Why North Korea Worships the Kim Family

[@ErolCanAkbaba]

The re-invention of divine monarchy.

[@markcharron]

Yeah, and the crazy thing is the Juche philosophy sells it as a new and revolutionary evolution of political philosophy, but in reality it's just the same old despotic monarchism that they say they've done away with.

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

except its dialed up to ludicrous levels

[@TheSkyGuy77]

At least divine monarchs had to nominally obey the whims of God (aka, listen to the Pope). These modern cults have no such nominal limitations.

[@predaalex3210]

It's a bit different than that. In that system the ruler is endorsed by god, he's more than a man, but less than a god. It reminds me more of the title of pharaoh, where the ruler is the embodiment of god.

[@hananokuni2580]

It's possible that this cult of personality in DPRK is a legacy of the period of Japanese rule over Korea, during which the emperor worship of Japan was imposed on the Korean people. Maybe the government of Kim Il-Söng promised to "restore" the Joseon Dynasty, which ended shortly after the start of Japanese colonial occupation in 1910.

[@koraptd6085]

7:52 the sign says "WE DEMAND BREAD" and at 8:00 "About the cult of personality and its consequences" in the upper right corner it is underlined that it is "Only for use for the party's organizations"

[@mietek958]

Weird to see my language in asianometry video

[@m.a.9571]

That's pretty fucked up for a country to survive that long in that condition

[@mchris5888]

This idiotic dictatorship nonsense is going to end one day. You are right, how did they survive that long?

[@idunusegoogleplus]

I mean if u think about it, before capitalism and industrialisation swept the world most countries were practically like various forms of North Korea with not much trade with outsiders and all ruled by one guy and his lackeys at any one time. It was mostly communism that prevented North Korea from joining the rest of the world in embracing free trade etc.

[@JaysMissingKidney]

@@idunusegoogleplus Not true. Trade still took place and the people were relatively free and individualistic enough to have personality, even in 1800's Japan. NK is a Hermit Kingdom.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@JaysMissingKidney North Korea was a Soviet invention.

[@oh.hey.2045]

@@JaysMissingKidney and they were allowed to leave most of the time

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Pretty insane how long the Kim Dynasty has lasted

[@williambrasky3891]

Yea, it's almost as if the Kims are the literal manifestation of God's will. Best korea is only Korea.

[@dannyzero692]

Compared to many other Korean dynasties throughout history it’s very young. Though quite impressive how they managed to wobble their way out of the trouble of economic management.

[@damascus21]

How they survived the early to mid 90s in the wake of the Soviet collapse and the death of Kim Il Sung is totally beyond me

[@thecryingsoul]

@@dannyzero692 Pretty crazy for what is essentially a monarchy to last so long surrounded by more modern political systems

[@dannyzero692]

@@thecryingsoul indeed, only few countries remains like this, Monaco and Saudi Arabia are absolute Monarchies for example

[@Floridantea]

It’s not only a personality of cults. But it is also a Korean cultural thing. The Koreans love a good outwards respectable image without question. You see that with South Koreans where everyone wants to “fit in”. This family cult assures that.

[@cchan571]

Agreed tbh I think those who want the Kim Dynasty gone in a short time period don't understand Korean History

[@alg7115]

Also like the Japanese. The Koreans have a culture of a divine monarch.

[@henriikkak2091]

Does it, though?

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

This is false. Asians are as individualistic as anybody on the palent. Westerners strongly tend to divided ourselves up into commercial sports team, music, and movie star fan groups -- and then tell themselves that they are creative individuals for making these vital life choices. In fact we are just sheep being led around by paid promoters.

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

The mindless marcher: tromp-tromp-tromp-Trump-Trump-Trump...

[@enysuntra1347]

6:28 The Soviets did not implement a cult of personality in East Germany AT ALL, the only person allowed to be venerated there was Stalin (Stalinallee in Berlin, Stalinstadt - today Eisenhüttenstadt). The only Warsaw Treaty leader who had a comparable cult of personality was Nicolae Ceaușescu in Romania. In fact, it is almost exclusively countries OUTSIDE of the direct Soviet sphere of influence who could implement cults of personality. Mao Tse Tung's cult may surpass even Stalin's, and behind Ceaușescu, there is some kind of cult about Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia (which kept its distance to the Soviet Union for all of its existence). Look at a map. You find Stalingrad, Titograd, and loads and loads of places named after Mao and Kim Il Sung. You won't find an "Ulbrichtstadt" or "Beneśslava" or "Dimitroffgrad".

[@giorgimerabishvili8194]

100%

[@jawedz]

@@giorgimerabishvili8194 I agree mostly, but I disagree with the last point. My impression is that Asian countries (East Asia (both North East and South East), South Asia (India etc), West Asia (aka Middle & Near East), and Central Asia) don't tend to name places after leaders even when they have cult of personalities. AFAIK both N. Korea & China don't have places named after these leaders.

[@theranredguardist1949]

@@jawedz in Turkmenistan is a place called Türkmenbashi (nammed after the nickname given to the first President of Turkmenistan)

[@alexanderkorol677]

@@jawedz Not exactly trying to prove you wrong here but your comment reminded me of the fact that rather than a city, there are two flowers named after the first two Kims. Kimjongilia and Kimsungia. An interesting fact to know.

[@_heed]

@@alexanderkorol677 both of which weren't named by the North Korean themselves

[@d0e-z2t]

North Korea had a nationwide measles outbreak back in 2006, doctors were armed only with a thermometers, and a 2009 flu pandemic in which even "more people died than during SARS" -- a situation made worse by an acute shortage of medicine.

[@jacksonneedham2792]

You don’t think it could be the massive embargo levied at it by the west that caused that shortage of medicine, could it?

[@noname-bu1ux]

That shortage comes specifically from sanctions against them, unfair sanctions levied at them by nations with legal slavery.

[@noname-bu1ux]

The undemocratic dissolution of the Soviet Union was what caused the famine in the '90s

[@Laughandsong]

@@noname-bu1ux You for real?

[@francismurray-becerra2747]

@@Laughandsong technically they’re right. The ussr was technically not dissolved democratically (although that’s a really complicated claim to get into). The ussr was the centerpiece to a huge “socialist” economy that many countries were reliant on because the capitalist world refused to trade with them. Once that economy disappeared any country that refuses to play by the us’s rules gets totally fucjed.

[@NDScalio]

So should we call North Korea: "The People's Kingdom of North Korea", since it's dynasty ruling?

[@noname-bu1ux]

Nah, because there's a lot more democracy involved with politics there than just who's in charge. The leader of North Korea is more of a figurehead, while democratically elected committees handle everything. The Kim family is just a representation of how not even the most powerful military in the world could stop the Korean spirit. A living reminder that the Korean people can always outlast their invaders

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Sadly yes.

[@YalokIy]

"The Kim's Kingdom of North Korea"

[@maxhill9254]

@@YalokIy +1

[@tranquoccuong890-its-orge]

call it Kingdom of Kim's Korea (like Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

[@warrenorada7694]

This is very informative and educational. Please keep it up.

[@Brakvash]

The Kim family has a serious case of fetma, even their grandfather was fat when everyone else were slim.

[@Theoryofcatsndogs]

Slim is a understatement.

[@Brakvash]

@@Theoryofcatsndogs I'd say "slim" is a fitting statement when Kim-Il-Sung was in power - back at the start North Korea was doing well off with their already existing industry and the massive support from both China and USSR - I'd take a guess that the population under Kim-Il-Sung were decently fed. China starving itself to death and the USSR collapsing put a stop to that though.

[@Theoryofcatsndogs]

@@Brakvash I will not call N.K. people ever have enough food to eat after WW2. The north side has more industry back then. And the South side has more farmland. And one thing I know about Communism is people never excited to produce thing.

[@Brakvash]

@@Theoryofcatsndogs all-in-all I agree - short term success usually with long-term failure when the communists have emptied the coffers of the capitalists which they hate.

[@Porygonal64]

fetma balls

[@Japidoff1911]

Bedankt

[@DodgyDaveGTX]

2:54 who invented the selfie stick? The Supreme Leader.

[@AllocatorsAsia]

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[@MegaTang1234]

I feel this is how the first monarchies were created. No country started out wanting a monarchy, it just snowballed from praise of a military leader or infleuncial person to God worship.

[@zacstuart3861]

Historically speaking, countless states started out desiring monarchy, a republic or a democracy.

[@RandomVidsforthought]

It's influential not infleuncial

[@Asuka.the.Perfectionistic]

couldn't agree more, same thing with Mao in China, now I respect him for his military strategies and social observation of the time, but back in the days people really worship him like god, which, ironically, was something he himself opposed when he was alive

[@me0101001000]

The North Koreans wanted reforms. This angered Kim Il Sung, who punished them severely.

[@GoodBaleadaMusic]

South Koreans wanted communism, so they killed them.

[@Makes_me_wonder]

😂 i got that reference

[@MarkWTK]

@@Makes_me_wonder I heard of it before, but can't recall. what is the referenced material? 😅 thanks :)

[@somenathchakraborty7115]

@@MarkWTK it is from oversimplified's video on hitler

[@richard7240]

I really liked your video and the unique perspective you brought. Very well made, thank you.

[@bernadmanny]

I wonder when we'll actually start calling the Kim family what they are, an absolute monarchy.

[@FOLIPE]

I've heard a lecture where the lecturer argued that North Korea was a fascistic state in continuation with the empire of Japan

[@bernadmanny]

@@FOLIPE I have heard of the concept and don't necessarily find it mutually exclusive with monarchy, Japan (and Italy) being examples, though the levels of control by the sovereigns was debatable.

[@theobserver9131]

They are more than that. They are sadistic psychopaths. They need to be eliminated.

[@magicsend6864]

@@theobserver9131 so is America, thus they too need to be eliminated by those standards.

[@zitronentee]

I think many of us do. But the real question is, when North Koreans will start calling the Kim family an absolute monarchy?

[@pedrob3953]

In this video we can see the effort Kim Jong-un makes to look as much as possible like his grandfather.

[@nikolatasev4948]

It is amazing how much the cult of personality borrows from religion. This is one reason why in most Socialist countries religion is suppressed - it is a direct competitor for this niche. In places with more freedom of religion, more religious people are sometimes more nationalistic, like the Republicans in USA. The they are the demographic more prone to rituals and symbols, like the flag pins.

[@itemushmush]

marxism (and more extremely: marxist-leninism) really make this point clear: getting rid of organised religion allows a revolution to keep stability. however, i think china is a prime example of how that DOESN'T work in every case; there are a loooot of extremist chinese nationalists around

[@HYDRAdude]

Obama was the closest president to establishing a cult of personality since JFK. >"Hope & change" motto repeated like a prayer >The hope poster being plastered onto everything and practically worshipped as an Icon. >Staffing his admin with pure sycophants >People half joking him as the black Jesus It's normal for cult leaders to want to destroy the traditional imagery of the past (i.e. flag pins) and replace them with their own. By divorcing their followers from their past they become more easy to brainwash. By the way, democrats are fiercely nationalistic, just not to America since they are all immigrants. A foreign migrant will gladly burn the American flag but will without hesitation cut off the head of an actual American if they burned the flag of the immigrants homeland.

[@nikolatasev4948]

@@HYDRAdude "Obama was the closest president to establishing a cult of personality since JFK. " Did Democrats build Obama a golden statue? Because I distinctly remember Trump's golden statue at CPAC. Did Democrats went into an election without a platform, replacing it with "Whatever Trump says"? Because this is what the GOP did with their platform 2020. Did Democrats storm into the Capitol in order to keep Obama in power? Because I distinctly remember Trumpists doing this for Trump. ">Staffing his admin with pure sycophants" My irony meter just broke. "By the way, democrats are fiercely nationalistic, just not to America since they are all immigrants. A foreign migrant will gladly burn the American flag but will without hesitation cut off the head of an actual American if they burned the flag of the immigrants homeland." Ah, there it goes. Democrats are not actual Americans, therefore every Democrat vote is illegal. No matter that there are only 45 Million first generation immigrants of all ages and statuses, and Biden got 81 Million votes. They were all immigrants. Logic has no power over here.

[@rejvaik00]

Well nationalism is the belief that your country not only exists but it has an inherent right to exist So it makes sense that the fervor of that belief could rival those of a religious beliefs And you can have competing nationalist ideas existing in one nation probably the two most common competing nationalism ideas we see discussed the most often are the nationalist idea of state of Palestine and the nationalist idea of the state of Israel Even in the united states there's still competing nationalism ideas From those more well known and infamous such as who want the CSA to be revived, to others less well known but still advocating a secessionist movement such as Independent Puerto Rico

[@nikolatasev4948]

@@rejvaik00 "Well nationalism is the belief that your country not only exists but it has an inherent right to exist" That's not really the definition of nationalism. I believe Israel has the inherent right to exist. I also believe Palestine has the inherent right to exist. I'm neither Israeli, nor Palestinian. Nationalism means you support the culture and interests of a nation above the culture and interests of all other nations and groups. This automatically excludes the notion of international rules, the ideas of fairness and justice. If it is in a country's interest to occupy and take another nation's natural resources, or overthrow and replace another nation's government with a more sympathetic group, nationalists support it. We have seen this many times.

[@tonylove4800]

The Saud dynasty is arguably on a par. Not as batshit crazy and much richer though.

[@joaojonito3764]

I know one dinasty that went for 3 generations, in Nicaragua a Nationalist President ruled for 20 years, left the power to his son, and his son left the power to his brother, but not like in North Korea, the past leaders of the dinasty were not worship as gods.

[@MardukTheSunGodInsideMe]

I never learned this! Thank you!!!

[@endutubecensorship]

6:40 This T-34 is not stuck in the mud, it has been burned out as evidenced by the rubber rings on the road wheels being completely gone. Burned out tanks also appear to be sitting lower than normal as the heat of the fire weakens the torsion bar suspension.

[@jarehelt]

How does the little brother "lose the power struggle" and still live to be 101!?

[@randomcow505]

my guess is "dont try anything against us and you can have whatever you want and need, just stay out of our buisness"

[@jvharbin8337]

Dude, I am obsessed with north Korea and I knew nothing of Kim Yong-Ju until today. What a life indeed.

[@GoldenAgeSk8Video]

Take a trip over there…although you could end up like Otto Warmbier… 😳 😰 😣

[@robothug6688]

i would shift focus to Napoleon Bonaparte, he was the one that revolutionized politics. The same type mentioned in North Korea. What he did was make sure he had painting done of him that made him look more than who he really was. The idea of a fake political image all polticians practice today, funny how dumb people are not realising they are being trained like dogs. So not just north korea, they are the extreme but think of world powers like usa, russia, china, and UK. They are very alike in spite of what the public sees, that conservative and liberal divided politics. Very genius system compared to a cult of personality based system since the people believe they have a choice when they dont.

[@voicelessglottalfricative6567]

​@@GoldenAgeSk8VideoYeah well he shouldn't have messed with the propaganda poster

[@Kimjongun999]

Since the concept of strategic nuclear weapons developed in North Korea, submarines have become an important means of conducting strategic attacks on the entire country, including enemy leaders and military bases, away from tactical tools that detected or sank enemy ships. It is not an exaggeration to say that today's "strategic ship," armed with advanced detection technology and nuclear means, is virtually the equivalent of a nuclear power. This is because even if the nuclear war has resulted in mutual confirmation and destruction, it is no longer possible to continue the war on the mainland, strategic nuclear weapons that can dive underwater for a long time using nuclear reactors are still operating. The amount of nuclear weapons loaded on a super-large strategic nuclear weapon is also enormous in size. For example, the Ohio-class submarine, the current SSBN in operation in the United States, has a total of 24 SLBM launchers, which carry eight W88 thermonuclear warheads at 475 kt per unit. If this submarine fires nuclear weapons, a total of 192 nuclear warheads will be dropped on the enemy.

[@KarenfromtheFinance]

Does Kim possess these nuclear-armed submarines or drones?

[@hughmungus1767]

I've read that North Korea has the largest submarine fleet in the world (yes, more than the US, Russians or Chinese) but that NONE of these submarines is nuclear-powered. All of them are apparently diesel-powered which puts limitations on their range and how long they can stay submerged without surfacing to recharge their batteries. (If this information is mistaken, I hope someone will correct me with a citation to the truth.)

[@tranquoccuong890-its-orge]

@@hughmungus1767 most of them are midgets subs (displacement

[@tranquoccuong890-its-orge]

@@KarenfromtheFinance just 1-2 diesel-electric submarines carrying 1-2 SLBM each, for a total of ~3 nuclear tipped ballistic missiles (probably mid-range too)

[@frankrice9520]

Dprk proves that Orwells ANIMAL FARM was spot on.

[@henrylootens6578]

how?

[@robertsansone1680]

Excellent documentary. Well researched. Thank You

[@-C0mr4d3_C0VID]

Great video, but for future reference, “Rodong Sinmun” (로동 신문) is pronounced “Nodong Shinmun”. In Korean, any character beginning with 시 (romanized as “si”) is always pronounced as “shi.”

[@rodrigoadrianrodriguezaedo4477]

He pronounced it as rodong instead of nodong because that's how it's pronounced in the North, although it's a recent artificial hypercorrection

[@boltlighting]

The reason why that there is a difference in pronunciation is due to the 두음 법칙(頭音法則) (dueum beopchik), known as either beginning sound rule, or initial sound rule. The reason why of that change is the social linguistic change that first appeared in Seoul in the 15th century and slowly spread. North Korea scrapped the BSR, while South Korea kept it. That's why 勞動 (labour) can be pronounced as 노둥 (no-dong) in the south, and 로동 (ro-dong) in the north. 歷史 (history) as 역사 (yeok-sa) in the south, 력사 (ryoksa) in the north. Personally speaking I would go with how the north pronounces the ㄹ (l/r) sound rather than the south because it follows the Sino-Xenic pronunciations of these words that I mentioned above. Example: 歷史/历史 lì shǐ (Mandarin Chinese) 歴史 （れきし）(rekishi) (Japanese) But again, that's my opinion, but at the same time I acknowledge that there is a reason why most linguists avoid linguistic prescriptivism because it feels like one is forcing people to pronounce things "the right way" while trying to not change a changing language. It's like trying to force English speakers to pronounce the 'pt' in pterodactyl when such sounds does not exist in English, but does exist in Greek.

[@boltlighting]

@@rodrigoadrianrodriguezaedo4477 I have explain something above

[@rodrigoadrianrodriguezaedo4477]

@@boltlighting ok, I have read it

[@meejinhuang]

Stalin put him in place to be another Stalin.

[@mohammedjubair6532]

stailn's entire job was to destroy Russia/USSR and let the US win..lol

[@kiddankula5480]

@make a wish that still doesn't justify him being another Stalin

[@kiddankula5480]

@make a wish he still killed his people for opinions he doesn't like

[@kiddankula5480]

@make a wish like what are you trying to prove here tankie?

[@Rayitolaser569]

@make a wish defeating an enemy doesn't make you a good leader 😂

[@yujisamadesu]

Next do a video on Singapore the next longest running dictatorship Lim Politician Family.

[@JinFX]

All of the details about cult of personality are interesting but it doesn't explain the family take over and how the brothers Jong were well traveled. Even the Marcos had no monopoly on power. There are necessarily outside forces purposely targeting their sanctions to keep the poor starving while enticing the top family members into the lap of luxury. Of course this kind of thing will be kept classified by all involved.

[@magnetospin]

Are you saying the US is in cahoots with the Kim family? To what end?

[@JinFX]

@@magnetospin Well without much evidence, it is up to each person to guess if the sanctions were designed to make North Korea the way it is, or not. But it is certain that North Korean agriculture was highly mechanized and required Soviet machines and fuel. Both of those were sanctioned when the Jongs still happily traveled the world. The family take over would have been completed years before the end of the Soviets, so it is a separate thing.

[@amritamrit233]

"World's biggest secret plot is how USA fools you and the World for 70 years by fabricating fake news through USA financed media, journalists, politicians, websites, books etc and invade, colonize and control other countries by USA military bases.."

[@magnetospin]

@@user-db9lz2yl7i So you are saying, not only the US, but also China/Russia and the rest of the world all work together to keep NK unstable so they can have a catastrophe to deal with any time they want?

[@sherrygadberryturner9527]

@@JinFX When food aid was given by the International community, the military commandeered it. Despots don’t care if their citizens die as long as they can keep their power.

[@giorgimerabishvili8194]

Very informative video. Thank you!

[@shatteredstar2149]

The two Korea should give up reunification and go their own way

[@PhoenixIgnisChannel]

That's what they've been doing since forever, The official stance of the DPRK is that of reunification, coexistance and non-intervention. If anything is the South that gave up a while ago on behalf of the US's puppet government.

[@shatteredstar2149]

@@PhoenixIgnisChannel as a puppet state of the PRC, the DPRK should give up reunification and dedicate itself to being a vassal of the PRC

[@ComradeDrake]

Why?

[@Austine1452]

@@ComradeDrake Same reason why you probably support the ROC not reunifing with the mainland Chinese

[@ComradeDrake]

@@Austine1452 Taiwan is already a part of China.

[@markdibble8840]

What really troubles me the most is that the people of nk are not allowed to own a Bible they will be executed for accepting Jesus Christ as their personal savior being Christian their forced to worship underground being a new born Christian myself I will pray for the people of nk that some day they will be free to worship without fear of being presicuted.

[@dannyj5688]

Everyone who does not "LOVE HIM" winds up DEAD!!!

[@elmirbratic1211]

Lies

[@kevinavila9489]

Ever Victorious Steel Commander, even the most brainwashed subjects must have winced and bit their lips to stop smirking

[@Napoleonic_S]

dude just look at religions! how many billions of people still take them very very seriously? and many would like to kill you if you dared to smirk at their ridiculous preaching.

[@hylacinerea970]

as a cult survivor, i cannot say how important it is to include “of personality” in “cult of personality” in a COP, the leader is the whole thing. north korea is such a weird country, it shouldn’t exist yet it does

[@seeingred1409]

A country shouldnt exist because you dont like it?

[@reyanjakhro783]

@@seeingred1409 Hes a soft kid probely never lived in the real world

[@reyanjakhro783]

North Korea > Legit most countries

[@es-yy2cm]

South Korea should not exist

[@rayleth5979]

@@seeingred1409 Maybe he would imply that the north and south should reunite so there wont be north korea and south korea. Just Korea

[@susanmyers1899]

They know nothing else,it is a closed society.

[@markdibble8840]

New generations have been brainwashed as early as 3 yrs old that's all they really know. And the public schools here in America are trying to brainwash our children today with Idiocracy.

[@K_NERVe]

Good video explaining the genral reasons for Kim's rise in nK, but somewhat shallow. It could've delved deeper into the 'propaganda' and the more psychological side of the whole Juche phenomenon, or analyzed Kim's political and economical struggles.

[@bluemoondiadochi]

i always call North Korean regime (in technical terms) a bastard child of Imperial Japan and Stalinist Communism. the cult of personality is straight out of Imperial cult in Japan. economy is Stalinist with som IJ cartel stuff, and ofc some modern elements as well. we forget that Korea was under imperial japan and this left a trace on the governing culture. plus, there's also the communist cult of personality tradition. but, this always seemed pragmatic to me; by rising the status of leader to such heights, it's inconceivable to question him, criticize him and therefore to make a coup against him.

[@Striderly]

Calm down satan, this is the reality.. 🤣

[@brendandmcmunniii269]

Kim was himself a Soviet Korean Moreover his name is an alias

[@kiturselassie813]

Happens when a country of 50 million has 10 billionaires and the rest exist on less than a dollar a day , KENYA is a prime example

[@arsenalboy4ever]

Great video, thankyou

[@Numba003]

I don't know a lot about the DPRK, but I would be very interested to learn more about it and the Kim family history in particular. They sound like they're trying to be modern day self-proclaimed semi-divine kings and emperors from history. Thank you for this episode. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

[@moustachio05]

The same god with which these imperial personality cults were justified by

[@Numba003]

@@moustachio05 There's a big difference between a Christian monarch and the absolutist Marxist personality cults. At the very least, the God of the Bible would certainly never condone such personality cults, and I don't see the Kims much caring about God in the first place given that state atheism is the official religion of the DPRK.

[@Crabby303]

There's one reason why this madhouse still exists and it's called the PRC.

[@shauncameron8390]

The PRC is just picking up where the USSR left off in aiding DPRK.

[@noellundstrom7447]

I've been fascinated with north korea for a while, I'm glad you made a video on the topic :)

[@DodgyDaveGTX]

I think it's funny that in all likelihood, North Koreans are equally as fascinated with Western capitalist society. Though I do wonder what kind of wacky or hyperbolic rumours of their own they hear about places like the USA - I'd genuinely love to know.

[@rangerjones5531]

North Korea Best Korea

[@noname-bu1ux]

kzbin.info%ED%91%B8%EC%98%B9PhuongDPRKDaily This is a good channel for content regarding North Korea from North Koreans. This channel contains cartoons aired on public television, news, documentaries etc. All from the DPRK

[@brittanybales715]

There is a KZbin channel called voice of North Korea it’s run by a woman who is a North Korean defector… listen to her story… if you haven’t heard it already it’s very interesting

[@brittanybales715]

@@rangerjones5531 you obviously don’t know the real truth about what North Korea is or what it’s done to its people I would recommend you listen to the voice of North Korea KZbin channel it’s created by a defecter of North Korea she also has a book out read it if you’re gonna be slinging around comments like that at least know what in the world you’re actually saying

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Much appreciated look into this.

[@Charlie-Em]

My name henceforth will be "A Little Soviet Union". Or Mango Mao.

[@onceuponfewtime]

famous secret speech. the irony

[@rbilleaud]

The real puzzle is how Kim Jong-il managed to inherit the adulation and respect afforded his father. He had none of the same qualities,.except perhaps the same ruthless brutality. He was cold and dull, and not particularly intelligent. By comparison, his son, Kim Jong-un has at least something resembling a personality.

[@patriciapalmer1377]

Starvation is a way of life in North Korea. The fact that with little to no available electricity, astronauts report the country seen at night from above, is completely dark, with the sparkling light of surrounding countries, eerie in the 21st century.

[@Dac_DT_MKD]

They're the only ones who gave a damn about climate change, so that's why N.Korea looks dark at night. It's a joke.

[@djriqky9581]

The whole electricity argument is pretty dumb. They obviously have electricity. Hard to say what goes on in north Korea WITHOUT propaganda

[@shauncameron8390]

@@djriqky9581 But not on a consistent basis.

[@terryjames548]

Because he has the food. They want to eat.

[@fadecutmike]

…and what exactly does this have to do with 5nm process nodes again??

[@Fanaro]

Master yourself by submitting to the supreme leader!

[@trevorrogers95]

I almost thought this was going to be about a guy named Kim Won.

[@BillLykken]

WOW thank you for all that info wow

[@SlapstickGenius23]

While this video needs a lot of improvements, it is a worthy try. And you can keep on improving too!

[@hughmungus1767]

I read once that there are actually THREE legal parties in North Korea, although only one has any actual power. Is this true? What is known about the other two parties?

[@henrylootens6578]

One is just another left party and the other is a party only for religion yes north Korea does have other parties but their support is low due to them only having specific reasons for existing. The reason there is only one party is because the DPRK is Lennonist and apart from that line of thought comes the idea of a Vanguard party that has all the power in which to bring about socialism. Don't think that just because there's only one party that there is never debate or legislation disagreements. Just because it isn't liberal democracy doesn't me it democracy doesn't exist.

[@walterthorne4819]

Brilliant analysis…

[@maus3454]

Fantastic content as always 👍👍👍👍

[@lesterpace5625]

Kim if you join north and south together your picture with flowers around it will be in every korean home world wide. You will never die in the hearts of free koreans worshiped as a god. Lay down your weapons and open your arms to your destiny the love of the world free and welcome to go anywhere you want when ever you want. You will along with all korea never want for anything. Just see what you can be in the hearts of your country one together again.

[@d0e-z2t]

The North Korean government continues to maintain that 225,000 to 235,000 people died during the famine. Natsios, however, estimated that a figure between 2.5 million and 3.5 million deaths is reasonably accurate.

[@sneakysam2540]

Because they don't have a choice

[@johnarnehansen9574]

Why not subtitle this video in Russian?

[@aerial_camera_video_imaging]

Thank you for your insight.

[@adarshramanujadasan]

Thanks for making a video on my country. Love from the Democratic People's Republic Of Korea. 🇰🇵❤️ 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@adarshramanujadasan]

I'm joking

[@csinalabama]

saddest situation on the earth

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Is it?

[@tranquoccuong890-its-orge]

what about Haiti ?

[@Fatboy50005]

Kim: can’t trust them Ho’s North Korean: oh very funny supreme leader (stomachs growling)

[@maddalonefarms]

Because they’re forced to

[@jamescox7007]

Threatening is number 1, blackmail is 2

[@Booer]

its called capitalist encirclement, its always been a world wide pressure to capitulate to the one world order or unipolar vortex that is US imperialism and colonialism before that

[@henrylootens6578]

Godbless

[@Blue91233]

I thought Juche was a de facto state religion of North Korea, which might be a reason why the Kims were seen as gods who allegedly give the people what they wanted.

[@thesunexpress]

Imagine the mass upheaval & near mental implosion, should the entirety of North Korea gain access to Wikipedia.

[@daskanguru140]

It's wild to me how such a cult around leader seems to able to exist without any direct connection to the quality of their governance

[@tantzer6113]

Excellent. More history! :-)

[@KhushalBadhan]

14:17 sounds like the previous ruling party in India, the Indian National Congress.

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

do they have any choice ?

[@laurentiachavstonbury]

The reason why North Korea does that is political. Idolatry is a smart essence in nationalism, and it’s used to exercise power in the people and the nation.

[@u.sgrant7526]

I was literally eating a mango during the part of the video about mangoes and Mao. It's a coincidence. Large numbers at work, but still kinda cool.

[@Edward135i]

The best way to think of North Korea is that it's the worlds largest prison and the people who live their are prisoners. North Korea is propped up by China because the Chinese don't want a US ally with US military bases boarding their county, that is the only reason why, the whole situation is sad and fucked up.

[@kavorkaa]

In a way its becoming a religion

[@NaomiIsSoAwesome98]

it already is. you're not allowed to worship anything else but the great leader

[@benmaghsoodi2067]

I really really want to see how this ends

[@petruccirafa]

"He started the war after all", well, who divided the country to start with? Was the Koreans? No, it was a country who just wanted to prevent the influence from communists to grow in the area and set as leaders of the republic of Korea the few Koreans who benefited from the Japan invasion that happened before.The war was always initiated by the USA.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

The -Kims- Kings of North Korea

[@Rudenbehr]

Such a based video

[@KhushalBadhan]

13:03 just like the birthday of Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

[@gregsmith6935]

i feel like every western country does this but with a party instead of a single leader.

[@ibec69]

I saw the thumbnail and thought who th is Kim Won? 😂

[@Matteus2109]

It's grotesque that this system has been functioning for so long.

[@enemyspotted1334]

haha no its not...its actually better than most regimes in the world..xD

[@brucedickheadson4228]

It's still young

[@aliensoup2420]

Monarchies and family succession of rule lasted centuries in Western Europe.

[@robertmoore8821]

@@enemyspotted1334 lol Are you serious?

[@raabi2129]

@@robertmoore8821 nah i think he's just trolling

[@theobserver9131]

The only person that I have ever heard of that I would choose to follow is the Dalai Lama, but he would probably tell me not to follow, but just walk next to.

[@HongKong.Shenzhen.]

Good intro

[@grougrouhh1727]

Kim had a 50% chance while Park had a 30% and Lee a 20%

[@Mr1121628]

Although the subject matter of these videos would ordinarily be interesting to me, the narration makes the overall product incredibly dry and academic (boring). Mark Felton, on the other hand, delivers roughly similar videos stylistically, yet are substantially more entertaining due in part to the difference in narration.

[@Dracovenatrix]

Nk is basically a absolute monarchy plus dictatorship

[@Peter-Franz]

liking and commenting so i can watch this later

[@francismurray-becerra2747]

Lmfao the ussr had zero interest in a soviet korean being the leader in korea..wtf. The ussr was surprisingly hands off for tons of reasons

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

Wow, someone actually lived past 100 in NK?

[@cannibalbunnygirl]

the DOB is widely disputed, he may have been younger.

[@GlobalOffense]

Pakistan sent three mangoes to China during the great depression. The great chairman sent parts of the three mangoes TO different cities to make soup. That’s why the mangoes were so important and placed on objects.

[@12vscience]

Indeed.