What Is Going On In North Korea?

What is going on in North Korea? Do recent events signal an opening in the system or a spiraling down of the system? What challenges do the United States and its allies face?
Professor Victor D. Cha (Ph.D. Columbia, MA Oxford, BA Columbia) is director of Asian Studies and holds the D.S. Song Chair in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In 2009, he was named as Senior Adviser and the inaugural holder of the new Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. He left the White House in May 2007 after serving since 2004 as Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council. At the White House, he was responsible primarily for Japan, the Korean peninsula, Australia/New Zealand and Pacific Island nation affairs. Dr. Cha was also the Deputy Head of Delegation for the United States at the Six Party Talks in Beijing, and received two Outstanding Service commendations during his tenure at the NSC.

[@santonopoulou]

Thanks for posting this; a very interesting talk :)

[@joec8727]

Anyone interested in NK should look up videos by Michael Malice. His talks are cohesive and hold your interest.

[@zoribanks]

thanks for the reccomendation I saw one and soon will see more.

[@kristjonpedersen9342]

I came here from Michaels videos.

[@SanjayYadav-xu4be]

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[@shadetreader]

Anyone interested in the DPRK should listen to actual communists instead of living in an echo chamber of bourgeois propaganda.

[@voodoobrowne]

Lovin The Old Dudes Wig At 45 mins. Lol.

[@aidensdoglife3985]

He got sooooo bored at the start I was howling 😂🤣😅

[@ferce889]

The fact that he's holding that watch makes me think he is a very practiced public speaker

[@michaelhunziker7287]

He is a total bore

[@maxheadrom3088]

Do they know North Korea helped the Chinese against the Japanese around WWII? Do they know why North Korea wants a nuke? Do they know what happened during the Korean War?

[@margaretpritchett3271]

Berkeley... the institution welcome to open ideas of all people... Oh wait, they chant and yell down those they don't like. So much tolerance.

[@barahng]

I thought it was Commander Data from the thumbnail

[@Dude0000]

What’s with the way the first guys pronunciation of o’s and u’s? Sounds like he’s turning into an upper class American which doesn’t sound right at all.

[@patriciacook8429]

Sound mid- Atlantic . A new accent brought to us by people who live anywhere and move anywhere for cash. It’s all the trend

[@GarrySkipPerkins]

The host had an interesting accent. It was not quite American, but I could not place it.

[@brendans3326]

It’s like he doesn’t pronounce Rs at all like a Boston accent without any other aspects of the Boston accent

[@HueyPPLong]

There are 3 american accents that are non-rhotic; the Boston/New England accent, the old timey trans-Atlantic upper class accent and an old timey southern accent.

[@Frankybeanselevators]

probably spent significant amount of his life in Australia.

[@violetsrayreikishop2]

@@Frankybeanselevators he doesn't sound nothing like an Australian accent.

[@JoachimderZweite]

I love the term "selectorate." We have the same thing here but there are two of them. I give thanks that there are no more Kennedys left and the Bushes are history but unfortunately the Clinton's are still with us.

[@maryjunemcclaino9]

Fred Warmbier said he and his wife, Cindy Warmbier, worked tirelessly for the release of their son, who he said was detained at an airport in Pyongyang in January 2016. Otto Warmbier visited North Korea as part of a tour organized by a Chinese-based company.After a one-hour trial in March 2016, Otto Warmbier was convicted of attempting to steal a propaganda poster and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor.The North Korean regime deemed him a "war criminal" and "brutalized and terrorized" him during his detainment, his father said.Fred Warmbier said his family doesn't believe North Korea's story.

[@shadetreader]

Nice CIA-style story, bro 🙄

[@brendans3326]

This guy doesn’t have a New England accent. But he didn’t pronounce a single R that entire intro. So bizarre

[@HueyPPLong]

Thought the same thing. Either he was from New England and lost most of the accent or he’s adding it to sound smarter like the old timey trans-Atlantic upper class accent

[@davidwarren719]

Or he’s originally a man with a traditional southern accent, or one of the others, and has worked mostly successfully to incorporate a standard accent for his lectures. I find non-rhotic accents charming, but I’m from the south.

[@gmsubzeropsp]

Not even a minute in and uh I've heard uh the word uh almost 100 times uh. Because he has a diploma uh.

[@FilmBuffBros]

@11:50 The lack of "economic reform" in N.Korea disappoints Dr. Cha?...Should they adopt the Keynesian system and have some market crashes? Maybe if N.Korea could mount some effective change in their economy, if they were not alienated by the trade monopoly facilitated by the proliferation of the U.S. dollar as reserve currency, and 600+ U.S. foreign military bases. Dr. Cha should be disappointed in his own country's lack of economic reform, and stop watching so much sports.

[@barahng]

Alex Delarge Instead of market crashes they have millions starve to death. Brilliant.

[@bonnie9131]

@@barahng Millions starving to death looks like its own kind of economic crash, if you cant eat you cant work, if you cant work you cant eat. It is unsustainable. Something has to give.

[@violetsrayreikishop2]

North Korea rather spend money on more weapons than opening up jobs and Feed their people they'd rather other nations feed their people so they can continually to fatten themselves up. Someone needs to drop a nuke on wherever Kim is at to just end this mess.

[@markphc99]

Man , this video is going to be 90 mins of unspeakable grimness

[@shadetreader]

You mean 90 minutes of bourgeois propaganda?

[@tashacook281]

I TELL TOMMY A MILLION TIMES. HE DOESN'T LISTEN....

[@J2thaAMES1]

Hey professor Sargeant, why dont you parse your speech with the word "uhh" a little more often, you may pass as Justin Trudeau one day.

[@J2thaAMES1]

@sorry mrgoogle My apologies. It was me parsing every partial sentence after each stop gap. I only have a hs education. Forgive me.

[@jhg3]

J2thaAMES weeiiiwwwwwwwwwuuutttttwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwiiezrwuuuuuu ubuu we

[@michaelhunziker7287]

Malice blows this bore out of the water. They pay this guy to speak?

[@Hashassin95]

Er um er blah blah blah

[@jonburgundy1]

"Uh... Uh" is a sign of lacking intelligence... Well, it is Berkley..

[@torstrasburg8289]

You mean Berkeley, not “Berkley”. The misuse of the word “concerning” really bugs me, though. At least, it was in-depth analysis, albeit a bit boring.

[@schappiness]

I don't think. Dr. Cha comes across extremely intelligent and knowledgeable intellectuals. Check out his other talks. I think this talk may be his worst performance among others. I am quite impressed with the breadth and depth of his knowledge and insights clear and well balanced.

[@charlesmelenyzer8919]

Nah, just the sign of a bad public speaker. Or someone who is high and mighty enough that no one calls them out on it.

[@jonathannixon8652]

Actually it's a way for some people to think before they say something. It's like a pause without the uncomfortable sound of silence.

[@jonburgundy1]

@@jonathannixon8652 In 6 years since my comment, if your answer is valid, then we have truly become dumber as a nation..

[@jrl1948]

uh..um.....uhhhh. um. uhhh. uhhh

[@tashacook281]

IS CHINA LIKE PAULIE AND NORTH KOREA LIKE TOMMY I.E. GOODFELLAS. DISCUSS.🚬☕

[@seka1986]

HILLARY LOST

[@kbforme]

who gives a shit that 100s are suffering in north korea, we need to focus on the really important things like rioting over a fair and legal election. socialism and communism are great, obviously. wait whats north korea? whats the ussr and who is this Mao guy i keep hearing about, sounds like a great guy.

[@AvidanTheExpositor]

Assuming youre not a native speaker and you were unable to pick up on kbforme's sarcasm.

[@shadetreader]

A word salad of right-wing propaganda masquerading as humor 🙄