See North Korean defector's unique way of getting information into hermit kingdom

CNN's Mike Valerio speaks with a North Korean defector who is part of a wider network of activists attempting to get information into North Korea via balloons.
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[@Kodakcompactdisc]

The fact that rocket man sent a thousand balloons back means they’re working. Keep it up chaps 👏🏾

[@zeinbanda6825]

i bet hes angry right now saying its not fair

[@paulsmegal2867]

Anything to help the helpless

[@shad0wCh8ser]

The most stand out thing I've ever hear on a N. Korean defector interview was that they couldn't believe that there was so much food in the world. It was inconceivable at the amount of food that exist bc they have never seen it. It was sad, yet striking but also very telling. The only thing they need to do to convince ppl is send pictures of the Las Vegas Buffet and/or the food stands littering the South Korean Market. Send USB youtube video of ppl food your instead of kpop. And add the caption there is an inconceivable abundance of food here. You have been lied to by the leader. There is a better way past the boarder and you don't have to starve. The world is not without -it is only without on North Korea's land. The only thing that will convince staving ppl on death's door is that there is food over the hills. Ppl do desperate things when it comes to hunger. And since they deem fatties as wealth, show them an image of the ppl on my half ton life. 🤣🤣🤣 They will be like, the West is more "godly" than out leader bc they're are waaaay bigger. 🤣 Bc, you know, they taught that their ppl to believe.

[@surendramumgai631]

But the problem with showing them pics of all that abundant food available under capitalism is that their govt has shown them pics of poor people scavenging for food in garbage bins ...the north koreans know that food is available in the west but they also know it's not affordable to all..

[@vitoriaguimaraes6241]

Esse comentáro provocativo de comida existe hà mais de cinquenta anos e ninguém acredita. As notícias deve ter conteúdo responsável e não fábulas políticas.

[@Commissar_4735]

oh yeah so much food in the world , then why 800 million people are starving , 99 percent in capitalists countries , it's seems people only care about north korea , i wonder why

[@yuanliangmeng9020]

A little too exaggerated. Many Chinese TV series are legally aired in North Korea and they show modern life in China.

[@Something-ti1cj]

That girl survivor says there aren't any more defectors, because of modern mines,etc.Pure horror,what she said happens there.But it is similar to all communist countries.When people get ultimate power over other people... Recommend Trent Horn channel.

[@rdc2021]

Get that man the US military budget, he alone is doing more against the North Korean Regime than the US has with the full force of hundreds of troops and personel

[@BenjaminSpencer-m1k]

I was thinking the same thing, He has something that none of the Fed entities ha e and that's devotion. This guy's giving it his all.

[@morphkogan8627]

The USA military is there to protect South Korea, and American geopolitical interests. Not to overthrow the North Korean regime. Your entire comment is silly and dumb.

[@BenjaminSpencer-m1k]

@@morphkogan8627 If american could it would. There's other things those resources could be used for. The world would be a much better world with out Kim and his family.

[@rdc2021]

@@morphkogan8627 protect South Korea from Who? From North Korea. Now what better way to be protected from a threat than eliminating the threat. And your comment is dumber because North Korea is a threat to the US as well

[@morphkogan8627]

@@rdc2021 You have zero understanding of geopolitics, and if you think the North Korean people are going to rise up and revolt you are deluded.

[@thegunman55]

Nice touch with "kingdom".

[@ggie5195]

Ikr😂

[@pinklover1160]

According to the anchor, North Korea has the right to be upset over the messages inside the pamphlets. 😮

[@reFPS]

It is now a balloons war 😅

[@shahnulislam9897]

Yeah this is not gonna instigate anything from North Korea because they are very reasonable and understanding people

[@JeffreySmith7777]

Bacon bacon bacon!

[@TrilobitesRTasty]

Trump will put a stop to this when he is elected. He loves Kim, Putin, Assad, Xi, ....

[@cosmiceon]

can anyone direct me to these ballon making videos jay is watching? I am interested as an engineer

[@opalwaters8262]

Can the people who see the flyers they send over get in trouble, could this cause problems for the people in North Korea who look at it or pick up the stuff they are sending over? I hate the thought of innocent families being sent to prison camps.😔

[@JanethMichael-in7ei]

Oooh

[@robbrown4621]

This female talking head is awful, making light of the tragedy of Korean people...

[@RudolphoAqui]

News anchors have the ability to separate themselves from the severity situation they report on

[@leonardodalongisland]

They are professional-news REPORTERS. That's what they get paid for.

[@buckjohnson1424]

Except for CNN they have no integrity, their facts and opinions are based on bias and hatred for a person and nothing more.

[@disorganizedorg]

CNN apparently needs a dictionary in which to look up the word "unique". It's (literally!) not a synonym for "unusual"

[@skilledcamman4752]

Wdym unique is a synonym of unusual, but it can heavily depend on the context.

[@disorganizedorg]

@@skilledcamman4752 Uh, no. (1) Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole. (2) Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched. (3) Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.

[@Bjjhx2one-jx9ym]

vote without vote...iran

[@kimwinfrey1563]

I come home from wherever.. I see my neighbors lined up in droves on my own block like groundhogs eating my lettu

[@andrewfox9074]

That's random, and you might need some help if that's true

[@prettitalented]

Why is American tv using the metric system? We don’t use kilometers

[@FMmffmFM]

CNN has bureaus and channels all over the world. This is London or Dubai I think

[@prettitalented]

@@FMmffmFM IDC it came up in my feed and I literally just had to google how far that was in miles, I don't watch tv to have to do all that.

[@RobFossil]

It’s CNN international so I’m guessing whatever ever country their primary audience is located would use the metric system. The US does also use the metric system though but mostly by people professionally like a scientist.

[@johnward43]

They can’t use a yard stick. Liberals lack measuring skills.

[@g-urts5518]

US,Liberia and Myanmar are the only 3 countries on the planet that still use the imperial system. Get with the program America. The amount of deaths and wasted projects that can be directly attributed to a problem converting from metric to inperial is far higher than most people think. Most people don't realize we lost a mars rover in the 90s when someone forgot to convert from metric to imperial and it hit the ground going way to fast. Think it was around $300M. Funny that as a Canadian, and a mechanic, I have to convert between the 2 all the time. Yet most americans can't tell you whether a mile or a kilometer is bigger. Which is ridiculous. Do they teach you guys nothing about the rest of the world in school? Explains the 'America ONLY' attitude some of you have

[@츄스-z5k]

It is known that the defector organization receives funding from the United States.

[@GeeWhizzzz]

🥱 ok

[@lunhil12]

Oh yeah, you can easily see what kind of tech that $20 we sent bought him. Stop being silly.

[@jeffreypiket]

Stop running your amanpour trailer with michelle yeoh! It is sad, it is pathetic, it is annoying

[@buckjohnson1424]

Keep deleting ill keep posting

[@EngineerSuccess-o8n]

This man with big stomach wil not focus on his country all he keep doing is looking for trouble up and down..

[@dunker888]

lol are you Nigerian

[@larsrons7937]

Fine initiative. I wish he could get much better funding. It's just that official funding can be risky. Most governments have openness about spendings, the money could be tracked. It's important for safety that he, they, remain anonymous.

[@jasonvanatta8508]

people in NK are so hungry, so isolated from each other and so afraid that noone will most likey form a rebellion. its sad. of course if they would notice how fat kim and his daughter are is they could understand that they are the only ones starving

[@leonardodalongisland]

Who really cares? They don't bother anyone. They don't affect the world economy. They're just another "third-world" nation. we don't need them. The planet doesn't need them-any of them.

[@ThickBanana]

This is a brilliant way to give people more information than what their authoritarian government is giving them.

[@vindiesel1469]

Ukraine should follow suit.

[@zeroyou3060]

Okay, pilinsula?

[@TremereTT]

Pelincula????

[@oneoftheordinary]

0:08 pelinsula

[@Bluefalcon6154]

Why can’t the British newscaster pronounce peninsula

[@SpaceGringos3D]

@@nb2vcxzTexan here. I have my captions on right now 😂

[@SpaceGringos3D]

@@nb2vcxz 1:11 this guy came outta left field 😂

[@virtualdrudgery]

it was cute

[@ggie5195]

BRUH HERMIT KINGDOM😂

[@EricSanchez]

👏👏👏

[@Shining237]

Propaganda

[@TECHNOLOGY-ex1re]

They are very kindness

[@amlihstromstedt]

I totally agreeable

[@cassiecarpenter]

🎈

[@MAGACAT]

Pelinsulah

[@rahajibaba]

Putin is heavy at work

[@johnj.kalachuchi6495]

Such heart and creativity of the people doing it. But to rise up, I am not in a position to comment. Let them as Koreans decide their destiny.

[@JaysonBernardo-ch9fv]

Thats why inthink kim keeps his military so close so if the people stert rising up he would call martial law

[@xz2bzy804]

Not very smart sending Sk electronic components to nk.

[@BenjaminSpencer-m1k]

Even the South Koreans walk around with a wounded soul, as a nation they have went thru alot. Alot of people tries to delete them. My grandfather fought in the war, he never talked much. He really wasent a combat soldier he had a brain like a super computer and he enjoed doing math in hai spare time so he scheduled tall the airtraffic during the war so he was pooing over lists of names and numbers all day and tried to make it work the best he could. He talked about having to do other military kinds stuff.

[@tonynguyen6770]

Wow she's a beautiful news reporter

[@kimwinfrey1563]

"On day 1"

[@buckjohnson1424]

No integrity

[@buckjohnson1424]

Defamation of character

[@klaudio2803]

OMG, smart balloons and clowns. Talking of clowns, why is it there's never news on Joe Biden on this channel?

[@ranbirsohal8886]

Let RFK in debate!

[@roguetrader33]

that guy is a clown

[@lunhil12]

He doesn't have enough support. Nobody cares about his campaign.

[@kimwinfrey1563]

atheism and abortion and right

[@susancoolidge7810]

Casey the guy you were interviewing about the race and he's sitting there telling you how nobody's paying attention to Trump and Biden another person who knows nothing about what he's talking about just another little man with another little ego with little Peter looking behind him you should try to have some more real intelligent truthful people on your program Casey instead of trying to kick the real ones off

[@bayernvoeller]

CIA - ' China has destroyed NASA Apollo Mission landing site, leaving no trace of American Astronaut on the Moon surface !!! '

[@mostafamiralimortezaei4708]

It's easy to be brave from a safe distance."

[@ChristopherDecenaZaozaoWang]

Blah !

[@buckjohnson1424]

How this news outlet has not been shut down yet is beyond me

[@ronnienestor]

CNN has networks all over the world. Do you realize that?

[@siddharthabarua3759]

Balloon Crazy attack .....😅😅

[@buckjohnson1424]

Chinese News Network whats lies do you have for us today

[@SpookyFears]

You got balls holding that balloon with your bear hands 😅