If chaos was a city it would be this one

[@kimandre336]

Seoul is functional mostly due to 2 things: down-to-earth public transportation system and super cheap cost of public transportation.

[@qdlbp]

대중교통 시스템 잘 발달된 나라 중에 한국만큼 싸고 깨끗한 곳 없음 ㄹㅇ

[@정의훈-t6h]

no it’s not cheap compared to the 80’s and don’t say that cause it might hike up prices

[@stereomachine]

It's true; I prefer Seoul's metro over Tokyo's. It's easier to use; you almost never have to go above ground to transfer between lines.

[@grow1820]

​@@정의훈-t6h inflation ... geez.. all price goes up when time passes

[@user-s4l3k]

Fundamentally, Korean public transportation is cheap because of government support. This is in contrast to Japan, which is run by the private sector.

[@Ed_Stuckey]

I was stationed (US ARMY) near the DMZ from 1962 - 1964. I went to Seoul once and Pusan once. The difference between then and now shocks me each time I see images from there.

[@Mr2Reviews]

Wow, you were stationed in Korea during the JFK assassination?

[@Ed_Stuckey]

@@Mr2Reviews Duty in Korea was for 1 year. I did two tours with a short assignment to Ft. Knox, Kentucky between them. I was at Ft. Knox on that day.

[@Mr2Reviews]

@@Ed_Stuckey Wow. What a day.

[@Ed_Stuckey]

@@Mr2Reviews I had night duty the evening before so i had that day off. I was in the barracks watching some TV program when Walter Cronkite interrupted with the announcement.

[@liberal1]

Thank you for your service from korea

[@GrooveGravy]

As a Korean and a native of Seoul, how do you know all those exact details, history, and cultural aspects of the city and its people? I can’t imagine how much time you put into creating this great and astonishing documentary. Thank you for producing such excellent work! I really enjoyed it!

[@theoryo2586]

I can say that Seoul relies on miracles. There are so many scars and wounds, yet we somehow survive and improve over tragedy. Seoul and RoK face so many problems rooting from its inequal, rapid development, but like public transportation, we will break out of it with another miracle. The miracle of the Han River is basically still ongoing.

[@parkmw17]

Excellent insight. As a mid-fifty Korean man, I've had a strong belief that Seoul (Korea) would always find a way to overcome the difficulties and survive and thrive anyhow, just like you. But recently, I'm losing that confidence. Looks like Korea has reached/passed a critical turning point and is now on long downturn which can't be turned back. Can we find a miracle to overcome current and upcoming situation? I'm not a pessimist, not even close But whenever I think about the future of this country, I'm not able to be optimistic anymore

[@kfx3907]

@@parkmw17그럼 다함께 같이 고민해 보자고요. 지금 우리들이 미래를 바꿀 수도 있어요

[@lukajakopic3218]

I have been visiting Seoul regularly for 15 years. I have lived in one of the smaller European capitals Ljubljana for most of my life and each time I am in Seoul I am amazed by efficiency and organisation Seoul's transportation, accessibility of medical care etc. Many things seem so thought of and organised in Seoul compared to my home city.

[@srj607able]

I’m from Belgium , been in Asia for more than 20 years… 16 years in Korea… … you’re right . What I miss is humanity. Koreans became a bit cold. Asocial, etc… but not all of them , it’s just vivid and booming. The cheabol issue is notorious here . But on the other hand, lots got rich and many rich also lost a lot . I feel Korea , is a democratic capitalist test ground . It’s better than the US .

[@Feb2024-jg6cx]

@@srj607able I am an American born and raised in Seoul. I visit Seoul every five years. The system in Seoul is getting better and better, and the people in Seoul are getting colder and colder.

[@Zui9SPARTACUS]

словенија фембои цоунтри

[@IraianReizell]

South Korean here, the department store collapsed one week after my visit with my family, and me back then being a wee little baby still remembered the place on television and was a huge shock to me. Excellent video - though one updated is needed. We don't really experience monsoon seasons here what with climate change, and now in the summer we experience extreme heat(like everywhere) as high as 36.4 degrees celsius this year(according to KMA) with rain more resembling tropical patterns.

[@Riza20462]

Bs

[@Riza20462]

Bull

[@Merijn-93]

The title made me scroll past this video a few times, but i'm glad the algorithm kept serving it - great content.

[@Account4096]

An interesting fact at 8:58 - Guryong Village (구룡) when translated into Chinese (九龍) is effectively Kowloon Village.

[@dmoon1874]

Nine Dragons in both S.Korea and HK.

[@youtuuuub1]

구룡성채

[@RSCB]

Kowloon

[@ninthsun]

As a South Korean living in Seoul, this video depicts the history of Seoul pretty good. Except spreading people out to Sejong is a failed plan. It was initiated 20 years ago to actually move the capital to Sejong, but the plan was abandonned by the next government. Still, some government offices and many people moved and Sejong is considered as one of the good city to live in South Korea. However, it's lacking infrastructure, especially education and job, prevents the city's further development. Things might change maybe 10-20 years later when Seoul's real estate price breaks down. Until then, many problems described in Seoul will only deteriorate.

[@BrorealeK]

People are leaving Sejong, not fleeing to it.

[@aoh4905]

Sejong is growing faster than its actual plan so they are doing fine. They don't need a subway metro system like NYC or Seoul because they never plan on having millions of people. 1.5 million at MOST but most likely around 1 million. The education is fine there and jobs are slowly growing like every other new city. It's also the highest birth rate city in the country and people aren't as superficial and materialistic there but just plain happy.

[@monicastamant]

A lot of people who live in Sejong work in Daejeon or Cheongju and it’s mostly inhabited by families who moved there to invest in cheaper but rising real estate. It feels kind of empty though and for a planned city it doesn’t feel as sophisticated as it could have if they had better city planning.

[@메리카아아아아아아아]

​@aoh4905 The problem was sejong meant to be "capital". Yes, it is a new born city out of nowhere, but it should activate as a solution. Government, parliament, judiciary are still in Seoul, the city helped nothing about birth rate problem and it didn't solve housing problem. The reason why this city was built in the first place is not about underdevelopment. It is rather caused by overdevelopment of Seoul. Her Metropolitan area couldn't well handle more population density. It was national problem. There are many reasons "why the city sejong should be built" but no problem was solved in the context "what could this city can solve". So, sejong is failed city? I highly doubt that too. But, it is a failed policy. Nothing was achieved by rise of sejong. It was just like any other plane new born city. Except, it has great dependence upon government administration. If those are gone by simple law or policy, it might turn into a ghost town. I genuinely don't know why core national ministrys are still in or put more weight in Seoul.

[@snowman539]

Capital transfer plan was not abandoned by next government. It was abandoned by Constitutional Court, for the reason that Seoul is the capital by customary constitution.

[@samsungelec964]

I am at the first third of this video now. This is a well-investigated, very accurate description of how Seoul has become what it is today. Many foreign media fail to see the plain truth about Asian people and places because the minds of the reporters and the like are heavily clouded by prejudice. For example, when a reporter from Western media stands on a street in Hanoi, they try to find something that can reinforce the images people already have of the Vietnam War. They distort everything in this way. But this video is different. It shows the past and present of Seoul without adding anything. Much respect to OBF!

[@rakeera]

Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul are top-notch cities , especially much better than Western big cities in terms of cleanliness, safety, and convenience

[@njnikusha]

I can confirm Tokyo and Seoul Haven't been to Singapore but I'm sure it's the same way Clean and safe

[@기린麒麟]

The capital of R.O.C Taipei too

[@이말숙-b9s]

​@tylertani I miss tiananmen festival and Nanjing festival... hoping it to be happened again

[@쥬지스님-d5k]

@@이말숙-b9sㅋㅋㅋㅋ 잘 멕이누

[@2jaemyungE]

@@tylertang20 일본의 식민지, 몽골의 식민지였던 중국인이 대체 무슨 자신감으로 그런 말을 합니까?

[@evolancer211]

That store collapse was more than not doing anything about the cracks. They built more floors than what the original plan called for, skimped on column support and they put a bunch of AC units on the roof

[@bkjeong4302]

Yep this. The original construction firm said no to all the design changes so the guy fired them and built the death trap himself.

[@craigiefconcert6493]

They even cut a support column for an escalator. It was caused by the hierarchical nature of Korean society where the boss cannot be questioned.

[@Ealsante]

They then dragged the AC units across the roof, as if them sitting there wasn't enough damage done by overloading the roof.

[@지윤-c6i]

One more thing to say: They built a library on 2F, which was a suicidal move

[@김은혜-q6e5t]

This is amazingly well done! You really pointed out almost every details very fast and deep way. So impressive and not biased at all in any way! I'm Korean, born, grew up and educated in Seoul! Really appreciate for making this! Thank you!

[@DocFacil491]

I truly love your channel. Keep doing the best work.

[@2chanjae]

Would agree on a lot except the “Hardly prepared for an invasion “ part. If you look at the mountain ranges in seoul at night, you would see the capitol defense forces having various measures against this lol

[@ChaiLatte0987]

Yeah we have army at the mountain ranges and concrete apartment is natural defense walls too.

[@bionicle37]

"Why is *insert non-american city* insanely well designed"

[@technoguyx]

probably because it's built for people and not cars

[@bionicle37]

@@technoguyx you know they are people in those cars right?

[@cheffdonty]

​@@bionicle37cars are not people. Cars do not become people just because there are people driving them

[@striderwhiston9897]

@@bionicle37 yeah, but they're still built for the cars and not actual real people on foot

[@dhruv5335]

well i mean every video in this series is spot on so

[@69MadnezZ]

I am shocked by Korea's current development, including Seoul. This is because Korea was a country where more than 80% of its land was completely destroyed by civil war. Most of the buildings on the ground were literally destroyed. And there are many historic structures that have been destroyed and burned down. Anyone who has studied the Korean War deeply knows that Korea at that time was despair itself. Not only the United States, but most countries have even said that Korea is a country where there is no more hope after the Korean War. I think it is more than just a miracle that Korea has become an advanced country today and a country that teaches lessons to other countries in many areas. I send my love and respect to the Korean people.

[@Mysunshine-zz9qi]

You're so noise Shut Da F up

[@brantkim]

Korea like Japan actually had the benefit of being mostly destroyed by war. It is actually easier to develop cities, infrastructure and industry on blank canvases than already complicated ones. It's the main reason why American cites can't really change as it is a complicated web of zoning, historical buildings and private property.

[@thekenthouse6428]

@@brantkim By this logic, Damascus and Mogadishu and Kabul should be amazing cities by the end of the century lol. It's the people and the culture that made it happen.

[@brantkim]

@@thekenthouse6428 Definitely culture plays a part as does geographic, political and economic factors. East Asia has a culture of following hierarchies and rules. The clan based infighting that occurs in almost every country was completed hundreds of years ago and a stable power structure was put in place. In places you mentioned they either never got past the infighting stage or reverted back into with the collapse of their political power structures.

[@abdiganiaden]

@@brantkimeast Asia was pumped with money, kind of like a startup to stop Soviets

[@grow1820]

Jealous individuals from developing countries often leave negative comments on videos that discuss how Korea rapidly became wealthier. Instead of criticizing Korea, it would be more productive to focus on improving conditions in your own country.

[@smartwater598]

West can’t handle east asian countries being superior than them

[@tanz680]

You know how pathetic and pitiful it really is when a *JAPANESE* has to make that statement.

[@grow1820]

@@tanz680 Yes I am Japanese, what is your point?

[@호숫물]

​@@grow1820 don't know, ignore him. Good point you made by the way.

[@tanz680]

@@grow1820 It's not uncommon for the Japanese to leave negative comments on Japanese videos that talk about Korea as well, but the comments on this video are far worse that out of all the people that could have made that statement, a Japanese did.

[@xuapril32]

For how well presented this video is, I wish there were better subtitles than the auto-generated ones

[@orojackson56]

I didn't know SoKor also had a dictatorship, almost at the same time and length as the Philippines - the difference is that the dictator was able to leverage absolute authority to grow SoKor and it's economy further into a high-income economy. On the other hand, the Philippines' dictator only increased his and family's wealth while dragging the economy further and further downwards.

[@kimandre336]

South Korea has a economically successful dictatorship and the country's first dictator is a former communist. By the way SoKor? Filipino English can be almost impossible to understand by English-speaking South Koreans.

[@alext3811]

Taiwan also had one from the same length. It was extremely brutal from what my mother said (Chinese (non-aboriginal), born in Taiwan and lived there until kindergarten and migrated to the US). The KMT were just as brutal as Mao Zedong, the leader of China until about 1980. Didn't know the Philippines were in the same boat. What's scary is it could be argued the Philippines has a trump-like situation because Duterte is also a wannabe dictator and basically PH's version of Trump, if Jon Oliver is even remotely accurate in this regard.

[@sentakuNopey]

Some post-war asian countries underwent through brutal dictatorships. Indonesia had one, the Philippines, Taiwan and South Korea. The only difference is their regime change brought them to prosperity. Unlike the Philippines where the economy was badly damaged by plunder and crony capitalism 😂

[@팝송용계정-d4g]

"My life for the nation and the people" - Park Chunghee

[@XiWein]

Filipinos should learn to stop putting all the blame on their government, they are so ridiculous and people are also to blame, their mindset their colonial mentality mind and their toxic crab mentality are also things to blame.

[@dirtiestharry6551]

8:55 a little fun fact, both Guryong and HK's Kowloon are written as 九龍 in Hanzi/Hanja script. They don't have any ties but it's funny that these towns with same name became famous slums of each city respectfully. If you ever get to name a place, don't name it 九龍 I guess.

[@frafraplanner9277]

Kyuuryuu? Nine dragons?

[@Blank-777]

Yes, and both towns were named after the region where they are. Kowloon was named after the Kowloon peninsula, and Guryong town is located near the Guryong mountain.

[@worldview2888]

I completely LOVE this channel. (Subscribed.)

[@오은영-t7w]

효율을 중시하는 한국인 성격은 교통의 발전으로, 허영이 가득한 한국인 모습은 아파트 부동산투자로, 지기 싫어하는 경쟁심은 잠들지 않는 도시로. 서울은 한국인 모습 그 자체다.

[@rad1x10]

멋진 글입니다

[@JK-fy8mu]

well put🥺

[@petrp4427]

안녕하세요 Mr. I lived in Seoul for 1 year as an EU citizen and I must say this is what I felt like, I think your comment is very accurate

[@Feb2024-jg6cx]

조금은 다른 견해. 구한말의 한국인은 게을렀고, 효율과 거리가 멀었다. 그리고 경쟁심과 허영은 모든 인류의 공통성향이다. 딱히, 한국에 해당하는 고유의 특질은 아니다. 한국은 뉘신지 매우 현명한 지도자들에게 의해 인도되어 왔다. 일단 밤을 없앴다. 다른 나라는 경제가 하루 12시간 돌아가지만, 한국은 24시간 돌아간다. 한국의 1년은 730일이다. 그들이 아프면 싸고 빠르게 고쳐줘 생산현장으로 복귀시켰고, 그들이 싸고 빠르게 언제라도 일터를 오가도록 대중교통을 완비했다. 그런 식으로 경제의 회전율을 높였다. 김대중은 노벨평화상으로 유명하지만, 그의 남다른 비전 덕분에 중진국 함정에서도 벗어났다. 그 전에는 일본만 모방했으나, 김대중은 일본과의 디커플링을 시도했다. 오늘날 빛을 보고 있는 IT와 문화산업을 진흥시켰다. 그 덕분에 1인당 GDP에서 일본을 앞섰다. 그게 아니었다면, 여전히 일본 밑이었을 것이다. 공군의 자국산 KF21 개발, 해군의 기동함대 편성과 같은 정책으로 오늘날 눈에 띄는 방위산업을 강화시킨 것도 그의 업적이다. 하지만, 질투심을 느낀 일부 경상도 친일세력에 의해 전라도 출신 빨갱이로 매도되고 있어서 안타깝다. 그는 박정희와 함께 최고의 지도자였다.

[@purplanet5583]

You didn't butcher jeonse, but you did Gyeonggi and Hyundai. Great vid!

[@lewiss.3786]

Took me a minute.. I was like where is Jeonji????

[@섬광탄고양이-l6k]

@@lewiss.3786 Gyeonggi isn't Jeonji It pronounced g(weak k)jʌng gi

[@Paddyea]

glad to see someone else who wanted to reassure him of the pronunciation :D

[@antonellaremy5939]

how amazing, in bolivia we have the same system of "jeonse" and its called "anticretico" and it can be a one year anticretico for example and you pay the owner (the price usually is like paying rent but insted of everymonth its the whole year) and by the end of the year you recive all your money back , some house owners do this like a bank would loan you money but without interest! ist a win win. except there is a risk that the house owner doesnt have money to pay back (for many reasons like the thing they were investing in didnt go well or they spent it all) in that case the owner extend the anticretico for another year and hope to have more money to pay back or have another anticretico to pay the first one

[@user-xw2zz2wv2x]

Interesting! Buying a house interest-free with a tenant's rent is called "gap investment" in Korea. In fact, there is a tragedy happening in Korea right now where many young people are losing almost all of their money because the landlord doesn't pay back the rent. Some of the scammers rent the house for more than it's worth or change the landlord (who usually can't pay) right after the contract. Builders and real estate agents who sell above market value with no intention of returning the deposit benefit. This is not uncommon, and many young people go bankrupt or even commit suicide because of it. I'm glad to say that Bolivia still seems to be okay.

[@craigiefconcert6493]

A Ponzi scheme

[@bkjeong4302]

Seoul has been a major city for a couple millennia, too. - the first capital of Baekje - a major trading hub under Goguryeo (who took it from Baekje, sacked it and rebuilt it) and then under Silla - Goryeo (Goguryeo resurrected)’s third largest city - Capital of Joseon

[@hae-meo-sum]

1:50 The infographic on atlas is distinguishable. Great work. There is much untold yet.

[@Geointerest]

So much difference comparing it to Pyongyang

[@mylot834]

Yesss

[@Jem_Apple]

That’s what happens when the US destroys every single building taller than 1 story, forces the entire population into literally living underground and then drops an embargo so catastrophically crippling that it’s hard to even get a single grain of rice imported and sustains that embargo for over 60 years. That & pumping funds into their side of the line to rebuild what they destroyed 😂 All things considered, Pyongyang is a beacon of resilience & diligence.

[@Geointerest]

@@Jem_Apple Amen.

[@ducki]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Jem_Applenorth korea invaded south korea and started the korean war. did north korea not expect retaliation? Also pyongyang is a symbol of the north korean elite while the rest of the country starves and suffers under the kim dictatorship

[@blue-d4g]

​@@Jem_Apple Maybe, but I'm pretty sure it would have been in much much better shape if the government invested all the money they wasted on weapons to actually build a functioning economy. The USSR wasn't a minor economic power, NK could have grown much more with their aid. They just didn't take that chance.

[@bbessembinders]

This was a very well made documentary. Took much me time for me to watch since it was more in depth than most videos that I have watched in the past on this topic. The stream brought to the surface, house heating, the airport setup and transit, Floyd control, and capital move in relation to the border were just some of the topics that drew my attention.

[@hkkim8718]

Good vid, but needed to highlight Seoul's 2040 Plan; Gwanghwamoon is to be a cultural center, Yoido, a financial distric and Gangnam as an IT sector. Other parts of city are to be developed and interconnected to and from the three main district. Now that the US Troops are moving out of Yongsan, which is in the smack center of the said three district, will be a one big park following the model of Central Park if NY or Hyde Park in London. Housing issues are to be resolved with fast transit GTX express being built as we speak, connecting satellite cities to and from Seoul. I figure not all people working in Manhatten don't really need to live in Manhatten. The vid may have touched on Sejeong City a bit of a too much emphasis implying the new city may become a second Seoul; it won't. Sejeong City will function similar to the Hague or Canberra. At best,

[@oj7177]

One thing i noticed is how there is not one true center area, rather, there are many smaller center areas. Hongdae/hapjeong has yanghwaro which is full of tall buildings, same for sinchonro, then you have yeouido, gondeok has many buildings too, then you also have jamsil and seongsu... It really feels like they tried to spread these business areas as much as possible to bring incentives to develop and live in other neighbourhoods too. It feels like they are trying to not let areas behind in terms of development (at least, the main ones, as idk exactly how things are in eunpyeong and similar areas). I saw pictures of how the city changed by using naver, and the difference in some areas is crazy. The population decline may also have benefits in housing prices i guess

[@RubmaLione]

“Most chaotic” sir this is not São Paulo

[@whctjsdlfqhrlfprl]

lol

[@노한승-c6h]

I'm live in Seoul, and I've never seen this specific video about my city!

[@jdealistic]

I think this video summarized development of Seoul very well. But one thing I want you to reconsider is the assessment on Capital moving. Nobody thinks Se-jong is prior to Seoul because its farther distance from North Korea. The moving plan seems not quite successful. We're on the course of moving administrative complex to Se-jong, but nobody has a reliable plan about how to make Se-jong as another center of entertainment and education. No city can be loved without the content inside in it. Compared to Seoul, Se-joing lacks a lot to be a pleasant living place.

[@이가람-s3w]

9:17 To be more... accurate, protests did pressure the dictatorship, but did not effectively end it. Next president, Noh Taewoo was a close friend of Chun as they both orchestrated the coup when they were generals. Noh later dumped Chun, and it showed as change in leadership. So S.Korea was a democratic nation only in appearence, while in fact, ruled by the military. It was only so when President Kim Youngsam was elected. He was originally the opposing party, but pretended to go with the military political power, Hanahwe, and became elected. ... but after he was elected, he showed his true colors; a believer of democracy. He immediately disbanded and relieved the generals and military officers affiliated with Hanahwe overnight. Any military officer who claimed it was unright, he fired them. Thats how S.Korea became truely democratic. People wanted democracy, along with a politician who was smart and able enough to overthrow a military regime. Ps. Its too bad next president, Kim Daejung (got a Nobel peace prize) forgave former president Noh and Chun and their associates. Their allies remained in power and still plague the S.Korean Government to this very day.

[@JML-el2yf]

19:00 You missed "L" at the end. It's Yoon Suk-Yeol, not Yoon Suk-Yeo.

[@hungo7720]

I was just sticking around Seoul a few days ago and it looks crazily well-designed with top-notch public transportation.

[@Slayer-x4j]

서울 한복판에 2천년전에 건설된 흙으로 된 성곽의 흔적이 있어요!

[@KGBisbetterthanKFC]

Im korean and Seoul is a disorganized city but their public transport is well designed rather than the city itself Edit: the video creator changed the title so don't take the comment seriously.

[@user-spartium]

Only if they could handle the huge amount of trash on the streets. It was a huge letdown.

[@mysticalrandomness4282]

@@user-spartiumWhat are you talking about, there’s no trash, at least coming from New York

[@최로봇]

@@user-spartiumKorean here, it differs alot between districts. tourist attractions like hongdae and gangnam is where u can frequently find trash on the ground, but corporate districts or any other housing districts you’ll find extremely clean streets. tbh i think its the same for new york (currently live here)

[@qwerty8-u3s]

​@@user-spartiumthey are collected every week. Dirty streets right before collection day

[@grow1820]

sorry but your opnion does not represent the korea. Compare korea to other countries, it is very organized.

[@jztouch]

I lived in Seoul for two years just recently and the changes in the city I saw in that time were astounding. The subway/bus system is incredibly reliable, clean and convenient, but for some reason it seems like everyone in Seoul still drives a car so the traffic is impossible, especially if you're trying to leave or come into Seoul. Buying an apartment is incredibly expensive for people and I'm not sure how most young people ever will. That said rent is less but you have to come up with a large deposit to move in. The other striking thing I noticed is that entire neighborhoods regularly get demolished to make room for high rise apartments. It's a bit sad to see because the low rise neighborhoods are very charming with lots of winding alleyways and the high rises erase all of that.

[@smartwater598]

Not only cleaner more advanced. People are better no robberies, pickpockets and assaults just civilized people. Hangang is also one of the cleanest and peaceful clean river parks. Europeans countries need to start accepting East Asian countries are superior and learn fee things from them

[@yuyutubee8435]

The work culture in South Korea is so toxic that 80% of Koreans under 30 want to permanently leave the country. It's no use to have a clean, orderly society if it is soul-crushing to live in.

[@merrittpalmer4349]

Seoul has one of the worst air pollution in the world... and it's basically a dystopian society the way Koreans treat each other and the amount of plastic surgery is obscene

[@smartwater598]

@@merrittpalmer4349 nah plastic surgery is based looks matter deal with it lol dystopian? Is that what you call every technologically advanced country now? Lol

[@merrittpalmer4349]

@@smartwater598 its dystopian in the way koreans only care about appearance and status and nothing else. everyone is placed in a rigid hierarchy based on age, career, education, wealth, attractiveness, etc. Children are in school from morning to night every day. Nearly every woman gets cosmetic surgery. Everyone has to conform in every single way and anyone who doesn't fall in line gets ostracized. So yes, very very dystopian. It has nothing to do with technology. also lol @ u liking your own comment

[@P01tava]

@@merrittpalmer4349 broke man's copium lol majority of the air pollution is coming from China and plastic surgery per capita isn't even that high

[@user-ch1px8ri4o]

I was born in South Korea in 1994. I learned a lot about my country from this video. Thanks a lot!!

[@평범한댓글러-f9v]

I live in rather undeveloped area of Seoul(I'm Korean, shoutout to students of hwagok high school!) and when I visit some streets I either feel like I timeslipped into 80s~90s or randomly got teleported to countryside lol

[@sergiorodriguez7955]

Hwagok is a decent little spot now.

[@i5879]

How is your english so good

[@craigiefconcert6493]

Like reply 1988? 😂

[@wagnersouza4463]

Seoul urbanization history is very similar to São Paulo. Moon towns are literaly the favelas and poorer suburbs ( suburbs and favelas aren't the same, but favelas usually are in suburbs ) in the edgeof São Paulo. The Real state buildings is similar to São Paulo's COHAB and CDHU, also in suburbs. The house market speculation is the same ( and everyone ignores that is bad ), the gentrification is the same. The population is almost the same , São Paulo has almost 12 millions habitants and is a very dense city. Both city were raised in rivers region. São paulo has 3 major rivers ( Pinheiros at west to South, and Tietê at west to east, and Tamanduatei at east to the southeast ), these 3 river usually flood. Tietê at 90s flooded totally and this was a huge problem because Tietê river is in the entry of city. Sáo Paulo also faced fll of birth rates, and lost of population that are migrating to the "great São Paulo", metropolitan cities surrounding the capital. I did that. The problem is that many of theses cities were poor, and lack of infra structure, so receive too much people could be really bad. Some cities are doing well, some others don't. Another HUGE problem is that the healthest peoplefrom São Paulo only moveto metropolitan areas if the urbanization was more american way. The only major difference is the São Paulo's streets plan is was based on Los Angeles, very car oriented. Ande the current urbanization is based on suburbian sprawls and parking club residentials from north american cities as I said above, that are messing up more the city and metropolitan cities. But in the past few years São paulo tried to use Seoul and Tokyo as study case. There'is a huge linear park been build at Pinheiro's river, but far from the beauty of Seoul river, and the Pinheiro still very poluted and smelly. Korea also had a really similar history as Brazil, and the similar rural exodus with a large city concentrating the population, and now facing a reverse exodus to the country cities.

[@Beulraeki]

My mind when seeing the thumbnail was like: "Is this Seoul" *cue to the words "Seoul Station"*

[@TireSpare]

yea your video was presented very well. but it is a fact that more and more rich koreans living in countrysides are moving in to places in Seoul where have great school districts and short commute time to Gangnam. The koraen govt is accelerating them to sell their mid priced properties around the peninsula and combine all the sales money to buy and invest in Gangnam regions. They have allowed 1 property owner not to pay further property ownership taxes despite the land in Gangnam 10 times more expensive compared to surrounding regions. Mainly Gangnam regions are the great school districts and have 10 times their property more expensive compared to average Gyeonggi-do housing prices. ALso Please review us of Koreans 1st and 2nd and 3rd and 4th brand new cities.

[@Αρκαδία-ρ8μ]

Our best city, and Korean pride built from ashes of war. It was always the best and will be the best in entire penensula.

[@PhilStraver]

seoul is the most chaotic city? what are you on? go to any city in india and learn what real chaos is.

[@Digizzzzs]

bruh

[@KGBisbetterthanKFC]

Well yeah this video changed titles like 3 times first it said that it was organized (which belive me isn't) after calling a modern city after well this.

[@abhayyyy15]

Trueee😂😂

[@johnduggan4993]

Seoul has recently introduced a monthly cross-plattorm public transit csrd allowing one to even more chrsply ride the metro, buses, and shared e-bikes. And they are also building out high-speed urban rail. Plus fairly good bicycle infrastructure. When. I lived in Seoul from 2015-2028, I could accomplish 90 % of commuting and daily trips by bicycle. These schenes seem to have a good level of support across otherwise relattively polarized political lines, so there is a good prospect for coping with the chaos. We now live in the countryside well south of Seoul and housing costs wre about half but transport infrastructure still has a ways to go. Even so, cheap buses are svailable everywhere; just slower and less frequent

[@Anonymoususer_8823]

So Seoul station would expand larger than the city itself and to have a built in Airport next to the massive railway hub.

[@GON-lu4me]

Good overview, well done.

[@careloes]

sejeong plan has failed, it absolutely failed. It isn’t working now.

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

11:59 - there is no way that was a real commercial - I hope it isn't being what it came after.....

[@Wooffff]

It was really Hyundai commercial that came out during 70s

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

@@Wooffff That is sad as heck with all those people that died.... I'm not going to lie, because i laughed real hard for about 2 or 3 seconds and then I remembered what I saw and instantly stopped when it sunk in.

[@Wooffff]

@@cliffwoodbury5319 yes, it was a terrible incident that happened during 1994, the department building A collapsed I have heard so many deaths from people’s. After the incident, citizens wanted to build a memorial park but in 2024, a new high rise buildings were stood up in that area.

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

@@Wooffff its sad. I was talking to this man I know who has lived in Korea on several occasions and I watch videos on Seoul often, but I never knew of this and some other tragedies I have noticed in several videos lately.

[@ZenKimchi]

Just some comments on pronunciations. Most were right--even Jeonse. 😃 Hyundai is pronounced more like Hyun-day (like Sunday). Daewoo is pronounced like Day-oo. Really great comprehensive video. Gyeonggi in Gyeonggi Province uses a glottal G, as in "girl" and it pronounced like Gyung-ghee.

[@matthewkim2431]

Well made video! Just one thing tho. The president’s name is Yoon seok-yeol not yoon seok-yeo

[@anwar_el_park]

As a S. Korean, I will tell you my personal opinion. The most serious problem is that the vested political interests under the two-party system are intentionally causing a real estate bubble in the Seoul-Gyeonggi metropolitan area and causing corruption. This is a problem for both parties. Korean politicians (under the two-party system) are not interested in the economic crisis of their own country. Even if there is, they think it is not their business. They maintain their economic power through real estate corruption. They are only interested in corruption and their own power. They do not compete with policies or the economy. They compete by disparaging the opposing party.

[@P7ejfjr]

한국정도면 부패없는거지 어휴 다른 부패 심한 나라 살아봐야 정신차리지 ㅉ 물론 정치는 고치긴해야함

[@2duseo]

보수정부때는 부동산 침체기라 빚내서 집사라며 온갖 부양책으로 집값 떠받들었고 진보정부때는 경기회복해서 금리인상되면 집값 하락한다고 집사지 말라고 했는데도 영끌 선동에 온갖 규제책을 씹어먹을 정도로 시장이 과민반응한거고 이런 차이도 모르는 것들의 어리석은 선택이야말로 한국의 가장 심각한 문제지!

[@sakshambhadoria9998]

All the major metropolitan centres around the globe are facing a similar crisis. Ranging from misgovernance, rampant corruption, economic inequalities and poor basic services. Traffic congestion, pollution and encroachments are just an extension to that.

[@Pancakiii]

Public transportation is still crazy cheap after all these years and they are really pulling of the green spaces for such a crowded city. Just needs more trash cans.

[@LegenDUS2]

19:01 Hold on, you missed 'l' in the President's name. His name is Yoon Suk-Yeol. (And no, dispite he said something about that, the so-called 'conservative' party of the Korea would never support moving the capital. There even was decision of Consititution Court that the 'moving of the capitol is unconstitutional' because 'it was written in the law of the Joseon dynasty' (written in 1485, which, as you might expect, has no other meaning other than historical in nowadays). Why? Well, you know, what was the video all about? The rent.) (Then what he said? He just said he might move his office to Sejong, dispite it might not happen at all in his term, and is said just before the general election.)

[@briankim2903]

This video is accurate on some parts but great exxagurates other parts.. seems whoever put this togehter never actuallly spent any cobsiderable time in korea ... rather took lot of their info from sensationalized news and popular media

[@andyh.1882]

London, New York, Tokyo only need 11 years to buy houseÉ no way man.. YOu probably have not been to New York, Toronto, SF.. its worse i terms of price to income ratio.

[@connorchaffin6271]

That statistic is not saying it takes 11 years on average to boy a home, its saying that it would take 11 years if you put every single cent into buying a home. That is not a realistic thing to do, but the statistic is just a way to combine and compare the two stats

[@suspiciousafternoon]

I really don't see Seoul as chaotic tbh

[@오소만]

I am Korean and live in Seoul. This video is amazing-how did you make it? I think even Koreans couldn't make a better one.

[@JustnCas3]

Top 5 baby

[@thefirstoct]

One of the great things about Seoul is CONVENIENCE.

[@haneollee3372]

This clip is quite accurate, though using 'chaotic' as a descriptor gives a sense of exaggeration. As a breadwinner of a middle-income family in mid-40s, I still cannot imagine myself being a houseowner. Also, double-check the name of the incumbent Korean president.

[@초테]

As non-seoulian korean, I can agree

[@steveh3280]

It would have been much better with more clear speaking commentator because I couldn’t hear a half of what he is saying.

[@jjandorliadul]

To call Seoul beautiful is a stretch. As a Korean, there are many reasons to love Seoul and I do love this city. But beautiful isn't a word that comes to mind when I think of my hometown.

[@HanGook512]

To each their own. Most natives of a city rarely call their home city beautiful because the sights you see and the things you do wear out and blend into everyday life. I spent most of my life in Canada and I personally find life in Seoul much better.

[@kimsuhanmu1]

한강에서 보는 서울은 이쁜데 뭔가 옆도시 도쿄의 세련됨이나 중국도시같은 화려함은 좀 없는듯... 솔직히 화려하진 않아도 되는데 아직 좀 덜 세련된거 같음 스카이뷰가 좀 조잡함.. 건물들의 전체적인 조화가 없음.. 난잡해보임 계획해서 잘 지어논게 아니라 효율성 생각해서 막 지어논 느낌 도쿄 가면 느낀다 도쿄 고층건물는 없는데 세련된 느낌이 딱..

[@EkapolTharasiriroj]

I'm visiting Seoul and many other Asian mega cities. I went to Seoul several times. Maybe more than 15 times over last 10 years and even more than that to Tokyo and Osaka. Seoul is one on the most beautiful modern cities but it lacks cultural places/acitecture compare to other cities. Maybe because of the war. Seoul public transportation is on par with Tokyo IMO.

[@kimsuhanmu1]

@@EkapolTharasiriroj 문화적 건축물은 도쿄도 적지 않나요? 서울에 남아있는 몇개의 조선 궁궐로는 적어보이나요? 일제강점기와 6.25전쟁, 현대화로 많은 전통 건축물들이 파괴되었습니다. 지금 남아있는 궁궐들도 많이 파괴되고 변형되었습니다. 안타까운 역사. 경복궁은 지금보다 훨씬 컸다.

[@kfx3907]

모두의 홈타운은 다 부족해 보이는법. 남의 떡이 더 커보이지 실제 다른나라가서 살아보진 않았으니. 서울은 그래도 이러나 저러나 상위권이라 생각한다.

[@minsikbuff]

이제는 정말로 인구 분산 정책을 적극적으로 실시해야할 때가 왔습니다. 지나친 인구 밀집으로 발생하는 부작용들이 너무 많았으며, 이로 인해 수많은 이들이 희생당해왔습니다. We confronted the time that must enforce intensive population decentralization policies. Excessive dense population has caused many side effect and many people have been sacrificed by this side effects.

[@System.Error.]

Seoul has many metro lines, I hope they were addressed a bit more here

[@kalaidoscopez5388]

As an Indian, I have a lot of respect for Korea's meteoric rise to prosperity and development. I wish (and am positive) India would follow suit. May India Korea business relationship grow in future!

[@lebakir3332]

As a Korean who lived abroad as equal to living in Korea, here are some points I wish to speak of. 1. South Korea in general suffers from poor pedestrian infrastructure. Where the average household has 1.5 cars, everything is more personal vehicle focused and centered around it. Despite the abundance of Convenient stores, as we stray away from the capital and the Gyeonggi region, the average commute takes 30m in average for people with personal cars. Due to this issues, people are incentivized to either flock to the closest major city or buy a car. South Korea, suffering from overly dense population, in return causes more illegal parking creating a vicious cycle of a poor pedestrian infrastructure. 2. Sejong City project is a catastrophic failure. First brought up from President Roh Moo-Hyun which was a Democratic party, the project faced many issues due to simply being a project requested from an opposition party. This project would then face many cuts and reformation as the presidents changed due to clashes on the company, the policy, and simply which party brought up the reformation. This Caused Sejong City to have a vastly altering and rapid changing of policy which only caused confusion on residents. Issues from public transport issues to Rush Hour traffic issues, most residents who live in Sejong are workers of government offices or their family in which wishes to leave asap. 3. Seoul does not lack any mean of protection against invasion. Although, as most Korean males would experience and learn during their mandatory military services, Seoul doesn't necessarily have a "proper" defense plan doctrine that some would argue about. The plan is that the North Korea's invasion, if ever carried out, would be halted before the Defense line up north of Seoul is broken. However, there are plenty of anti-air systems, bunkers, foxholes and even apartments designed for combats scattered around to slow down the offence. 4. Along side the Housing issue, every part that contributes to the economy is a downward spiral. Quickly pointing on the Housing issues, the video is very accurate on the current situation. South Korea's housing problem is like an homage of Japan's Bubble economy and housing crisis. However the corruption and the issue of shipments and the movement of goods throughout the country is a bigger problem of its own. The cost difference of items from the main produce to the market can vary up to 10x the price. Unnecessary middle steps in the shipments create additional cost that add up to the final consumer price. This mixed with issues where the cost of items grows as the inflation rises but refuse to drop back down again due to markets creating false scarcity on items that are in large abundance; produce such as farms intentionally throwing and trashing goods to influence the market price, all this has created a united front of issues that creates cost of living always curve higher than the average income. Thus creating a cycle where people spend less as the cost of living is high, which creates individual markets to collapse and cut expenses on workers, the workers losing jobs which in return increases the credit loan and cut on expenditures, which makes the government take actions on the base rate, which cycles towards less loans.

[@fjieao]

As a korean, to say about panjachon, the Seoul Metropolitan Government provides permanent rental apartments to residents of Pajajachon, but residents of shantytown refuse it. Because it costs over 100 million won per 3.3 square meters. Most of the residents who were forced to go to Guryong Village during the military regime in the past have already moved to other places or get new apartments the city provides, and the remaining people are people who have built unauthorized buildings on other people's land and live thereafter, dreaming of redevelopment. In fact, if you go to Guryong Village, you can see Tesla and Genesis cars parked. It is a symbol of the gap between the rich and the poor to foreigners, but it is actually the result of selfishness.

[@orientalexpressband]

"It would be great if our music, including that of our fusion band Oriental Express, could be used to describe Korea when you talk about it."

[@ronvanwegen]

Good video overall. One minor point: the word "exodus" is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable not the second... EX odus. You're welcome!

[@JustaVojo]

이와 관련해서 부산도 다루면 재밌을 것 같아요.

[@Pgi458]

South Korea needs to revamp the city. It’s has antiquated buildings and sidewalks to name a few

[@AlbusDumbledore_Hogwarts]

a better city than any of your well-designed Western city

[@hazelnut3794]

gyeonggi = jong ji? what a lol

[@blabbla-jp2sn]

lmao

[@5pm_Hazyblue]

Somebody has never heard of Busan. Want more chaos? See nowhere Busan is there.

[@rlayodi]

I love living in Seoul I dont see any chaos

[@ThePieMaster219]

Me watching this video while my train pulls into Seoul Station:

[@chrmnxpnoy]

Hi-Yoon-Die ????

[@a2eoas]

Script written by Korean and spoken by Aussie?

[@samsungelec964]

One correction: good-quality, low-cost residents (ironically called 'villas') are widely available. I am thinking of moving to one of those after retirement myself. If you are a poor South Korean, the government supports you big time. Encouraging the construction of Villas was one of those government efforts. The apartments are expensive because Koreans value them much more than they should. Low-cost residents are almost as good as the high-cost ones. But Koreans still go for expensive apartments. In my opinion, such an attitude towards luxury is what characterizes Koreans.

[@wtfisthekilometer]

As a seoulian for my entire life, i really hate seoul. Ive been many big cities, including tokyo, newyork, london, paris. There's no such any other cities like seoul. Seoul is very congested, and all buildings are unified. There is no unique distincition. It's just republic of concrete😅

[@youtubeisproCCP]

I dunno...when I went there it was tame as shit to compared to here in Japan lol...was like a rural station tbh

[@memz4705]

4:56 What's with the music my dude? Feels like I am running from the cops in night city.

[@janeoh1707]

진짜 잘 정리했다. 한국인이지만 처음 알았네..😮😮

[@hakubinn]

The music at 5:10 is so unserious lmao

[@craigiefconcert6493]

My in-laws should sell their apartments and move to Canada. The economic miracle has concentrated too much wealth with the chaebols. Young people feel they can’t afford to buy homes, raise children or enjoy life. Without affordable housing or people to care for the elderly, it will be a slow collapse of society in on itself. A decreasing population will lead to devaluation of the over priced real estate and no money to renew the infrastructure. North Korea is desperate and ready to pounce if they sense South Korea is weak enough. The Miracle may turn out to be just a mirage. My impressions of Seoul: I always wonder where are the homeless people? There are no garbage cans and yet the streets are clean. Very expensive bicycles are locked with very cheap locks. I feel safe walking anywhere even at night in deserted areas. We drove to the grocery store and it took about an hour 😂😂 Public transport is great but very crowded at rush hour which lasts for hours

[@xanderthomson6960]

I’m from the UK but used to live in Seoul and found it so stressful!

[@avocadomagic8403]

Seoul is a stressful city

[@smartwater598]

Nah it has everything fun and peace

[@smartwater598]

Nah it has both fun and peace

[@adamsaciid4919]

bro seoul is so fun 😃

[@MrSkywalk]

I would be stressed out too if i didnt speak english and living in UK too LOL

[@Raymzhan]

Still better than Bishkek, here avg family could buy house in 230 years if they will not spend money on food, housing, education etc. if i want to buy house here I need to start business

[@countryroads7998]

Do we know the music at 0:35 it goes harddd

[@oatlylatte9]

if seoul is chaotic cant wait for you to do jakarta :)

[@LILSLB]

Make a video on Mumbai you will understand what chaos is

[@dimitar297]

Climate change is improving conditions for rural folk.

[@jerrymousse]

did the title change? or am i trippin?

[@monkedrive]

He did

[@SaladFace3]

love the intro style

[@lionflame21]

If Seoul is chaotic, what then do you call of Manila? Chaos itself🤔

[@kfx3907]

내가 근 5년간 느낀건데, 서양인들은 한국의 부정적인 면만 다룰려고 한다. 장점은 일절 보려고 하지도 않아. 너희 서양인들도 언제까지 부유하고 인구걱정없이 살거같나?

[@wussrestbrook1200]

Isn’t Koreas birth rate 0.5 you have about 2 decades jungkook