should be a thing in the United States. People stay walking around with sandals like its normal showing toes to everyone

[@EnglandEngland-cr2sh]

The visitors have to go through a number of checks