Why North Korea's 30 Year-Old Hotel Never Opened

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[@d3bo552]

ok

[@rja8504]

Do an update to Malaysia flight 370

[@samn8707]

Peepeepoopoo watch my channel *Continues to die inside*

[@monadolifesaver5613]

I wonder how Kim will react to the rising conflicts we have with Iran, and if he will use them to advantage.

[@michelsfeir1127]

Sam please for the love of God tell me where you get your stock videos from they're the most hilarious part of these videos every time

[@distortionmusic]

“why this 30-year old hotel never opened” well you opened with stock footage of a man licking a plate

[@exicutioner161]

yes

[@amsyarzero]

eye-opening scene

[@mybrickhead]

@@calebgonsalves2970 Have you ever had North Korean food? No? Neither have the North Koreans.

[@broytennison8406]

mybrickhead underrated

[@mybrickhead]

@@calebgonsalves2970 reddit is bad and you should feel bad

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

We plan on turning it into a tourist hotel and a military control center. We’ll serve the best kimchi

[@calebgonsalves2970]

Where's the handpicked loyal females that serve and dance traditional Korean dances and sing in Korean and are never allowed to be anywhere but the hotel and get no pay and have no human rights and are deported if they do not earn enough money?

[@relievedkocour2539]

Awesome

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

Are you going to add a missile luanching facility as well?

[@deaconblues_]

Kim Jong-un it’s your birthday Kim

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Eh you're just flexin nuts.

[@TAILSORANGEs]

Berlin Airport: Still chilling? North Korean Hotel: Yeah... I feel cold though.

[@TAILSORANGEs]

Also Greetings from Singapore and Yes I visited the very hotel that you were mentioning... a few years ago.

[@calebgonsalves2970]

And hungry....

[@epithet052]

York Minster Cathedral: Amateurs.

[@TAILSORANGEs]

@@epithet052 (edit: Singapore's Changi Airport): Come on now... Behave yourselves, kids...

[@The-ct1xq]

Levin Soh Best comment

[@guyhuguenin6992]

“Pointless giant moviescreen” well it does have one point..

[@بِلَادٱلرَّافِدَيْنبِلَادٱلرَّ]

Porn

[@brandenr6073]

@@بِلَادٱلرَّافِدَيْنبِلَادٱلرَّ Nope, porn would give you a death sentence in North Korea

[@EthanBoBethan]

@@brandenr6073 legal porn then

[@brandenr6073]

@@EthanBoBethan nope, there ain't got no thing called legal porn. It's either legal or illegal, but not subtracted into two categories. You can try, but they'll end up shooting you with an AA gun

[@Ifoundnohappinesshere]

Propaganda

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Half As Interesting: “Our viewers always seem hungry for more North Korea content, kinda like how the people in North Korea are always hungry” That’s savage

[@amsyarzero]

Since when HAI isn't savage

[@Vincent-pd9vo]

Half as Savage

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

It’s part of my healthy fitness program for my people

[@jodazague8333]

bro u why ur everywhere

[@lel2015]

How? Its so incredibly overused its not even funny anymore

[@Espingol]

I actually think the Hotel looks good from an architectural perspective

[@calebgonsalves2970]

Ehh looks kinda bland. Just too Symmetrical and lacks detail.

[@nickdiguilio343]

@@calebgonsalves2970 yeah and the transition to the cone on top is weird

[@PersonManManManMan]

@@calebgonsalves2970 I'd say it does not look bland and looks kinda good, not super but it is outstanding in a way

[@wyqtor]

Looks like a nice HQ for the Ministry of Truth (MiniTrue).

[@gamersspace9556]

It’s good for North Korea at least

[@SPYBUG96]

I love how you put a picture of Data instead of Mark Zuckerberg

[@jimsvideos7201]

Should have used Lore though.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

No, that's just Zuckerberg on a day when he was looking slightly more human.

[@Javaritto]

@@jimsvideos7201 But Lore has emotions.

[@whyisblue923taken]

Zuckerberg is a robot. Have you seen that video of him assimilating to a barbecue?

[@Yaboringme]

Came here for this comment 😂🤣

[@mmrssx]

“east china sea and south china sea. two uncontroversial things” *laughs in filipino*

[@vaillant_500]

*laughs in indonesian*

[@nathanialramirez160]

Man I can’t wait for China to continue its policy of bullying smaller nations for its personal gain, a few more countries and they’ll become the next U.S. of international affairs

[@mahatmazen8982]

laughs in south east asian countries

[@remgl5431]

@@vaillant_500 no stop acting like you can relate

[@vaillant_500]

@@remgl5431 Well, actually the South China Sea issue is also pretty big here rn. So, I'm sure another SEA country can relate to it

[@aris4rum]

Strictly speaking, there are few guards stationed there.

[@petarvasilev27]

KBI, open up

[@jimsvideos7201]

No doubt paying rent for the privilege.

[@phantomaviator1318]

I wanna piss off the top of it

[@chenyeanmingtakumi9033]

So the hotel is actually the world largest military complex and the hotel thing is actually a hoax to lure people from around the world to step into Kim's trap, huh.

[@andrewk9267]

"That was about as useful as a Greek treasury bond" Jesus, headshot out of nowhere

[@okkoheinonen9171]

North korea be crying when they dont get included in WWIII

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Well we’re stuck in the middle because we like both Iran and Donald

[@nsms1297]

@@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Kim post new videos. I watched and liked all of them

[@calebgonsalves2970]

North Korea always be crying

[@majamystic256]

I found the North Korea world war 3 memes better than the Iran ones These recent Iran are kinda lame and kind of annoying

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

nah they gone be part of the new DLC

[@Vackret]

There’s also the case of a South Korean village in the DMZ area that had a big flag pole. So the North Koreans set up a bigger one on their side. The US gifted the South Korean village with an even bigger pole and the North Koreans responded by making theirs something around 150m tall. Effectively double the height the South Korean flag stood.

[@brrrrrr]

Can't wait for the flag pole taller than the Burj khalifa

[@doggo_woo]

@@brrrrrr And then even larger, until they are literally going into space, at which point DPRK would probably lose.

[@FrozenBusChannel]

I can't even imagine having to pull 30 0m of rope to change flags...

[@keiyakins]

at some point, you install a motor.

[@michaelwang1730]

We can bankrupt the NK government at this rate

[@davidruizc.2764]

At circa 1080 feet, it definitely is an HD tower.

[@Dac_DT_MKD]

*Full HD

[@whyisblue923taken]

Needs to be 4K at this point.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

A+

[@liam.meyers]

hahaha!

[@brianmartin4901]

There also is insufficient rebar in the concrete. It's amazing the structure is still standing. This is why the hotel is primarily still empty. The support beams cannot support the weight of all the guests, staff, equipment, etc.

[@AWACSLunchCaster]

it can’t even support kim jong un

[@Saifyrooma2nd]

1:33 Is this the first time he laughs? I've watched for a long time and cannot recall hearing the sound of his laughter? Don't know if that's just my trash memory, lol?

[@calebgonsalves2970]

Yup...

[@RongDMemer]

1:58

[@JackOLanter]

Well, his mom heard his laugh a long long timw ago so... no.

[@hereLiesThisTroper]

Q: Why is Kim Jong Un very cruel? A: Because he doesn't have a Seoul.

[@mataharii161]

lmao actually made me laugh out loud

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Take that back

[@LRexChess]

XD

[@hereLiesThisTroper]

@@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un no

[@calebgonsalves2970]

@@hereLiesThisTroper *MISSILE THREATS INTENSIFY*

[@jaga9394]

2:45 I spit out my food upon seeing Mark Zuckerberg.

[@boskirosales4222]

Hahahahahaa

[@Hayzen1011]

Data

[@miguelsimao1577]

This channel should be called 3 times as interesting

[@a_a7287]

Miguel simao 1/3rd as interesting

[@cliftonjames785]

Miguel simao 1/3 as interesting

[@miguelsimao1577]

@@a_a7287well you can't please everybody

[@miguelsimao1577]

@@cliftonjames785 it's a valid opinion

[@aa01blue38]

3^(±1) as interesting

[@doaa7941]

Alright so is it Sam that's saying there's 0 good jokes in the video or was it Adam forcing Sam to say it at gun point

[@lonestarr1490]

What if Adam and Sam are two different personalities of the same guy having dissociative identity disorder, but they don't know?

[@calebgonsalves2970]

Excuse me but don't you mean The very good looking Writer, Adam?

[@doaa7941]

Lone Starr that's a good theory, I'll let the FBI look into it

[@propork]

“gain access to the worlds most useful airport, a documentary i made” no sam you totally didnt upload it on youtube for others to see as well

[@enginear_1]

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[@levince9315]

“Why this 30 year old hotel never opened” *Because it’s in North Korea.*

[@kemasuk]

"Same as the number of good jokes in this video." Shows "9" in ASL.

[@channingtaintum]

Shows the "OK" signal

[@mixiekins]

No love for the Zuckerberg-Data joke smh

[@MrDopeKeen]

That sign means butthole to me

[@raritania7581]

@@channingtaintum Ok symbol has the fingers straight out other than the index finger.

[@kimjongun6746]

Well, we will turn it into a resort and military control center and I assure you that the best Lunch will be served.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Imagine if they turned the hotel into a labor camp

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

"Why imagine, when we can make it a reality?" - Kim Jong-Un, probably

[@northernchaotic7196]

Or a home for retired "Comfort Women" Lol

[@E1craZ4life]

Considering the shape of the building, I hesitate to call it POINTless.

[@matthewlee8667]

North Korea: builds giant building Also North Korea: Starving "Are you compensating for something?"

[@avantjeef]

dry aged concrete taste good tho

[@lemonke3774]

“The amount of people in the hotel are the same amount of number of good jokes in this video” I counted 7

[@Nerizwith]

Like the gaurds stationed there

[@Ganerrr]

can we have food? north korean government: triangel

[@drodon1474]

“Just how all the North Koreans are hungry” now that was fu**ing smooth

[@MatejGames]

North Korea: Lets build a giant hotel in a country, that no one visits.

[@Swoost]

"none of the little shampoo bottles that people steal at checkout" I BOUGHT THOSE SHAMPOO BOTTLES DAMMIT!

[@cormacsmithy3975]

2:45 How many other people didn't notice that was Data?

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

No, that's just Zuckerberg looking slightly more human than usual.

[@shadowrayTV]

Forget about Google recommending personalised ads, I was literally searching for this hotel 2 seconds ago and you decided to make a video upon it?!

[@Stxr45]

Why North Korea didn’t open the hotel in 30 years: *Top ten questions science can’t answer*

[@matthewmcmahan1845]

2:44 Mark Zuckerberg had the best performance in Star Trek the next generation. He was so lifeless its uncanny

[@noahplaysgames3748]

the Ryugyong Hotel is actually a giant death ray designed to target Washington D.C. using an arc-shaped laser beam

[@this_is_a_cat3437]

I like how he uses a picture of Data from Star Trek instead of a picture of Mark Zuccerburg

[@SamBowers114]

“Construction started in 1987, but the story starts a year earlier. In 1986.” never could’ve guessed that 1986 was a year before 1987

[@loremipsum4095]

Feed the people : ❌❌ Build huge pyramid look buidling : ✔✔✔

[@stormysamreen7062]

4:07 Pointless? How the hell is it pointless? It's a pyramid for God's sake

[@calebgonsalves2970]

Well, when your population is starving and you don't have a proper and stable source of income spending over a million on a pyramid is not a sensible course of action considering that the workers building it probably don't get enough food...

[@christophersargeant4545]

It's pointfully pointless. Or pointlessly pointful. One of those.

[@stormysamreen7062]

@@calebgonsalves2970 Do i have to write "sarcastic comment" for you to get the joke?

[@marcushendriksen8415]

Hehe if they wanted people to get the point of it, they should have built it as a needle...

[@kendrawallace2488]

2:47 “Mark Zuckerburg” 😂 ... That’s Lt. Cmdr. Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation

[@ethanh773]

International North Korean restaurant chain, serving up classic North Korean food like Nothing for entree, delicious Nothing for main, and delightful Nothing for dessert.

[@ElZamo92]

Well, that’s easy to deduce: 1.- No one in the entire country has enough money to afford staying at a fancy hotel (other than politicians that have equally fancy homes) 2.- International tourism is EXTREMELY limited. With these two points and some of your other videos, we can ascertain that running an extremely large hotel that will see next to no use is extremely expensive for a country that keeps its economy afloat by stealing money, which the people in power would rather spend in nukes and luxury goods for themselves.

[@victorraphael8028]

I feel the L theme playing in my head.

[@BillCameronWC]

Funnily enough I’ve spent several nights on a couple of occasions at the Westin Stamford in Singapore & a very comfortable and efficient, if somewhat sterile, place it is too. I had no idea it was built by a (South) Korean company, but my current car is from there too and I’m very happy with it. I doubt anyone outside North Korea will be driving a vehicle designed or manufactured there in the next several decades, sadly for its impoverished citizens.

[@brojob5102]

The more self aware Half as Interesting gets, the closer to the apocalypse we’re getting.

[@romitsinha1410]

2:45 Mark Zuckerberg 😂wtf

[@vinayneilpanda5639]

what has he transfigured into? lmao

[@Tb0n3]

Looks right to me.

[@calebgonsalves2970]

Sheeple! Mark Zuckerberg is a robot built by the Reptilians to distract us from signs of their rule!

[@mmdirtyworkz]

That's Mark

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

That's Zuckerberg after stealing all our personal data.

[@pragyan394]

1:58 Top ten anime rappers

[@maxsmodels]

You cannot steal the little shampoos...they are gifts. They expect you to take them....just leave the linens...OK?

[@Mercilessonion]

2:02 the fast part was so fast that my internet couldn't keep up

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

I don't know perhaps the fact that it will never really get any visitors had something to do with it.

[@shilpaverma6397]

so the hotel is *dead inside*

[@flickcentergaming680]

Just like the rest of North Korea.

[@e1123581321345589144]

turns out the hotel wasn't useless after all. After all these years it gave us the video with probably the most awkward puns per second in youtube history.

[@DOUGL4S1]

0:49 "(...) Is the same asthe number of good jokes in this video" Judging by the image, there's supposedly 6 good jokes in this video.

[@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai]

Dr. Triangle sounds like what would happen if Dr. Evil and the Louvre had a baby together.

[@liamsouthwell27]

You lied - the Zuckerberg/Data joke actually made me chuckle :)

[@animeneweablet]

Half as Interesting: And you know what happened in 1986? The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. GamingWithCarlYT: Also, do you know what happened in 1986 as well? Marcos fell from power and Aquino rose to power.

[@Official_VladimirPutin]

If the UN didn't sanction North Korea, I would fund the government to help open the hotel!

[@hubalahu]

I'm surprised north korea even has 750 million

[@Krackerlack]

I got scared by the fact that 4 people own 2% of America

[@blueyoshi6364]

This hotel was the only thing that I wanted to go inside in North Korea and now I found out there’s not even anything inside of it

[@WeAreDIVES]

All of the funding for my tower was diverted to the nuclear program.

[@austinhughes6852]

A 105 story hotel that never opened and isn’t completed?That definitely sounds like the most pointless thing ever built.

[@TravelSoGood]

I'll be travelling to North Korea in a couple years! Should be super interesting.

[@RocaSeba]

How do you get in?

[@Vincent-pd9vo]

why would you want to support their economy

[@JessicaRainbow]

Book a tour and they sort your visa. The catch is that the tour has to be from a company officially sanctioned by the North Korean government and you can only go where they take you. No wondering around by yourself.

[@isaiahdobesh5109]

I hope you realize how risky such a venture is, and you’re giving money to a government that routinely tramples their own citizen’s human rights and has no qualms about doing the same to foreigners

[@jakartagamer6188]

Villain's "secret" bases be like:

[@muscovymapping8896]

nobody: not a soul: HAI: *inserts Data instead of Zuckerberg*

[@parthl]

sabre should copyright strike north korea for putting a screen on a triangle

[@TheOfficialCzex]

No one: Mark Zuckerberg: 2:45

[@turbochips6148]

Short answer: because it's north korea Long answer:because its north Korea (with a lot of spaces)

[@nathanholmes-king3827]

Did you upload this on Kim Jong-un's birthday on purpose?

[@samn8707]

Wait what, he was born? I thought he was crafted in the boiler room of hell, got farted on by satan, and put through torture, intresting

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

It’s a celebration

[@phoenixgamer3480]

@@samn8707 🤣🤣🤣

[@sreshtabalaji6462]

why do the north koreans need the tallest hotel anyway i mean for a country that never allows its citizens to travel abroad

[@lurkeroctopus1364]

I’ve actually been to DPRK, and managed to source Pringles while was there!

[@donielf1074]

LURKER OCTOPUS I don’t believe you. You’re still alive. :)

[@doomi4055]

Are you Alive?

[@12lbbluefish3]

3:12 damn even north korea has concrete slabs but not minecraft

[@tzwacdastag8223]

"your Anger Makes Me Stronger" -- HAI (2019)

[@innecogneto3393]

Palpatine -4 ABY*

[@fusiongaming8281]

The 63rd tallest building in the world is actually Hanking Center in Shenzhen, at 1,177 ft. Edit: video is unwatchable, link is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings

[@scottharbin1868]

Probably never opened because it’s only for 30 year olds.

[@OGStoneVegas]

that shit actually looks pretty good now that they put glass on it

[@JohnSmith-kq1fu]

> "None controversial" > "South china sea" > MFW

[@shaunlevin5081]

I guess a few people live in the hotel.

[@edgelord8337]

The passive aggressive jokes in this video are getting the out of hand.

[@greekguy5767]

The reason why its not finished yet its because scp 031 is in there

[@treesrnotpaper6]

“About as useful as a Greek treasury bond” half as interesting is helping me look like I come up with the best insults

[@TheGeorgemerm]

The problem is that they actually do worth now. So it was just mean

[@jigarpatel2179]

0:09 I was just thinking that I am liking these North Korea topics.

[@balu22mc]

They choose the best picture of lieutenant commander Zuckerberg.

[@RuruFIN]

Opinions are opinions, but I can't understand why some people say that it's about the ugliest building ever. IMO it looks damn cool, and at least different than your typical hotel.

[@DJTechYT]

Kim: Puts 2% of nation's GDP into building a giant LED movie screen Starving North Koreans: *Our country is still the best no matter what!*

[@banana_man_101]

North Korean citizens: Use your money to give us food! the Kims: no Drunk north korean builder: sO whaT IF wE bUilT tHIs mAssIVe HotEl iN ThE MiDDlE oF p'YŏnGyanG !!! the Kims: YES!

[@xXBl4ckB3ltXx]

Last time I was this early, Sam made good jokes.

[@itsjazzy669]

Gordon Ramsay should do a hotel hell on this place

[@xxx9230]

“Kinda like North Koreans are always hungry” this is why I love this channel

[@shashanks5414]

What is Chernobyl incident happened in South Korea

[@ShakeItLittleTina]

Broke: Supreme Leader Woke: Mister Triangle

[@madeintimeland]

It looks like a lava cast in minecraft

[@NotAmira_]

This is actually the North Korean military headquarters.

[@CutiePie-si1eq]

Ok

[@reihanboo]

If the glass on the building was tilted 10° down, its gonna be hot af🥵🥵

[@Zenzy]

Mans went ham on that plate in the beginning

[@stereodegree2257]

2:37 or 1 hospital visit on the U.S.

[@alec4672]

Apparently they have used it on some special occasions. They've housed troops in it in preperation for there large parades and used it as on oddly shaped warehouse. At most the first 5 floors though the rest has to be empty with maybe a couple people staying there to turn the lights on and off.

[@pandersonnike]

At least they finished putting windows and making the building look completed. For years it was literally a massive open concrete building.

[@tdsap8985]

The hotel looks like those buildings in 1984

[@haydenahn8776]

Yeah the novel says the Ministry of Love building looks something like that