Understanding the Situation in North Korea

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Because the contradictions between official state ideology and reality could not be bigger, it is hard to get a good understanding of what life in North Korea is like.
And as a source for what daily life in North Korea is like, all we have are the storys from North Korean defectors.
Because of the limited information we get, there are countless of false assumptions and North Korea is portrayed as this bizarre and odd place.
However, the worldview that drives the state rarely gets attention, which makes discussing how to deal with the country absurd, without first studying it’s ideology.
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[@wonseokchoi4203]

I'm South Korean, and you are one of the first youtubers I've seen from the western side that have covered this issue without getting bogged down only in the human rights/ ideological front. Good job.

[@asianassassin5082]

Me too but only a half breed love my kimchi though.

[@treddymuongi1051]

Yes he did a great job on this one

[@kyh6767]

I think this dude is Russian, which would mean he wouldn't be considered on the "western side"

[@miaomiao07]

I think that dude is Asian because of his username Neo seems like part of his name? Just my guess

[@shreenathv4180]

@@treddymuongi1051 to be a great day and ww to the next few days and I am writing

[@bruh5361]

That editing was amazing

[@surge5240]

Bruh average editing.

[@williamfunes2740]

@@surge5240 it's very smooth and simple.

[@ayecarumba4928]

7:09 American presidents using binoculars to spy into North Korea 😂 It's like a presidential tourist attraction.🧐

[@asianassassin5082]

That was funny, but the real reason is because they shootouts are common.

[@huihuzhou2593]

While Trump is invited to step into North Korea's territory by King III.

[@seven.8228]

While Trump walks in with no bodyguards

[@Hannodb1961]

Aw, the video ended just as it got really interesting.

[@guhalaa]

Best Analysis of North Korea I've ever seen in KZbin. I've met few North Korean defectors during my days back in South Korea and most of them told me that they'd only decided to defect after watching some of smuggled South Korean TV series and realizing what their government have been telling them are all lies.

[@ascendedbro1828]

Lol it would be even more funny if they had only decided to defect after watching some of smuggled South Korean pornXD

[@yoyoyeah9083]

Good Old Days sure i cant find enough food and water im sure porn is very important

[@anthonyc4138]

@@yoyoyeah9083 lol

[@patrickmcleod111]

**What's really amazing is that millions of American and western European leftists believe that things are almost as bad in western countries as in North Korea or Nazi Germany! At least the North Korean people can say that they didn't know any better, because their govt kept them completely in the dark about the rest of the world.** But western leftists have NO such excuse for their misguided view of their own countries! They have eyes and ears, so they can see that most people are doing MUCH better here than in poorer, more oppressed countries. But apparently they either don't see it, or they are willfully blind, as a result of blindly accepting the radical, cult-like propaganda of modern cultural Marxism.

[@patrickmcleod111]

@@ascendedbro1828 they'd undoubtedly be thrown into a gulag for watching porn.

[@acutechicken5798]

Why do they call it a demilitarized zone when it has the most militarized place on the planet?

[@mxn1948]

the spot in the middle(2.5 miles wide) doesn't have troops, but on either side of that line are the among most militarized place on earth. ho and the spot in the middle is filled with mines, so wouldn't really want troops there anyways.

[@acutechicken5798]

mxn1948, okay thanks for the info.

[@tawseeftaher4446]

most militarized zone is IOK(Kashmir),India

[@joserose95]

North Korea is a country that will beat China in a war they took sol in 2 days look it up and are going to attack China with American attention

[@1stMusic]

Oh my god, that was awesome. Why did the video end so soon? :(

[@riggedfootball103]

You probably forgotten about this vid that’s why I’m reaminding you

[@MemesthanYoutube]

@@riggedfootball103 😀

[@soleiltounsi6754]

Only the idiots of America could like such trash.

[@deab1253]

Well, they ultimately say we don't actually have a just and impartial explanation because of how isolated a country it is and that we should thereby read everything discussed on it with a grain of salt .

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

Old Japanese fascism? Now this is very interesting! I'd like to recommend Andrey Lankov's book about North Korea, by the way! It's amazing! Lankov is the guy being interviewed who says Juche can't be summarized.

[@sikojensika]

Better take this video with a sack of salt

[@板垣退助-r9f]

Just as north korea isn't communist, showa imperial japan was not fascist - that is if we are getting proper about the definitions of those terms. North korea IS absolutely influenced by japanese militarism however and that is blatantly obvious. However the soviet and chinese influence on north korea is just as strong. It is a combination of all.

[@板垣退助-r9f]

+sikojensika Yes absolutely. For starters, he made it sound as if imperial japan was always as it was during the taisei yokusankai period under tojo and konoe, which isn't the case at all. Japan started becoming militarist during the early showa years 1930s, and then finally konoe and then tojo added the racial component as official policy in 1940 - 1945.

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

Kim il Sung born and lived his childhood in those time anyway, so imperial militarized totalitarianism under the emperor Hirohito was crucial influence to his time.

[@rbx211]

Dooyong Park You people have been bitching and moaning about Japan for decades. Why don't you stop your yapping and attack them already?! We're all waiting. Time to get some balls and put your money where your mouth is

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[@nuphhrffe875]

Good you aren't biased and don't ever become biased like many other youtube journalism channels.

[@ThekaiserXD]

AMAZING! Finally an actual critic that doesnt just use NK as an example to bash marxism with!

[@yolotad7546]

Curious Zee yeah, i felt that too

[@thomasflores7817]

Marx was the original spoiled brat sjw

[@ascendedbro1828]

Curious Zee Mad idiotic trotskiest cultists are here united with murican propaganda as always. P.s. Lol besides nothing new and surprising. They were united with fascist during WW2.

[@히틀러하일]

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[@rds7516]

No, all the other communist countries are an example to bash marxism with.

[@陈独秀-v3f]

This is really good. What an excellent analysis. I love the part about the influence of Japanese fascism.

[@Asaljeplak]

i subscribed after i watch this, you're the first one i saw that connected NK with old japanese facism

[@momookus5409]

its been a while since you made a video glad to see your back keep it up

[@IrrationalCharm]

Fuck man, I'ts hard to see unbiased channels these days. You gained my subscription and like.

[@zipinorbit]

Great work👍🏿on your video, VOX did something similar a day ago and was full of fear and propaganda.

[@talinite5916]

Amazing editing and great research, thanks for the vid 👍

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[@namm0x326]

Hey, I like what you're doing. Please continue to chase accuracy. Don't fall to bias like many others. This was a very informative video, thank you.

[@Cabral_del_Norte]

Like it when the scholar said, "North Korea is anti-communist," that is true! Very accurate, they are not communist.

[@wojtekbernhard2161]

gute Arbeit; hab den Kanal durch einen Deiner Kommentare entdeckt, dann gesichtet und abonniert. Guten Tag

[@Tsukiko.97]

Glad you are back.

[@КРАКД]

Well produced video!

[@m.w.6526]

Yeah, but he was wrong on one big thing. The North Koreans do not see themselves as superior

[@boltmix7359]

Max Werner No, they sure as hell do

[@m.w.6526]

Not racially in any sense. Ideologically, yes, compared to the capitalist West.

[@franbalcal]

Great video, one can see how you wanted to keep it as objective as possible. Just one thing, i went to north Korea a few months ago and although it is true you can leave the hotel without a guide and they even keep your passport until you leave, one can talk to the locals freely (if you can speak korean or them your language), you can also tell the guide where you want to go (within reason) and they even leave to wonder on your own to a certain extent.

[@GoalieStrings]

Dude, seriously we’ll done video, Concise, accurate, and thoughtful. Such a refreshing thing to see good videos. Just one critique, as a scholar of nk activities myself I would have liked to see something in there about the social repercussions that the Korean War had on both sides. That blood bath is the fuel for their regime .

[@yoshi981]

Great content, I'm always pretty excited when I see you've published something. Hope to see more.

[@juliohernandez9372]

Excellent video you cover a lot more than the length of the video would suggest. Wish it could have been an hour long.

[@youg2871]

the way this channel presents video's in a cinematic way its so mesmerizing

[@subbuilder3563]

I grew up in S Korea and learned the history. I now have some reservations about the history I learned. That’s why this program like this is interesting and helpful.

[@adambecerra7624]

Unbiased video good job

[@fuge269]

you know what? you create insightful videos, i am going to subscribe

[@dungeontnt]

I still don't understand why they call themselves communist tho they are the opposite of that

[@pedrob3953]

One has to understand that there was no democracy anywhere in East Asia in the 1940s. Japan would only become democratic in the 1950s. South Korea and Taiwan only in the 1980s and 90s.

[@_johnpinto]

Wooow that's some good material!

[@kashmirha]

Very interesting, with new informations for me about NKorea. The cast system for example...

[@davidcho2007]

It's basically a kingdom

[@arubio277]

Excellent video, really instructive, thank you for for sharing!

[@ladedalounge]

Love your channel, very appealing style.

[@victorious1659]

neo: Getting a glimpse of north korea is difficult Also neo: **Shows photos took in north korea**

[@firehot427]

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[@traveller4287]

😂😂😂? Why shouldn't he be alive?

[@DaNuclearMuffin]

Really interesting! Thanks for the content!

[@helmi_muza]

4:10 so it's divided because of those two countries just like Germany,

[@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH]

@Archock Encanto Wrong, USSR refused to divide Germany and Korea. In both cases, USA was for division! Please check sources.

[@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH]

@Archock Encanto Hm, history doesn't like "would" clause. But do check who insisted on division and why. Tiny bits.

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Here first. Been waiting for you to upload!!

[@DigimonFan99]

Keep up the great work, reminds me of when I wad watching national geographic when I was a kid

[@p4lchy]

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[@shirou777]

At that time, Theodore Roosevelt was in favor of Japan annexing Korean peninsula. Besides, changing to Japanese name was free will of Koreans somewhat. But I think that was forcing "self-motivation". This is why that was formal legal and democratic. Korean people reluctantly adapted the name in order to live. They were innocent. I think that was Japan's misgovernment. At that time, Japanese government believed Koreans can become Japanese to fight against Russian Empire but there was a lot of dissenting opinion in Japan. There was a lot of Japanese who are against annexing Korea, and Japan was already conditional democracy. West supported Japan because of the threat of Russian Empire. In those days, Racism was as usual. At the same time, People are also not cruel and devil but ignorant. They thought "Yellow" should be ruled by "Yellow". This is why the US supported Japan. By the way, The US applied economic sanctions against Japan because Japan got Manchuria and part of mainland China after Anglo-Japanese alliance was cancelled. Japanese thought that was the East Asian War not the Pacific War. Fighting against the US was not a plan to Japanese. But Imperialism in Japan was out of control to Japanese.

[@efrus66]

Nice presentation. I thankyou for this insight.

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[@jamesdean3569]

Excellent and well considered analysis

[@golyadkinrosario7698]

You should make a movie video analyzing the themes of Metropolis, like you did with Vertigo and Interstellar

[@wpintofg]

Awesome video!

[@HegemonicMarxism]

This is a very informative video!

[@ILIKECREAMCHEESEO_O]

4:25 why did bro said nineteen fiftyfwee

[@handles-are-pointless]

just because it ain't English doesn't mean you should pronounce "J" as "Y". "Juche" should sound like "joo-cheh"

[@davidmuttillo2806]

Thoughtful and far better than most supposed documentaries on the DPRK. I would disagree about old Japanese based fascism. The racial element of DPRK philosophy also applies to a great number of older generation south Koreans. Perhaps better to call it "race based socialism". Myers has his issues as well. If you read his books you will find am awful lot of unscholarly animosity. Lankov offers better and more consistently unjaundiced insights in his books and articles. That small critique aside, well done.

[@dangerous_ideas16]

Arduous March is not something remotely related to leading troops. It is the North-Korean state official name for the famine that struck the country in the 1990s.

[@jonny4866]

Great explanation, thank you.

[@barriesurjadi7576]

it's like asking joseph stalin about democracy

[@agiftfromdracosfather3490]

7:53 yea, that's what the word means in the US

[@philosoftfurkitusjunkyard2462]

That's how I associated the word as well Although now I try to understand Kim and Putin, I understand being paranoid I surely be dead if I live in china but okay What was my punchline, I forgot

[@andrewmikhailov3173]

What everybodys sees in North Korea is about the closest thing there is to real democracy, and not the “western democracy” of peoples’ imagination. Neighboring China and Russia are also something very close to that.

[@scuffedteddy6261]

SUPER AWESOME VIDEO keep it up

[@vesperone3905]

This is all fake

[@hconstant-]

I'm sorry but it is not right to emphasize that Korea was influenced by japan throughout of history. Japan had much more Cultural influence since ancient period from Korea and China. From modern ages to today yes due to Japanese illegal colonization Korea's been influenced so much by Japan however, the truth is that all 3 countries exchanged numerous Impacts on their culture, Studies, Philosophies, people, and Cuisines.

[@thesherlockhound]

North Korea today is a lot like Japan 100 years ago.

[@MultiSciGeek]

This is pretty accurate. I don't know why people keep calling North Korea communist and using it as an example of how bad communism is.

[@lee6283]

For real, there are plenty of examples of the horrors of communism that are actually accurate

[@latinace1981]

MultiSciGeek when a leader does not let its people leave the country, its bad

[@hex8787]

MultiSciGeek So you like communism? What are you trying to say?

[@MultiSciGeek]

Yes North Korea is bad. My point is that North Korea isn't actually communist, so why does it always end up being used as an example of the horrors of communism. It's called DPRK so North Korea is a democratic country and countries like China, Saudi Arabia, Syria could use the same logic to showcase the flaws and the stupidity of the democratic system. I'm just saying North Korea is a bad example for almost anything except for what it actually is - a twisted version of Japanese fascism. Then there's all sorts of other bs that people spread about DPRK like them claiming to find a unicorn, and then making fun of it when it probably isn't true. Or the fact that many defectors lie... especially when your main source of income is selling unbelievable stories to an audience. North Korea is a very unique and strange country. I don't think simple stereotypes are enough to explain it because there's always some exceptions.

[@MultiSciGeek]

Lee Henry I agree, there are.

[@DoubleNN]

Quite a good video, well edited. The only thing I'll say is that you tend to pronounce your "R"s as "W"s and it can get annoying.

[@yolotad7546]

I think he knows that hahah

[@jacobhellman9181]

I doubt he can help that

[@DoubleNN]

Yeah it would take speech therapy etc. to stop that, and it doesn't take away from the video to that extent.

[@BBarNavi]

Or pronouncing Js as Ys.

[@chancegg00]

Lets just enjoy the effort he put in to this video to help us better understand the topic, great vid bro

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[@theamazingjack1168]

I’m a little bit iffy on the video but overall it’s a very interesting and well edited video good job Geek :)

[@ml2108]

It's interesting to see how living in a place defines the individual automatically.

[@ml2108]

Not supporting any negative aspects, but can't say all of their citizens wish for all that is happening. Though aside from the people who are already "out", you never hear from someone inside who's having a miserable time.

[@pedrob3953]

As with much of American political thought, this video takes political taxonomy way too seriously. North Korea takes a lot of ideas from other Communist countries, put only to a point, you can't just call it a "Communist country", or saying that North Korea is just the continuation of "Japanese Fascism", whatever that means.

[@rajeshnathani626]

Ninja Hattori

[@HerculesKumar88]

Think about how many agents of many countries must be living in North Korea.

[@malikanuur4298]

Learn things which i never knew today

[@AriadyPutra]

they can have the last laugh should their troops actually ride on unicorns when a war broke up

[@afuyan]

I think this video is too short, so many holes in the main topic that only mande more confusion.

[@abujihal758]

Not bad overall, but using controversial terms "Japan sea" and consisting that it is official makes the video a bit uncomfortable to watch.

[@aryansinghrana1990]

What your problem with name Japan sea

[@kitezopo2593]

7:21 President caught peeping tom at the North Korean bathroom window.

[@dagothher]

hmm its almost like you could call it nationalist socialism 🤔🤔🤔 wonder where ive heard that before

[@roeese1]

Annexation is not colonization. Pro-japanese faction in Korea wanted to join Japan after the failed Gabo Reform. --Said by a Korean.

[@austinabrahan4463]

Unicorn not the fantasy animal

[@Time4View]

Great work, looking forward to seeing videos on China (and Taiwan;):))...

[@ContentCalvin]

A1 Thx!

[@STNG17-]

I know more about North Korea in this 8 minutes video rather than my entire life listening to western media BS.

[@teamehpchannel9614]

still beats living in muslim countries

[@cheeseburger251]

ty

[@WintyLIVE]

Trump be like: *Check your dm’s it’s important*

[@nayannair2351]

Why do you guys say uuche instead of Juche? You even replaced the J with U while saying Kim Jong Il.

[@roshanserrao854]

People who really love to learn about North Korea they need to do home work about Eritrea.

[@supersaiyanafify]

wow , quality for this very vid is 4K

[@dougthedonkey1805]

You can just watch The Interview

[@libGODFATHER]

So this the same thing that happen in Germany ....

[@MultiSciGeek]

Really good video production, but the narration is really hard to understand. Please try to get a narrator or something

[@raymunostarr9068]

MultiSciGeek ^

[@patbingman3600]

Well if u read into jucha thought youd know the whole point of is to bring on a "korean" type of socialism which in some aspects is very unlike traditional marxism but they have more in common then not

[@TheKillkorde]

North Korean propaganda more effective? Enforced to a much more extreme degree.

[@kimchi_taco]

유교, 파시즘, 커뮤니즘이 한반도에 들어와서 짬뽕으로 헬적화가 됬네ㅜ

[@cardonag1]

You seem to have the DPRK figured out, then perhaps can you explain the history of South Korean dictators? The common repression and massacres of their people by the SK goverment supported by the US government?

[@rickv9180]

If I were president, I'd establish diplomatic ties with North Korea, despite how bitchy it is

[@dorawang5451]

Mao was the Real thing, Kim was not. That's the difference​ between Mao and Kim