Why North Koreans were shocked for the first time in America!

Today, we interviewed 'Jungkook, a former international student' from North Korea, about his first visit to the United States.
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00:00 Preview
00:18 Today's Guest
00:47 the study life of North Korean defectors
09:38 his North Korean defector story
16:57 His first time in America

[@hermaeusmora424]

Damn, he must've really disliked the guy when the prospect of having to have lunch with him made him decide he'd rather flee XD

[@mikemondano3624]

You should see him eat.

[@screwylooygaming]

The guy was probably a handler of sorts, keeping an eye on him.

[@RichDenman]

This man defected from north Korea to get out of a social engagement, legendary behavior.

[@mikemondano3624]

It would be, if that were true and that was what happened. But that wasn't the reason.

[@samo980]

I know what you mean about the sky in the US. When I first came here from S. Korea, that's one of the things that struck me. A huge wide open sky, not a small bits & pieces of it in between high rises or mountains blocking the view, but just a wide big open sky as far as eyes can see. A friend from Korea saw pictures of sky I had sent her and she thought it almost looked scary seeing sky so open and big 😂

[@anonw3829]

I'm glad you tasted freedom. I hope someday everyone will join us!

[@bgone4265]

Ya, join us (USA) in freedom but not in person we are full ATM and soon to deport the illegal law breakers. Come here the right way, not by overstaying your visa or crossing the border illegally!

[@sondrarothermel1421]

I really liked this interview. He's had so many twists and turns in his life. From a Russian major to communications to architecture???? From North Korea to France to South Korea???? Wow!

[@genespell4340]

Plus speaking four languages.

[@octaviusmorlock]

"I looked like a dried squid." Now _there's_ a mental image. LOL

[@astroworfcraig9164]

"Abs like chocolate." Best description ever.

[@RT-qd8yl]

His self esteem went through the roof that day 😄

[@RT-qd8yl]

These people seem so kind and fun to be around. I'd love to meet and talk to a North Korean person someday.

[@barryfletcher7136]

Almost all restaurants in the USA will provide salt-free French fries/fried potatoes. You just have to ask for it.

[@RT-qd8yl]

A lot of them will just tell you it's salt free even though they just salt all of them right at the fryer, it all depends where you go and who's working

[@podunkis]

I'm an American. I don't have much of an issue with french fries since I don't eat them often, but pretty much every kind of prepared food is salty. "Healthy" microwave entrees, pasta sauce, deli meat, bread, condiments, most canned food, etc. Even things like Oreo cookies have a lot of salt. Restaurant entrees are often far worse. I have some leftover duck paella that was quite expensive, but it's a challenge to finish because it is so incredibly salty. When I cook, which is unfortunately somewhat rare, I try to use ingredients and canned food with no added salt. I often use some kind of hot sauce or salsa, and finding low sodium versions of such sauces/salsas is quite a challenge. It takes very little time to adjust to eating food with less salt, where it essentially just tastes normal.

[@georgemartin1436]

She is very pretty; well done, Kim. Glad you both got out!

[@NsTheName]

You may not know, but Kim is his last name. His name is actually Jeongguk/Jungkook (you can spell it either way.) In Korea their surname comes before their given name 🙂

[@noelvalenzuela963]

Glad to hear your free and enjoyed the USA 🇺🇸 👍

[@OP-1000]

I didn’t know North Koreans were allowed to study abroad.

[@DavidLS1]

I wonder if their families are punished when their children defect?

[@PennArgoat]

French here: I don't know to which restaurant he went in Paris, but you can definitely find good steak for less than 50€! It's too bad he didn't experience other food too haha

[@Drew776655]

Hitting the gym every day is about the only way to not get fat on an American diet. So im not surpised he went that route. Good for him.

[@mikemondano3624]

Exercise is of almost no use whatsoever in losing weight. The amount of Calories used by exercise is tiny since the body also uses Calories when not exercising. The only way to lose weight is to eat less.

[@loafoffloof3420]

@@mikemondano3624true true, but also when exercising that fat and weight you get from eating can turn into muscle when you put effort into it

[@BP-or2iu]

No, you just don't eat bullshit ultra processed food.

[@gyllenspetzfamily7993]

She liked it too.....😊

[@Spartan536]

@@mikemondano3624 You say eat less I say count calories and hit the gym or get involved in sports. It's how I lost 35 lbs, I eat whatever I want so long as it fits in my caloric "budget" and I do my exercises at the gym. Muscle burns more calories than fat does, so I got to build up that muscle.

[@goulash75]

There always seems to be the question of what they thought of America in these interviews (even when they've lived in other countries) but I'd really like to know what his first thoughts were of which ever country they first went to (France in this case) out of North Korea. And also, what he thought of South Korea when he first went there.

[@creinicke1000]

An honest explanation of his life and decision process. So many NK are desperate and run knowing their family will suffer.. compounding the pain.. But his experiences were showing amother view.

[@foxfireglo8290]

This interview was very good. Thank you!

[@druzillakay945]

Glad you foubd your freedom my dude, regardless of who you are or where you are from or what you believe in, being free to choose for yourself is a human right.

[@The_SeoulJourner]

Very interesting interview.

[@DaFonz808]

This guy lived in the best part of luxury in Korea and decided to leave. That should tell you something.

[@genespell4340]

He was born in North Korea and he did not know anything about luxury until he finally got to South Korea. The people in North Korea have very hard lives. They live on a very low calorie diet because they can't grow enough food for their people.

[@guyguy2937]

Listening to this interview, I realize that we potentially come across people in our country every day that we could help to better acclimatize to our country (France) without knowing it. It's a shame because there are for example so many restaurants to try without it costing you 50 euros. 😅

[@Qthepug]

It takes time for foreigners to actually understand other countries. Especially when most tend to hang around only people from their own country. It’s especially hard to break past stereotypes.

[@ssilent8202]

“If we go out, we are going to McDonald’s” freedom intensifies 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅

[@jsidorable]

Inspiring chat. You are a good interviewer.

[@tkn7390]

What happened to his family back home though? :(

[@dawnmoore9635]

What a wonderful story I'm so glad you are enjoying your life in South Korea and living with a lot of freedom

[@winstonsmith8441]

Very interesting story! Well told.

[@julietwochholz9755]

I love watching these interviews.

[@thseed7]

I truly hope that North Korea gets its freedom someday and that more people find happiness and never have to suffer or endure hardship.

[@DavidLS1]

A nice steak dinner in America costs half that. 미국의 멋진 스테이크 저녁 식사 비용은 그 절반입니다.

[@Deepak-st9gd]

Very very interesting video👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@joninosaka]

I love that he came to America and started eating and working out and got huge. Its the classic American story.

[@Sir_Scrumpalicious]

The Honey Butter chips are fab. I take a trip to the Korean grocery store just to get some bags of those. lol

[@shaneg9081]

On the one hand it is amazing hearing about the people that escape North Korea, on the other you have to wonder what was done to their family afterward.

[@yjchang4226]

In the past, families remaining in North Korea had to face really bad things. But now there are so many people escaping that I don't care if it's not a senior official. Even because of the money that escaped people send to their hometowns, managers acquiesce.

[@shaneg9081]

@yjchang4226 That's interesting. Out of sheer corruption and, let's be honest, desperation, DPRK officials have stopped punishing peoples families? I'm curious how you know that. I don't disbelieve you, but it is so hard to truly know anything about North Korea.

[@TheDog_Chef]

Our sky and clouds here in America are my favorite thing also.

[@Subjectivity13]

8:25 Wow! Koreans use "arbeit," the German word for "work," to mean "part time job," just like in Japanese! That word really got around a lot over there, with that very unique meaning.

[@cesarlopez6368]

my fun request: Koreans react to Tractor pulls (normal and fails/wild-rides compilation)

[@charlesbullghost5491]

Very proud young North Korean people. Don't visit the ancient Navaho Indian spiritual curse lands to ward off attacking enemy tribes! [ know as the skinwalker ranch or Sherman ranch near Ballard Utah. ] It's the most scariest place on earth! Very tall wolf like creatures including many aliens 👽 beings are walking around these areas all times the day! The us military ⚠️ warns absolutely No one to this very ancient curse lands! An independent Day, of aliens flying ships in the middle of the desert land scape. My great inspiring wisdom for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.😀

[@1brian1000]

👍👍👍👍

[@mnblkjh6757]

👍🙂

[@nedeast6845]

Please come to England, we would love you here:)

[@DavidLS1]

But he's gotten used to good food. :)

[@EM-cz4rd]

@@DavidLS1😂😂

[@Pecos1]

I'd love to have the chance to speak with these North Koreans. Maybe even host some of them for a visit.

[@FUBAR1986]

☮️❤️🙏🌍🌎🌏🙏❤️☮️

[@modjohnsenglishdisco]

They've certainly picked up some South Korean words. "Arbeit", "Ticket", "Wife" ;)

[@danw1955]

00:33 - Hello I'm Jeonkook's Waifu, Na Minhee!😄😍

[@cherylsemrau7100]

Come to Canada.

[@usa3479]

Cute couple.🇺🇸

[@mind-brainstudio927]

Wish you had a version with English speaking voices for us Americans! It's distracting reading so many subtitles. 😞

[@BlackWolfSpirit]

I've always been interested in how one can flee North Korea. I wonder if this is typical of how most do it ? This was so interesting.

[@AtomicBoo]

This is not typical at all. He was one of the lucky ones. First of all he was born in pyongyang (only the elites live there, government officials, party members and their families, diplomats and privileged workers) , second he was able to go to university, third he had access to technology (even if its controlled, he had a cellphone, laptop, etc) fourth he was selected to study abroad in France with a 700 euro scholarship per month (when the average salary in n korea is like 5 dollars a month) and finally he just had to call the S korean embassy to defect (since s korea recognizes all Koreans as citizens). Look up "how the only people to escape North korea in 2023 made it out" to see how a low class family had to escape.

[@danor6812]

I would really love them to visit America, but not go to NYC or LA.

[@szszszsz95395]

한국에있는 한국 식당 음식이 더 짜던데.

[@mykelove1968]

He really hated that guy. He defected to avoid having a meal with that guy.

[@pervysage4934]

how could Min tease us about his body and not show a picture?

[@RoSaWa386-33]

RED on Black captioning is too tough to bother reading.

[@stevo3405]

Interesting story, for sure, but what happened to his family? Decisions have consequences when you're dealing with a barbaric regime. That has to weigh on him.

[@leerubin4303]

What happened to your family, back in North Korea?

[@sang7349]

They should visit the East Coast. NYC, Boston, and DC. Might even add Chicago in there. LA isn’t really pretty.

[@EM-cz4rd]

There are so many fun things to do in SoCal. Mountains. Beaches. Desert. They have it all. Also the largest Korean population in the world outside of Korea.

[@akiraarends2996]

First

[@knojustenuftobedangerous2442]

So after a long story, he finally gets to the US and wasn't very impressed. This should have been titled "My trip from France to South Korea, oh and I gambled, ate and worked out in the US, for free, after that."

[@spaceboye9343]

Why are you mad

[@45-Brass]

It's always better when Uncle Sam pays for it .. even when you're not defecting to the U.S.A.. America, Land of the Free... ( stuff )

[@eTraxx]

I see that statement differently I suppose. I ate at an Applebee's in Kuwait city. While differences in some dress what different .. the restaurant .. and the young persons outside talking, laughing with music blaring from the cars .. to me means that in France and South Korea he had already seen a modern society so the US didn't jump out and impress him. I understand what he was saying .. some people need to do some traveling around the world and learn a bit more than who is the big name in Hollywood at the time .. or what the Kardashian's are up to.

[@mikemondano3624]

Not much to be impressed by in the US. When you get off a plane from Europe or Korea, you think you must have travelled back in time 20 years because the US is so backward, dirty, and in disrepair. It gets worse if you talk with an American. They'll ask where you're from, but are so uneducated that they won't know where that is, anyway.

[@knojustenuftobedangerous2442]

@@mikemondano3624 That's true in many cases. The story was 90% living in France and traveling to South Korea. The teaser says he was "shocked" for the first time in America. What shocked him? Was it that America was dirty or people uneducated or what? Just sayin America didn't have much to do with the story. Kind of clickbait title.

[@gyllenspetzfamily7993]

California and Las Vegas are not America. Please come back and go elsewhere. Not NYC!!!

[@Californyuhh]

That wasn’t his point though. He essentially said that he had already experienced first world countries with freedom, so the US didn’t shock him like it would on someone who went from North Korea to South Korea & US.

[@DavidLS1]

Why isn't California America?

[@asynchronicity]

@@DavidLS1Why bother talking to such an ignorant person?

[@DavidLS1]

@@asynchronicity You're right, of course. I shouldn't let people like that get to me.

[@asynchronicity]

@@DavidLS1 I’m working on getting better at that also, brother!

[@fusemore1059]

The US pays for what now?? As an American citizen that just made me mad. The US government gives money to any and everyone BUT their own citizens. Clearly their policy isn’t America first, it’s everyone but American citizens first. Taiwan, North Koreans, their favorite country Israel, Ukraine, etc. Like what th??

[@nonconsensualopinion]

Huh? The government gives out unemployment, welfare, food stamps, medicade, etc to citizens. There are small programs for others too who meet certain criteria, such as this exceptional case. Did you really listen to this guy's story and come out of it jealous of what he got to experience in the US? As a tax paying US citizen myself, I'm glad he got to experience the US for a short time. And we're giving money to Taiwan and Ukraine to help them fight our enemies in a proxy war. We aren't sending Ukrainian citizens to college. It's a tactical decision. It's defense spending.