We Touched North Korea 🇰🇵 (Border Town With China)

[@JackTorr]

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[@melc6317]

My feeling is quite complicated after seeing them waving to you. Thanks for this video ❤

[@richardseeto1182]

Thanks!

[@JackTorr]

No problem! Thank you!

[@kenyup7936]

Thanks!

[@JackTorr]

No problem! Thank you so much Keny!!

[@Reporterfy]

lets go

[@gabrielk.c6925]

Great video guys. Its so wonderful watching ❤

[@yuhokong]

Your work deserves appreciation and praise.

[@stellajiang-i8o]

Super Cool video !!! Thank you so much, Jack and Sophia;

[@94vrcommodore]

Good video Jack and Sophia. It’s good seeing North Korea from the China side and seeing the farmers or whatever goes on there. Best to put our own minds to it

[@thisiskevin1000]

Life under sanctions imposed by the West on DPRK.

[@Canarywharfdebz]

Brillant video and I am so happy I found you guys! I would love to do the same trip.

[@laohukang]

Your translation of the text on the door is completely off the mark. The meaning is "Love the people, defend the frontier." It's a slogan that abbreviates a complete sentence, similar to the ones you chant during campaigns (like "MEGA").

[@usainbolt6256]

MAGA，让美国再次伟大

[@pawspaws101]

"Keep It Real" Jack! 100%

[@katypickvance5093]

Brilliant, fascinating film!!! Thank you!!!

[@RyhenOliveros]

Amazing video

[@mamabobo77]

Super cool video. Very interesting.

[@ruelotero6211]

Tnx for the vlogg brother

[@DrogadeRecords]

Imagine living your every day life and having people roll past watching you in amazement on boats.

[@world_of_AstridMa]

super 👍 sharing .. this point is such close to North Korea … i enjoyed it in full to the end .. and greetings from 🇮🇩 Indonesia 40:28

[@ThongvanNonsithanh]

Very nice. Thank you.

[@FITPRONH]

Big boss, Jack!

[@00001111henry]

The new bridge built not too long ago. The new bridge for trading with China 🇨🇳 and North Korea 🇰🇵.

[@Laurentius1205]

An interesting thing is that the houses of North Korea on the border is almost the best they can maintain now, if you go 1 km inside the border, you can see many houses in shocking disrepair.

[@seseseye]

sure

[@sylv338]

There are no people living in the house

[@hsuweilai2833]

他们边境很多高楼窗户都没有玻璃，应该没住人，只是做遮挡作用

[@KimiDoke-i5s]

Jack you have a killer smile😍😍😁

[@krihyungshrestha4838]

It was a really interesting experience even watching

[@TheVileOne]

Impressive video

[@DukeWillTravel]

Great content!! So happy you guys came across my algorithm!! Blessings

[@kumababara1631]

That's not a labor camp, that's a North Korean agricultural cooperative. The people working there are villagers. Please don't be overly biased.

[@MarkEricJohnDalagan]

They literaly said "ALOT OF THESE INFORMATION THAT WE SAY ISN'T 100 CONFIRMED, SOME ARE JUST THEORIES"

[@Oldbrow]

Amazing and interesting trip, but I think it's best not to ask too many details about the border gate, which is definitely not legal, but is also a way for locals to make money or a way for North Koreans to survive.

[@larryli3333]

Cool. Dandong, a place I have never thought about.🎉🎉

[@thisiskevin1000]

With ethnic Korean minorities and some North Korean traders living there.

[@wupeter2867]

15:35 “爱民固边，强我边防” means "secure our boarder defense, love our people"

[@KarmaLama-z6u]

One of the best couple ❤

[@yangdaoy]

Very cool tour

[@jennex6740]

Love from nepal god bless both of you ❤❤

[@kimjong-un8361]

There is no need to guess, North Koreans are definitely not happy. How can you be happy when you have to worry about food and clothing every few years? Many Chinese people on the North Korean border have said that when North Korea was short of food, many North Korean women married Chinese men for a bag of rice. Chinese people know the life of North Koreans best, because Chinese people in the 1960s and 1970s experienced similar days. When my grandmother was still alive more than a decade ago, she often told us how happy the life of Chinese people is now. My grandmother would be sad to see any food that was not completely eaten.However, I support your practice of repeatedly emphasizing neutrality in the video, which can greatly reduce the debate in the comment section.

[@JackTorr]

Thank you for expressing and sharing this! Yes we try to be neutral. Thanks for watching I hope you liked the video :)

[@imransharif443]

Great good tour

[@chestericy]

The 8 nos Chinese words at the gate meaning Love (patriot) citizens stand firm at border Strengthen us (our country) border defence Awesome and very interesting video. thank you to you guys

[@laohukang]

很明显你在胡扯，要么你不是中国人理解错了，要么你就是在故意误导。 It's quite obvious that you're talking nonsense. Either you're not Chinese and misunderstood, or you're deliberately misleading. The meaning is "Love the people, defend the frontier."

[@HTeo-og1lg]

At around 7:00 , that which you filmed is not a watch-tower, but is a water-tower.

[@lijackson-x6r]

basically ，North Korea is the only nation which signed the military ally agreement with China in 1950s, this agreement says China will send military to North Korea if it was invaded by others.

[@laohukang]

@@lijackson-x6r So what are you trying to convey? China has not dispatched troops to be stationed in North Korea, nor has it deployed missiles on North Korean territory, and there have been no instances of military personnel raping female college students there- you know which country I'm referring to, don't you?

[@lijackson-x6r]

@@laohukang China had official military alliance agreement with North korea in 1950s. after Korean war, the agreement is still effective. ---- if North Korea is invaded by other nations, China is responsible to send troops to North korea to fight.

[@lijackson-x6r]

@@laohukang The military cooperation relationship between China and North Korea can be traced back to the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, when China sent volunteers to support North Korea, laying the foundation for military cooperation between the two countries. In 1961, China and North Korea formally signed the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance, which does not stipulate an effective end date, but continues to this day through regular renewal. The Treaty guarantees that one contracting party will provide full military and other assistance to the other contracting party in the state of war. ‌

[@jedbrn]

21:12 looks like the one of the kids waving had a mini telescope 😮

[@NightTheReal]

Ding dang dong, welcome to dandong

[@geeshansrimanthakasthuriar4664]

from Sri lanka ..great !!

[@jbrinkley9-t1r]

You two are too sweet to get caught up in anything so please be careful and stay smart. Loved this vid. Thank you.

[@JackTorr]

Thank you! Will do!

[@Danielmascolo2006]

Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 The video is really impressive, North Korea is really scary, poor people have to suffer challenges every day because of the regime, The human rights situation in North Korea is critical. The current regime systematically and on a large scale violates the fundamental rights of its citizens. Here are some key points: · Fundamental freedoms denied: There is no freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly or of association. The media is strictly controlled by the state and dissidence is harshly repressed. ·Concentration camps: Hundreds of Hundreds of thousands of people are held in prison camps, where they are subjected to forced labor, torture and ill-treatment. · Limited right to food: Malnutrition is widespread and food rations are often insufficient. ·Restricted freedom of movement: Leaving the country is extremely difficult and often punishable by detention. ·Cult of personality: The regime imposes a cult of personality around the Kim family, and criticism of the regime is considered a crime

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Your BEST video to date mate. Super interesting and a story very well told. Ps I agree... Don't sing Jack 😉

[@JackTorr]

Glad you enjoyed it! Hahahaha no singing. Let’s see

[@maneil9297]

Sophia is so right, we don't know if they are happy, they seems having simple lives, not very materialist.

[@yy-franco]

I just watched the news, some of them run away to South Korean, but can't adapt the new society and competition, still live in pain

[@FagLouis]

You are an idiot

[@grneck]

4:45 you are looking great with that Baseball hat. BTW and just in case, I am married for 33 years and love my wife like on the first day we met, so…

[@cercatore123]

Guys, please go back to Nepal, we still need to see the Annapurna trekking circuit and a decent pani puni food tour ❤

[@pashanglama]

I enjoy it watching your vlogs

[@百家乐智能投注软件售]

It only costs 30 US dollars. You can sign up for a tour group in China to go to North Korea. can take photos. But you are not allowed to communicate with North Koreans.

[@ThailandThomas]

Jack and Sophia you always amaze me with fresh content and travel ideas. Another amazing video.

[@holycat9766]

08:00 Thats true.There are some north korean workers in china. They cant live with or talk with us unless its for work. BTW there are some restaurants operated by north korea govement in China and Thailand. The waitresses are north korean

[@何北流]

I would like to add that there are also travel agencies opened by North Koreans in China, and their employees are all students who graduated from North Korean tourism schools. These students usually learn Chinese or English, and after two years of internship in China, they will return to North Korea to work as tour guides. North Korean travel agencies in China mainly help Chinese people travel to North Korea. It is very cheap.

[@mrkyeg]

Intriguing video! Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@judywijesinghe7305]

Very interesting to see, the North Korea. Thanks!.❤❤🌻🌻

[@imkong.i.p332]

Wow nice.👌👌

[@mdnafiz5880]

Watching from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩❤❤

[@silksonic1544]

Hey guys! Curious where you got your translator from, the price of it and if it's fairly accurate? Love the videos and content

[@D_31999]

That was probably a secret way until your video

[@AceIfHearts]

This sign on the gate. Google translate say, "Love the people, secure the border, strengthen our border defense".

[@CarterMc3]

It's funny how y'all casually sat on the train and were just like "Okay let's cross over to North Korea now"

[@sno3279]

If you chat with local people, you should be able to hear many stories about North Koreans smuggling into China and marrying locals or going to South Korea through a third country, because many residents in Northeast China are of the same ethnic group as North Korea and are even related. There are a lot of people here who sympathize with them. But because China and North Korea have normal diplomatic relations, they will definitely be deported if caught. The Chinese may not talk about these things in front of the camera, because it may have serious consequences, causing these smugglers to be repatriated，and sentenced to death by North Korea.

[@chriscain7333]

about the korean war, people dont get a lot of media exposures on so not a lot know what happened, but for us chinese, that was one of the most important events ever, and im counting 5000 years of history here...

[@jtang8768]

North Koreans are normal people like us, no need to look at them like they are from Mars or from a Zoo

[@shenyun7195]

The North Korean workers who come to China legally to work earn the same wages as Chinese workers, but they are taken a cut by their own country and the intermediary agencies, leaving them with less than half of their earnings.

[@shenyun7195]

Despite this, their salaries are much higher than in their own countries, and even require screening, such as college graduates. However, once they arrive in China, they can only work in restaurants.Or other less desirable jobs.

[@DonaldFelixFang]

I am from Hubei Province, China, thank you for taking the photo.

[@JackTorr]

Thank you too!

[@MDHasibBrother]

বাংলাদেশ ভ্রমণের জন্য স্বাগত জানাই। ❤❤

[@travelholidaysnp]

I think Sophia is one of the least numbered Nepalese citizens visiting North Korea.

[@ruemignon]

Dude, you have the thickest Aussie accent I have ever heard.

[@leiwang3597]

I went to this border several yrs ago, and when I looked towards the North Korea, I did nothing just looked, the patrolling soldiers from North Korea pointed their guns at me. very unfriendly!

[@julioduan7130]

17:13 Maybe 10 to 15 years ago, there was no border fence between China and North Korea. North Koreans could have come to China at that time. Your guide maybe used the past tense, but you misunderstood him that he is talking about the recent times.

[@JackTorr]

I think this could be exactly it!

[@MrJuulia01]

Labor camps are actually quite sad and harsh

[@蔡磊-q7q]

*China has tour groups going to North Korea. You can go and have a look.* 😁😁

[@latchdog]

Borders are back open for tourist??

[@蔡磊-q7q]

@@latchdog North Korea opened up its tourism industry after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, tourism is also a source of foreign exchange income for North Korea.

[@latchdog]

@@蔡磊-q7q Okay cool, i did enquire about north korea tours this year in march and was told by a few companies the borders were still closed.

[@蔡磊-q7q]

@@latchdog Really? Information provided by travel agencies is more accurate and they receive the latest information. Maybe we have to wait a little longer. I just checked the news in China. Two major travel agencies catering to foreign tourists said they had received news from their North Korean partners that tours would be opened in December 2024. Koryo Tours said in a statement that the first place to be opened would be Samjiyon near the Chinese border, and it could be expanded to other areas later.

[@Oldbrow]

@@latchdogit's open up, But not all of them...

[@techbat.]

Heaps interesting to see that bridge connecting the 2 counties!

[@JackTorr]

Definitely!

[@jouretin]

I guess your confusion may come from this: Chinese has no tenses, so the store owner may mean that they (North Koreans) used to come here to buy things, but now because of the COVID-19 pandemic, North Korea’s management has become stricter and North Koreans are prohibited from coming here to buy things.

[@radiosparrow851]

so why is it necessary to put the context by western media on top of this trip? could there be a version without such context? like this the river, this is the border, this is a person from north Korea and that's it. why is it necessary to constantly map things to western news? bcos feel like missing something? something CNN? i'm being constructive, right? i did offer an alternative, just a trip, without western context, we could then see.

[@OriCruSE]

Maya xa baini jwae lai❤

[@majesticscope6782]

22:58 I think he got angry when you asked that question 😂

[@1new17]

Interesting video. One of my favourite couples in youtube. Sophia look so cute in chinese dress😍👌👌 Anyone know the name of the soundtrack played in the last part of the video??

[@鞏潇薇]

The Secret Spring / Helmut Schenker

[@1new17]

@@鞏潇薇 Thanks alot🙏🙏🙏

[@carrielord5268]

you can enter North Korea via tour from Beijing. Some ten years ago, I went to dandong, i saw a lots of North Korean came to dandong for entertainment. Just come and go the same day.

[@sudeep-e1s]

Super cute couple❤Lovely vlog❤

[@changshenglin]

North and South Korea are the same nation and the same country. In China, one side is North Korea and the other side is South Korea. After World War II, the US and Soviet troops entered the southern and northern halves of the Korean Peninsula along the 38th parallel, resulting in the division of the Korean Peninsula.

[@leedavid8783]

A very special experience

[@M783hsjsksk]

You know what？ travel North Korea is very easy for us(Chinese). They even accept our RMB, we dont need exchange

[@M783hsjsksk]

North Korea doesn't look very poor, but the Internet access is really expensive.

[@zeinbanda6825]

where you afraid entering north korea fence and touch the river cause the north korea will take you

[@thisiskevin1000]

Northeastern China is also an ethically diverse place - Mongols, Manchus, Russians, Koreans and various Turkic and Tunguistic peoples living.

[@reshambro1700]

Good 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@JackTorr]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@JackTorr]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@juggalopa717]

Google translate says at 15:34 love the people and strengthen the boarder

[@andytainer]

19:00 no, it does not happen a lot, cause Chinese police catches them and send them back to N.Korea. Then they will be punished for trying to escape. The most defectors are from the Hamgyong province - at the the east cost site. There defectors have to escape through the mountains to avoid being discovered. So for the China shop (16:11), they go there and go back. That's it. They would be detect so fast for no chances. You can see it through the N.Korea kids who waved. It's normal for them to see foreigners. And I guess it's okay in this situation being i city at the border. Nothing will happen, but for the tourists it will have a effect: pity.

[@謎團]

朝鲜和中国签订了引渡协议，所以中国必须按照协议行事，比如把脱北者遣送回朝鲜，但现在中国政府基层也对那些脱北者表示同情，抓捕工作大多都是消极进行

[@andytainer]

Ahhh okay. Thank you for this information! I'm glad that local police treats them different

[@kevinaa114]

chinese policemen are a bit reluctant to catch refugees since policemen know they will be punished by Nk

[@nepaleseinchina]

If you travel Dandong to Baishan you will enjoy more

[@LORDFANZPlayz21]

If I am North Korea I can just swim there

[@Osatani_Shinkin]

我测，丹东什么时候成town了。。。

[@Dreamcometrue9219]

两个傻子

[@jeffchilders236]

My dad Billy Ray Childers United States Navy Korean war veteran I love you Daddy

[@kumababara1631]

The river you are touching belongs to both China and North Korea, and does not belong to North Korea alone.

[@hantonohalim-fs4hl]

Are you back in China ?

[@JackTorr]

We sure am!

[@Esther-jh2qf]

@@JackTorrYour video is great. However, the map is wrong, Taiwan is a part of China!

[@lallal-fg6rv]

​@@JackTorr 朝鲜发过洪水，丹东对面的建筑都被淹了。你啥时候来的丹东？

[@liyinchong4493]

Tears came to me when I saw those Korean kids 😢 we are fortunate.

[@JackTorr]

100% ❤️

[@kennyz6271]

Save your tears .Who knows maybe they are more fortunate and we are more miserable .People from other country also think people living in China are all miserable too ,no freedom .

[@pigpig6077]

@@kennyz6271 感觉中国不自由就赶紧润走，中国还真没有限制你出国或者移民到其他国家

[@kennyz6271]

@@pigpig6077 你似乎看不懂英文。我是说看到北韩的小朋友先别掉眼泪，北韩的小孩人家可能过得比我们好呢。就如很多其他国家的人认为我们中国人很可悲没自由一样。

[@laohukang]

@@kennyz6271 你可以经由墨西哥偷渡去你的天堂，然后撕掉护照。这样就能永远留下来了。相信我，三个月就能买大别墅！

[@Austine1452]

There is nothing wrong with their life, their way of living is no different from any area in rural Africa for example

[@yy-franco]

no，they not allowed to travel

[@eisbaer2758]

Lovely, makes me even as Chinese want to travel to Dandong, DPRK is just mystery even for Chinese nationals.

[@MarcGlen-Scott]

Great trip guys. I did all that last year and yep, experience is an understatement for sure. Stay safe!

[@JackTorr]

Thanks, you too!

[@thienuc4257]

If you have the chance, come to South Korea and see North Korea through the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas.

[@chriscain7333]

what you have payed wasnt that expensive tbh, iv heard local chinese are paying around 300-500 per person depends on activities

[@MDHasibBrother]

আপনার ভিডিও অনেক ভালো লাগলো❤❤❤❤

[@Stormtrooper_Accuracy]

Kim Ill Sung was the grandfather of Un, Kim Jung Ill was the father.