The woman behind the North Korean throne

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[@PhotonBeast]

The 3-step cycle sounds essentially like abuse tactics on a political scale.

[@ground_news]

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[@peterabbott1974]

🫡👍😎🌎🌍❤️

[@furrepanther]

Brilliant work. Thank you so much!

[@tapashchoudhury8896]

@Search-Party Next video on rise of right wings extremist's propoganda. Please 🙏

[@oghenenyerhovwosagbodje5138]

'She may be young, she may be photogenic, but she is who she is. Watch out'.

[@Tahm_]

"I can fix her"

[@oghenenyerhovwosagbodje5138]

'She dont wanna be saved'

[@ጽጽ]

​​@@Tahm_😂 do u wanna die, she's the type to say if I can't have him no one can, and proceeds to decapitate u

[@ermytanio7111]

Basically a warning for "simp"

[@Trump2024asw]

Dude i can though.​@@Tahm_

[@thejoeschmoshow]

Her smile is chilling. I’ve heard she is ruthless. I think about the people way more than I probably should. I hope those people can be liberated some day.

[@nothembajozi2862]

Think about all the people in Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria , Vietnam and others that USA soldiers have killed.

[@thejoeschmoshow]

@@nothembajozi2862 what does that have to do with the people of North Korea?

[@Zackeria-v8k]

​@thejoeschmoshow I think he meant that "liberation" is a movement done to gain influence, being as a "revolution", it will gain support of the Foreigners. The R0yal family won't leave NK without a fight which will catch many innocents. W*stern countries can either fight to later have influence or initiate a civil w*r & then come to congrat the winner and "help" them and we all know that they wont do anything if it doesn't benefit them

[@kimjong-un6556]

@@thejoeschmoshowit shows your ignorance. Just think about the homeless in America, and all the people in the Middle East killed by the USA.

[@user-ni2tp6ey6l]

​@@thejoeschmoshowthey are all places where the US intervened and left death and destruction in their wake

[@VshapeDino]

Imagine if North Korea got a female leader before USA

[@gavinathling]

I mean Pakistan has had two…

[@mco_jont]

Wouldn’t even care tbh

[@concept5631]

Would be something

[@diegovarela9621]

I think that’s highly likely haha

[@csonracsonra9962]

​@@gavinathlingand look how great they are doing😂women are not meant to be leaders, it's shown all through history

[@iu2]

12:30 " This is Kim Joo-ae...she really could be the next heir." It's important to note that nobody outside of the Kim family and circle know the daughter's actual name. It's probably not Jooae. Everyone just thinks it is because that's what Dennis Rodman said, who is the only outsider to have met that daughter (as a baby). Koreans use titles rather than names during introductions of others. More than likely, the daughter was introduced as "juh-ae," which means that girl or my girl. Kim would not have introduced his daughter by her name. This is something foreigners don't quite understand sometimes. Rodman is not a Korean speaker so wouldn't know the difference between Joo-ae or juh-ae.

[@spadaacca]

Dennis Rodman knows everything.

[@iu2]

@@spadaacca He probably knows more than he realises.

[@antoniovasquez9946]

@@iu2he’s probably a CIA asset

[@Villainous98]

I was wondering where did i hear your lovely voice, whenever Vox videos were narrated by you i always loved it, amazing video and best of luck on the independent channel 💪🏾

[@Culturephile0]

As a korean, this video was on point on every aspect. I always wondered how deep I should trust the infos of the channel because, as a foreigner, I have little to no background knowledge of the provided info hence I do not have the sensitivity to raise a red flag when misinformation is given. But now I know that I can have trust in your journalism. Good Job

[@Patrick61804]

Yeah lots of American journalism is absolutely terrible

[@kingace6186]

This is prove that credibility is something that must be earned and kept. Great job, Sam!

[@ammarahsan2157]

North or south ;)

[@AutriBanerjee]

@@ammarahsan2157 ☠

[@iu2]

I disagree that this video was on point on every aspect. 1. Korea's division did not start at the Korean War. It actually started at the end of Word War II when Russia and the US decided to divide Korea in half. That's a fact that the western world likes to omit or ignore. 2. 12:30 " This is Kim Joo-ae...she really could be the next heir." It's important to note that nobody outside of the Kim family and circle know the daughter's actual name. It's probably not Jooae. Everyone just thinks it is because that's what Dennis Rodman said, who is the only outsider to have met that daughter (as a baby). Koreans use titles rather than names during introductions of others. More than likely, the daughter was introduced as "juh-ae," which means that girl or my girl. Kim would not have introduced his daughter by her name. This is something foreigners don't quite understand sometimes. Rodman is not a Korean speaker so wouldn't know the difference between Joo-ae or juh-ae.

[@colekarrh9114]

Nothing like a democracy with an absolute Monarchy

[@jessi_pop]

DPRK= Democratic People's Republic of Korea. But its not democratic, it isn't run by or for the people and it isn't a republic.

[@Purp00000]

All American presidents are related

[@aSPEDmf]

Yeah, and South Korea is “totally” a “democracy.” The history of Korea is far more complex than this video, depicts it as (which no hate to the creator I can’t blame them for falling pray to the lies of mainstream media). - The original reasoning behind the split between the north and south can be attributed to imperialist Japan’s occupation on the country (if you want to know how “friendly” the Japanese were to the Koreans, I suggest you look into what “comfort woman” were). Basically, North Korea was established as a revolutionary workers state, fighting against the unjust rule of the Japanese. At the end of World War II, the axis powers were, mostly, defeated. Soon later, the Cold War begins. The US sides with the Southern puppet state, (which btw still appointed many of the Japanese war criminals). While the USSR sided with the revolutionary north. Who attacked who first is a trivial annotation often brought up, as in reality, both sides were constantly antagonizing each other. Moreover originally the north was more prosperous than the south, however, with the Korean war and over 20% of the entire population in the north killed, (plus most of their infrastructure being demolished), modern day North Korea-is an absolute s**t hole. In short, yes, North Korea sucks but this is not an excuse for the hyperbole you see constantly pushed by mainstream media.

[@КонстантинМатвеев-д8ц]

Dude, european countries are literally all monarchies, except France.

[@andres_realxoxo]

@@КонстантинМатвеев-д8цyes but European monarchies are constitutional, having limits on their sovereigns power, north korea is a medieval state were the whims of one family dictate the whole country

[@Afrocentric-il8wb]

Please upload twice a month 🙏🏾

[@SearchParty]

soon!

[@mhfamily5701]

Quality is better than Quantity

[@IslandHawaii]

I’ll rather have quality made videos once or every other month than 2 a month that are medium

[@jarrod157]

@@SearchPartyyour channel will skyrocket as soon as u do

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

@@SearchParty Also my car needs an oil change, could you get on that please? Lazy lazy reporters.

[@LucasRizzotto]

Fantastic video as always. Such a joy to see this channel grow. Support independent journalism!

[@SearchParty]

thank you so much :) - sam

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

You can just call it "journalism", establishment media does not do journalism anymore. They're activists bankrolled by billionaires.

[@Manuthinkings]

Korea should united divided by foreigners and continue by family…not like India and Pakistan

[@dhooomketu]

This is a different kind of k-drama going on 😅

[@jeffbenton6183]

Amusingly enough, K-drama is quite popular on the North Korean black market.

[@norah4892]

More like sibling fights. Recently one was blasting K-pop at the other while the other was sending balloons filled with trash in response😂😂😂

[@WackWacky-vc5ed]

💆💆💆

[@unclepete2252]

Flourishing democracy is a very generous description of the political situation in the south.

[@AmanKumarPadhy]

Compared/Relative to NK?

[@jessi_pop]

Saudi Arabia is a flourishing democracy compared to DPRK

[@YarPirates-vy7iv]

​@@jessi_popnice

[@deadlytsg2792]

Which is worse , NK , Eritrea or Turkmenistan?

[@ethanlhu7491]

Everything is a flourising democracy relative to the DPRK

[@PokhrajRoy.]

WELCOME BACK, SAM! Happy to see a new upload.

[@junaidali1235]

Man I find you on every channel I follow. Our choices do match a lot

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@junaidali1235 That’s the algorithm, not me lol

[@junaidali1235]

@@PokhrajRoy. That's true but you do mark your presence as a viewer with lots of comments :)

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@junaidali1235 Ok you got me there haha

[@briankimotho5622]

Jeez, these are some sober conversations 👏 👏

[@ehrichan6726]

I find Kim’s wife Ri Soul-ju to be more photogenic than his sister tbh.

[@ion_force]

to be fair, when it comes to the triangle of peace, war, and diplomacy, we kind of do the same things.

[@saint-miscreant]

the DW documentary on her is worth a watch. to me, she’s definitely scarier than her brother… cold and ruthless, and likely to be underestimated.

[@Itsmarkyoung]

It’s crazy to think that no citizen inside North Korea will see this video, and to think about what their reaction would be if they did 😅

[@iamkurogane]

I don’t know how much it helps to put ads in the middle of the episode, but damn does it kill the flow for me. That said I’m the person that watches ads even if they’re at the end. Either way I’ll still keep watching. Awesome stuff

[@hamzakardar803]

Love the topic and really loved the way you simplified the whole situation which made it very easy to understand

[@RishabhTatiraju]

Quality content - really happy to see this channel growing. I also noticed production quality getting better with every video!

[@MrDil3000]

High quality reporting alongside high quality infographics Instant subscribe

[@SearchParty]

welcome!

[@dasleben]

I think you missed one point : Trust. Build during time when both of them were together for studying in EU.

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

He knows about all the pretty blonde swiss boys she's snuck off with and she knows about all ze chocolate he ate. "Don't make me run! I'm full of chocolate!"

[@KR72534]

Trust psychos?

[@josepha133]

Where in the EU did they study?

[@cuonghoang2243]

@@josepha133 Switzerland allegedly

[@TheMerrittbadge]

@@cuonghoang2243 Its not alleged there's pictures jfc

[@LogicalVelocity]

I thought the daughter was in line for succession? You never see the daughter and the aunt at the same time which is weird. If the sister is his right hand, why is she never there when the daughter is with him? I wonder if the daughter is going to have an "accident". I wouldn't put it past her.

[@finnishyank7413]

The daughter is a child and not ready to rule. Kim Jong-Uns sister is if something happens to him

[@deepdive2183]

You're great, recently I have discovered you and another channel called Fern and I feel like when I was watching channels like Vox and Vice a couple of years ago, both of which had incredible success. I hope you will keep going and if you do, I'm sure you'll get there

[@AMabud-lv7hy]

Remember when internet started simping for Her? Fun times

[@BeckyBucky3]

She is more honorable than 99% of the Americans, watch your mouth.

[@soneda]

fun fact: while the north is being ruled by the mount paektu dynasty, the south, while rarely mentioned by the media, is being ruled by a group of chaebol (or conglomerate), who contribute almost 60 percent of the GDP in 2021 (according to statista). so both nation have their similarities in their political system.

[@tryingmybest206]

are you a North korean shill? how much do they pay you?

[@soneda]

@@tryingmybest206nope, im not endorsing north korea and they dont endorse me either. I already mentioned my source (statista) so you can look at it yourself, but If you still dont believe what i say about how similar these two nations are, just use search engine or youtube. You will find many articles and videos discussing about how chaebols is the foundation of south korea today

[@vasvas8914]

Do south koreans rulera pulverise their political enemies from a cannon?

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@tryingmybest206 The OP had me for the first half. I know all about the Chaebol, and I agree that they have waaay too much power. That said, comparing them to the Kims is utterly insane - there's a *huge* difference.

[@KR72534]

The chaebol turned South Korea, which was once poor, into a rich country, while the peaktu turned North Korea, which was once rich, into one of the poorest places on earth. Not to mention the other differences.

[@freespiritable]

Not me reading "North Korea says it Tested a Nuclear-Capable Underwear Drone in Response to Rivals' Naval Drills" 😂😂😂

[@anadeliz479]

This is such a great video on what I think most people would never even think of. Thank you for making it!

[@SearchParty]

thank you for watching it!

[@dannytran1587]

Can’t wait to see this channel’s growth in a few years. Just hope the quality stays the same

[@karookpoto7323]

That last line, "In 4 years or 8 years, you will be gone. But we are still here"

[@DavidWoods255]

Whether it be Atlas or Search Party - you have been and continue to be the very best Sam. Really appreciate your work mate

[@SearchParty]

that's super kind of you to say -- thank you for watching :) - sam

[@bloop_official]

I LOVE your channel but consistency is key. Please upload more!

[@SearchParty]

we're workin on it!

[@bloop_official]

good to see you improve, you should reach the level of Johnny Harris!@@SearchParty

[@ngweso]

@@bloop_officialquality over quantity

[@Yoshi-qp1mg]

"flourishing" is an intresting term for a country litterly going through a birth rate crisis.

[@Seantherightway06]

Idk if the misspelling of litterly was intended, but it works out if not.

[@kohltonclark22]

Sadly, that would be accurate for almost every economically wealthy country in the world right now.

[@Yoshi-qp1mg]

@@kohltonclark22 yea but they are literally the lowest in the world.

[@comradehogan7636]

You knew the video was propaganda from the jump with that "south Korean democracy" line

[@kingace6186]

Big fallacy. That can be said about 60% of the world.

[@AndresMartinez-ep5tt]

"Hello, Mr. Biden, hello, Mr. Trump. Whoever's in the White House four years from now, eight years from now, 10 years from now, it won't be you, whereas I'm here to stay. One day, one of my children will take over. We're a dynasty." Terrific line

[@Team6OWG]

"Flourishing democracy" Meanwhile every SK President is impeached or sent to jail lmao.

[@theobserver3753]

If you wanna be a criminal be a dictator. Even governments respect you.

[@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763]

US itself is a worst criminal than any other country

[@merveilleskatumba2886]

You are concise yet precise. I get the points in each video Whether it is sports or politics.

[@softdesmond5394]

Your voice sounds familiar,,, great video keep it up

[@lisaniven367]

Loved this

[@Wirrx]

I love the video, but 2 minutes of sponsor talk in a 13 minute video is crazy….

[@Friday4]

Thank you for the amazing content and Welcome Back!!

[@dogpoker123]

The US is the one that divided Korea in the first place.

[@thismanagain]

And of course they didn't reply to you. Fishy imo.

[@Tarantula.8eyes]

Call themselves socialists and having class consciousness while being a hereditary absolute monarchy, this world is a parody.

[@sirat-al-mustaqimbyshahabs1418]

True

[@Yivan4]

Just a note, at 12:03, your subtitles are wrong. He speaks "There will come a day", not "They will accomodate".

[@annehersey9895]

One must never forget that Jong-Un went to Swiss boarding schools and his sister may well have also. They watch Western shows, drink French Champagne and have all the food they want. They are well aware of the outside world. But I’d be a bit worried if I were Yo-Jong because her brother has suddenly moved the spotlight from Sister to oldest Daughter!

[@joshuaadesida]

I didn’t know this was the “Vox” voice I loved so much, until I saw watched your collaboration for the Merchant of Death. So glad I found your channel. Gonna be binging all your videos 😂

[@SearchParty]

tell ur friends

[@joshuaadesida]

@@SearchPartydefinitely will be

[@RavarsenBlogspot]

Can’t believe South Koreans got fooled even after dealing with them for half a century

[@faraikativu4959]

This was awesome. Great work!

[@dvderek]

Great video

[@onemoresamadams]

Excellent journalism. I came to find this channel through Johnny Harris' channel. I'm not disappointed. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@jedibane]

Great topic. Great research. Thanks ❤

[@timothyward9063]

Can you do a video on democracy in Guatemala! Very interesting topic

[@gavinbrock5735]

Great Videos! Keep up the great work!

[@jockiemontes1257]

Watching this video makes me think about Vox videos. Then I read your video description. High quality. Thanks

[@jjjjjjjjj99]

Excellent reporting. NK is full of interesting stories.

[@jonathanmedina8586]

who is the other sibling and why he(she) can't be the next dictator? i mean, in this report you only mention about Kim's sister but not the other sibling.

[@dayanthalakpriya1307]

good work, keep it up!

[@buddyb4343]

How long do you think "sister" can last when all her life she has had to give half of her meals to her "brother?"

[@fuzzyhair321]

I get the feeling his sister is his most trusted confident and possibly a partner. Not like we've haven't seen keeping in the family before. Looking at you Hapsburgs

[@robertolopez9483]

Please, there’s zero chances Kim would sleep with his sister that’s gross

[@bla9803]

Your videos are Top Notch guys !

[@PullSluggman]

5:24 is where the ad ends

[@NoNamedPlease]

the atlas videos were always my favorite, hyped to discover this channel and wishing you alot of support and goodluck

[@TimCalogero-y6r]

Love the channel I would just love more content

[@felixfors9340]

12:12 THIS GUY IS ON THE PERC

[@kontjong]

Kim Yo-Jong is an interesting character. I wonder what she is thinking about..

[@andypsolomon]

Great as always

[@PeterBoardman1]

Another great video. Thank you

[@Nat_Cat]

I think your best video yet. Loved it!

[@QuiltGuildFilms]

great work!

[@GetTheSmitherStain]

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[@andreasschmidt8586]

She's the 2nd most influential Korean woman after Maangchi.

[@thejuiceweasel]

Maangchi-seonsaengnim taught me how to make kimchi, I'd follow her culinary army any day :D

[@abrahamdsl]

DAMN IT I LAUGHED HARD AT THAT hhahaha. WUIDAEHAN RYEONGDEO-JA Maangchi-nim-dong-ji-keso manse!

[@adain7872]

What application are you using to create and manipulate graphics?

[@perla5465]

Please sister free Korea 🇰🇵

[@chromaticbytomfox]

great work from the search party team 🎶

[@tahaalameri4832]

Take my comment as constructive criticism; there is inconsistency between the content being presented and what the chanel's name suggest. I am expecting some deep dives and rabbit holes expoited sort of videos, yet I only find some vague or shallow presentation of really interensting topics. I believe that this chanel has huge potential that is yet to be achieved.

[@socire72]

0:10 Lol, totally not biased. Not like South Korea was ran by a dictatorship for 50 years.. right?

[@Hallvard0]

"Flourish democracy in the south" I don't know about that one. More like a corpocracy

[@colinwinterman]

Oh God, That smile

[@ScooterMcWhatnow]

I love your channel so god dam much

[@soumyajeetchakrabarty6872]

This has been insightful

[@KyberComputing47]

Underwater nuclear attack drone??? thats some xXx Zander Cage shi* lmao XD

[@TealPuffin]

New Search Party?! Yes please

[@SouhardaRoy]

Finally, another video!!!

[@Gnarmarmilla]

“When the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled…” Our selfish leaders are causing so much hardship for the poor and the middle income earners of the world. This needs to stop. What an exceedingly woeful era we are living through where all of our leaders take bribes and lie for people who sell things. They love money and not humanity, and North Korea is a perfect example of this. May God have mercy on them and on us.

[@dmxininja6217]

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[@jchastain789]

Ok you got a sub you keep popping up and I keep clicking soooo

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Please upload more. 🥺

[@eridan3.079]

very interesting 👏

[@hisazman]

Yeahh this is a cool one. Keep it up 👍🏻

[@WorldwideJamal]

This channel spits that heat.

[@beatrizcascelli]

Sam is back! 😍😍😍

[@gabrielmachadobsb]

"but his son, Kim Jong Un, is different". We stan a feminist king ✊

[@cowswearbras]

you guys have been killing it! can’t believe it’s been 9 videos already. SP has easily become my 2nd favourite channel (only after kurzgesagt 😶)

[@mohammednasmoh8885]

Check Johnny Harris

[@EricHovagim]

This video was beautifully edited and composed but I can't get past the deep-rooted propaganda that you based your conclusions. North Korea was sanctioned following the Korean war, which was a fight over the Korean people's land rights. The Soviets and US used it as a gross proxy war, but the end result was North Korea being leveled by US forces. American pilots complained that there weren't any buildings left to bomb! The Western sanctions were ruthless and barred North Korea from participating in the global economy. As they feared more Western-backed violence, the logical step was to build nuclear armaments to protect their sovereignty. They have yet to exert any of that force, unlike the bloodthirsty Western regimes. Portraying their desire for less sanctions as a part of an evil plan is frankly gross. If your country is sanctioned and your economy is cut off from the world, of course you're going to want to fix that. They're still human beings who want prosperity. And they've openly stated how they want peaceful relations with South Korea and the rest of the world. Don't fear monger just to get eyeballs. Also, the male guest you interviewed, Sung-Yoon Lee, couldn't help but bring up how hot he thinks Kim's sister is every single time he talked. It was weird and gross, and more importantly provided zero meaningful analysis of her power in North Korea. Bonk. That was almost as bad as the lady, Su-Jin Chun, saying that we need to be scared because the North Korean media published a photo of Kim Jong-Un and his daughter(???). Again, zero analysis of why that could be a sign of negative things to come, just going purely off vibes. Beautiful video, but this content seems grossly misaligned with any mission of journalistic integrity. In no way, shape, or form do I like North Korea or Kim's regime, but if you're going to make a video being critical of their sexism(?), maybe don't make it about the second most powerful person in the country being a woman while also leaving out miles of more meaningful historical context.

[@aronc24]

This was a really cool one, thanks!

[@hibuddy1473]

Great video, instant sub, well done!

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[@merveilleskatumba2886]

Honnetement, SVP pourriez vous upload deux ou trois fois par moi. Vous etes parmi Les bonne channelles que je suit sur KZbin. Please could you upload twice or three times a month. This is one of the best channels on KZbin for me

[@ArnavTHR]

His sister kinda fine ngl 😳

[@abu-bøqr]

nahh 💀💀💀ill hear u out tho

[@sandynigel7296]

Not with that crazy evil smile always on her face 😂

[@abdiganiaden]

She looks like an average massage lady

[@abu-bøqr]

@sg23148 bro what did i do and i dont know how to react to that

[@gnarlynobody]

Thought I recognized this voice from somewhere. Great videos and keep up the great work!