Even though I'm against worship of persons or deities, and think Kim and his ilk are scum of the earth rat bastards, that made me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
@starry4sky This is the Song of General Kim Jong Il. They were singing "The people's leader, Long Live, Long Live General Kim Jong Il!". That building is the only thing standing between them and the Military Demarcation Line.
'...Better sing with the imperialist...The state should be more angry if I don't join in the singing upon hearing the great tune of the Dear Leader, despite it was the imperialist who begins. Maybe we can brainwash him instead?...Aha...genius.'
Poor north Korean solider. Imagine the turmoil in his mind.. should i smile at this American?.. should i sing along with him?... will i get thrown into a work camp later on if someone accuses me of fraternizing with the imperialists? Or will i get thrown into a work camp for not playing my part in brain washing this dumb American pig? shit shit shit what do i do?
@AdstarAPAD My experience with the -South- Koreans was that if you made any effort at all to communicate in Korean, they were extremely pleased. I think this probably made this dude's day. I learned things like "I would like" "One" "Two" "Three" "Yes" "No" "Where is..." and survived in most of South Korea on that.
@RedTailedTuna prior to his execution, ´Dear Leader´ Kim Jong il decided to make him suffer a bit, so Kim locked this dude up in a cell with no windows, just a 90 inch LCD tv and 10 big stereo speakers. Kim was so evil that he made the imperialist lousy singer agressor watch Justin Bieber`s Biography, the whole set of Justin Bieber `music` and to make the prisioner ask for his own execution, Kim then made this dude watch: ´Sex and the City, the movie´....
@rufusbum How do you get to North Korea? You allow the Patriot act to get through Congress ,and grow indifference to the democratic process in your population. The rest just falls into place.
@starry4sky Both the U.S. and my native Canada have at times done things just about as bad as the DPRK has, yet still manage to be populated with some pretty nice people. I don't really understand how someone living in the west could make the judgement and blindly hate North Koreans, just because their government is consists of dicks now, instead of (x) years ago like us. Anyway, thanks for the pointers. Provided I can survive DPRK airlines, maybe I'll have my own North Korea vid someday. XD
@KspecMusic i suggest to get your terms right before saying such a remark as "communism is wrong." the idea behind communism is actually an amazing one, no poor no rich and everyone helping each other equally. the reason why communism has been given such a bad image is the fact that all the leaders who try to achieve communism do it the wrong way. i.e. Stalin, Kim Jong Il, etc.
the idea of a perfect Utopia is an impossible task to fufill for now. but the idea itself is a very nice one.
@YTLyricsMaker IT SUCKS BECAUSE PEOPLE IN NORTH KOREA ARE STARVING AND IN THE GULAGS AND SO WERE PEOPLE IN THE USSR WHICH SUPERPOWER COLLAPSED FIRST USA OR USSR???? WHICH KOREA IS IN MUCH BETTER ECONOMIC SITUATION???? NORTH OR SOUTH. THINK GODDAMIT
@mohitmansukhani 1. writing in caps isnt helping in any way here.
2. like i said before. it is simply because the leaders who tried to use the idea of Communism on their people do it wrong all the time. that is why most communist countries in the world have failed or are failing. and as i said before too, a perfect Utopia (which goes with the ideals of Communism) is impossible to achieve in the standards that we live in the 21st century. please read my replies before raging on me :)
Reading some of the comments below is good for a chuckle. I personally would rather be part of an evil, fascist regime than have the outlook of some of these people. At least I'd have some awareness of how ignorant I am, and how much I've bought into government propoganda.
@starry4sky That's good to hear, and something alot of us Westerners could probably take a bit of a lesson from.
Was it an expensive trip, hotel wise and such? I'd really like to go some time in the next year, but I suspect most of my money will be spent getting there. Thanks for the vid, btw.
@PrisonnerofToday It's so nice to have comments from people who don't see the world in black and white, good v evil, terms!
I was fairly expensive, but, as you say, the most expensive bit was getting there. The hotel itself wasn't expensive. You can only fly to North Korea from Beijing or Vladivostok. If you want to go, definitely go with Koryo Tours - you can find them easily on Google. It is quite a lot of money, but the experience you get is worth so much more.
@starry4sky Did you feel much resentment behind the official smiles when you went there? Propoganda is a pretty powerful thing, and from my understanding, most of what keeps the current regime in power is constant threats of evil invading Americans eating North Korean babies and such should the Kim dynasty be removed.
@PrisonnerofToday I didn't feel any resentment behind any of the people I met at all. They all seemed genuinely excited to meet us, and delighted at the prospect of trying out their English. An American in our group asked our guide if he hated him because he was American. Our guide replied that he held no grude against individual Americans, only the US government, just as we in the West hate the North Korean government but pity its people.
@cr7timp He went with a tour company called Koryo Tours - you can find them on Google. They run fantastic tours to North Korea for anyone who wants to go.
This is touching and all, but as an American, if I found myself within or on the border of North Korea, I wouldn't walk up to a bunch of North Korean soldiers and start singing one of their national songs. But that's just me.
@midiboy , yeas, but singing is a nice way to break the ice. I admire the guy who did it. The NKs have very little reason to smile and this silly American somehow managed to provoke a a real smile from a NK soldier! I find is fascinating. More tourists should do that. Sometimes I think NKs just need a hug, and a song is the next best thing, and only possible one:-) Every nation deserves respect.
@Tihbialdunav I agree. I was really mostly joking with my comment - I love this video, and have watched it probably 20 times. Great to see all 3 of the NK soldiers smiling.
@BeatlesAnthology It's the government and their propaganda which hates Americans. The ordinary North Koreans I spoke to hate the US government (which is pretty justified to be honest - the USA did invade North Korea) but they don't hate individual Americans. They're perfectly friendly towards them.
@starry4sky agreed on everything except that America started the war. Kim Sung invaded the South, and almost got it all until the U.S stepped in, and almost got all of NK until the Chinese stepped in, thus pushing everyone back to the useless 38th parallel line. lol
@LordKaisen Don't worry, I would never suggest that the USA started the war :) I was only pointing out that, whatever North Korea did, the USA did invade it, despite the fact that it had no mandate for doing so. Even if you think this was justified, it is hard to deny that any country you are invaded by you are going to hate!
@starry4sky true that. but for them to lie so blatantly..
first off its bad enough the north koreans are enslaved by the kimbo govt. this is complete bullshit, and they have real responsibility in this.
secondly why exactly are we giving them free rice, if all their govt does is tell them how shitty the west is. They get our welfare checks! Their govt is literally on the verge of collapse, and for all their anti-capitalist bullshit, they rely on capitalism to function.
@LordKaisen We give them free rice because they are dying. We give it to them because the people who are dying are innocent. We give them free rice because we can. If you have the power to save a life, you save it regardless of what their government is saying. You think we should punish innocent people with death because we don't like their government? You cannot say you believe in western principles of justice and freedom if you think belonging to a brutal regime deserves death.
@starry4sky you're missing the big picture. We have virtually no way of knowing where the food goes to. Pyongyang demands foreign aid then refuses the nonprofits a way to make sure that the people who are starving get it. Not just more buffer meat for the army.
This is ridiculous, all we are doing is prolonging their agony and the regime, while we cripple their food exports with sanctions. If Kimbo the Dumbo had half a brain he'd reform the govt. His son doesn't look too bright either.
@starry4sky North Korea attacked South Korea. USA helped them and tried to push into the North. That doesn't count as an invasion, since the war was already on-going and North Korea started it. Besides, Harry S. Truman didn't want to invest too much into the war and tried hard to end it early on, but Stalin kept it going behind the scenes until it ended shortly after his death. Taking over South Korea was as much of Stalin's idea as it was Kim Il Sung's idea.
@pite9 Again, nobody except North Korea denied that they attacked South Korea. But saying that because war was going on first means that something doesn't count as an invasion is ridiculous. Do you argue that because WW2 had already started Germany's invasion of France didn't count as an invasion? The USA invaded North Korea, whether or not North Korea had attacked South Korea. The UN gave the USA a mandate to push NK back to the 38th parallel. Truman kept going. Invasion.
@starry4sky Germany was the aggressor. Of course them attacking France was an invasion. On the other hand I would say the Soviet attack on Germany was not an invasion, because Germany attacked them first, and they simply tried to quell the aggressor. It's the same thing here. I think it's ridiculous to put any kind of blame on USA for moving into North Korea. This was not a war between two ppl, it was a war between two governments. USA didn't fight NK, they fought communism.
@RedTailedTuna France was beaten in a short time yes, but so was South Korea in the Korean war. Then the other countries came to the rescue. We can't assume that every country can defend their own country, that's why we need the military powers, to fight oppressive regimes.
@starry4sky em man the russians moved in the the north the americans the south after WWII.The russians wouldnt leave the north and the americans the south so they created the 2 different countries. North Korea invaded the south then and the americans came to the souths rescue
@MIickism Again, I am not, nor would I, deny any of that. But also nobody can deny the fact that the USA invaded North Korea, as it has done many other countries.
@ossarider The USA crossed into North Korea on 1st October 1950, and then invaded backwards and forwards for the next 3 years. I think you need to pay more attention to your history.
@Brandonskizz123 He was in no danger. The woman you can see next to the American was our guide. She knew all the rules - what was allowed and what was not - and what would get others into trouble, and she encouraged the soldiers to sing with us.
@starry4sky The American tourist is doing exactly what the Communist regime wants him to do: he's acting silly singing a propaganda song. The woman is not only a tourist guide, she's also a member of political police: that's why she is allowed to meet strangers and talk to them. She did not encourage soldiers to sing along with you, she just ordered them to do that.
@ravaefava2011 She really really didn't order them to sing. Our guide was a sweet gentle woman, who found the sight of an American singing a North Korean song very funny. The guard sang with us because he had just spent the better part of the last two hours laughing and joking with us.
@starry4sky You're right and I'm wrong. North Korea is a democracy actually and people are free to express their true feelings. They don't need to dissimulate by fearing concentration camps. I guess your friend should be so proud of himself for singing an hymn to a brutal dictatorship. If he had visited Cambodgia during Red Khmer regime, he would have sung an hymn to Pol Pot, wouldn't he? My deepest sympathy...
@ravaefava2011 No of course you're right. When meeting sweet, kind, and gentle people who are at the mercy of a brutal and ruthless regime, and who have probably never done anything wrong in their lives, of course we shouldn't try to befriend them. The world would be so much better if we just completely ignored them. We were there to communicate with these people, and the only form in which they would understand us was in the form of Korean songs.
@starry4sky If you were travelling across Germany during Third Reich, then you'd have sung "Horst Wessel anthem" to create empathy with German people? Congratulations! Keep up with the good work and keep on singing anthems to cruel regimes.
@TheUSSRsoviet You're right: Pol Pot's regime was backed by China and even China was not a Communist country at that time! Moreover USA and EU are not even close to capitalism. I wish you lived in Soviet Union to taste the sweetness of living there. Wait a second... if you have lived in SU you would have been a carnifex and life would have been great for you, wouldn't it? I've taken a look at your channel. I'm not interested in talking to brainwashed people. I'll not reply anymore
@ravaefava2011 If you actually knew me. Which you Don"t. You would know that I was in fact born in the Soviet Union in a small town of Livny. And im not brainwashed I fully understand how to capitalist system works. I study my enemy before despising it.
@starry4sky That's right: no danger since you hail the regime. Just like in Chile when Pinochet was in charge. What if the tourist tries to criticize Kim Jong-Il? A bullet in the head? A pschiatric hospital? Choose the best! Who will be the next dictator you are going to sing an anthem to? Lukashenko? Mugabe? Assad?
@ravaefava2011 If tourists criticise the regime, nothing happens to them, but their guide gets into trouble. I am utterly astounded at your inability to understand the message behind this video. In no way does this video suggest that we were supporting North Korean propaganda. In every way this video shows that we were trying to communicate with people assumed to be our enemy. Their anthem was simply a means of communication.
Another European, Asian, etc. can stay 10 or 11 (I don't remember very well) days! You are not allow to take videos or pictures if you don't have permission from the "Tourist Guide"
@mauvaxD Yeah this is true. We had all our photos checked as we left. I managed to smuggle a few out of people in extreme poverty by taking them on a separate sim card and hiding it in my underwear!
@starry4sky Wanna have a little fun with that? Check out a channel called "Okhlopkov" It's a North Korean lapdog who defends North Korea about as much as the "great leader's" adviser. You saw the extreme poverty YOURSELF? It would be funny to see him denounce that. Also, is it possible that I could ask you to work out some way to send me those or something? I would REALLY appreciate that!
@IAmSuchANerdLol Tourists have guides with them at all times except for when they are on the train returning from Pyongyang to Beijing. The train travels through the north west of the country which is deeply impoverished. We took photos out of the window. The photos are checked by North Korean border guards, and any questionable ones are deleted, but it's easy to hide some on a separate sim card. We could also take some photos from the tour bus when our guides weren't looking
@trankhanhvinhan I could but I don't have video-making software on my new laptop - practicalities always get in the way. Also, I don't want to get my guides into trouble for not keeping a close-enough eye on us. But I'll think about it, because I do want people to see that there is immense suffering going on. I just don't want to cause any more.
@mauvaxD Fortunately that's actually not true. The American in this video was on a tour with me and we stayed for 5 days. They can stay for even longer (though I know there is a limit). The only restriction I know of exclusively for Americans is that they are not allowed to leave the country by train. They have to go back to Beijing by plane. I'm guessing this is so they don't see the extreme poverty that we could see travelling by train.
You can go to North Korea as a tourist. You people need to stop worshiping the mainstream media. They make everyone but ourselves look evil. Do enough research and you'll find that Kim's son will be the icon of NK's transition out of socialism, isolation, and after him totalitarian rule will be over. They have said this themselves, and their actions so far indicate that is the truth.
@jjenningsoh Oh really? You have research on Kim Jong-Un that proves he will "be the icon of NK's transition out of socialism, isolation, and after him totalitarian rule will be over."?
@jjenningsoh Dude you're completely wrong. Send me a link of the North saying that. Show me proof. And yes you can go to North Korea as a tourist, has the mainstream media lied about that? They do lie and are fake but North Korea is evil and dangerous, no questions about it.
@MEEs1ab It's a joke in the sense that the man singing is not an imperialist aggressor, but that is how the North Koreans would describe him. But don't worry, I am not trying to spread North Korean propaganda!
@starry4sky The term "imperialist aggressor" was used by you who posted this video, and I don't think you speak for all North Koreans. If that's the way North Korea in general felt about Americans, they wouldn't approve over 10,000 to 15,000 visas a year for tourists from the US to enter their country.
@IAmOpenMinded Firstly I am not claiming that North Koreans themselves believe that Americans are imperialist aggressors, but that is how government propaganda portrays Americans. Secondly, the people aren't the ones granting the visas - their government does. Thirdly, tourists are pretty much the only way of getting hard cash into the country, which the government is so desperate for that I don't think it cares who it lets in as long as they're not journalists!
@starry4sky Don't twist my words!!! North Korea's government has a problem with our government (Washington), not common American citizens. I have friends that visited NK a few years back, and they were treated with the utmost hospitality. The people were friendly, and helpful, and yes, they took lots of pictures. No one stopped them from doing so. Also, it is assumed that only the government of a country issue visas, just like here in the good 'ol US of A.
I don't hate north Korea I'm scared of what might happen and I'm also scared that there devotion to North Korea could be very bad if they attack. It especially sucks because I live on the west coast :p for when there nukes are launched
@Dranson808 North Korea is not a threat to anyone! Least of all the western world. They might make a lot of noise and threats, Which they haven't done to the west, but they are still a low technological nation. And China with all it's imperfections wouldn't allow them to launch an attack on any country, they will push for talk instead of war footings. Sometimes it a case of, thank god we have China to keep the peace in that region of the world.
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Papadopoulos117 20 hours ago
Nice to sea their is a little peace
Papadopoulos117 20 hours ago
......fuck the north
BuffaloTPU 1 day ago
In your description I'm an imperialist aggressor, lol
Proudnoob8210 1 day ago
You should have quickly said something about ending concentration camps and then changed the subject immediately.
NicksLocker 6 days ago
Even though I'm against worship of persons or deities, and think Kim and his ilk are scum of the earth rat bastards, that made me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
FieryRivers 1 week ago
Is this the "Song of General Kim Il Sung"?
TeamworkProyecto 1 week ago
@TeamworkProyecto I found it xD. This song is "Song of Kim Jong Il". The lyrics are beautiful.
TeamworkProyecto 1 week ago
@TeamworkProyecto It's about Kim Jong-Il, I think. You can hear his name at around 8 seconds...
starry4sky 1 week ago
@starry4sky This is the Song of General Kim Jong Il. They were singing "The people's leader, Long Live, Long Live General Kim Jong Il!". That building is the only thing standing between them and the Military Demarcation Line.
shzywansui 9 hours ago
If that poor soldier had not known the words he would have been royally screwed...
SuperGetitgotitgood 2 weeks ago
i lolled my socks away a mile at the "American Imperialist Aggressor" on the video description XD
and yes..this is so ILLEGALLY heeartwarming :...)
awfulguitarplucker 2 weeks ago
hell yea! north korean army sings like a pro!
sovietarchangel 2 weeks ago
That was... adorable.
thealexgator 2 weeks ago
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54thgeneration 2 weeks ago
I applaud you for this man, I respect the North Korean people they deserve their rights to be free, They have to fear for their lives daily
yankeesfan2006 2 weeks ago
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キム キム キム キム キム 罪深き独裁者キム一族に死を
kim`s family is one of the most evil sinful dictator in the world, ccp china is almost the same level evil sinful dictator too
those n,korea and china`s dictator has many death camp, its still running for killing and torture people everyday
77777XYZ 2 weeks ago
this warms my heart :)
love from Canada
qrpCanada 2 weeks ago 6
@qrpCanada I'm so glad! That is exactly why I put this video online :)
starry4sky 2 weeks ago
THIS IS WHY NORTH KOREAS GOVERMENT NEED TO GO THE PEOPLE ARE NICE AND NEED A CHANCE TO BE FREE!!!!!
rainbowsixODST 2 weeks ago
kinda strange an american singing with n.korean
yasuomessi88 2 weeks ago
Die ganzen behinderten Hater-kommentare regen übel auf. Lasst mal die scheiß Westpropaganda aus eurem Schädel.
die Menschen da haben nur gesungen !
PoWaaPoNy 2 weeks ago
0:14 Bang! Bang! Bang!
farzblack 2 weeks ago
In a few more years, we'll all be singing the same kind of praises in America...
APFSDS06 2 weeks ago
wtf... look at how different North Korea is from South Korea, poor north koreans living forever in the dark while the south advances like crazy
SENDMETOSOUTHKOREA.TUMBLR.COM
acting303 3 weeks ago
DPRK is the most harmonious society in the world, according to one UN study.
Surprise hey?!
MisterSunson 3 weeks ago
@MisterSunson its because they are all equal. they all are short and have small dicks.
AeroDynamicMKW 3 weeks ago
@MisterSunson Yes, if one steps out of the line he steps right into his grave.
TanjihShou 2 weeks ago
'...Better sing with the imperialist...The state should be more angry if I don't join in the singing upon hearing the great tune of the Dear Leader, despite it was the imperialist who begins. Maybe we can brainwash him instead?...Aha...genius.'
sisspymaster 3 weeks ago
About time Americans and North Koreans get along!
SoldierofthePLA 3 weeks ago
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Poor north Korean solider. Imagine the turmoil in his mind.. should i smile at this American?.. should i sing along with him?... will i get thrown into a work camp later on if someone accuses me of fraternizing with the imperialists? Or will i get thrown into a work camp for not playing my part in brain washing this dumb American pig? shit shit shit what do i do?
AdstarAPAD 4 weeks ago 28
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lol Shit happens.
RusiaCanal 3 weeks ago
@AdstarAPAD My experience with the -South- Koreans was that if you made any effort at all to communicate in Korean, they were extremely pleased. I think this probably made this dude's day. I learned things like "I would like" "One" "Two" "Three" "Yes" "No" "Where is..." and survived in most of South Korea on that.
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kim`s family is one of the most evil sinful dictator in the world, ccp china is almost the same level evil sinful dictator too
77777XYZ 4 weeks ago
Fill it in!
It your happy and you know it, _______________.
I can't think of antying that rhyms with the dear leader...
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77777XYZ 1 month ago
GO USA!!!! GO CAPITALISM!!!!! DOWN WITH SOCIALISM DOWN WITH COMMUNISM
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77777XYZ 1 month ago
what is the title of the song?its beautiful!
islamchristian777 1 month ago
@islamchristian777
It's about beloved leader Kim Jong Il. There are no other songs in this fucking country.
Brambor97 1 month ago
@Brambor97 Yeah there is. Now there are songs about Kim Jong Un.
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He was later shot
RedTailedTuna 1 month ago 57
@RedTailedTuna Why u lie!!!! he was hanged.
ElZappata 1 month ago
@RedTailedTuna prior to his execution, ´Dear Leader´ Kim Jong il decided to make him suffer a bit, so Kim locked this dude up in a cell with no windows, just a 90 inch LCD tv and 10 big stereo speakers. Kim was so evil that he made the imperialist lousy singer agressor watch Justin Bieber`s Biography, the whole set of Justin Bieber `music` and to make the prisioner ask for his own execution, Kim then made this dude watch: ´Sex and the City, the movie´....
Francisco81a 4 weeks ago
@RedTailedTuna
Seems legit.
RusiaCanal 3 weeks ago
@RedTailedTuna Lol beat me to it
planetrockford 2 weeks ago
pretty sure they were singing the national anthem of north korea :D
MyV3i 1 month ago
lol Mrs Lee
neos9898 1 month ago
The soldier looks so at home. Koreans are such a great people. If things would have been different they could have been such a great nation.
JBLaughs 1 month ago
Did you have Mrs. Lee as a guide? She was mine, and she was AWESOME!!!
natronski 1 month ago 12
@natronski We did!! I loved her! When did you go? Who were your other guides? We had Kim Myong Song and O Gum Sop.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky how did you get to north korea?
rufusbum 1 month ago
@rufusbum I went with a fantastic tour company called Koryo Tours - you can find them easily on Google.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@rufusbum How do you get to North Korea? You allow the Patriot act to get through Congress ,and grow indifference to the democratic process in your population. The rest just falls into place.
ilikezappa 3 weeks ago
@starry4sky Both the U.S. and my native Canada have at times done things just about as bad as the DPRK has, yet still manage to be populated with some pretty nice people. I don't really understand how someone living in the west could make the judgement and blindly hate North Koreans, just because their government is consists of dicks now, instead of (x) years ago like us. Anyway, thanks for the pointers. Provided I can survive DPRK airlines, maybe I'll have my own North Korea vid someday. XD
PrisonnerofToday 1 month ago
communism is wrong, dont let their smiles trick you.
KspecMusic 1 month ago
@KspecMusic i suggest to get your terms right before saying such a remark as "communism is wrong." the idea behind communism is actually an amazing one, no poor no rich and everyone helping each other equally. the reason why communism has been given such a bad image is the fact that all the leaders who try to achieve communism do it the wrong way. i.e. Stalin, Kim Jong Il, etc.
the idea of a perfect Utopia is an impossible task to fufill for now. but the idea itself is a very nice one.
YTLyricsMaker 1 month ago
@YTLyricsMaker Exactly, it looks good on paper, but in the real world it doesnt work.
Communism = fail. always will.
KspecMusic 1 month ago
@KspecMusic but that does not mean Communism sucks. you seem to be totally against it, when actually it isnt something bad.
YTLyricsMaker 1 month ago
@YTLyricsMaker IT SUCKS BECAUSE PEOPLE IN NORTH KOREA ARE STARVING AND IN THE GULAGS AND SO WERE PEOPLE IN THE USSR WHICH SUPERPOWER COLLAPSED FIRST USA OR USSR???? WHICH KOREA IS IN MUCH BETTER ECONOMIC SITUATION???? NORTH OR SOUTH. THINK GODDAMIT
mohitmansukhani 1 month ago
@mohitmansukhani 1. writing in caps isnt helping in any way here.
2. like i said before. it is simply because the leaders who tried to use the idea of Communism on their people do it wrong all the time. that is why most communist countries in the world have failed or are failing. and as i said before too, a perfect Utopia (which goes with the ideals of Communism) is impossible to achieve in the standards that we live in the 21st century. please read my replies before raging on me :)
YTLyricsMaker 1 month ago
@KspecMusic Oh the old "looks good on paper" routine. Neat. Been a while.
MentosMan727 1 month ago
@KspecMusic CAPITALISM IS #1 GO CAPITALISM GO USA. MANY MORE PEOPLE IN THE USSR AND NORTH KOREA DIED FROM COMMUNISM
mohitmansukhani 1 month ago
Reading some of the comments below is good for a chuckle. I personally would rather be part of an evil, fascist regime than have the outlook of some of these people. At least I'd have some awareness of how ignorant I am, and how much I've bought into government propoganda.
PrisonnerofToday 1 month ago
@PrisonnerofToday agreed
YTLyricsMaker 1 month ago
@starry4sky That's good to hear, and something alot of us Westerners could probably take a bit of a lesson from.
Was it an expensive trip, hotel wise and such? I'd really like to go some time in the next year, but I suspect most of my money will be spent getting there. Thanks for the vid, btw.
PrisonnerofToday 1 month ago
@PrisonnerofToday It's so nice to have comments from people who don't see the world in black and white, good v evil, terms!
I was fairly expensive, but, as you say, the most expensive bit was getting there. The hotel itself wasn't expensive. You can only fly to North Korea from Beijing or Vladivostok. If you want to go, definitely go with Koryo Tours - you can find them easily on Google. It is quite a lot of money, but the experience you get is worth so much more.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky Did you feel much resentment behind the official smiles when you went there? Propoganda is a pretty powerful thing, and from my understanding, most of what keeps the current regime in power is constant threats of evil invading Americans eating North Korean babies and such should the Kim dynasty be removed.
PrisonnerofToday 1 month ago
@PrisonnerofToday I didn't feel any resentment behind any of the people I met at all. They all seemed genuinely excited to meet us, and delighted at the prospect of trying out their English. An American in our group asked our guide if he hated him because he was American. Our guide replied that he held no grude against individual Americans, only the US government, just as we in the West hate the North Korean government but pity its people.
starry4sky 1 month ago
"An American imperialist aggressor"? Really?
zildjianuo7 1 month ago
this is wrong, and I'm surprised they didn't kill him for singing a song not about kim jong un
billymayer1000 1 month ago
friendly uhhhhh ~~~~~~~~~~
psupccea 1 month ago
The north korean guy in the video is called Ri Gwang-hol.
Someone visited north korea too and uploaded a picture of him, but can't post the link here.
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midasking100 1 month ago
how did he get onto the other side?
cr7timp 1 month ago
@cr7timp He went with a tour company called Koryo Tours - you can find them on Google. They run fantastic tours to North Korea for anyone who wants to go.
starry4sky 1 month ago
This is touching and all, but as an American, if I found myself within or on the border of North Korea, I wouldn't walk up to a bunch of North Korean soldiers and start singing one of their national songs. But that's just me.
midiboy 1 month ago
@midiboy , yeas, but singing is a nice way to break the ice. I admire the guy who did it. The NKs have very little reason to smile and this silly American somehow managed to provoke a a real smile from a NK soldier! I find is fascinating. More tourists should do that. Sometimes I think NKs just need a hug, and a song is the next best thing, and only possible one:-) Every nation deserves respect.
Tihbialdunav 1 month ago
@Tihbialdunav I agree. I was really mostly joking with my comment - I love this video, and have watched it probably 20 times. Great to see all 3 of the NK soldiers smiling.
midiboy 1 month ago
Need to take the north. Or at least have someone kill the new leader and submit to the south and create 1 whole democratic country.
ContinentalPatriot 1 month ago
i welcome this !! that was sooo sweet ,,peace for all
biglata 1 month ago
@USAdude30 Yea, you're absolutely right about that.
IAmOpenMinded 1 month ago
@BeatlesAnthology It's the government and their propaganda which hates Americans. The ordinary North Koreans I spoke to hate the US government (which is pretty justified to be honest - the USA did invade North Korea) but they don't hate individual Americans. They're perfectly friendly towards them.
starry4sky 1 month ago
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cr7timp 1 month ago
@starry4sky agreed on everything except that America started the war. Kim Sung invaded the South, and almost got it all until the U.S stepped in, and almost got all of NK until the Chinese stepped in, thus pushing everyone back to the useless 38th parallel line. lol
LordKaisen 1 month ago
@LordKaisen Don't worry, I would never suggest that the USA started the war :) I was only pointing out that, whatever North Korea did, the USA did invade it, despite the fact that it had no mandate for doing so. Even if you think this was justified, it is hard to deny that any country you are invaded by you are going to hate!
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky true that. but for them to lie so blatantly..
first off its bad enough the north koreans are enslaved by the kimbo govt. this is complete bullshit, and they have real responsibility in this.
secondly why exactly are we giving them free rice, if all their govt does is tell them how shitty the west is. They get our welfare checks! Their govt is literally on the verge of collapse, and for all their anti-capitalist bullshit, they rely on capitalism to function.
LordKaisen 1 month ago
@LordKaisen We give them free rice because they are dying. We give it to them because the people who are dying are innocent. We give them free rice because we can. If you have the power to save a life, you save it regardless of what their government is saying. You think we should punish innocent people with death because we don't like their government? You cannot say you believe in western principles of justice and freedom if you think belonging to a brutal regime deserves death.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky you're missing the big picture. We have virtually no way of knowing where the food goes to. Pyongyang demands foreign aid then refuses the nonprofits a way to make sure that the people who are starving get it. Not just more buffer meat for the army.
This is ridiculous, all we are doing is prolonging their agony and the regime, while we cripple their food exports with sanctions. If Kimbo the Dumbo had half a brain he'd reform the govt. His son doesn't look too bright either.
LordKaisen 1 month ago
@LordKaisen it all does to kim jong il's runt of a son
billymayer1000 1 month ago
@starry4sky don't give rice - just REMOVE the fucking EMBARGO.
woldemar4eque 3 weeks ago
@starry4sky North Korea attacked South Korea. USA helped them and tried to push into the North. That doesn't count as an invasion, since the war was already on-going and North Korea started it. Besides, Harry S. Truman didn't want to invest too much into the war and tried hard to end it early on, but Stalin kept it going behind the scenes until it ended shortly after his death. Taking over South Korea was as much of Stalin's idea as it was Kim Il Sung's idea.
pite9 1 month ago
@pite9 Again, nobody except North Korea denied that they attacked South Korea. But saying that because war was going on first means that something doesn't count as an invasion is ridiculous. Do you argue that because WW2 had already started Germany's invasion of France didn't count as an invasion? The USA invaded North Korea, whether or not North Korea had attacked South Korea. The UN gave the USA a mandate to push NK back to the 38th parallel. Truman kept going. Invasion.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky Germany was the aggressor. Of course them attacking France was an invasion. On the other hand I would say the Soviet attack on Germany was not an invasion, because Germany attacked them first, and they simply tried to quell the aggressor. It's the same thing here. I think it's ridiculous to put any kind of blame on USA for moving into North Korea. This was not a war between two ppl, it was a war between two governments. USA didn't fight NK, they fought communism.
pite9 1 month ago
@pite9 Hiter also fought communism - BINGO!
woldemar4eque 1 month ago
@woldemar4eque your point is?
pite9 1 month ago
@woldemar4eque He WAS communist
snipes081 1 month ago
@pite9 Didn't the Russians first occupy Poland and Germany attacked and beat them there. So Russia was the aggressor before Germany in WWII.
As for attacking France you couldn't really call it a war when the took France over since Frances armies were beating within days.
RedTailedTuna 3 weeks ago
@RedTailedTuna France was beaten in a short time yes, but so was South Korea in the Korean war. Then the other countries came to the rescue. We can't assume that every country can defend their own country, that's why we need the military powers, to fight oppressive regimes.
pite9 3 weeks ago
@starry4sky em man the russians moved in the the north the americans the south after WWII.The russians wouldnt leave the north and the americans the south so they created the 2 different countries. North Korea invaded the south then and the americans came to the souths rescue
MIickism 1 month ago
@MIickism Again, I am not, nor would I, deny any of that. But also nobody can deny the fact that the USA invaded North Korea, as it has done many other countries.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky go ahead---tell us exacyly when the US invaded North Korea. Go ahead, tell us.
ossarider 1 month ago
@ossarider The USA crossed into North Korea on 1st October 1950, and then invaded backwards and forwards for the next 3 years. I think you need to pay more attention to your history.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@BeatlesAnthology They're singing a song honoring Kim.
Medevila 1 month ago
@USAdude30 Thanks for your comments.
IAmOpenMinded 1 month ago
The white dude is singing communist crap
Callofduty4nub 1 month ago
why in the hell they came to north korea ?
T3chNoBoii 1 month ago
They're only singing praise to Kim Jong Il no wonder the solider was happy to sing with them
angelmwdead 1 month ago
You probably got him killed for posting this.
Brandonskizz123 1 month ago 24
@Brandonskizz123 He was in no danger. The woman you can see next to the American was our guide. She knew all the rules - what was allowed and what was not - and what would get others into trouble, and she encouraged the soldiers to sing with us.
starry4sky 1 month ago 11
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kopellhinex 1 month ago
@starry4sky The American tourist is doing exactly what the Communist regime wants him to do: he's acting silly singing a propaganda song. The woman is not only a tourist guide, she's also a member of political police: that's why she is allowed to meet strangers and talk to them. She did not encourage soldiers to sing along with you, she just ordered them to do that.
ravaefava2011 1 month ago
@ravaefava2011 She really really didn't order them to sing. Our guide was a sweet gentle woman, who found the sight of an American singing a North Korean song very funny. The guard sang with us because he had just spent the better part of the last two hours laughing and joking with us.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky You're right and I'm wrong. North Korea is a democracy actually and people are free to express their true feelings. They don't need to dissimulate by fearing concentration camps. I guess your friend should be so proud of himself for singing an hymn to a brutal dictatorship. If he had visited Cambodgia during Red Khmer regime, he would have sung an hymn to Pol Pot, wouldn't he? My deepest sympathy...
ravaefava2011 1 month ago
@ravaefava2011 No of course you're right. When meeting sweet, kind, and gentle people who are at the mercy of a brutal and ruthless regime, and who have probably never done anything wrong in their lives, of course we shouldn't try to befriend them. The world would be so much better if we just completely ignored them. We were there to communicate with these people, and the only form in which they would understand us was in the form of Korean songs.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky If you were travelling across Germany during Third Reich, then you'd have sung "Horst Wessel anthem" to create empathy with German people? Congratulations! Keep up with the good work and keep on singing anthems to cruel regimes.
ravaefava2011 1 month ago
@ravaefava2011 you do realize Pol pots regime was attacked by the Soviet Union and Vietnam because it was not even close to communism
TheUSSRsoviet 1 month ago
@TheUSSRsoviet You're right: Pol Pot's regime was backed by China and even China was not a Communist country at that time! Moreover USA and EU are not even close to capitalism. I wish you lived in Soviet Union to taste the sweetness of living there. Wait a second... if you have lived in SU you would have been a carnifex and life would have been great for you, wouldn't it? I've taken a look at your channel. I'm not interested in talking to brainwashed people. I'll not reply anymore
ravaefava2011 1 month ago
@ravaefava2011 If you actually knew me. Which you Don"t. You would know that I was in fact born in the Soviet Union in a small town of Livny. And im not brainwashed I fully understand how to capitalist system works. I study my enemy before despising it.
TheUSSRsoviet 1 month ago
@starry4sky That's right: no danger since you hail the regime. Just like in Chile when Pinochet was in charge. What if the tourist tries to criticize Kim Jong-Il? A bullet in the head? A pschiatric hospital? Choose the best! Who will be the next dictator you are going to sing an anthem to? Lukashenko? Mugabe? Assad?
ravaefava2011 1 month ago
@ravaefava2011 If tourists criticise the regime, nothing happens to them, but their guide gets into trouble. I am utterly astounded at your inability to understand the message behind this video. In no way does this video suggest that we were supporting North Korean propaganda. In every way this video shows that we were trying to communicate with people assumed to be our enemy. Their anthem was simply a means of communication.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@Brandonskizz123 It was a NK propaganda song. It's not like the guard was singing "God Bless the USA."
TheCommentsarestupid 1 month ago
There is hope after all
1JOHNBARLEYCORN 1 month ago
You have balls being there. If anything finally breaks out, they will probably snatch up any outside tourists as bargaining tools.
EthanJM 2 months ago
North Korean: "Oh my god!! What's happening to my face?!!"
American: "Uh, It's called a smile, dude."
Ferreal92 2 months ago
Wow. It's heartwarming to see these North Korean guards smiling. They are usually stone faced and never smile.
FoneArc 2 months ago
Eventually the dictator kim jung il is dead atleast we have one good news in 2011
suraj2004 2 months ago
Another European, Asian, etc. can stay 10 or 11 (I don't remember very well) days! You are not allow to take videos or pictures if you don't have permission from the "Tourist Guide"
mauvaxD 2 months ago
@mauvaxD Yeah this is true. We had all our photos checked as we left. I managed to smuggle a few out of people in extreme poverty by taking them on a separate sim card and hiding it in my underwear!
starry4sky 2 months ago
@starry4sky Lol! be careful man, don't get thrown in a N Korean prison.
TaePoDongIII 2 months ago
@starry4sky Wanna have a little fun with that? Check out a channel called "Okhlopkov" It's a North Korean lapdog who defends North Korea about as much as the "great leader's" adviser. You saw the extreme poverty YOURSELF? It would be funny to see him denounce that. Also, is it possible that I could ask you to work out some way to send me those or something? I would REALLY appreciate that!
SnowKid32 2 months ago
@starry4sky Wait, how'd you get to the poor areas AND take pictures?
Don't you have to have your guide with you at all times?
IAmSuchANerdLol 1 month ago
@IAmSuchANerdLol Tourists have guides with them at all times except for when they are on the train returning from Pyongyang to Beijing. The train travels through the north west of the country which is deeply impoverished. We took photos out of the window. The photos are checked by North Korean border guards, and any questionable ones are deleted, but it's easy to hide some on a separate sim card. We could also take some photos from the tour bus when our guides weren't looking
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky Then can you share those photo here to the world??
trankhanhvinhan 1 month ago
@trankhanhvinhan I could but I don't have video-making software on my new laptop - practicalities always get in the way. Also, I don't want to get my guides into trouble for not keeping a close-enough eye on us. But I'll think about it, because I do want people to see that there is immense suffering going on. I just don't want to cause any more.
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky yeah, good point whatever you do, be mindful of the guides. would suck if they were disciplined.
renge9909 1 month ago
Americans can actually visit North Korea but They are only allow to stay there for 3 days! Did you know that?
mauvaxD 2 months ago
@mauvaxD Fortunately that's actually not true. The American in this video was on a tour with me and we stayed for 5 days. They can stay for even longer (though I know there is a limit). The only restriction I know of exclusively for Americans is that they are not allowed to leave the country by train. They have to go back to Beijing by plane. I'm guessing this is so they don't see the extreme poverty that we could see travelling by train.
starry4sky 2 months ago
It's nice to see people coming together, despite their political differences! =D
TheSanguineOne 2 months ago
American Imperialist aggressor party! Who's in?
0uchMyKnee 2 months ago
You can go to North Korea as a tourist. You people need to stop worshiping the mainstream media. They make everyone but ourselves look evil. Do enough research and you'll find that Kim's son will be the icon of NK's transition out of socialism, isolation, and after him totalitarian rule will be over. They have said this themselves, and their actions so far indicate that is the truth.
jjenningsoh 2 months ago
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@jjenningsoh Oh really? You have research on Kim Jong-Un that proves he will "be the icon of NK's transition out of socialism, isolation, and after him totalitarian rule will be over."?
doggfan7 2 months ago
@jjenningsoh I doubt that brah. The son likes Call of Duty though, dont know if his people know what that is.
iHacksorzz 2 months ago
@jjenningsoh Dude you're completely wrong. Send me a link of the North saying that. Show me proof. And yes you can go to North Korea as a tourist, has the mainstream media lied about that? They do lie and are fake but North Korea is evil and dangerous, no questions about it.
ak47santic 2 months ago
...that lil soldier munchkin aint singing today
VS24AT 2 months ago
Was expecting "I'm so ronery...."
prudorit 2 months ago 4
lol "american imperialist"
a8hurley 2 months ago 34
@a8hurley by definition America is an imperialist country.
Wolf78033 1 month ago
How the hell did the American get on the North side???
WAKEUPshift111 2 months ago
@WAKEUPshift111 Anyone can go with Koryo Tours - just look it up on Google :)
starry4sky 2 months ago
@WAKEUPshift111 HE'S A TRAITOR!
jteruel671 2 months ago
@starry4sky is your description a joke or not, i cant tell
MEEs1ab 2 months ago
@MEEs1ab It's a joke in the sense that the man singing is not an imperialist aggressor, but that is how the North Koreans would describe him. But don't worry, I am not trying to spread North Korean propaganda!
starry4sky 2 months ago 7
@starry4sky i thought thats what you were doing, just needed to check haha
MEEs1ab 2 months ago
@MEEs1ab I'm glad you did - I don't want people thinking I'm trying to spread North Korean propaganda!
starry4sky 2 months ago
@starry4sky The term "imperialist aggressor" was used by you who posted this video, and I don't think you speak for all North Koreans. If that's the way North Korea in general felt about Americans, they wouldn't approve over 10,000 to 15,000 visas a year for tourists from the US to enter their country.
IAmOpenMinded 1 month ago
@IAmOpenMinded Firstly I am not claiming that North Koreans themselves believe that Americans are imperialist aggressors, but that is how government propaganda portrays Americans. Secondly, the people aren't the ones granting the visas - their government does. Thirdly, tourists are pretty much the only way of getting hard cash into the country, which the government is so desperate for that I don't think it cares who it lets in as long as they're not journalists!
starry4sky 1 month ago
@starry4sky Don't twist my words!!! North Korea's government has a problem with our government (Washington), not common American citizens. I have friends that visited NK a few years back, and they were treated with the utmost hospitality. The people were friendly, and helpful, and yes, they took lots of pictures. No one stopped them from doing so. Also, it is assumed that only the government of a country issue visas, just like here in the good 'ol US of A.
IAmOpenMinded 1 month ago
@MEEs1ab then you are a moron.
killertoad 2 months ago
@killertoad why exactly?
MEEs1ab 2 months ago
I don't hate north Korea I'm scared of what might happen and I'm also scared that there devotion to North Korea could be very bad if they attack. It especially sucks because I live on the west coast :p for when there nukes are launched
Dranson808 2 months ago
@Dranson808 Kim Jong II is dead. No attacks are coming.
carby212 2 months ago
@carby212 His son is a 20 - 30 year old insane American-hating idiot.
He's in charge of a country with nuclear missiles.
daedronicX 2 months ago
@daedronicX pretty much sounds like any other nation on earth.
Killieguy84 2 months ago
@daedronicX shit....
RANDOMSP123 2 months ago
@Dranson808 North Korea is not a threat to anyone! Least of all the western world. They might make a lot of noise and threats, Which they haven't done to the west, but they are still a low technological nation. And China with all it's imperfections wouldn't allow them to launch an attack on any country, they will push for talk instead of war footings. Sometimes it a case of, thank god we have China to keep the peace in that region of the world.
MrPenfold84 2 months ago
Traitor! LOL
LifeOfTheParty323 2 months ago
haha north is a singing like a baby
Coolkoreanamerican 2 months ago