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The man who met the founder of North Korea - BBC News

The Kim family have ruled North Korea for over seven decades but how did the original "Great Leader" get the job?
Questions surround the early days of Kim Il-sung and his dynasty.
102-year-old Professor Kim Hyung-suk came from the same village, and met him as he was starting out on his rise to power. ​
Produced by: Kevin Kim and William Lee
Filmed and edited by: Kevin Kim
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  • @mdukasa
    @mdukasa2 жыл бұрын

    This man aged really well considering he's 102

  • @comradeleppi2000

    @comradeleppi2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    True he doesn't look his age.

  • @revalto8143

    @revalto8143

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it's mostly Korean food, way of life etc. most of them are healthy like Japans

  • @kestonsmith1354

    @kestonsmith1354

    2 жыл бұрын

    Let's hope he doesn't eat the unhealthy foods that America has .

  • @whathell6t

    @whathell6t

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kestonsmith1354 I think you’re a too late for that. That guy leisurely drinks Coca-Cola.

  • @lesscringeymapperdude

    @lesscringeymapperdude

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@whathell6t why is American food so addicting

  • @BlueVenom_
    @BlueVenom_2 жыл бұрын

    I thought he was 80 or 90 at the most but my man is 102 aged like fine wine

  • @Broadwayriah

    @Broadwayriah

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s them Asian genes

  • @BlueVenom_

    @BlueVenom_

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Broadwayriah Fr

  • @blursedvark4973

    @blursedvark4973

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Siilred Siilfed in moderation, it won’t do anything.

  • @iamedyson
    @iamedyson2 жыл бұрын

    "He was a man of will, not knowledge." Wise words were spoken!!

  • @rileylannin2256

    @rileylannin2256

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean considering he helped develop Marxism into Juche, the official ideology of the DPRK, he was probably actually very politically knowledgeable. I imagine years fighting against the Japanese also meant he was pretty knowledgeable about guerrilla warfare.

  • @iamedyson

    @iamedyson

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pgoddard803 Study the history of past dictators and tyrants. Ofcourse any ignorant imbecile can come to power through sheer will and manipulation. It doesn't make them wise and knowledgeable.

  • @muzankibutsuji7377

    @muzankibutsuji7377

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pgoddard803 Idiot manipulation is needed to win in election which is noy dictatorship... You need people with same Idology and belives then you need to be skill in law,Millitary brilliance or state welfare.... You need will,hardwork and determination.

  • @PMMagro

    @PMMagro

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like the present UK PM...

  • @mailmikekang

    @mailmikekang

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think the translation is slightly limited here so let me explain: The old professor said 'Educated knowledge' - in other words he wasn't the most well educated but had a lot of willpower & energy.

  • @azj_
    @azj_2 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe he can still remember that he meet with Kim Il Sung at age 102 years old. What a great man.

  • @ogurenedebaki2044

    @ogurenedebaki2044

    2 жыл бұрын

    Where do you live Ur English is really broken

  • @siyacer

    @siyacer

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ogurenedebaki2044 is yours not?

  • @gigachad1330

    @gigachad1330

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ogurenedebaki2044 said the broken english user

  • @ogurenedebaki2044

    @ogurenedebaki2044

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gigachad1330 how can you know my English is broken based on one sentence which is grammatically correct

  • @valeriolibratti7559

    @valeriolibratti7559

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ogurenedebaki2044 "Ur"

  • @kugul1683
    @kugul16832 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing, that he's still a professor at 102 years!

  • @franklinclips5713

    @franklinclips5713

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @pocarisweet8336

    @pocarisweet8336

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is the first thing that came in my mind. Glad im not alone :)

  • @livideadgirl

    @livideadgirl

    2 жыл бұрын

    Probably one of the best history teachers ever

  • @amaldrew3830
    @amaldrew38302 жыл бұрын

    "Professor Kim is now 102 years old" Wow I thought he's in 70+

  • @sitsia3808

    @sitsia3808

    2 жыл бұрын

    Xd

  • @Dan474834
    @Dan4748342 жыл бұрын

    Jimmy Carter also went to NK and met Kim Il Sung. He’s still alive and kicking

  • @bendover4668

    @bendover4668

    2 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather was an volunteer under Mao. I have photos of my grandfather right beside Chairman Mao.

  • @Mar1aHass4n

    @Mar1aHass4n

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bendover4668 show?

  • @Tounguepunchfartbox

    @Tounguepunchfartbox

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bendover4668 that’s an L

  • @MierIkyy

    @MierIkyy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bendover4668 I have the photo of my cousin John Cena stand beside John Xina :D

  • @standwithhk3434

    @standwithhk3434

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bendover4668 OOF was he a communist?

  • @NathanielChristopher
    @NathanielChristopher2 жыл бұрын

    Even though I watch this through subtitles I recognize a man of immense wisdom, knowledge and honour. It is truly a gift that he is still with us at 102 to share his story and that of his people.

  • @MissesWitch
    @MissesWitch2 жыл бұрын

    That awkward moment when your bestie becomes your country's dictator!

  • @comradeleppi2000

    @comradeleppi2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Vladilena Milizé more like founder

  • @loona_mew

    @loona_mew

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds based

  • @lightyagami3492

    @lightyagami3492

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@comradeleppi2000 both

  • @LITTLE1994
    @LITTLE19942 жыл бұрын

    The fact he is 102, he definitely lived a full life. That's not a small feat to reach.

  • @beberodriguez2358
    @beberodriguez23582 жыл бұрын

    Impeccable memory... Interesting what you can learn in 5minutes.

  • @eustab.anas-mann9510

    @eustab.anas-mann9510

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it's more interesting what he _doesn't_ say than what he does.

  • @beberodriguez2358

    @beberodriguez2358

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@eustab.anas-mann9510 there's always a contrarian in the midst.

  • @eustab.anas-mann9510

    @eustab.anas-mann9510

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@beberodriguez2358 I was _born_ contrarian, Bebe.

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak2 жыл бұрын

    He lived a long amazing life!

  • @user-it6sh7np7h

    @user-it6sh7np7h

    2 жыл бұрын

    shut up

  • @franklinclips5713

    @franklinclips5713

    2 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/c31-styid8a4hNY.html

  • @merrylam7765

    @merrylam7765

    2 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/ka6DttOwcsnXaLQ.html

  • @dlrpanjsi783

    @dlrpanjsi783

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow, you seriously watch every video.

  • @Nina0ninakrr

    @Nina0ninakrr

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bro

  • @banquobron6415
    @banquobron64152 жыл бұрын

    bruh this guy is almost 100 years old edit: wow 102 years old

  • @franklinclips5713

    @franklinclips5713

    2 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/c31-styid8a4hNY.html

  • @prestothedragon1267

    @prestothedragon1267

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can only wish I live that long

  • @WhiteSoxFan88647

    @WhiteSoxFan88647

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@prestothedragon1267 Because he’s a rich guy, he could afford better treatment

  • @lincolngray4362

    @lincolngray4362

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WhiteSoxFan88647 it's not just about treatment it's about keeping good health

  • @comradeleppi2000

    @comradeleppi2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lincolngray4362 true people are just jealous it's about money

  • @thepolishastronaut7940
    @thepolishastronaut79402 жыл бұрын

    moral of the story: If the quiet art kid or teen coming of age film antagonist gets into politics we're all screwed

  • @mrlolmaster1019

    @mrlolmaster1019

    2 жыл бұрын

    dont forget the doctor that comes from a leftwing inteligencia background family with money problems

  • @olefella7561

    @olefella7561

    2 жыл бұрын

    We're all screwed! Remember, indiscriminate coward aerial bombing over cities and towns in the Korean war wiped out 20% of the innocent civilian population in North Korea. Moreover, century-old bullied practices of Capitalist Imperialist Western Sanctions over other nations throughout the whole wide world, (including in N. Korea, where Western sanctions caused over a million innocent N. Koreans deaths in famine/starvation in the past) are nothing more than "Economic Terrorism"; plain and simple. 🤔 For plain truths, pls read my insightful multi-pages 'Ole Fella' comment at., kzread.info/dash/bejne/emqizaOPlcrRYMo.html

  • @comradeleppi2000

    @comradeleppi2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mrlolmaster1019 who was he.?

  • @mrlolmaster1019

    @mrlolmaster1019

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@comradeleppi2000 look up doctor communist leader, not that difficult

  • @TheButterMinecart1

    @TheButterMinecart1

    2 жыл бұрын

    moral of the story: If a human who was once a child in the past gets into politics we're all screwed

  • @parvchetri0995
    @parvchetri09952 жыл бұрын

    Damn, wished this was longer and the man would have told more about his thoughts about Kim Il-sung as a ruler and his successors.

  • @AlmostGod007
    @AlmostGod0072 жыл бұрын

    This man has truly lived a rich ( in terms of experience ) life

  • @ramitaangkititi7329
    @ramitaangkititi73292 жыл бұрын

    Imagine seeing your childhood friend become a dictator.

  • @charleyjr.iriarte7428
    @charleyjr.iriarte74282 жыл бұрын

    Isn´t it amazing to see one of your classmates become one of the most powerful people in the world? The feeling was gratifying and shocking at the same time. AHAAH! Not supporting their communism, but as he said, ¨He was a man of will, but not knowledge.¨

  • @Me_di

    @Me_di

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah well that’s how psychopaths are, why else do you think there was a financial crisis in 2008 and the current afganistan crap.

  • @charleyjr.iriarte7428

    @charleyjr.iriarte7428

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Me_di I am not an economic genius, but, for me, they are teaching the kids useless subjects. At the time they finished school, they can not recall or even remember the majority of the things they had learned. Subsequently, after graduation, they become fuels to the economical crisis -- to prolong perversity in all ways. They basically learned nothing because their souls are immature due to artificial learning. Now, they want to destroy the world system. 😯😯😯💪 I suggest that they should start facilitating indoor farming like the farming methods of the Singaporeans. They should also focused on how to build their own houses. Most kids want a fiancee at a young age and live in a nice home. Rightfully so! They need some type of inheritance from government initiatives. Hehehehe... The BLM needs to be improved and allow people to get more resources. I would certainly support these ideas. However, people need to improve their miserable attitudes -- including myself. 😊😁

  • @disciplinedgrindset623

    @disciplinedgrindset623

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@charleyjr.iriarte7428 how the hell do you expect people to do all that crap when they are in poverty ? First of all that you said is pure bs and your probably trolling and second of all the only reason people will want some system to leave is not because they are salty or they have been taught its when they are in horrible shape because of it . You think your like a smart prodigy when you are just spewing pure bs .stop having such a inflated ego for once , like oh my god how big of a ego do you have to think this bullshit will work .

  • @charleyjr.iriarte7428

    @charleyjr.iriarte7428

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@disciplinedgrindset623 ???????? ........... ?????? .......????? First of all, you can not be my friend today. Therefore, I will not ¨throw my pearls to the pigs.¨ We are always poor. Our ancestors chose to sell off their inheritance just to live in small rooms -- of the cities or suburbs. They also thought that they were ¨poor.¨ AHAHA! No matter where you are in life, you can always be considered poor. Trust me because I am less than poor -- currently in debt. And anyone who has debt is a slave to the malignant system. And for the little good as there is here, this is freedom of speech. Freely expressing to the masses so, hopefully, a plan and a wave of actions can be initiated and be taken in the short and long process. We do it together. (Read about the functions of the Bureau of Land Management [BLM])

  • @disciplinedgrindset623

    @disciplinedgrindset623

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@charleyjr.iriarte7428 ok sir Gandhi unlike you I see reality and I don't think you understand the concept of increased standards of life and no way will I explain it to you .

  • @naejin
    @naejin2 жыл бұрын

    Dang, I see the clear family resemblance of Kim Jong-Un to his grandfather Kim Song-ju (AKA Kim Il-Sung) when he was a younger age similar to Kim Jong Un.

  • @LayX201

    @LayX201

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kim Jong Un’s father Kim Jong Il (Kim Il Sung’s son) groomed his son to resemble Kim Il Sung because he was loved by the people and the country was way better under his rule having a better economy than China and South Korea

  • @bird6691

    @bird6691

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why the fuck Kim Jong un thinks that being as heavy as a small car is required to resemble Kim il sung when Kim il sung wasn't even that fat and certainly wasn't at a young age

  • @galaxylife5783

    @galaxylife5783

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@LayX201 what ?

  • @capncake8837

    @capncake8837

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's actually something his father and he tried to emphasize.

  • @gronizherz3603

    @gronizherz3603

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bird6691 The worst thing a ruler can do is become too skinny or too fat, imagine how motivated your people would be and how inspirational you would be as leader if you were fit?

  • @Netizen_casio
    @Netizen_casio2 жыл бұрын

    When villains and heroes were once innocent, who knew those around one would blow a bubble so big that had such a legacy.

  • @iwogajda5253
    @iwogajda52532 жыл бұрын

    "He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice..." (from the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska; partial record 1146)

  • @franklinclips5713

    @franklinclips5713

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @Zippism

    @Zippism

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cringe

  • @summertriangle4745

    @summertriangle4745

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Zippism so are you.

  • @davidcunningham2074
    @davidcunningham2074 Жыл бұрын

    he looks incredible for 102 like he could go on for another 20 years

  • @0r0r0
    @0r0r02 жыл бұрын

    So glad he was able to escape and tell his story! At the same time, I'm heartbroken for those who were not, at any point, able to escape and either perished from violence or starvation, and those still suffering today.

  • @Follydirector
    @Follydirector2 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes he was a great friend

  • @maru-dy5ld

    @maru-dy5ld

    2 жыл бұрын

    comrade

  • @NostalgicChannel_
    @NostalgicChannel_2 жыл бұрын

    I've just realized the fact that he was related to Kim Il-sung. I know him just as an author of many bestsellers before.

  • @Tommyleini
    @Tommyleini2 жыл бұрын

    He's 102 in Korean age :) born in July 1920. 101 for the rest of the world. Still an extremely impressive man!

  • @FenriZz
    @FenriZz2 жыл бұрын

    The hidden origin of Kim Il-sung told by an acquaintance, deep.

  • @hanbyol19
    @hanbyol19 Жыл бұрын

    Many legends circulated about Kim Il Sung during the anti-Japanese war due to the underground character of the KPRA, but the young General named Kim Il Sung was actually Kim Song Ju. The name Kim Il Sung ("becoming the Sun") was given to him by his comrades around 1928, and initially he did not even like it.

  • @ashersambitions9166
    @ashersambitions91662 жыл бұрын

    Having lived in South Korea for 2 years. I had no idea about this man or the orgin story of Kim Il Sung. Great video!

  • @infravalktexas

    @infravalktexas

    2 жыл бұрын

    The South as well as western imperial powers do everything they can to demonize the DPRK and it's leaders (past and present

  • @_nom_
    @_nom_2 жыл бұрын

    This is a one of a kind video.

  • @kevindoran9389
    @kevindoran93892 жыл бұрын

    Remember, centuries ago all leaders and governments operated like North Korea.

  • @mmans8191

    @mmans8191

    2 жыл бұрын

    I would NOT say "all". I would say "Most" because there were some democracies that existed back in the B.C era like the Greek Empire or other democratic leaders centuries ago even if there were few of them.

  • @spear0087

    @spear0087

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mmans8191 greece? their democracy only extended to like 10% of the population at best. which was only like the free men (non-slaves)

  • @yazidbougheda4257

    @yazidbougheda4257

    2 жыл бұрын

    No No empire in history had Control over it's Citizens like North Korea Those guys can't even travel inside their county without permission I don't think Jesus Christ or prophète Mohamed are giving that level of Praise like the Kims North Korea took it Way Way too far

  • @ashasiraribu3276

    @ashasiraribu3276

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yazidbougheda4257 what about medieval europe, you know feodal

  • @shubhnamdeo2865

    @shubhnamdeo2865

    6 ай бұрын

    @@mmans8191 Not even democracies, but also authoritarian nations that weren't totalitarian like North Korea.

  • @emiliobello2429
    @emiliobello24292 жыл бұрын

    This man needs a movie about him

  • @JRCallaghan89
    @JRCallaghan892 жыл бұрын

    Please we need more history videos from our elders, this is infinite knowledge.

  • @justnoah2073
    @justnoah20732 жыл бұрын

    He looks really good for 102 years old.

  • @BengVideo
    @BengVideo2 жыл бұрын

    I want to listen to more about what he has to say! imagine what knowledge you have after seeing your country go through so much in 100 years...

  • @mrlolmaster1019
    @mrlolmaster10192 жыл бұрын

    kim jong un looks more like his grandfather than his father

  • @RecordGuy2024YT
    @RecordGuy2024YT10 ай бұрын

    this man is still alive at 103 years old wow

  • @Kevin-et6ng
    @Kevin-et6ng11 ай бұрын

    It’s sad that his audience is only elders. The young Koreans need to learn

  • @LunenTF
    @LunenTF Жыл бұрын

    He's 102. he look younger than my 80s grandpa.

  • @comradeleppi2000
    @comradeleppi20002 жыл бұрын

    I like to hear Korean language. Such a good language both South and North. But I think South and North huge different, north sounds matured whereas South is cute and polite.

  • @melloangelwolf8611
    @melloangelwolf86112 жыл бұрын

    My great uncle was a member of the North Korean communist party during the war. He met Kim before the country was split. Never personally met him but my grandparents have. I always wondered what he would have thought considering I now live in America?

  • @user-xh8vb9xk5b

    @user-xh8vb9xk5b

    9 күн бұрын

    How did your family end up America?

  • @Prometheus4096
    @Prometheus40962 жыл бұрын

    The idea that there was a big anti-Japanese Korean resistance general in his 50s named Kim Il Sung and that the Chinese communists and/or Stalin decided to replace this famous resistance general by the person we know today as Kim Il Sung, who was in his 30's and just trained as a communist puppet while others like the true Kim Il Sung fought the Japanese, is really interesting. Talk about a case of identity theft. There are stories and accounts both supporting and opposing this theory.

  • @LayX201

    @LayX201

    2 жыл бұрын

    Even the japanese deny this theory they acknowledge kim il sung did indeed fight the japanese he was young in his mid 20s around the 1930s in Manchuria he escaped to the Soviet Union in 1940 became a KGB agent and a Major in the Soviet Army leading Soviet Koreans then Stalin handpicked him to lead after an interview with him they also picked Kim for his young age to be a puppet for the soviets for decades but Stalin instantly regretted that decision because he realised Kim Il Sung had his own ambitions to reunify the country and lead with no foreign influence after Stalin passed Kim actually had way more freedom to do anything he was finessing the Soviets and China going between them for his own gain he was a power hungry man

  • @MWENDA-vv5im

    @MWENDA-vv5im

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's just propaganda. Communist states were led by communist parties. Being in your 50s would not be an issue. Age has never been a problem is leadership. Joe Biden is evidence of that. 50 years in any case is quite young for leadership.

  • @ChinaLake100

    @ChinaLake100

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alcathous I’ve actually known about this theory for many years. The U.S. government’s knowledge surrounding Kim Song-ju changing his name, or having his name changed to Kim Il-sung used to be classified here in the United States it only recently became declassified. I 100% believe this 102-year-old man, looks to me like he’s simply confirming the theory. I’ve also listened to a testimony from a different senior defector who was actually a small child at one of Kim Il-sung’s speeches in the 40s and he said that people in the audience were out loud saying “Isn’t he a fake? He’s too young”

  • @Prometheus4096

    @Prometheus4096

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ChinaLake100 It also seems like a propaganda line that the S Koreans love to be true. I think during times of crisis, leaders emerging and then being younger than expected is not unusual. Similarly, childhood associates/friends being surprised who someone became.

  • @LayX201

    @LayX201

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ChinaLake100 Kim Song Ju was given the name Kim Il Sung in the 30s by the anti japanese guerrilla fighters because he led a group of 200 men who won a battle and he became known for it locally they fought the japanese in the 30s where Kim Il Sung was in his mid 20s so that debunks the american south korean theory

  • @davidwachira5606
    @davidwachira56066 ай бұрын

    This is one of the best 5 minutes documentaries I have ever seen 🙌🙌

  • @JustAnotherThisDJ
    @JustAnotherThisDJ2 жыл бұрын

    anyone else wanna give dear leader "happy ending" we love Dear Leader.

  • @xsjadoridersc
    @xsjadoridersc2 жыл бұрын

    He’s an incredible man!

  • @LioF20
    @LioF202 жыл бұрын

    Imagine having the fate of the country in your hands

  • @ytn00b3
    @ytn00b32 жыл бұрын

    Kim Il-Sung was different person, he was real patriot.

  • @kanglee8722

    @kanglee8722

    2 жыл бұрын

    : He was captain Soviet Russian army and puppet of Joseph Stalin of communist Russia.

  • @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kanglee8722 Yes. He was chosen by Lavrentiy Beria.

  • @johnnyweng1164
    @johnnyweng11642 жыл бұрын

    when soviet union was just established, British tried to overthrow it because he prefer monarch. but in ww2, it is the soviet union that saved the western world.

  • @eagle5855

    @eagle5855

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hard to say. Britain was just waiting for Germany to do something stupid, like attacking the Soviet Union or declaring war on the USA, which is what happened. And I also think that even if Russia had remained a monarchy (which, by the way, would have been a hundred times better for Russia and the world), Nazi Germany would still have been defeated by Russia. And even if Germany had not attacked the Soviet Union, it would still have had to somehow defeat the USA to end the Western world, which would have been virtually impossible even if it had defeated Britain.

  • @brianyang5075

    @brianyang5075

    2 жыл бұрын

    Without Soviet Union, Nazi Germany wouldn’t excise since their wouldn’t be a red scare in Germany where the people supported national socialist over communism.

  • @eagle5855

    @eagle5855

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brianyang5075 I actually don't think so. Because of the defeat in World War I, the Treaty of Versailles, the distrust of democracy and the Weimar Republic, as well as the mistakes of the Weimar Republic, the Nazis would still come to power. The fear of communism was part of their ideology, but it was not so bad that they would not come to power. They would certainly have been more "reasonable" and perhaps would not have seen the Russians as "Untermenschen" either, but they probably would have come to power anyway, been so radical, and started World War II.

  • @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    2 жыл бұрын

    Soviet union was allied with nazi Germany at the beginning of the war. The two invaded Poland and annexed it between themselves. Then the soviets helped to supply Germany's war effort right up until the moment the first German soldier stepped foot onto Russian occupied Poland. Soviet union didn't save anything. In the east it was simply one genocidal mass murderer against another. The only liberated countries were in the west. Thanks to the western allies.

  • @CherieDeDieu
    @CherieDeDieu2 жыл бұрын

    This is wonderful. Such a great, real perspective of Kim Il Sung from someone who knew him well and knew the real guy behind the dictator. Also, Professor Kim has aged gracefully and so blessed to see all these years.....and still working at 102? Incredible! 😊

  • @sapprdaddy
    @sapprdaddy2 жыл бұрын

    Good find BBC. That was excellent!

  • @PEKNAMBU
    @PEKNAMBU2 жыл бұрын

    Wow 102 year's old

  • @blueoak5262
    @blueoak52622 жыл бұрын

    If he did something about the founder then and there the Korean peninsula as a whole today would be peaceful, free and have a good economy.

  • @thefoxgaming7528

    @thefoxgaming7528

    2 жыл бұрын

    What was he supposed to do, kill a child?

  • @quasar7055

    @quasar7055

    2 жыл бұрын

    Naive

  • @blueoak5262

    @blueoak5262

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am talking reality and did not watch the video to know that Kim Il Sung was a child at the time.

  • @Lunar_Pendragon

    @Lunar_Pendragon

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're so ignorant lol

  • @Lunar_Pendragon

    @Lunar_Pendragon

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@blueoak5262 You do realise the DPRK isn't half as bad as Western propaganda makes it seem, right? Also, North Korea had a better economy and PQL than South Korea for 3 decades until the USSR fell.

  • @TheButterMinecart1
    @TheButterMinecart12 жыл бұрын

    4:47 I would love to actually hear this bloke finish talking unfiltered instead of having the BBC's stupid editing in my face.

  • @suryapos1030
    @suryapos10302 жыл бұрын

    Usia 102 tahun dengan ingatan yang sangat mengagumkan.

  • @uglyhandle
    @uglyhandle Жыл бұрын

    I see, I remember this lovely man.

  • @sandie157
    @sandie1572 жыл бұрын

    Poor things had no idea what a family of monsters had arrived in their midst

  • @supertrinigamer
    @supertrinigamer2 жыл бұрын

    Back when DPRK was ACTUALLY communist

  • @chenyeanmingtakumi9033

    @chenyeanmingtakumi9033

    2 жыл бұрын

    yea, now its more like a feudal monarchy

  • @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kim was put in power by Stalin's security chief, Lavrentiy Beria. lol

  • @chenyeanmingtakumi9033

    @chenyeanmingtakumi9033

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 however all the Kim family leaders are manipulative people, they seem to be mutual with their allies, but they are actually been planning to turn against their allies and make them as enemies like their existing ones because they claim themselves as gods

  • @JohnSmith-rw2yn
    @JohnSmith-rw2yn2 жыл бұрын

    Having clear ambitions and goals and the strong will of a cause/ideology is very powerful. Afghanistan is an example, the taliban truly believe in their cause and will die for it, others fight because its a job. Vietnam vs America. Afghans vs Russia. Americans vs UK in revolutionary war. If you believe so strongly in your cause, you find you will triumph in the end against overwhelming odds, often people don't have a true sense of belief in something and crumble at constant pressure.

  • @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    2 жыл бұрын

    Many Koreans strongly believed Kim Il-sung should not hold power. But they didn't last long under his brutal regime. The grubby reality is that Kim was put in power by Joseph Stalin. He was chosen from a number of suitable candidates by Stalin's security chief, Lavrentiy Beria.

  • @JohnSmith-rw2yn

    @JohnSmith-rw2yn

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 Absolutely true but it doesn't cover my original point that people's will is strong, we don't know how many truly support the regime and the ideology and we don't know how many hate the Kim dynasty. If people are brainwashed or believe they are willing to die for a cause, it's a very powerful tool. I'm not saying the Kim's are great because they are not, but the continuity of the regime and selling the ideology is keeping the regime together.

  • @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@JohnSmith-rw2yn I don't think most North Korean's are brainwashed. They just have to live under the system as best they can. Which means you go through the motions and quickly learn what you can and cannot say or do. In a country where the state decides what you eat (they have government rations), where you live, where you work, what you read, wear, and watch, you can't afford to speak critically.

  • @JonathanIsaac-hl3lp
    @JonathanIsaac-hl3lp4 ай бұрын

    Congrats on passing 100 years

  • @mrslavinator1057
    @mrslavinator10572 жыл бұрын

    Believe it or not Kim Il Sung was actually a good leader unlike his son and grandson. Kim Il Sung is like their Winston Churchill. People loved him and weren’t forced to, like with Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un who are both nasty pieces of work. To hear this man’s stories is amazing.

  • @rileylannin2256

    @rileylannin2256

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bruh how can you support Kim Il Sung and not Jong Il and Jong un 😂. Also comparing Kim Il Sung, a man who thought against colonialism and imperialism his whole life, to Winston Churchill a literal genocidal colonialist who praised concentration camps and killed millions of Indians, is an insult to Kim Il Sung.

  • @atiqrahman7289

    @atiqrahman7289

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, senior KIM ,the leader seems to be good leader. See his pictures, he is always smiling. Looks like that it probably was natural ----- that naturally he had a smiling face. With a smiling face, he will mix with children and public. Vey uncommon that Communist leaders/elders/dictators have smiling faces. So this natural smile he had, that was a factor for being popular in public.

  • @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

    2 жыл бұрын

    He was put in power by Joseph Stalin. Chosen from a number of other anti-Japanese fighters by Stalin's security chief, Lavrentiy Beria.

  • @NguyenLong-xd1hf

    @NguyenLong-xd1hf

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. Kim Il Sung was the one who kicked Japan out of both North and South Korea. Unlike his son and grandson, Kim Il Sung was really loved by North Koreans. Life under Kim Il Sung was even better than now. Sadly, Kim Il Sung is hated in South Korea because he was a communist, but do not forget that Kim Il Sung kicked Japan out of the Korean Penisula

  • @Magnetshroom

    @Magnetshroom

    Жыл бұрын

    Kim Il Sung has been praised emotionally Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un have been praised artificially.

  • @succhiatoredelcazzo4689
    @succhiatoredelcazzo46892 жыл бұрын

    I hope korea can unite one day

  • @christianyap5957

    @christianyap5957

    2 жыл бұрын

    And I hope they can unite as a Democratic country not a Communist.

  • @Linkchidori

    @Linkchidori

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@christianyap5957 Democracy is a wide concept with different meanings. Theoretically, even a Soviet style system is democratic. Maybe you mean liberal democratic.

  • @christianyap5957

    @christianyap5957

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Linkchidori yeah, I mean liberal democracy. I must send a broad message/idea. Thanks for correction.

  • @bedrock6443

    @bedrock6443

    7 ай бұрын

    @@christianyap5957 Well Democacy is a pretty broad idea. I think that what if it could be a mix of different ideas of capitalism and communism/socialism. That work. When I mean by work I mean families can have a stable living, no hunger, and no war breaking out

  • @madanmohanmintu
    @madanmohanmintu2 жыл бұрын

    How'd you find him?

  • @mediocreman6323
    @mediocreman632313 күн бұрын

    Professor Kim Hyung-suk is still alive at currently 104 years old. May he live even longer and in good health!

  • @acorn00
    @acorn002 жыл бұрын

    He become professor in 1954 and retired in 1985.

  • @comradeleppi2000
    @comradeleppi20002 жыл бұрын

    I thought he was 80 or 90 . But he is 102...just wow

  • @Nanguburofa
    @Nanguburofa2 жыл бұрын

    Western propaganda as always! 😅😅😅😅 Only jealous of how you failed to overtake DPRK, long live the people's will!

  • @ianentwistle5052
    @ianentwistle50522 жыл бұрын

    You legend!!!

  • @merrylam7765

    @merrylam7765

    2 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/ka6DttOwcsnXaLQ.html

  • @alejandraalvaz8460
    @alejandraalvaz84602 жыл бұрын

    What a great man...

  • @travelleryu

    @travelleryu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why?

  • @DARKTHUNDER________NEXUS......

    @DARKTHUNDER________NEXUS......

    6 ай бұрын

    He's 100 years old

  • @Sebastian_Shaw_X6
    @Sebastian_Shaw_X62 жыл бұрын

    Long Live Eternal President Kim il Sung 🇰🇵 🙏🏽💪🏽

  • @user-uw5pd7ox8z
    @user-uw5pd7ox8z Жыл бұрын

    4:11 It's a subtitle error. It's not Joseon, it's Manchuria.

  • @wawawawwawaawwawa4965
    @wawawawwawaawwawa49652 жыл бұрын

    Kim il-Sung is BASED!

  • @AWcinema
    @AWcinema2 жыл бұрын

    Man some of the comments sound like Asian hate on Asians. Y'all need to chill out and love each other

  • @brianshooter_6723
    @brianshooter_67232 жыл бұрын

    I hope he lives longer to see both Korea Unified as one

  • @marvin1027
    @marvin10272 жыл бұрын

    Woww...great memories shared...live long Prof

  • @wayneuk62
    @wayneuk622 жыл бұрын

    So fascinating 🧐

  • @novsovannara8574
    @novsovannara85742 жыл бұрын

    102?! I thought he is in his late 80’s

  • @cyprianjude01
    @cyprianjude012 жыл бұрын

    I love such typa content

  • @stephenlavin7512
    @stephenlavin75122 жыл бұрын

    Great man for 102.

  • @jeromerizzo423
    @jeromerizzo423 Жыл бұрын

    102. What's his secret?

  • @iwogajda5253
    @iwogajda52532 жыл бұрын

    "Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy." (from the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska; 300)

  • @merrylam7765

    @merrylam7765

    2 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/ka6DttOwcsnXaLQ.html

  • @soyad9840
    @soyad98402 жыл бұрын

    102 years old wow

  • @ryleyw3684
    @ryleyw36842 жыл бұрын

    And look how the country is all these years after, living as if it's still the 1970s or something, far behind the modern world, in terms of quality of life. Lack of technology, yet I of course don't know how their hospitals are. Most of the people poor etc.. and still under a dictatorship.

  • @user-nt5pp7zb5r

    @user-nt5pp7zb5r

    2 жыл бұрын

    Antibiotics and anesthetics are rare, I heard. Some North Korean defectors have spoken testimonies that many North Koreans get surgeries without anesthetics and often die from lack of antibiotics.

  • @loona_mew

    @loona_mew

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@user-nt5pp7zb5r mostly because they don't trade like other nations do

  • @donatorenderos2970
    @donatorenderos29702 жыл бұрын

    Some people state that when Kim son was dying he called his son Kim jong IL for help, Kim eventually sent help but at first il did nothing, Kim song wasn't speaking like he did when he was in public

  • @davidclaro152
    @davidclaro1522 жыл бұрын

    Wow! An impressive man, and I don’t mean Song ju.

  • @iwogajda5253
    @iwogajda52532 жыл бұрын

    Adoramus Te Domine May we know Him more clearly and love Him more dearly ...

  • @merrylam7765

    @merrylam7765

    2 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/ka6DttOwcsnXaLQ.html

  • @bd3199
    @bd31992 жыл бұрын

    Is this part of a documentary?

  • @user-py2ec6ho4q
    @user-py2ec6ho4q2 жыл бұрын

    언제나 진실을 말씀해 주시는 교수님, 건강 계속 유지하셔서 옳바른 세상을 보시게 되시길 기도하겠습니다,

  • @merrylam7765

    @merrylam7765

    2 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/ka6DttOwcsnXaLQ.html

  • @aimusicn.korean5263
    @aimusicn.korean52632 жыл бұрын

    What a interesting video! Song of General Kim Il Sung, good song.

  • @KollexYT
    @KollexYT Жыл бұрын

    Hehe, now we know Kim Il Sung's real name "Kim Seong Ju" right?

  • @satriaamiluhur622
    @satriaamiluhur6222 жыл бұрын

    This man is already on 2% battery yet he still looks fully charged

  • @beanmanbutchina
    @beanmanbutchina3 күн бұрын

    If only Korean history wasn’t rewritten, then people will understand initially yes, the North was right.

  • @Salmaniack
    @Salmaniack2 жыл бұрын

    Kanye West: If I told you once, I told you 1000 times; Kim be trouble...

  • @Himanshusingh-sj1ie
    @Himanshusingh-sj1ie2 жыл бұрын

    For these kinda video internet was invented.

  • @JamesLee-on1yb
    @JamesLee-on1yb Жыл бұрын

    Man lived to more than 100 years old as of what Kim Il Sung wish to.

  • @Dew2Much
    @Dew2Much2 жыл бұрын

    wow! very cool!

  • @tmq0311....
    @tmq0311.... Жыл бұрын

    Well like he said Kim ii Sung have a will to fight 3 years, but not enough like how Ho Chi Minh who fight 20 years Ho Chi Minh have will too, and also knowledge to unify Vietnam (And btw North Korea would united if Kim notice about the Soviet warning about Incheon)

  • @mrdoesstuff9252
    @mrdoesstuff92522 жыл бұрын

    And they were actually happy. Rare now.

  • @muradtrabelcy9581
    @muradtrabelcy95812 жыл бұрын

    Québec 🇨🇦: la vieille ville avec la château Frontenac

  • @Watchandtrade
    @Watchandtrade2 жыл бұрын

    Wow learned something new today.

  • @emiliobello2538
    @emiliobello25382 жыл бұрын

    Interesting