How North Korea Makes Money

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  • @maschinen181
    @maschinen1814 жыл бұрын

    "famine killed somewhere around 200,000 or 3 million people" Damn son whoever did the counting didn't wanna get it wrong

  • @JustJanitor

    @JustJanitor

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought the same thing. its almost like they dont know how many ppl died lol

  • @mqayyum9226

    @mqayyum9226

    4 жыл бұрын

    He had a government job. He didn't care

  • @elbalalaw1781

    @elbalalaw1781

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well it's really hard making a precise guess in a country so closed to the outside world

  • @Djuntas

    @Djuntas

    4 жыл бұрын

    Erhm...its of course a joke, but these estimates cant be accurate due to the complete censorship in the country. Information dosent get out of the country that much ;)

  • @zoravar.k7904

    @zoravar.k7904

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good enough for government work!

  • @mumkeymaan4600
    @mumkeymaan46004 жыл бұрын

    Top 3 worst Swiss atrocities: 1. Importing Nazi gold 2. Escalating diabetes with chocolate 3. Not selling ski lifts to North Korea

  • @AB-gz9yb

    @AB-gz9yb

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tom Riddle lol

  • @seannolan9857

    @seannolan9857

    4 жыл бұрын

    4. Nuking Bedrock.

  • @matrich1983

    @matrich1983

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Type 2 diabeties"

  • @seannolan9857

    @seannolan9857

    4 жыл бұрын

    Billy: It's a reference to an old DOS game called DEFCON 1.

  • @scottyovgy2

    @scottyovgy2

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ltreno2753
    @ltreno27533 жыл бұрын

    I burst out laughing when he said that north korea considered Switzerland not selling them ski lifts was a serious human rights violation lmao

  • @sub-zero5433

    @sub-zero5433

    3 жыл бұрын

    yup kim jong un is a dumb shit

  • @i_am_bored7719

    @i_am_bored7719

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always found kim jung un egoistic, but never childish... until the video mentioned this 🤣😂

  • @luiswonder2101

    @luiswonder2101

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sub-zero5433 I totally agree, kim jong un is the worst piece of shit in the planet

  • @user-fl5sv8mr4e

    @user-fl5sv8mr4e

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same 😂

  • @wdwd8352

    @wdwd8352

    2 жыл бұрын

    same he is the worst human ever

  • @doggoboi5538
    @doggoboi55384 жыл бұрын

    Swiss ski company: doesn't supply chair lifts North Korea: thats a serious human rights abuse Swiss ski company: dude wtf

  • @zang2349

    @zang2349

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pawel Jakuszyk Also North Korea: *publicly executes citizens because they insulted kim jung un*

  • @spasplash156

    @spasplash156

    3 жыл бұрын

    Austria 🇦🇹 not Swiss 🤦‍♂️

  • @doggoboi5538

    @doggoboi5538

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@spasplash156 Ok

  • @presidentwhale2365

    @presidentwhale2365

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@spasplash156 bruh

  • @shaggysneakyamulet874

    @shaggysneakyamulet874

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@spasplash156, I’d recheck if I was you.

  • @shayas6731
    @shayas67314 жыл бұрын

    Swiss: * doesn't sell Chairlifts* North Korea: thats a serious human rights abuse.

  • @niensaddestofthesad8151

    @niensaddestofthesad8151

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also north korea: PRAY TO ME AND GIVE ME ALL YOUR FOOD

  • @zac5572

    @zac5572

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not funny

  • @Kydenius

    @Kydenius

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's like they are getting nagged by every single other country besides China how barbaric they are, and then they must annoy back like a little sister "no u" even though it doesn't make sense at all

  • @michelbruns

    @michelbruns

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zac it is

  • @agletbrimstone9638

    @agletbrimstone9638

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Gary Oak three things: 1 this isn't reddit it's called a like though I'm not surprised as your attitude screams angry redditor, 2 people like to know that other people have similar senses of humor and fine joy in the acknowledgement of their shared interest and three your comment just makes you seem petty and jealous and I can almost guarantee this isn't the first time you've attacked someone else over a simple comment.

  • @neoxenoz3262
    @neoxenoz32624 жыл бұрын

    Russia: *Gives supplies* China: *Gives more supplies* North Korea: I am no longer friends with russia, now china is my friend.

  • @generalkenobi5173

    @generalkenobi5173

    4 жыл бұрын

    Russia: Suka Blyat!

  • @KeeBui

    @KeeBui

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nice reference!

  • @trent6112

    @trent6112

    4 жыл бұрын

    it was because of the collapse of the soviet union tho

  • @DeedoDoop

    @DeedoDoop

    4 жыл бұрын

    NeoXenoZ wait isn’t this the indian friend incident internet historian quote?

  • @nicknamenick9448

    @nicknamenick9448

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jonathan de Kock why?

  • @worldmapping4895
    @worldmapping48953 жыл бұрын

    "his education was poor" *gives 3 stars* uhh ok "his korean was mediocre" *gives 2 stars* bruh

  • @lexo6987

    @lexo6987

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean he doesn't really interact with his citizens

  • @nabilahmadsiddiqui345

    @nabilahmadsiddiqui345

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lexo6987 I think the point he is making is how can "poor" be given 3 stars while "mediocre" is given 2. Technically, "mediocre" is better than "poor".

  • @FrancescoBedini

    @FrancescoBedini

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nabilahmadsiddiqui345 no its the other way around

  • @sub-zero5433

    @sub-zero5433

    3 жыл бұрын

    joe kung >>>>> owen biden

  • @Perririri

    @Perririri

    3 жыл бұрын

    Saying bruh is normie

  • @suntzuch.5199
    @suntzuch.51993 жыл бұрын

    Ironically, nearly everybody in there has to practice Capitalism just to live

  • @TheMrKeksLp

    @TheMrKeksLp

    3 жыл бұрын

    Almost like capitalism actually works

  • @nanoman8

    @nanoman8

    2 жыл бұрын

    Accept you are applying it to a fake communist nation

  • @YusuffYT

    @YusuffYT

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nanoman8 and the real communist countries live in extreme poverty (Venezuela) or have been disolved, like the Soviets.

  • @nanoman8

    @nanoman8

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@YusuffYT those are fake too...you want a real one look at norway

  • @garygordon9243

    @garygordon9243

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nanoman8 The Scandinavian countries do implement free market solutions. So not even entirely socialist. Do your research chief.

  • @TheBlindNiggaMC
    @TheBlindNiggaMC4 жыл бұрын

    North Korea is like that alcoholic uncle who doesn't want to admit he's got a problem yet comes to you for beer money every week and if he doesn't get it he throws a fit.

  • @Kobeteigen

    @Kobeteigen

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dayren Does Gameplays who hurt you

  • @jarjarkinks6599

    @jarjarkinks6599

    4 жыл бұрын

    r/oddlyspecific

  • @markopetrovic5909

    @markopetrovic5909

    4 жыл бұрын

    They have problem? USA have a problem beacuse Kim don't want to give weapon, company's and minerals in mountins. That a problem, only for USA, Russia and China don't have any problem with them... Beacuse USA think's they are owner's of this planet!

  • @slyseal2091

    @slyseal2091

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@markopetrovic5909 No, they have a problem because a state ruled by someone who has nukes and no further interest in protecting his own people can only lead to only one result unattended. The USA thinks "oh shit, if nuking gets in fashion everyone has a problem" - so do China and Russia, but they can rely on the USA to do the dirty work in the safety department.

  • @markopetrovic5909

    @markopetrovic5909

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@slyseal2091 That's not true! Only problem is that, I wrote, Korea don't want to let USA steal and take what ever they want! Korea will never fire that bombs if they don't over attack... We have in our country, earlier, good relationships with that country, beacuse of our President in that time... That people suffer, but beacuse USA make that, I told you my friend, there is no bigger evil, than USA Globalist politicans, in this world! USA is the best country in the world for many things, 50 years ahead of Europe and China, and people is generaly great... I wish Tramp to be your president for many years! Or world will have Third World War, remember my words...

  • @1999twan
    @1999twan4 жыл бұрын

    How North Korea actually makes money: *Getting sponsored by Curiosity Stream*

  • @panzerofthelake506

    @panzerofthelake506

    4 жыл бұрын

    Comunisority PRCeam.

  • @user-hc7qb6zy5x

    @user-hc7qb6zy5x

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wtf no, its raid shadow legends

  • @ashrocks8443

    @ashrocks8443

    4 жыл бұрын

    Getting sponsored by Nord VPN

  • @suzyqualcast6269

    @suzyqualcast6269

    4 жыл бұрын

    Boeie Ruurd : Knocking out on the ultra hush, more like.

  • @bryanalexisleoncastillo316

    @bryanalexisleoncastillo316

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ashrocks8443 North VPN

  • @Derah_OG
    @Derah_OG2 жыл бұрын

    9:35 This was done in my homeland too. I'm from Venezuela, which is pretty much Latin America's version of North Korea in all but name. For years I was saving up money so I could flee the country, only for the government to render that money useless by slicing off five zeroes off of our currency. Effectively making everyone's savings be worth pennies under the new denomination. It ruined nearly 3 years of hard savings but I learned my lesson and so did the rest of the country. Most transactions are done in dollars these days, and when I resumed saving money, I would exchange it, at outrageously inflated rates, to US Dollars to preserve their value. It was worth it, I eventually managed to break free by the tail end of 2019

  • @justanelk2096

    @justanelk2096

    2 жыл бұрын

    interesting

  • @JonPeerless

    @JonPeerless

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why do you type in perfect US English? Impressive.

  • @mr.thompson8223

    @mr.thompson8223

    2 жыл бұрын

    @CableTvTomato Comunist states don't work partly because of the international sanctions and media demonización perpetrated by the US as a result of not paying tributes to them (politically speaking). I'm not saying comunism Is the answer, nor I like it. But I realize what happens when you deviate from the influence of the imperium.

  • @Mageroeth

    @Mageroeth

    2 жыл бұрын

    @CableTvTomato well to be fair thier has never been a communist state to be allowed to exist and survive on its own without capitalist powers trying to destroy it.

  • @Mageroeth

    @Mageroeth

    2 жыл бұрын

    @CableTvTomato the only communist power to ever attempt that was the ussr, china is not communist.

  • @barjosefthomas
    @barjosefthomas3 жыл бұрын

    I know I'm late but it's important to mention, that the Swiss government prohibited the delivery last minute, not the company itself (as said at 0:37). They even had the contract with North Korea signed already... :-)

  • @Subscriberswithoutvideos-mp4bk
    @Subscriberswithoutvideos-mp4bk4 жыл бұрын

    If you ever feel useless Remember North Korea has a prime minister

  • @firstnamelastname2218

    @firstnamelastname2218

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did not know that until now, thanks for the info.

  • @angsern8455

    @angsern8455

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr Cool Guy he gets money while doing little to nothing.

  • @CoffeeSuccubus

    @CoffeeSuccubus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fuck Prime Ministers.

  • @odoggow8157

    @odoggow8157

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@angsern8455 HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT TO OUR POLITICIANS????

  • @angsern8455

    @angsern8455

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@odoggow8157 ours should do something, theirs have no obligation to do anything. Also, I'm not American.

  • @alshahriardihan1976
    @alshahriardihan19764 жыл бұрын

    Watched the entire video, still don't know how North Korea makes money -.-

  • @sHmAaa

    @sHmAaa

    4 жыл бұрын

    Business with China and Bombing threats if aid isn't sent to their country.

  • @andresmc210

    @andresmc210

    4 жыл бұрын

    They also sell slave labour to Russia and other countries.

  • @seraby7151

    @seraby7151

    4 жыл бұрын

    China

  • @sharadowasdr

    @sharadowasdr

    4 жыл бұрын

    They make money by selling coal and other natural resources. They also have very limited foreign investments where they run sweatshops near the Chinese border. You'd know this if this were an objective video that doesn't view North Korea with anti-commie blinkers on, but then again most videos like these on NK aren't truthful. The place still sucks though xD

  • @stefanodanovaro8140

    @stefanodanovaro8140

    4 жыл бұрын

    hahahaha bro comeonnn 😂

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  • @asd49789
    @asd497892 жыл бұрын

    11:25 I understand the metaphor, however as an engineer I would like to add that: most industrial machines have a few specific parts that do wear significantly over time, but the rest is designed to last virtually forever - and older machines were made even longer lasting. However, they are becoming relatively less efficient compared to newer machines

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    @asd49789

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @callumcartini

    @callumcartini

    Жыл бұрын

    they used the word 'like' which makes its not a metaphor but a simile. im veryyyyyyy fun at parties

  • @Zenzy
    @Zenzy4 жыл бұрын

    So what I learned from 2:00 to 2:54 is that North Korea is your average over-hyped clickbaity KZread channel. They need relevency to survive.

  • @weatheranddarkness

    @weatheranddarkness

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's a little different but entirely that. Think of it this way: is there another country on earth that has been forced to rely on so little trade outside its borders? Even the sanctions against Cuba are less draconian. Also keep in mind that the Korean war is technically not over yet! When you don't have international trade you have to rely entirely on the resources within your borders, that can leave you with deficits in all sorts of things if you want to develop your technology, and it's really bad when it comes to growing an economy, so DPRK has to make do with an economy that grows very very little if at all. Relevance, or, not being squeezed by the United States at all times, is their ticket out of being a backwater that needs to do secret things in order to acquire resources it does not have within its borders.

  • @dnickaroo3574

    @dnickaroo3574

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kim Sung Un has noticed what is happening to Iran. Looks like we will be hearing a lot more about North Korea soon.

  • @turtleanton6539

    @turtleanton6539

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @bcnom
    @bcnom4 жыл бұрын

    I was surprised Austria would sell ski lifts to NK after the Swiss refused. Turns out your video was misleading: the ski lifts are Austrian made but supplied to NK by China.

  • @AlamoOriginal

    @AlamoOriginal

    4 жыл бұрын

    Of course they are supplied by China, what so misleading about that?

  • @ZWang-gf7vi

    @ZWang-gf7vi

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kim's family has close relationship with Europe. Kim II's medical team was from France.

  • @parakeetiscool7647

    @parakeetiscool7647

    4 жыл бұрын

    You’re high if you think an EU member would sell NK something

  • @socracle2774

    @socracle2774

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@parakeetiscool7647 EU members sell China their countries so why not sell material to NK

  • @parakeetiscool7647

    @parakeetiscool7647

    4 жыл бұрын

    Socracle the reason they like China is because China has money. NK has a lack of money.

  • @Zlonk7
    @Zlonk73 жыл бұрын

    Swiss: * don't want to sell their ski lifts * DPRK: *that's a violation of human rights*

  • @GrustaniaNicko

    @GrustaniaNicko

    2 жыл бұрын

    DPRK: * doesn’t let people to leave their country * UN: *that’s a violation of human rights*

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    Жыл бұрын

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  • @OMundodeGeloeFogo
    @OMundodeGeloeFogo4 жыл бұрын

    "How North Korea works" Spoiler alert: It doesn't, so Black Market

  • @moodist1er

    @moodist1er

    4 жыл бұрын

    How doesn't it work? What's a black market? Where you shop when the US issued sanctions meant to destroy your economy and cause civil unrest won't let you use amazon? You're an idiot

  • @artemesaulkov2010

    @artemesaulkov2010

    4 жыл бұрын

    O Mundo de Gelo e Fogo you’re obviously braindead

  • @OMundodeGeloeFogo

    @OMundodeGeloeFogo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Looks like I've triggered some of Kim Jong Un's baby bitches right here So sad

  • @ellejendario97

    @ellejendario97

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, black market is true free market

  • @OMundodeGeloeFogo

    @OMundodeGeloeFogo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ellejendario97 Pretty much

  • @h.t.awesome3822
    @h.t.awesome38224 жыл бұрын

    Switzerland: *Not selling ski lifts* Kim: It’s treason, then

  • @brihynniewtrephynniewskumh2698

    @brihynniewtrephynniewskumh2698

    4 жыл бұрын

    Do you even know what treason means?

  • @brihynniewtrephynniewskumh2698

    @brihynniewtrephynniewskumh2698

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Loki the sly one Treason means to betray one's own country.

  • @brihynniewtrephynniewskumh2698

    @brihynniewtrephynniewskumh2698

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Loki the sly one Most cases of treason the penalty is always death. Even in the US.

  • @thePronto

    @thePronto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like something his pal, Trump, would say. Strange, no?

  • @Alpha-gk6hd

    @Alpha-gk6hd

    4 жыл бұрын

    Someone makes joke: Bri Hynniewtrep Hynniewskum Hoikiw: fuck you

  • @Boatfornicator
    @Boatfornicator3 жыл бұрын

    'His education is poor' *adds three stars* 'His Korean is mediocre' *adds two stars*

  • @itsmeNinaify

    @itsmeNinaify

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean it is his native language, so it being mediocre is quite bad

  • @mikelauritt4587
    @mikelauritt45872 жыл бұрын

    This is, hands down, the best video on this subject i have ever seen. Going to be sharing this whenever it comes up in conversation.

  • @goob569
    @goob5694 жыл бұрын

    They called the Swiss not giving those chair lifts to them a “serious human rights abuse” They should take a look at their own country

  • @erickveraurra3497

    @erickveraurra3497

    3 жыл бұрын

    That applies to every country

  • @dkwhattouseasusername1012

    @dkwhattouseasusername1012

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@erickveraurra3497 mhm but not as worse

  • @ShHor

    @ShHor

    3 жыл бұрын

    No I think the swiss got too far

  • @borgir6368

    @borgir6368

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@erickveraurra3497 commies will.go as far as they could to defend their ideology lol

  • @cthulhu7156

    @cthulhu7156

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@borgir6368 and capitalists will act like every implementation of their system works and that there totally aren’t capitalist countries living in atrocious states. i mean for crying out loud, Cuba, a communist country, was doing fine with fidel castro until the US decided to economically cripple them with embargo’s and even assassination attempts on castro

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    @WillJackDo4 жыл бұрын

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    @felipejnnt

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @WillJackDo

    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @robezy0

    @robezy0

    4 жыл бұрын

    He literally mentioned China in his 4th sentence

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    @titanlim8303

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wendover Productions has planes RealLifeLore has Toyota Corollas Polymatter has China

  • @user-px9qj7gx8v

    @user-px9qj7gx8v

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Caner Birgül 🌝

  • @DeViceCrimsin_
    @DeViceCrimsin_2 жыл бұрын

    Lol, this actually put a new perspective on things. It sounds like the “problem” will resolve itself if we wait long enough. 8:00 - 9:40

  • @obama7792

    @obama7792

    2 жыл бұрын

    just leaving a reply because i like your pfp.. toshino kyokoooo

  • @67marlins81
    @67marlins812 жыл бұрын

    As an American I found this interesting, thanks for posting. One thing that fascinates me is that the average North Korean citizen would probably have a somewhat similar understanding of personal economics and money as most Americans.

  • @deewd5673

    @deewd5673

    Жыл бұрын

    Its the faul of us and Soviet Union at the sametime it created a ballance in the world thats the reasob why i support russia as a german

  • @djartyom924
    @djartyom9244 жыл бұрын

    “And it just works” - Todd Howard

  • @DeathragesChannel

    @DeathragesChannel

    4 жыл бұрын

    16 times the detail

  • @atlasflame5815

    @atlasflame5815

    4 жыл бұрын

    4 times the size of Fallout 4

  • @huh3027

    @huh3027

    4 жыл бұрын

    Stonks

  • @jjs8426

    @jjs8426

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@huh3027 *stoinks

  • @rowde8203
    @rowde82034 жыл бұрын

    "Empty buildings" I saw that, that subtle wink to 'Half As Interesting'

  • @1schwererziehbar1

    @1schwererziehbar1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Many channels have reported on the empty hotel - not just that one show you watch.

  • @adee7h

    @adee7h

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@1schwererziehbar1 yup lmao

  • @rowde8203

    @rowde8203

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@1schwererziehbar1 Yeah, but most of those video's have been around for at least a year. I bet most people had forgotten about it if they had even heard about it. If HAI hadn't made a video about it recently I bet it wouldn't have been in this video either. There are many "fun" facts about NK he could've mentioned instead.

  • @nonamenolastname8600

    @nonamenolastname8600

    4 жыл бұрын

    Empty buildings will be given later to as free capital after marriage or with little cost, don't worry their empty buildings

  • @odoggow8157

    @odoggow8157

    4 жыл бұрын

    THINK ABOUT THE LOGIC A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS HOMELESS PPL BUT TOO FEW BUILDINGS(UK,USA,ETC) A GOVERNMENT TOO MANY BUILDINGS MORE THAN REQUIRED WHICH ONE IS BETTER PREPARED AND DOING A BETTER JOB?????? MERICAN PROPAGANDA WILL TAKE ANYTHING AND SPIN IT INTO A WEAPON OR SOME FOR OF ATTACK! NORTH KOREANS ARE FUKED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF AMERICAS GREED AND CORRUPT MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

  • @OrigamiMaster06
    @OrigamiMaster063 жыл бұрын

    Switzerland: *Not* *selling* *to* *a* *cult* *pretending* *to* *be* *a* *country* NK: Now this is avengers level threat

  • @M4NDOL4NDO
    @M4NDOL4NDO2 жыл бұрын

    A couple of years ago I actually was in Masik Resort… it was the last week of December, the resort has somewhat like 200+ rooms. There was just my 6 members group… and a German family! But the food was great and staff very kind, TripAdvisor don’t lie!

  • @rainbowpuke232
    @rainbowpuke2324 жыл бұрын

    How North Korea makes money? Raid shadow legends

  • @dheiyomain6775

    @dheiyomain6775

    3 жыл бұрын

    @J P what?

  • @helpmereach690subscribers3
    @helpmereach690subscribers34 жыл бұрын

    Kim: our country makes money? When did this happen? *turns to his generals* “How could we have missed this?”

  • @mehrad4907

    @mehrad4907

    2 жыл бұрын

    when communists discover capitalism

  • @ravinchowdhury5215
    @ravinchowdhury52153 жыл бұрын

    0:28 why does the right flank of the hotel look like it's falling

  • @chloelynch8174
    @chloelynch81742 жыл бұрын

    Like your channel, objective and informative

  • @davinator_peepo2102
    @davinator_peepo21024 жыл бұрын

    “How North Korea makes money” *Well yes, but actually no*

  • @anunayasingh3621
    @anunayasingh36214 жыл бұрын

    I thought North Korea earned money through Skillshare

  • @onewordhereonewordthere6975

    @onewordhereonewordthere6975

    4 жыл бұрын

    LG factories

  • @world_decode4274

    @world_decode4274

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes नार्थ कोरिया पैसा कैसे कमाता है dekho yaha

  • @Piperdogloveshats
    @Piperdogloveshats2 жыл бұрын

    I JUST stumbled on this channel and I'm so excited to go deep down this rabbit hole. This is only my 2nd video. Your videos are so well done! Thank you for such great content!!

  • @ws5273
    @ws52732 жыл бұрын

    When you’re so communist that you realize capitalism is the best option

  • @ws5273

    @ws5273

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Noah Castro mfw Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Ceascescu etc. we’re all communist authoritarian dictators

  • @MarcusBlueWolf

    @MarcusBlueWolf

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Robert Lee Spain was never communist

  • @Aecrim1

    @Aecrim1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Robert Lee yugoslavian regime was much better than all countries listed tbh lol

  • @FatGouf

    @FatGouf

    2 жыл бұрын

    Capitalism can integrate a bit socialism if it wants to, but Socialism can never survive w/o Capitalism.

  • @ifyouseekay1000

    @ifyouseekay1000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Aecrim1 Yugoslavia secret police were more brutal than the kgb lol

  • @Je.rone_
    @Je.rone_4 жыл бұрын

    * whenever you're having a bad day just remember that you weren't born in North Korea oh, and if you were you're not there now* 💪🎭

  • @luxembourgishempire2826

    @luxembourgishempire2826

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kim Jong Un: Am I a joke to you?

  • @alexandrub8786

    @alexandrub8786

    4 жыл бұрын

    What of they are still there but use a vpn?

  • @nicholase4850

    @nicholase4850

    4 жыл бұрын

    @K9hobo productions wouldn't that be a good thing for their citizens?

  • @fyyyrestar4506

    @fyyyrestar4506

    4 жыл бұрын

    K9hobo productions I don’t think they even have normal healthcare. Conditions there look deplorable. Thousands of deaths due to disease and uncleanliness that could be solved with simple antibiotics and treatment

  • @ViniSocramSaint

    @ViniSocramSaint

    4 жыл бұрын

    ...then I remember why the day was bad, that I am richer than average Ncoreans but struggle with bills because wasn't born actually rich, my job is meaningless and I get one while already thinking how to get another when I lose it due to crisis, I am constantly remembered of my existance's fragility where if anything happen I can become one of these buns asking for pennies, or a dead corpse that needed someone to pay so I could rot inside a buried box, then I remember if I try to cope with it I could get addicted on something else, etc... then I get depressed again, think of Ncoreans again and the cycle continues

  • @hereLiesThisTroper
    @hereLiesThisTroper4 жыл бұрын

    Q: why is Kim Jong Un so cruel? A: because he doesn't have a Seoul.

  • @mrcocoloco7200

    @mrcocoloco7200

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ahahahah Kill me

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un

    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un

    4 жыл бұрын

    What did you say about me

  • @alexmailet1971

    @alexmailet1971

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kim Jong-un Aye waddup rocketman😂

  • @prasandyogarajah4678

    @prasandyogarajah4678

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @thePronto

    @thePronto

    4 жыл бұрын

    There is a cruel irony in that joke. Really quite lyrical...

  • @bluebyrd1300
    @bluebyrd13002 жыл бұрын

    Dude … your videos are awesome … So much info lol

  • @giomari4246
    @giomari42463 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this video, I learned a lot.

  • @Horesmi
    @Horesmi4 жыл бұрын

    North Koreans be like: Stonksnt

  • @full-timepog6844

    @full-timepog6844

    4 жыл бұрын

    *STONKAINT*

  • @TheFibrewire

    @TheFibrewire

    4 жыл бұрын

    LMAO

  • @Anonymous-bh9om

    @Anonymous-bh9om

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zoomers get the rope first

  • @Horesmi

    @Horesmi

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Anonymous-bh9om are you a tankie? I'll assume you are cuz you got triggered at the joke about North Korea. How does it feel to see every single "successful" "long-standing" revolution return to capitalism by the vanguard itself?

  • @seaotter4439

    @seaotter4439

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Stinks

  • @uss_04
    @uss_044 жыл бұрын

    “The resort has 4 and a half stars” Not anymore

  • @dokuro_69

    @dokuro_69

    4 жыл бұрын

    don't lie to me pl.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g3685359-d7171236-Reviews-Masik_Pass_Ski_Resort-Kangwon_Province.html#REVIEWS

  • @Nova-ge4lp

    @Nova-ge4lp

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why is in polish (according to the translate feature on google with tabs)

  • @francosun2358

    @francosun2358

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Nova-ge4lp Might be a work of comrade Truszczyński. Polish youtuber who reguralry travels to North Korea. kzread.info His channel.

  • @projektb4rd0n53

    @projektb4rd0n53

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Nova-ge4lp "pl.tripadvisor"

  • @kbhasi

    @kbhasi

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Nova-ge4lp remove "pl." from the address

  • @shrekdavito2870
    @shrekdavito28702 жыл бұрын

    Ran into like 4 of your videos that I’m watching back to back decided I’d better sub and like 😂

  • @aesampah
    @aesampah3 жыл бұрын

    I don’t understand how can someone accuse “a serious human right abuse” just because they don’t want to sell you stuff?

  • @BigDogRenzel

    @BigDogRenzel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ask the bakery who didn’t want to sell the cake

  • @AChannelFrom2006

    @AChannelFrom2006

    2 жыл бұрын

    Usually when someone holds prior prejudice against a group of people and therefore will not engage with them in commercial activity (work, trading, etc) with them solely on that reason it can be seen as a human rights abuse.

  • @Ben4A

    @Ben4A

    2 жыл бұрын

    Water , food , medicine, CHAIRLIFTS etc...

  • @user-kx4xs2xd3k

    @user-kx4xs2xd3k

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ben4A if you dont have money, you cannot by anythink

  • @tuimeep4871
    @tuimeep48714 жыл бұрын

    A new Polymatter AND HAI video in one day, what a beautiful day to be alive.

  • @ibfreely8952
    @ibfreely89524 жыл бұрын

    8:55 for a bit more detail - the way it functions is that the husband works a government job which gives the family housing and access to schools etc, women work for money which is used to support the family within this infrastructure.

  • @doge7831
    @doge78312 жыл бұрын

    that transition to the sponsor was extremely smooth

  • @imagineyourthailand9600
    @imagineyourthailand96003 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing

  • @michaelriccio6012
    @michaelriccio60124 жыл бұрын

    Great move including creators by name and putting film channels in the commerical. You're honestly the first person to convince me that I would like curiosity stream

  • @aidan8698
    @aidan86984 жыл бұрын

    I love these videos so much. they dive deep into topics that aren't really covered by the media and it covers an interesting part of the world that is very closely censored

  • @13thravenpurple94
    @13thravenpurple94 Жыл бұрын

    GREAT WORK thank you

  • @imlovely6522
    @imlovely65222 жыл бұрын

    The fact that we get free documentaries on KZread by PolyMatter is truly a gift 👍

  • @b3nsu
    @b3nsu4 жыл бұрын

    In short: they are sponsored by RAID SHADOW LEGENDS

  • @AntonWongVideo
    @AntonWongVideo4 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes, I watch JUST for the sponsor transitions

  • @dreboss200
    @dreboss2003 жыл бұрын

    This was amazing

  • @dinosore4782
    @dinosore47824 жыл бұрын

    “Near perfect puppet” Five seconds later . “So they immediately started playing China and Russia off eachother”

  • @generalkenobi5173

    @generalkenobi5173

    4 жыл бұрын

    Russia and China: *So anyways i started blasting.*

  • @bneshel1514

    @bneshel1514

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don’t get it

  • @jayjones9225
    @jayjones92254 жыл бұрын

    This was a great analysis! Well done and thanks

  • @jonkallas7326
    @jonkallas73263 жыл бұрын

    11.49s - one of the best segways I've ever seen. Kudos on the video but that transition into the CTA at the end was genius. Haha. Peace.

  • @coconutboy8198
    @coconutboy81983 жыл бұрын

    Swiss: sorry I can't sell the skilifts Kim Jong Un: nuke them, NOW!

  • @PopcornColonelx
    @PopcornColonelx4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making this video. It was one of your best yet imo, and corrected a lot of my misconceptions.

  • @goguryo11

    @goguryo11

    5 ай бұрын

    Nice video!! Thank you very much. And welcome to my @goguryo11 There a lot of korean scenary and temple. etc.

  • @darth_cole9581
    @darth_cole95814 жыл бұрын

    How North Korea Earns money: They dont

  • @michaelwempe6997

    @michaelwempe6997

    4 жыл бұрын

    Korea is in the title... How did you misspell it?

  • @shotelco

    @shotelco

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelwempe6997 He is speaking about North Bali *Koria* village in Nalbari Tehsil, Assam India. They too don't earn money, but wish PolyMatter would do a video on them as well.

  • @ronniebon7163

    @ronniebon7163

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same way Kim-Jong-Un's mother does.

  • @fionafiona1146

    @fionafiona1146

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Kim family gets rich tho.

  • @ninjaswordtothehead
    @ninjaswordtothehead3 жыл бұрын

    Giving in every time someone throws a fit and makes demands will totally solve things and definitely not set a precedent of lowering standards and slowly turning into the very thing we were fighting.

  • @Reluk5
    @Reluk54 жыл бұрын

    They seem to be back at step 1: raise tensions (1:44) and we'll see how it plays out this time.

  • @emilyb7867
    @emilyb78674 жыл бұрын

    Hi Polymatter, A nice and informing video as always! You are really talented! Will you make a video about transitioning countries, it would be nice to learn about the process of changing from a closed system to a whole new open one.

  • @ronbo8956
    @ronbo89564 жыл бұрын

    You are a great writer. Great presentation!

  • @ridwanwase7444
    @ridwanwase7444 Жыл бұрын

    nicw video btw i would suggest you to explain in more simplifying informal english as other geopolytical youtubers explanation is more easier to grasp

  • @MrZZooh
    @MrZZooh2 жыл бұрын

    Kudos to the creator of this video for acknowledging North Korea's self sufficiency. That takes balls.

  • @rockstar450
    @rockstar4504 жыл бұрын

    Damn this is a good video. Very respectable journalism 💖

  • @CrixusHeart
    @CrixusHeart4 жыл бұрын

    About Kim Il sung - what does "education was poor, Korean mediocre" mean? I'm sure the man spoke fluent Korean so what does that mean exactly?

  • @wannabehistorian371

    @wannabehistorian371

    4 жыл бұрын

    Actually, I think he spent most of his life away from Korea. As such, his Korean was poor.

  • @CrixusHeart

    @CrixusHeart

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@wannabehistorian371 Ahhh. Thanks

  • @TheSameYellowToy

    @TheSameYellowToy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe it could also simply mean that his grammar, spelling, reading comprehension, etc. sucked? Lots of native speakers of a language have poor grammar, spelling, or reading.

  • @user-pf7rx9cd8g

    @user-pf7rx9cd8g

    4 жыл бұрын

    The man almost didnt speak any korean

  • @doraaaa0613

    @doraaaa0613

    4 жыл бұрын

    did he seriously barely speak korean o.o

  • @yeppeunsalam
    @yeppeunsalam2 жыл бұрын

    that ad was smooth af

  • @NiKaraguan
    @NiKaraguan4 жыл бұрын

    damn ur good at transitions- holy shit

  • @CodingWithAsad
    @CodingWithAsad4 жыл бұрын

    PolyMatter:makes a video about north korea Kento Bento : its look like i need to make a video about china then.

  • @georgewilson7432
    @georgewilson74324 жыл бұрын

    "Their genius is self-sufficiency". "Three million dead in the famine". Okay.

  • @tropinnka

    @tropinnka

    4 жыл бұрын

    George Wilson well, people need time to learn and adapt

  • @Vict0r1984

    @Vict0r1984

    4 жыл бұрын

    That was in the 90s, and it's one of the major events that forced them to become very self-sufficient. Nowadays the only claims of starvation in North Korea you'll see are in clickbaity titles and propaganda pieces - even according to the CIA World fact book they are actually fairing much better than other countries with similar GDP per capita levels... Edit: Of course there is scarcity of certain goods in North Korea, part of it due to the regime's not-giving-a-fuck-about-the-people "military first" policy and part from international sanctions, but scarcity of specific goods is a much more mild issue than, you know, mass starvation...

  • @georgewilson7432

    @georgewilson7432

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's always the CIA. Those pesky little spooks. I hope you are not defending the Kims for free, little buddy.

  • @Vict0r1984

    @Vict0r1984

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@georgewilson7432 those are facts even the CIA, the biggest enemies of the Kim regime, accept. If you do not, you are the one denying reality here my friend. Nobody is "defending the Kims", but there is a lot of stupid propaganda about North Korea out there on the Internet and few facts. As I said, if you think they are experiencing mass starvation nowadays you have just bought into that propaganda...

  • @odoggow8157

    @odoggow8157

    4 жыл бұрын

    GEORGE YOUR AN ABSOLUTE IDIOT YOUR GREED IS A DIRECT CAUSE OF THEIR SUFFERING AND ANYONE IN THE WEST THAT IS TOO BLIND OR STUPID TO UNDERSTAND THAT FACT NEEDS TO GO GET A FUKING BRAIN AND A BETTER SENSE OF MORALS

  • @MrShenable
    @MrShenable2 жыл бұрын

    I watched two ads and then you advertise curiosity stream straight after. Thanks

  • @keithyoungs9435
    @keithyoungs94353 жыл бұрын

    The Korean war technically never ended

  • @ashishnayakidi6923

    @ashishnayakidi6923

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is formally ended now.

  • @thatchamtmd5033
    @thatchamtmd50334 жыл бұрын

    That was one of the best of your videos i've seen. You must have had been on many wild goose chases through the reseach for it. Well done!

  • @hackerbrinelam5381

    @hackerbrinelam5381

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @odoggow8157

    @odoggow8157

    4 жыл бұрын

    RESEARCH??????????????????? THIS IS KZread OR DID I TURN LEFT WHEN I WAS SUPPOSE TO TURN LEFT????

  • @BeastinlosersHD
    @BeastinlosersHD4 жыл бұрын

    I've always admired how they are able to maintain such a status quo.

  • @chenyeanmingtakumi9033

    @chenyeanmingtakumi9033

    2 жыл бұрын

    yea, but North Korea is actually trying to brea the status quo, yet everyone doesn't know this

  • @awesomecosmopolite1521
    @awesomecosmopolite15212 жыл бұрын

    I think I once heard something like, "Trade was the thing that contributed to the outcompetition of the Homo Sapiens against other human species. " "It contributed greatly to human development." China also once did the ridiculous thing of forbidding trade and I read in a novel about the inconvenience and agony such insanity caused.

  • @typicalchineseguy5818
    @typicalchineseguy58183 жыл бұрын

    As a country that could have disappeared from the world map in anytime, I must say that their ways of making money to keep the nation and its regime alive is impressive.

  • @gordok167
    @gordok1674 жыл бұрын

    Well how would you feel if you had to walk all the way up a mountain each time you wanted to go skiing?

  • @ladofthedamned7796

    @ladofthedamned7796

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Jordyn Vickers lmaoooo

  • @scythal

    @scythal

    2 жыл бұрын

    Especially if you're Kim Jong-un!

  • @OmarExplains
    @OmarExplains4 жыл бұрын

    Good job Evan. Let me know if you ever plan to visit the middle east.

  • @Nietabs

    @Nietabs

    3 жыл бұрын

    First time seeing a verified comment not getting that much like, but still. I wanna see that middle east topic

  • @zamasuawaken1908
    @zamasuawaken19083 жыл бұрын

    So from what i understood North Korea is the beggar with the glock

  • @fortherain5448
    @fortherain5448 Жыл бұрын

    "Taking notes obediently" lol

  • @elpi2804
    @elpi28044 жыл бұрын

    "How North Korea make Money?" Me: They make money?

  • @LiezAllLiez

    @LiezAllLiez

    4 жыл бұрын

    Im still in shock that NK has electricity.

  • @Kenshi876

    @Kenshi876

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Golden Eagle Many people don't know the south used to be in much worse condition. But the USSR fell while the USA rose farther than ever completely reversing things.

  • @dnickaroo3574

    @dnickaroo3574

    4 жыл бұрын

    The suicide rate in South Korea is amongst the highest in the world. In North Korea they smoke Cannabis & chill out.

  • @KasparOnTube

    @KasparOnTube

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dnickaroo3574 no wonder everybody calls NK the best Korea!

  • @michaelanthony4750
    @michaelanthony47504 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making these videos. The mainstream media makes it so hard to tell what's actually going on outside.

  • @ber5hamby63
    @ber5hamby632 жыл бұрын

    watching this as north Korea is in a food shortage

  • @lentedmaxi1832
    @lentedmaxi18323 жыл бұрын

    People are ignorant of profitability in bitcoin investment and that has been the major issues limiting their investment

  • @Stephen-bg8wh

    @Stephen-bg8wh

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're right, people will be kicking themselves in few weeks if they miss the opportunity to buy and invest in Bitcoin as it's retracing

  • @jamesanderson6629

    @jamesanderson6629

    3 жыл бұрын

    2021 online stock market is just difficult and unbelievable, I rather invest my money on crypto

  • @davidcampbell9000

    @davidcampbell9000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bitcoin is the future, Investing in it now will be the wisest thing to do especially with the current rise

  • @anthonydouglas5528

    @anthonydouglas5528

    3 жыл бұрын

    Despite the economy crisis it's still a good time to invest in gold and crypto

  • @adamsscott4564

    @adamsscott4564

    3 жыл бұрын

    Stocks are good too

  • @reyhanhussain5922
    @reyhanhussain59224 жыл бұрын

    North Korea is like Kim Jong Un's Disney World

  • @henk-3098

    @henk-3098

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah, and just like in Disney World, normal people can't afford the merchandise and food.

  • @odoggow8157

    @odoggow8157

    4 жыл бұрын

    ONLY IN UR WEE AMOEBA SIZE BRAIN, ARE U SERIOUSLY THAT STUPID???? COULD YOU DO A BETTER JOB???? I VERY MUCH DOUBT IT

  • @evanmiles2652
    @evanmiles26524 жыл бұрын

    1:38 the Dennis Rodman signed basketball is a great addition

  • @ken.the.person
    @ken.the.person3 жыл бұрын

    10:14 They also use chocolate pies as unofficial currency too

  • @invisibleimpostor299
    @invisibleimpostor2993 жыл бұрын

    2:36 Why is it 1950 - 1953? I thought they have their own calendar and timeline they follow.

  • @QFGEE
    @QFGEE4 жыл бұрын

    That ad at the end was one of the most seamless I've ever seen.

  • @orls9068

    @orls9068

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha yes

  • @leonleon2021
    @leonleon20214 жыл бұрын

    Where did China learn to manage NK? From skillshare!

  • @nayandusoruth2468
    @nayandusoruth24683 жыл бұрын

    Kin Jong Un actually studied the IB diploma in Switzerland. Given that the IB has a stringent service requirement, I'm immensely curious as to what he did for service...

  • @labresponsive7161
    @labresponsive71613 жыл бұрын

    This misses how they are a criminal enterprise dealing drugs, rhino horn, hacking, and financial crimes like the heist of Bengali banks

  • @JaldaboathIrghen
    @JaldaboathIrghen4 жыл бұрын

    Wait, aren't your vids released on Nebula first?