North Korean Propaganda Is Getting Worse...

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Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we take a look at what appears to be more videos from the Hermit Kingdom, while the channels are smaller in size, the videos they produce show no difference from making the country look cheerier than it actually is. Thanks for watching!
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[@grizzlydino]

Can you marry me daddy Mutar?

[@dsg4500]

@@grizzlydino real (daddy mut is all mine)

[@caerulipes]

Will you ever not shill a vpn? That takes all your data and info and logs it to the feds?

[@Un_Pour_Tous]

Muslims propaganda Next.

[@greyfivenine7005]

​@caerulipes which ones don't?

[@macieparmenter4544]

"Why shouldn't I?" really shouldn't be used as sole justification for anything more important than having another cookie

[@caralho5237]

Its also especially stupid considering that NK has threatened to nuke the US many many times.

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

Why shouldn't I eat 7 packs of fruit snacks tonight?

[@Loccyster]

​@@VictoriousGardenosaurus, do it.

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

@@Loccyster 4 packs deep, I'm taking the path my friend

[@sozetsukokai]

​@@VictoriousGardenosaurus I salute your dedication, friend

[@coryfice1881]

The funniest bit of north korean propaganda I saw was the reason why you don't see lights from space when you look at north korea is cause they are just so darn environmentally friendly.

[@dNorsh]

Ah yes the people known for icbms is environmentally friendly 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Naptosis]

@@dNorsh I don't think they have ICBMs yet. BMs yes.

[@dabkevinhere5422]

That would be a funny bit if Kim was being questioned about it and he was like "ofcourse we turn off our lights, environmental friendly"

[@thecousinbellic]

😂😂😂😂

[@ErectedGasCan]

Greenpeace should relocate their HQ to NK 😂

[@XX-rs7sq]

We had a North Korean janitor at my high school. Nobody knew anything about him until one of the teachers had him tell his story.... its actually as bad as they say.

[@sgujuhgftyyuyy]

No way what state or country you in

[@XX-rs7sq]

@sgujuhgftyyuyy usa no way im handing out more. Tbh i didnt understand the odds until years later...

[@franzosisch5965]

@@sgujuhgftyyuyy You sound like a NK agent trying to find and take the man back.

[@lukashradecky5492]

@@franzosisch5965How?

[@modestgrower2017]

​@lukashradecky5492 they are joking but the person is inquiring about their location. I'm surr you can piece the rest together

[@teriyakisauced]

It's so sad knowing if the outside Internet was accessible to them their entire country would fall apart in a couple days and there would be literally no way to "fix" it

[@misty5882]

honestly sounds beautiful to me

[@ReikiMaulana]

Bold of you to assume that Internet is even near accessible in DPRK.

[@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns]

@@ReikiMaulana That's why they said "if"

[@aleanddragonITA]

​@@ReikiMaulana I think some do have it But only those that work for the Government Like they have a Hacking Group & They had the Gold Farm (for anyone that doesn't know they where offices where people would play World of Warcraft to accumulate Gold & items to sell for real money)

[@michaelpowers671]

​@@aleanddragonITAstate sanctioned MMORPG grinding. Lmao.

[@edgarallenpo8330]

Its always funny that practically everything food/drink related HAS to say it is healthy and nutritional... even if the food/drink in question is literally beer or fat.

[@gonzos-twin]

Probably because the actual drinking water will kill you? Lol

[@warbossgegguz679]

Fat isn't any less healthy than carbs or protein. People are just brainwashed by the food pyramid despite being dated AF. Alcohol is literally poison though, so yeah.

[@americankid7782]

@@gonzos-twinIt’s grading on a curve but for how healthy food is lol.

[@noobatgames3321]

I mean how many of them are malnourished. they need all the nutrients so it's good advertising for them probably

[@Precipiceofwind]

This definitely doesn't happen in the us!

[@ミコムみこむ]

41 seconds and people are commenting. You know you haven't watched the whole thing

[@mysticprophecy5395]

Gotta be first I guess

[@daftrixlol]

Who cares

[@Arbiter710]

Just like you?

[@systemerrorrrr]

I already watched the whole video

[@ryboi1337]

I have sharingan so its fine

[@TURBOMIKEIFY]

There’s a scandal with Miss Park being how she was pretty wealthy with all things considered and how she knew nothing about what the poor people in comparison went through. Something like that.

[@Alex-bi9mk]

Yup, she's a grifter and Flagrant podcast even baited her to see how far her lies would go... She started saying she had to push a train... Let that sink in lmfao

[@laxminarayananks1520]

Some stuff she says doesn't add up at all.@@Alex-bi9mk

[@milliejeanvgc]

@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004the scandal is that she's been outed as doing this for the money. Making up stories. Her mom even outed her for telling half truths.

[@berserkagain7976]

She also lied multipe times and changes up her stories consistently

[@berserkagain7976]

​@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004she's striaght up lying alot, she changes up her stories consistently i know theres a video showing all her inconsistentys in her stories.

[@Spidamonk]

Muta and North Korean propaganda go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly. A classic

[@sampsqwantch4612]

delicious

[@kansascityshuffle8526]

Which is which?

[@miszlen00]

what a terrible taste

[@dukeofdarlo5896]

Ahh reminds me of biscuits and gravy. 😋

[@ThePaperKhan]

Mm peanut butter and noodles, a classic.

[@HazardSJ]

I befriended a lot of North Koreans that defected, they were all incredibly happy and you wouldn't notice they were North Korean unless they explicitly told you, because they've adjusted well to regular society. The one thing they all agree on, is how they don't regret leaving, despite the issues it might cause them, they all knew how bullshit everything was and also said no one at home believed the North Korean propaganda, it was just all good acting for them. They didn't find out about how North Korea is basically a huge Drug-based empire, until they left and then found out. There was something they were divided on, which was whether or not intervention should happen or if unification should happen, half of them were of the mind that they shouldn't because of the fact doing so, would force a lot of the innocents to just throw their lives away during counterattacks, the other half wanted the intervention because of fear and safety for their families. As for unification, almost all of them didn't want it immediately, they wanted a free North Korea, free of the tyranny it is currently under, but not suddenly shoved under South Korea's influence; they wanted more time before slowly unifying as one country, they were wary about being exploited by South Korea, but also the fact they want to develop as their own society before eventually joining as equals.

[@Karmageddon707]

Yeah no kidding , the population is super out of date except what they wanna show you with a meth and counterfeit problem. But with nukes and a lot of military peeps. The people there are depressed but it’s getting modernized , still starving lmaoooo Fuck em though. They work either way China and Russia

[@Bidmartinlo]

Well, they seem to think that they don't need to do anything for things to get better.

[@CEOofAutism]

@@Bidmartinlothe fuck do you want them to do

[@Bidmartinlo]

​@@CEOofAutism Not be slaves.

[@a_few_species]

And what "drug empire" claim based on? I only heard that they indeed tried to abuse diplomatic immunity to sell drugs to get universally accepted money like dollars and stuff, and it was shut down almost immediately as it was too small of amount. Genuine curiosity, btw.

[@stevenbaksh5545]

Yeonmi Park isn't the best person to talk about when it comes to North Korea there are many versions of key events of her story that she tells to different audiences and she claims she was starving in NK but she and her mother was on a South Korean TV show about 10 years ago where she was called the Paris Hilton of NK she claimed that it was her who came up with the idea to leave NK but her sister claims it was their father. She claims she saw a public execution at the back of Hyesan market sometime in 2002 or 2003 but according to other defectors from that same town public executions stopped in 2000. In the Joe Rogan interview, she said people would have to push the train if it runs out of fuel but it's impossible for normal people with their hands to push a train it's easier to walk to your destination

[@OGruurd]

Yes I agree, she just seems to be lying through her teeth and people keep buying it...

[@berserkagain7976]

​@@OGruurdyup she's just doing it to make money and to pity points for something that mightve not of happened at all or at the very least was far less dramatic.

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

And imagine how many south korean would be able to sell themselves as "North Koreans" the look and accent is there, and no one would be able to tell if its north korean accent or not. So it's better to have doubt about every "refugee".

[@stevenbaksh5545]

@@tovarishchfeixiao She is North Korean the regime confirmed this themselves in a video showing some of her family members and the fact that she doesn't talk very highly of South Korean society that discriminates North Korean defectors she wouldn't talk about that if she was born in South Korea. They are more creditable NK defectors there is a former diplomat who now holds a position in SK local government he did a few interviews in English where he talked about NK on a diplomatic level by claiming NK wants to be semi recognized as a nuclear power because the precedent was set by Pakistan and India there is also a girl who admits she was part of the top one percent of NK she left because her mother defected, her father remarried but she didn't get along with her stepmother so I assume she defected because of family problems

[@surewhynot6259]

@@stevenbaksh5545 bro your run-on sentences are crazy

[@milliejeanvgc]

Bro, be careful believing what Yeonmi says. She's been outed as exaggerating her stories and telling half truths. Even by her own mom. One example is she's claimed to have survived off of grass and bugs. However, on a TV show, her mom said that wasn't true.

[@sean-midwest]

sounds like some north korea propaganda

[@UpperCumberlandGamers]

​@@sean-midwestexcept it's not. At least historically, her story has changed over time. She is a defector, but I'd treat her words with a massive grain of salt.

[@DavidDrury90]

If ya listened he said her stories were a little out there and that there is some truth between executed for dust and utopia

[@shamarjoseph7864]

@@sean-midwestnope. American propaganda. You think North Korea is the only country that wants to skew its citizens view towards other countries

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

@@sean-midwest More like US propaganda and copium, its hard to be a professional deflector after all.

[@MungoFishing]

I loved Muta’s realization that Peter was actually living the life drinking beer while he’s just sitting inside alone drinking watching Peter.

[@DAFORCEFilms]

I usually hate doing this because it makes some hardliners think you have sympathies for North Korea, but Yeonmi Park apparently isn’t the most trustworthy source about NK. Most other defectors usually disagree with her stories and say that, while the reality is still nightmarish, she turns North Korea into a cartoon hellscape like Ünderland. Her stories being so out there and her willingness to exaggerate are why she gets invited to these outlets over other defectors. It’s like believing Canada nationally supports Nazis because of what happened last year.

[@HunterAtheist]

Also, she is closely aligned with the alt-right here in the US. She falls for the kind of brainwashing that she speaks out against.

[@sailor5853]

Isn't it because she was just a kid when she defected? She remembers things through a kid's mind. Also, I wouldn't dismiss someone if some other defector disagrees with them. Defectors are from all around, it's like a random redneck Texan disagrees with an NY white collar worker, that's expected.

[@shyrenwarren]

I mean who are we to say a detector is wrong? I live in America, I'm never gonna know that kind of nightmare that she did, as a child. We can't speak on living in a nightmare scenario as she did.

[@JackRogers-x9e]

@@shyrenwarrenif even other defectors are calling her out, you know she’s wrong

[@alastor8091]

Am I supposed to believe they did zero research on that guy?

[@acornfae18294]

Yeonmi Park has actually recently been outed as having exaggerated her story among other controversies. May I suggest Hyeonseo Lee in place of her? She also has a book titled "Girl with Eleven Names". It's very interesting. (Also, I haven't finished the video but if she was only included as a form of irony I apologize. Still wanna throw Hyeonseo Lee out there as a cool NK defector rep)

[@rauhallaonasiaa]

Muta seems to be shooting too fast these days to be accurate (like the Jewish tunnel story), in my opinion using Yeonmj Park as an example is just another sort of propaganda, as you said she has been shown to be a highly unreliable source.

[@jonathangonzalez7746]

@@rauhallaonasiaaI think muta was trying to show the two extremes of propaganda abt north korea

[@maevecassidy3533]

She is speaking some truth tho. in NK they need to have a picture of thier leader in every room (i think its every room but in the house nonetheless).

[@busyflyer7599]

It’s propaganda who cares🚬

[@soulsatzero3788]

he probably should have made it clearer, but he was clearly making fun about how silly her stories are. at the end he even set the two types of crazy propaganda against each other. but yeah, maybe it should have been clearer.

[@cjkenney]

hey muta you should be aware that yeonmi park has recently been called out for fabricating many stories on north korea and lying about her journey. theres quite a few compilations of her contradicting stories when going on different talk shows. not to say everything she says is false, but there are quite a few damning videos on her where it really looks like she is a grifter.

[@agsheuehd]

She uploaded a video of South Korean artist's performance and labeled it as "the pleasure squad of Kim" 🤦🤦

[@mpg272727]

@@agsheuehd Or the time she claimed she and other North Koreans had to "pull trains".. You know trains that weight 20,000 tons. Who knew North Koreans were supermen?

[@st20332]

They're all basically Wumaos with a script, of course there will be inconsistencies; there are always inconstancy within 50 cent army scripts.

[@fumky4768]

@@mpg272727I had someone’s genuinely try to argue that human beings that are supposedly being starved are capable of pulling that weight effectively 😭

[@MugenHeadNinja]

@@mpg272727 I've seen Amish literally pick up a house and move it 30 minutes away. While the weight of a house and train is substantially different, a train is also typically on tracks with wheels that'd certainly make pulling/pushing it easier than if it weren't on a track with wheels. I'm not saying it's possible, I'm not sure if it is (or how many people it'd take if it were possible), I'm just saying it's not completely outside the realm of possibility.

[@demekagamine]

I am not pro north korea by any means, but yeonmi park has been found out to a chronic liar. Recently its sorta come to light, but its been known for a while now. Pretty much uses that she from north korea for for interviews and such. Shes given conflicting information numerous times. Its sad tbh. Definitely recommend looking into it.

[@peterchang2310]

I wouldn't be surprised if some of her stories aren't true. It's not uncommon for those seeking asylum to exaggerate their stories.

[@zaynes5094]

@@peterchang2310 Not all of them. I saw a recent SK reaction channel do a video with a North and SK group and talk about things they saw and dealt with, ironically some of what the girls dealt with were not too different from North and South Koreans. The one girl made a good point in basically saying that "all that glitter and lights was not all gold" and basically like saying that the stuff they show is what they choose for you to know about. They will not obviously show the darker sides of their country, but there have been leaks in the past years showing the darker sides.

[@juceinuse]

LOVE seeing content about the things going on inside North Korea, its always super interesting. Glad to see you making another banger, Muta!

[@christhewiz420]

Faxx

[@bb-remy]

it's sad yet so fascinating that you can't help stop looking

[@GoodBaleadaMusic]

HATES finding out how natives of the lands they steal as the pride of their culture and identity are living in 3rd world conditions literally right beside them.

[@cybershellrev7083]

Forreal. Looks like something you'd see in a history novel but instead is happening now. We're seeing the pure effect of a corrupt leader. Taking notes on humanity as a whole.

[@MrDeothor]

defending NK is no different than defending Stalin in his genocidal prime.

[@Rednecknerd_rob9634]

But, but, but, that's not "real" Communism. Sarcasm btw.

[@dressdenblack]

There was a British guy that got permission to visit NK. He snuck a camera and showed the fake store fronts and where people actually live.

[@dorugoramon0518]

Potemkin villages, a tale as old a communism.

[@PixyEm]

That's not ture They're older, actualy

[@dorreyeet1529]

Don’t those also don’t have produce?

[@rahulshamkuwar9295]

Muta's dark circles are looking pretty deep. Hope he's getting enough sleep or rest

[@randomaccount53793]

He is some ordinary gamer. They are used to it.

[@jeffwhiz6380]

Sleep paralisis is an dark entity feeding off of you

[@sgujuhgftyyuyy]

I think its just his genetics or something

[@eno6712]

He's a Tech Review guy at heart, which means it's exponentially worse at a similar curve to the expansion of technology and its outcomes . Welcome to the Ghoul Gang 💀🤖

[@keshi5541]

It's just genetics. Even I have dark circles.

[@wow-effect]

Even other North Korean defectors call out Yeonmi Park for her lies and extreme exaggerations

[@AxelTheHun]

One thing to consider also, when thinking of traveling to NK, is that your money will not support the locals, it will all go to the state and probably their comfort or some sort of weapon research.

[@theRiver_joan]

I’m glad people in the comments already know about Yeonmi Park. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to defend NK in anyway, it’s a terrible regime, but that woman is so untrustworthy.

[@dorreyeet1529]

She really exaggerated her stories?

[@Skywreckdemon]

The thing that's odd about Yeonmi's story is that it keeps getting worse. I'm sure North Korea is a terrible, incredibly oppressive place to live, but for some reason she feels the need to exaggerate. Many other defectors have called into question some of the things she's said. She's said things that are just completely unfeasible.

[@Blank-lp4fz]

Her memory has probably become hazier.

[@azalago]

Because she's more interested in being a celebrity than an actual activist. When she initially started doing social media in China, she was called "Paris Hilton" because of her and her family's lavish lifestyle.

[@MethodZzS]

nutrition beeing a factor makes sense from a north korean angle, beer used to be known as "liquid bread" around europe for a long time and does actually fill you up quite well

[@BestMeme2031]

Yeonmi Park is not a trust worthy narrator. Shes been caught lying a lot, not saying her life story is complete bs but she definitely exaggerates to get more book sales.

[@rvx5392]

The music is so loud because now you're not able to hear death squads in the background

[@UniquelyUnseen]

One channel that has around 40k subscribers that you missed was DPRK Explained. The person who runs it is supposedly a former tour guide from Young Pioneer tours. His videos have a very particular vibe to them - may be worth an entire video unto itself?

[@dragonmares59110]

I have been subscribed to DPRK explained since it's start. It seems to really be neutral, pure information, facts. The KZbinr in charge of it really seems to pay attention to not fall into the north Korea propaganda hole.

[@dorreyeet1529]

I’ve been watching a lot of those vids lately

[@Agony_00]

Thank you for calling out Yeonmi Park. Its wild how much media coverage she's getting through her fabricated stories. Glad people are seeing through her grift.

[@Ironbanner12]

Her bullshit actually devalues the stories of the actual north Korean defectors

[@BillyOrBobbyOrSomething]

He didn’t really call her out all that much. Lol

[@Touwney]

yeah if anything he entertained her stories

[@randomaccount53793]

I can tell you that rooting your phone means something completely different in Australia. I'm sure it would be an arrestable offence in the rest if the world as well 😂

[@annieZOK]

On behalf of America, we really want to understand this joke.

[@somethingvv]

On behalf of the mexicans/latinos, we also want to understand the joke

[@dromalloma2651]

I'm not Australian myself, but curious about the joke.

[@MeoithTheSecond]

Haven't really heard that term used in New Zealand since the 80/90s, is it still in use with the younger generation?.

[@randomaccount53793]

I hate to ruin the suspense. It is a colloquial term sometimes used in the UK/AUS/NZ similar in meaning to 'screw' or 'shag'.

[@cooldoberman2025]

bro i had dreams about the world ending and i said that GTA 6 will never come out.

[@Stibly]

Yeonmi was caught changing her stories multiple times and telling half-truths. Whilst I'm not denying that she went through awful things, she isn't super trustworthy, not anymore at least... Edit: Pretty sure you don't get executed for having a slightly dusty portrait, according to other defectors you get punished and heavily shamed for lack of loyalty.

[@dorreyeet1529]

Probably a drop in songbun

[@dominikdoom]

One of the craziest stories regarding North Korea abusing their embassies: For years the embassy in Berlin, Germany had leased a part of its grounds to a youth hostel. It was very popular due to its location in the city center, just a few minutes away from the Brandenburg Gate. After an investigation due to increasing sanctions, it was found that the hostel was used to raise around 40k € per month, likely to help fund NKs nuclear weapons program. After a long legal battle, it was shut down right around the start of the pandemic. It was quite bewildering going on a school trip and entering literally right next to the embassy gates, with old NK propaganda pics from before the German reunification still visible through the gates and windows. Technically the hostel was even under North Korean jurisdiction, although not really enforceable.

[@stevekullens4898]

8:36 Yeonmi Park is known to exaggerate a lot of her stories about life in NK. Citizens really are supposed to have portraits of the leaders in their house, but forgetting to clean it wouldn't lead to your entire family getting arrested.

[@dorreyeet1529]

They still arrest the family for other “crimes” don’t they?

[@MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr]

one clue that these come from the hermit the frog kingdom is the font they use they literally only have three fonts thin, thick and serif and they're all the same across ALL media - television, internet, written works, etc

[@ajthedemon40]

As a Canadian I am happy I do not have to have a picture of Justin Trudeau and kiss his portrait on the lips every morning. Hearing stories like this really does make you feel grateful for the RNG spawn you got in life.

[@dorugoramon0518]

*yet*

[@randomuser3481]

Except most of these stories are completely fabricated, people such as Yeonmi Park are known to have made a lot of shit up for views, she even claimed that the color red was banned for representing "capitalism" despite being on the national flag and being the color of socialism, and she also once claimed there was no word for "love"

[@watergobbler]

A tour group that offers North Korea tours named Young Pioneer Tours offers trips with one way flight tickets 😭

[@Sekowon]

Lmao, the propaganda they made about Americans straight up sounds like the average British person trying to make a weird joke about school shootings 😂

[@ttn-gr4fv]

the lighting around Muta really sets the tone of this video. especially during the laugh bits.

[@burr4695]

I dont know why or how but Muta just transported me back to 2009 with The Lonely Island's "I'm on a Boat" when he was talking about the yacht

[@tin2001]

I love that song. We used to play the "clean" version all the time at work.

[@SeanPat]

There are a few travel vloggers who’ve done one of those North Korea tours and have uploaded it to KZbin. If you have some time I recommend giving some of them a watch so you can see more of the ways North Korea tries to make things look alright.

[@somone1437]

to the media of course, maybe not so much to what the media doesn't see

[@SeanPat]

@@somone1437 Yes true but it’s still HQ footage and there may be some small things you may not have known or seen before. One thing I hadn’t personally seen before was the crossing into and leaving NK. It was interesting insight on what it was like to even get in.

[@dorreyeet1529]

Someone did end up at a dealership of all places during their tour and it’s kinda depressing especially the actors pretending to read the brochures

[@dasheenandsaltfish]

not you taking yeonmi park seriously and actually devouring the western propaganda. embarrassing.

[@wyzolol]

"never done anything to my country" ok, guess the korean war never happened

[@bananabread6148]

There's a defector named Lee Hyeon-seo that wrote an interesting book called the Girl with 7 Names. Her family was fairly well off compared to her peers because they lived right on the border of China and were able to smuggle goods. Her father taught her Chinese while she was growing up, so she was able to escape into China and disguise herself as a Chinese woman for years while saving money to make the journey to South Korea.

[@piewackete]

As a American I can confirm I do enjoy my snow coffee but I don’t have a tent…I did just buy my 8th gun about a week ago though so that part checks out but I just enjoy collecting guns lol

[@ExoticChaotic]

“This is what North Koreans think American life is like”….(Honda Ad plays)…yep that’s about right.

[@slothrealness]

Yeonmi Park is not considered a reliable source about North Korea. Many other defectors disagree with her description and she is considered a grifter. You should def do more research on the people you reference in your videos.

[@Seoul_Soldier]

I swear North Korea is run like a game of Tropico, this country just doesn't seem real sometimes.

[@dorreyeet1529]

More like a G mod server

[@juskim]

Toronto ain't cold enough... I'm so worried for Feb/Mar 🥲

[@LourenDotOrg]

Can confirm. Just brought a bucket of coffee snow into my tent for tomorrow morning

[@dorreyeet1529]

I so need some iced coffee rn but… it’s too cold rn

[@justanoman6497]

"Nobody drinks beer to be healthy" True, but people do select beer to be less unhealthy. Much like diet/zero soda, people who have decided to undertake a vice do sometime seek out the heathier option among them so they feel less bad about it.

[@veronicareebel8022]

Beer is one of the most unhealthy choices of alcohol out there lmao

[@dorreyeet1529]

Don’t they consider beer a soft drink there?

[@Grigorii-j7z]

I saw a lot of "travel blogs" from NK. All show the same restaurant, same ski resort, same neighborhood e.t.c.

[@macewindow4642]

I am by no means correct, BUT I do think there are reasons (NOT JUSTIFICATIONS) for as to why the DPRK is the way it is. First of which is how Korea, back when it was Joseon, got its government structure that was similar to China (back when they had dynasties), but practiced it to a degree that they did even more than China's. Fast forward hundreds of years and we have Korea split between the Soviets (Stalin at the time) and the US (why wasn't Korea allowed to be its own whole peninsula like it had been in the past before China, Mongolia and later Japan post-WW2???). Thus, South Korea had a more enhanced version of operating like the USA, but in the scope of Korean culture. Something similar happened with the DPRK where it got Stalin's cult of personality but to the extreme. That is why the DPRK is such a heavy-handed dictatorship. Then we get to the 90s and the USSR is no more (meaning no support anymore), and with sanctions much like Cuba's but worse and then add the famine and the "Arduous March". Seeing as its only way to stay sovereign and not have the CCCP or west take it over, thus it prioritizes military over the people and builds nuclear weapons. I would not live there even for a trillion dollars; just to be clear I advocate for democracy, which in my mind means rule by the PEOPLE and not one leader or a small group of people and economic elites. Of course, you could just ignore me too, my comment doesn't really matter in the end lol.

[@LTUDovydas]

North koreas a totelatarian dictatorahip whilst south korea is a corpotocracy

[@joshuajayne8926]

Pour me a snow coffee boys, it's time to stock arms? Lol wtf

[@Clonekiller66]

1:28 Skips the ad.

[@timmyDR]

Mutahar, my dude-ahar, another banger video as always

[@metaleuman]

If only Muta gets a deep dive into the Chinese propaganda. Oh man oh man! I think he would lose his mind. But can't do just one video about it, it needs to be an endless series 😅

[@XShmoke]

😂😂😂 CCP propaganda is a whole other iceberg,

[@bigpapi6688]

Nooo it’s not safe. He’d get absolutely overrun by the ridiculous amounts of Chinese bots that get alerted anytime someone says anything negative about the beloved ccp😂

[@elissitdesign]

Probably not a good idea to do so for his safety.

[@SheilaDeBonis]

Additionally, I'd be interested in looking at Hinduvata (Hindu supremacy/nationalism) propaganda. It's really bad on social media, and while Muslims are the primary "villains" in these narratives, so are Sikhs, Christians, and many other minority faiths. They've inspired a lot of destruction and petty arrests. But I know a lot of BJP apologists would come after Muta, especially since he's of Indian Muslim heritage himself.

[@Infodumptruck]

​@@elissitdesignThe CCP has their hands full with their entire country dying, they're not gonna do anything to Muta except some bot comments

[@thenormalformalandhormonal8531]

But muta, I like reading a book and slamming my head against a wall. Jokes aside, I am just a weirdo who likes textbooks. I'm happy that something like brilliant exists today. I value knowledge, and I'm happy to see it spread around.

[@Zimx02]

lmao if you like books, get z library

[@abdelbakiberkati]

I unsubscribed the moment he used Yeonmi Park as a reference, that woman clearly is crazy.

[@tonypringles2285]

dumb reason to unsub but ok

[@etchieSketchie]

My God, I’m on the internet too much. I heard “opium” and thought “You mean copium?”

[@GrievousReborn]

I'm surprised North Korea doesn't just get a Nintendo game like Mario and claim that some North Korean video game developer created it

[@williamgnomes7746]

Even the North Korean government fears Nintendo’s legal team

[@WinterFrostDragon1347]

Pretty sure Nintendo would send Godzilla after them.

[@Mr_DPZ]

​@@WinterFrostDragon1347 North Korea would have to try to convince Pulgasari to protect them.

[@miss1ngNo.4o4]

Thanks for another good upload, Muta. Always appreciate having your videos to listen to while I'm awaiting heroin.

[@pierrecibandit3877]

hey man enjoy. and i always enjoy a good upload from muta, while im awating fentanyl, here in the homeless camp

[@chuck600]

Relatable. I'm always down to appreciate a good old Muta video right up in here while my chef cooks the thighs of a young man that commented on my fashion choice last evening

[@arguekayes]

The Jaka Parker channel is fascinating cos he records himself doing mundane tasks. but his videos show how lifeless NK really is for the daily life of an average citizen

[@smilinggeneral8870]

But people who watches him often forget one thing: He is a diplomat working in NK and thus have privileges compared to normal citizens. Yet people consider what he sees as "normal life in NK" or seeing near empty streets as "normal".

[@lethalbell]

The sad part most of the pedestrians are also more actors...

[@Ivan-qf4mt]

Muta, got really high hopes about that upcoming exposé video, especially considering the context of you sweeping it up for them before you found out the details. It is hard to do it on a friend tho, so, I get it. Hopefully, you'll handle it well.

[@hartree.y]

When you were talking about what North Korea has done wrong, the first two things (that are far more drastic in my opinion) are constant nuclear threats and weapons supply to belligerent states (Russia currently)

[@meow-sr2bl]

meh

[@SophTheLaunchTechnician]

the constant nuclear threats are because of the paranoia created in the NK government after the collapse of the ussr led by a string of economic liberalization policies by Gorbachev. This and the funding of nationalist parties / sentiment in the ussr by the US led the USSR to collapse. NK is simply paranoid to the extreme to fall to US covert interventionism. The second point is refuted by the fact that Russia is one of the only countries that will accept NK weapons and do not fully sanction them (apart from china). Additionally, NK is one of the most sanctioned countries in the world and is the only one part fo the lost that deosnt have large resource rich parts of its country. How the fuxk else are they meant to run their economy, and that is the point of sanctions. Bleed the NK government dry of any money they have which is why they have to rely on desperate tactics.

[@Naptosis]

@@SophTheLaunchTechnician Kim could just _not_ torture and starve millions of people to improve their economy. 🤷🏻

[@squibys2262]

I think your keyboard malfunctioned, instead or typing USA it has come out as NK. Its ok though the message was conveyed

[@railfandepotproductions]

​@@SophTheLaunchTechnicianwhat are you a tankie or what?

[@BertLensch]

I wonder if the amount of time between when the English version of the video shows up on You Tube and the Korean version on their homepage is because they are rendering the videos using a Pentium II 333 MHz based computer?

[@Naptosis]

The new processors have MMX so future encodings will only take a week! 🇰🇵 No. 1!!

[@linkfromzelda1002]

Yeonmi Park has been debunked plenty of times though. Her claims are outlandish. Originally, her career was centered around bringing awareness to North Korea's atrocities, yes. Now though she's sort of just a grifter.

[@PlaneBelief]

“What’s more sadder” pretty much sums up this channel.✌️

[@dorreyeet1529]

To you

[@TheBenSanders]

So, while watching this I looked up 'Yumi space" and could only find " DPRK Vlog Archive ". Dog, I think they destroyed that poor girl!

[@TheBenSanders]

Also, Muta North Korea tour when? kek

[@gucci1131]

22:25 shoutout to Kia and Hyundai making some good looking cars now a days

[@KabegamiTheGreat]

I find it shady companies make you sign a eula and other terms of agreements just to let you play their single player game. Like they want to collect info while you play ni no kuni remastered.

[@dimmest88]

you gotta ask yourself "how many armed guards are behind most of these cameras?" when watching this

[@sheriffstonks6974]

Bro the part where she’s just threw a rock in the water instead of skipping it killed me

[@mage1439]

Muta goes to grab a beer and within 15 seconds is acting like he's totally snackered. 🤣

[@cybershellrev7083]

It was a Canada Dry lol You've been trolled

[@UpperCumberlandGamers]

​@@cybershellrev7083dude, he couldve grabbed a barqs or A&W and made an added level of humor.

[@chiefsprinkles]

Let’s goo!!! Hope you’re doing good Muta!

[@wrxborg]

He doesn’t know you lil bro💀

[@chiefsprinkles]

@@wrxborg wassup fam!

[@coryearnest9464]

Muta your the perfect combination of nerd, serious when needed funny and a goober in a COOL way. Love your content brother.

[@AngelicRamen]

It's honestly too bad that Ms. Park is the most famous defector. She's ultra-conservative, comes from wealth and has been caught saying clearly untruthful crap like single people being forced to push a whole train. The suffering there is real but she doesn't seem to actually care beyond how her speaking can build her own wealth.

[@raghnall847]

Ya know, I wish this was more seen. I'm sorry but some of things I heard her say just sound down right cartoonish

[@TheUncleRuckus]

Anywhere in Thailand's traffic makes Mumbai look like a parking lot. It's the wild west with a thousands mopeds and Tuktuks whizzing in and out of traffic like it's Fast and Furious movie. Anytime we went anywhere I thought I was going to die it was so bad lol.

[@isaacbrown4506]

I'm surprised they don't try to oppress the wildlife too and keep them in country

[@kyonkon8316]

Wasn't Yeonmi Park exposed despite being an actual nk defector, Her family was rich and most of what she said like growing up poor was false?

[@redpipola]

People will eat up what ever fits their agenda

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Remember, kids. Next time you feel terrified of what North Korea will do next, remember how Sterling Archer once described them: "Relax, it's North Korea. The nation-state equivalent of the short bus."

[@ROOSTER333]

Someone should make a GTA pyong yang where you just cant do shit

[@SageGilbert191]

Why does North Korea even care at this point?

[@mattheweurt26]

California has snow. You have to take the video down now to make this important correction

[@pwnomega4562]

I remember some Commie YT channel by the name of HAKIM made a rant video about how great and free North Korea is and as im watching the video he just shows a looping clip of like the only public pool/waterpark in North korea that was specifically designed to make the country look good to foreigners. He also slandered numerous North koreans who have made their way to the west to tell their story of their journey calling them 'western plants.' Surprised he didnt go after Yeomni Park. He took down the video from public viewing atleast after a while probably because of simply how un detached from reality the video sounded.

[@randomuser3481]

Schrodinger's North Korea: A backwards hellscape, yet advanced enough to practically fake entire cities just to fool a few Western tourists

[@aolien2739]

I want more Muta North Korean content reactions. These are great

[@XShmoke]

Could do some Chinese propaganda too. Also hilarious.

[@MesserschmittReaver]

⁠@@XShmokeChina has the strongest economy of the world

[@XShmoke]

@@MesserschmittReaver Hahahaha found the wu mao.

[@XShmoke]

@@MesserschmittReaver Rank & Country GDP (USD billion) GDP Per Capita (USD thousand) #1 United States Of America (U.S.A) 26,954 80.41 #2 China 17,786 12.54 Nearly double Chinas. If you actually believe any stats that come out of China.

[@MesserschmittReaver]

@@XShmoke I’m not Chinese btw the states are in more than 34 trillion dept and gdp is irrelevant

[@soomi]

Speaking of Yeonmi Park. Can you do a deep dive on her? I've heard a lot of people come forward, other North-Korean defectors included, that she's an alleged fraud. And that her stories about North-Korea don't line up with what they experienced.

[@jubakusha]

her stories dont even line up what she herself says lol

[@inshallah4280]

Why do they even care how we view them? It’s not like any of us will ever go there or do anything related to NK

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

You can. Not much harder then visit another country, just a bit pricery and non-direct.

[@epirgo]

the loud bgm trying to offset the fakeness and fear in their voice

[@PixyEm]

You're right, Mudahar, you've helped me open my eyes I've decided to change my views on North Korea, I'll be moving to live in Pyongyang permanently now Thank you /s

[@BIastProcX]

They stole 1000 Volvo cars from my country lol And Sweden is still asking every year

[@907kyle7]

Yeonmie park has been known to other defectors to extremify what happened she went through, a lot of people find skepticism in what she spindles.

[@Zimx02]

That's a way of underselling it. Everything that she says is a complete lie or something that describes something so trivial that Americans do, but as if it was some weird alien occurrence.

[@wape1]

I think Peter is filming his beer commercial on that separated (save for a single bridge) island in Pyongyang that has one of the few hotels meant for foreigners, which is why it looks somewhat presentable. I hear it has a casino (meant mainly for the Chinese) at the lowest levels of the complex.

[@zandig2]

A friend of mine was in North Korea last week. He send a photo of himself in a bar drinking a Guinness. It cost him about 40 dollars. I was very surprised that they had it and he could post the photo on his Facebook

[@ashroskell]

My immediate response to that headline was, “How is that possible, Mutah?” That movie, The Interview might as well have been a documentary except for the fact that it plays down the outrageousness of N Korean propaganda!

[@lonewolffang]

Given it's North Korea, why would anyone think that country would be doing any better let alone have squeaky clean image. That's just my opinion.

[@theduck2970]

You'd be surprised. NK has a lot more defenders than you think. People who tend to hate the US and its allies have claimed that everything we hear about NK is just "propaganda" which to be fair, some of it is.

[@luispereztasso]

Using Yeonmi Park as a reliable source? Muta, you could do a lot better 😂

[@soap9277]

I got a Tractor Supply Co. ad when Muta was about to play the "how Americans really live" video...