Heated debate between Kim Il-sung and President Truman

This was filmed at a MUN conference in Vancouver in 2010 in the Joint Crisis Committee.

The North and South Korean War Cabinets were in the middle of a midnight crisis regarding the development of nuclear weapons. We were so loud in our debate that the hotel management insisted we go outside onto the balcony. XD

Essentially, Kim is yelling ideological criticism, while Truman is being true to his hot-headed nature and refusing to accept their ultimatum.

Left to right: Director, Kim Il-sung (DPRK), Zhou Enlai (China), Lavrenity Beria (USSR), Syngman Rhee (ROK), President Truman (USA), and myself, Trygve Lie (UNSG).

My favourite quote is at the very end...
Kim: "We outnumber you in force. We outnumber you in number. What else do you ask for?
Zhou: "Wait, we outnumber them in number?"
Kim: "YES."
XD

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• MUN
• debate
• Model United Nations

[albert275]

Wow, the joint crisis committee is pretty intense. Their committee work expands out into their free time? At 4 in the morning? Please, tell me more.

[demonkitti27]

@albert275 I'm impressed that you read all the captions. Yes, I'm not sure if this happens at all MUNs, but at the ones in Vancouver, some committees get woken up at obscene hours to deal with "emergency crises." In this case, it was the discovery that China had sold nukes to NK and that USA had shipped nukes to Pusan in SK. Secretly.

I think I got about 2 hours of sleep that entire weekend.

[albert275]

@demonkitti27 Ha, it's VMUN 2011 time! Do you mind helping a fellow youtube user here by talking about the environment there? I've been to CAHSMUN before, but I heard this is the real deal, chalked full of try-hard private school students.

[demonkitti27]

@albert275 To be honest, it wasn't that much more intense than any other MUN I've attended. I was part of the JCC, which is obviously a bit more intense, but that's because most of the members in the JCC were very try-hard. Furthermore, most of us had some acting experience, which was very useful in acting as our characters. I'm not sure which committee you'll be in, but in VMUN 2010, there were actually a few committees that were slightly slacker committees. Two extremes. So don't be worried.

[yrtsg]

sorry but politics are stupid

[nopuelbmuts]

This was absolutely EPIC! omg...this was so funny

[ciuffiyogi]

everyone looks so tired :P

[junior1984able]

russian influenced north korea,

[jvriebeeck]

@albert275 dude, usually at VMUN it's the public-school kids who's "try-hard", or keener. most of the private school kids are just there for mad props, just hella weekend.

and yeah, WHO at VMUN is a joke (also WTO). Didn't the guys try to pass a resolution for dragging a giant iceberg to Saudi Arabia to alleviate a water shortage, or something? (so jokes)