The mystery of North Korean "ghost ships" | Undercover Asia | Full Episode

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Fishing ships from North Korea, discovered with dead bodies onboard, have been washing up on Japan's shores. We investigate why there has been a spike in the number of these "ghost ships".
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  • @chrisnelmes7180
    @chrisnelmes71804 жыл бұрын

    The monk has my respect. Praying for total strangers from a country that wants him dead. And then to accept the remains for temporary storage. Any person who has that level of belief in their faith gets respect from me.

  • @jasonkennedy2667

    @jasonkennedy2667

    3 жыл бұрын

    Spot on mate agree 100%

  • @MforMovesets

    @MforMovesets

    3 жыл бұрын

    Isn't that basically his job though?

  • @KimchiYeo

    @KimchiYeo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thast is because this man isn't a biast jerk like allot of the media who just hates north koreans and anyone who believes the fake media.

  • @kanokrojjanakitti9155

    @kanokrojjanakitti9155

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MforMovesets His job or not is a hard question because this video is not cleary identifies him as a Shinto priest or a Buddhist monk.If he is the latter category,it is not his job but if he is a Shinto priest,it may be his job.from thai buddhist.

  • @baileyhowe2739

    @baileyhowe2739

    3 жыл бұрын

    chris nelmes, statements like yours regarding respect bothers me somewhat. of course the monk would do this! what human would not? or is it you see very little respect given in your immediate world of family & friends? or perhaps you have become disillusioned of society around you? you need to gain a understanding of the larger picture of respect within society!

  • @beth-bi9yv
    @beth-bi9yv4 жыл бұрын

    My heart hurts for everyone suffering. I can't imagine the fear and pain that north Koreans must deal with daily.

  • @armadilloburns4880
    @armadilloburns48804 жыл бұрын

    This channel captures certain and serious issues which are left out by the mainstream media. The content and quality of the documentaries are outstanding.

  • @buckethead420

    @buckethead420

    5 ай бұрын

    in my central european country the north korean ghost ships were present in the mainstream media for a few days. i dont know where you are from, but maybe you simply missed it

  • @seamussmith7115
    @seamussmith71154 жыл бұрын

    I like how the Japanese monk offered soju to the deceased North Koreans.

  • @Mr3344555

    @Mr3344555

    4 жыл бұрын

    Respect goes a very, long way.

  • @TheFinanceHub_

    @TheFinanceHub_

    4 жыл бұрын

    Common offering for alcohol to deceased/ancestors to pay respect.

  • @Messerchmitt11B

    @Messerchmitt11B

    4 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of a Japanese survivor of Iwo Jima who offered iced cold water to his deceased colleagues every morning as it was the last thing they requested before their death.

  • @MS-gr2nv

    @MS-gr2nv

    4 жыл бұрын

    Im sure it was Sake not soju

  • @murphytheturtle8968

    @murphytheturtle8968

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MS-gr2nv soju is korean, it was because they were korean, and makes more sense in the context of this comment bud.

  • @XxXShevampXxX
    @XxXShevampXxX4 жыл бұрын

    That monk has a truly beautiful soul.

  • @pewkhor1953
    @pewkhor19534 жыл бұрын

    When CNA was launched in 1999, I was sceptical about its ability to produce good quality shows. I even doubted that it could last. However, it has since won me over. I now watch all of its shows and whenever I am overseas, the first thing that I would do after checking into a hotel is to check whether the hotel subscribes to the channel. I am so proud that it is a SINGAPORE news channel. Keep up the good work, CNA

  • @JH-dl6vu

    @JH-dl6vu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its the same media corp. It's just better because you agree with some of its reporting now. That is it. Same BS. Even this segment of "investigative journalism" has really no scientific proof or evidence, just a bunch of people in suits telling you what they "think". Interviewing Japanese government officials and white british people and having them give you 'what they think' is just hearsay, no evidence or fact based journalism at all. Sad really. Also MediaCorp still owns CNA who is still controlled by the british crown, so what you're seeing is just british propaganda. They changed their tactic to display things that many Singaporeans already believe (hence confirmation bias). Most of their reporting is anti asian that are usually just interviews without proper evidence. I really wanted to enjoy proper journalism on both sides of the story with scientific evidence, but its still more the same. More people like it because they started reported on things people wanted to HEAR. Look how disgusting their behavior is. This isn't some animals that are dying, theyre human beings. They turned it around and said, .”its costing the country annually millions to repatriate them, cleanup, and give them medical care”. No respect for human life, people are escaping because of the horrible conditions there and at the last choice choosing to risk life to escape and they complain about how much its costing the Japanese government? Oh good grief.

  • @khoo7431

    @khoo7431

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JH-dl6vu is mediacorp really owned by ur so called "british crown"

  • @JH-dl6vu

    @JH-dl6vu

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@khoo7431 Google MediaCorp and goto Wikipedia "Mediacorp's origins can be traced to the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation, which was awarded a broadcasting license by the British crown in 1936 as a radio network. " This is an english station lol, every talking point is in english, all they do is interview British 'authorities', the white guys in suits are british, the guys giving their point of view are british. A couple of reporters are english born uncle chans. LOL Straight propaganda. Look at all the videos and "investigative pieces". Its all english guys giving their point of view about Asia or a british/american born asian dude talking about how evil asia is. The handover is still overseen by the British. If you really think about it, it makes sense. Singapore was british ruled (as pretty much a slave colony) before it merged with Malaysia which was also british ruled / colony. The british literally enslaved all of south east asia. The top ranking people in SG are British or europeans. SGers are second class citizens in their own country, like Hong Kong. British still command many things in SG and still influenced heavily. Most things there are anti chinese, pro west/brit while the people are chinese descent. Its literally colonial mentality like what they did to the phillipines or HK.

  • @supernova7966

    @supernova7966

    4 жыл бұрын

    but no freespeech in Singapore

  • @orlaoto5794

    @orlaoto5794

    4 жыл бұрын

    State sponsored channels with a lot of funding can produce great documentaries. One good example is al jazeera English; they comission great documentaries and series from international filmmakers. At the same time, I wouldn't ever trust their news commentaries on MbS or Yemen to be unbiased. RT, the Russian oligarch owned channel can produce some good stuff, but really they're mostly stirring shit in one way or another. Their KZread channel, Ruptly, generally livestreams whatever protests have turned violent around the world. An insidious way of spreading a sense of unease!

  • @georgemendez6760
    @georgemendez67604 жыл бұрын

    you probably don't want to identify them so that their families can stay safe

  • @captainfx6197
    @captainfx61974 жыл бұрын

    That monk doing a great service, to those who are lost.

  • @jamesstrain7062
    @jamesstrain70624 жыл бұрын

    12:40 “We are not sure who to trust!” He said, while being secretly recorded.

  • @scottcharney1091

    @scottcharney1091

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not only that, but the word is "whom."

  • @hectorkeezy1499
    @hectorkeezy14994 жыл бұрын

    The “Eight body ship” had its propeller blocked, by some netting, it looked like. The poor souls probably drifted around for weeks, without any food or water.

  • @tinavannavong9423

    @tinavannavong9423

    4 жыл бұрын

    😞

  • @oasis6279

    @oasis6279

    3 жыл бұрын

    China 🇨🇳

  • @sandrapadua2632

    @sandrapadua2632

    3 жыл бұрын

    They can survive in tje sea knowing that sea is plenty of fish..maybe they encoubter china on the way..

  • @chinaforcedorganharvest-me7062

    @chinaforcedorganharvest-me7062

    3 жыл бұрын

    South Korea's patrol official just got kill again by Illegal Chinese Fishing Fleet, this is the 2nd official and it spark outrage. So yes, it's all China since Illegal Chinese Fishing Fleet got over 500 BILLIONS DOLLARS worth of squid since 2017 by plundering in North Korea area alone.

  • @tgtg4247
    @tgtg42474 жыл бұрын

    We should however appreciate how open the Japanese gov is about it, showing pictures and things like that, would never happen in most of the Asian countries, they're usually not so interested in foreign media.

  • @user-si9wn2pt5v

    @user-si9wn2pt5v

    4 жыл бұрын

    Japan has really changed, they are probably the best western friendly country in Asia

  • @Lost_Hwasal

    @Lost_Hwasal

    4 жыл бұрын

    They probably take pleasure in speaking ill of koreans.

  • @JessicaGarcia-xf9wr

    @JessicaGarcia-xf9wr

    4 жыл бұрын

    TGTG exactly but the thing they never acknowledge is unit 731

  • @EM-yz1yv

    @EM-yz1yv

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Lost_Hwasal gives anti-Japanese comment. So happy to speak ill of Japanese.

  • @DiandraStarShine

    @DiandraStarShine

    4 жыл бұрын

    the countries? no, *countries* don't watch tv & videos..why do you believe that thought?? because *plenty* of people, the *human beings* in *many* Asian nations are very interested in what goes on around the world, including information gleaned from sometimes watching foreign media..some of the most interesting news agencies and documentary filmmakers are based in Asian nations, as well..that report all kinds of stories from all around the globe..which includes the CNA channel, based in Singapore - which produced this very doco..they seem pretty interested in Japan and Korea, right? they also report on things happening in places like New Zealand, the USA, India, the UK, Myanmar, etc.🎥📺

  • @dr.elizabethmartin7118
    @dr.elizabethmartin71184 жыл бұрын

    So very sad - humans without humanity.........North Korea has not enough food for its people..........they are prisoners.

  • @yaminogame7805

    @yaminogame7805

    4 жыл бұрын

    I hope someone can help them escape

  • @demoncloud6147

    @demoncloud6147

    3 жыл бұрын

    Only if they had oils like middle east, USA could have liberated them !

  • @4PawSquad
    @4PawSquad3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for uploading these. Really nice to have such quality shows without having cable. Really intriguing stories.

  • @brucevilla
    @brucevilla4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for Uploading.

  • @adduuahmed6153
    @adduuahmed61534 жыл бұрын

    After DW Channel ,this is my favourite channel after all , very interesting documentaries. Well done 👍🏾

  • @jennahh_

    @jennahh_

    4 жыл бұрын

    ADDUU AHMED I agree

  • @ablemagawitch

    @ablemagawitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    at least link the channel, there are lot of options of DW in search results. Help promote the good educational and useful videos, the results are full of click-bait crap that they copied someone else's clip and made bad montage.

  • @MrChronicpayne
    @MrChronicpayne4 жыл бұрын

    this was really well done, good job

  • @FIONA21ful
    @FIONA21ful4 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting as always to hear and learn about issues on the other side of the world.

  • @jmigoe75
    @jmigoe752 жыл бұрын

    A very comprehensive documentary. Thoroughly researched and well presented.

  • @asnoodle7216
    @asnoodle72164 жыл бұрын

    nice documentary CNA love it

  • @Alyssa-sc1tq
    @Alyssa-sc1tq4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing documentary, CNA. You are a gem in the Singapore film industry. Who is the amazing director, producers and team behind this?

  • @rubenscott3972

    @rubenscott3972

    4 жыл бұрын

    Are you from singapore sad video

  • @tituslim3137

    @tituslim3137

    3 жыл бұрын

    Look at the credit scenes at the end of the video

  • @TheINFJChannel

    @TheINFJChannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't ask. If one truly wants to know, they do the research ❤

  • @change691

    @change691

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@TheINFJChannelyou sound like a hoot to hang out with.

  • @adrianjohan
    @adrianjohan4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you CNA for the informative program.

  • @TeaCup1940
    @TeaCup1940 Жыл бұрын

    North Korean squid poachers frequently also sail into Russian waters and many ghost ships wash onto Russia's coast. A 2020 study concluded that massive Chinese trawler fleets poaching squid in recent years have drastically depleted seafood stocks in North Korean waters. With quotas to meet, North Korea's fishermen have been forced to make ever longer, riskier trips out to sea in their creaking wooden vessels.

  • @glennv6804
    @glennv68044 жыл бұрын

    They are trying with their life to escape. And in death are sent back

  • @nytrex_yt7417

    @nytrex_yt7417

    4 жыл бұрын

    Disney Princess of Mars bruh

  • @morganmcgarthur9621

    @morganmcgarthur9621

    4 жыл бұрын

    China should be sanctioned for all of the North Koreans that they send back to their deaths.

  • @NiftyShifty1

    @NiftyShifty1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Last time I checked, the dead don’t really have much to say about where they are buried.

  • @buggernut3643

    @buggernut3643

    4 жыл бұрын

    If they're dead, they might as well be sent back to their families.

  • @buggernut3643

    @buggernut3643

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Disney Princess of Mars As in sent back to their families for burial, etc.

  • @ninoellison7793
    @ninoellison77933 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating & excellent doco, yet so many alternative possibilities and a myriad of unanswered questions!

  • @damonlangley6615
    @damonlangley66154 жыл бұрын

    The world: Happy New Year! KZread Recommendations: This documentary.

  • @lafingas555

    @lafingas555

    4 жыл бұрын

    My KZread recommendations on Hogmanay was Golden Gate jumpers.

  • @genericyoutube

    @genericyoutube

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lafingas555 saaaaame.. and I watched

  • @SpartanX360

    @SpartanX360

    4 жыл бұрын

    Saaame lol 😂 but I watched it

  • @XxXShevampXxX

    @XxXShevampXxX

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lafingas555 me too dude

  • @yodabeeshdc8275

    @yodabeeshdc8275

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯%

  • @PrincessCupncake
    @PrincessCupncake4 жыл бұрын

    3:45 The lady asks not to be filmed... the least you could have done if you weren’t going to cut that scene out was blurred her face. Show some respect!

  • @theadventurer247

    @theadventurer247

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @Jewelkraft.

    @Jewelkraft.

    4 жыл бұрын

    OHHHH NO SHE'S IN PUBLIC BUT WANTS PRIVACY... THAT'S LOGIC

  • @PrincessCupncake

    @PrincessCupncake

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ma’am, I didn’t mean to disrespect you so much to send you into a caps lock fit. Forgive my transgression Besides... A closed private business is not public. 🤦‍♀️

  • @tdmj2812

    @tdmj2812

    4 жыл бұрын

    PrincessCupncake 😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻👆🏻😉

  • @FIONA21ful

    @FIONA21ful

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ohh is that what she says? I thought she was waving hello.

  • @cloudburstlia456
    @cloudburstlia4563 жыл бұрын

    I am addicted to this entire channel it is well done

  • @mariomaelt305
    @mariomaelt3054 жыл бұрын

    great job

  • @mamba101
    @mamba1014 жыл бұрын

    Most likely fishermen venturing out further due to low catch yields and being hungry, their boats are not equipped for it so the end up adrift and land in Japan. Some may be genuine escape but that’s less likely.

  • @longyu9336

    @longyu9336

    3 жыл бұрын

    Even if it's obvious that one ship tried to escape (for example no fishing equipment and a far too large crew for a fishing operation) the Japanese would probably still declare them as fishermen, as to cover their bereaved families back home from prosecution as defector families.

  • @forcexjr1566

    @forcexjr1566

    3 жыл бұрын

    Another video portrays possible conflicts with Chinese fishermen venturing into NK waters to fish, not sure how true it is though.

  • @batesify
    @batesify4 жыл бұрын

    Interesting

  • @seenyouyt6885
    @seenyouyt68853 жыл бұрын

    I have been watching all videos of CNA while working at the same time 😁

  • @brgrote
    @brgrote4 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Good job.

  • @icreatedanaccountforthis1852
    @icreatedanaccountforthis18524 жыл бұрын

    The monk warmed my heart.

  • @user-ro9oy3hv4o
    @user-ro9oy3hv4o3 жыл бұрын

    One landed after the typhoon few days ago in Vladivostok... it was empty

  • @ReyDev165
    @ReyDev1654 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this information. Prof. ReyDev

  • @mainecoonie9598
    @mainecoonie95982 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting documentary!!

  • @ristube3319
    @ristube33192 жыл бұрын

    I’ve heard that they’re forced to stay at sea till they met a quota. Which why they die at sea. I wonder if they become crew less because of fresh water, that they probably didn’t have enough of, if any at all with no motor or supplies for a 700 mile trip without any tools.

  • @fratercontenduntocculta8161
    @fratercontenduntocculta81614 жыл бұрын

    I've been looking for a good documentary of this and i'm glad I found this channel. It really makes you wonder why fishing boats with no technology whatsoever are being used with a crew that I would imagine have never fished before. This really seems out of character for the north Koreans allowing fishermen to go out completely unsupervised, and only makes the whole situation more mysterious. great video, and hopefully we can intervene and help the future fishermen before the ocean gets them.

  • @robertwilliams2720

    @robertwilliams2720

    4 жыл бұрын

    I bet it's people trying to escape north Korea or they are starving and fished out there waters....no technology on boats because there probably all destitute a north Korean fisherman can't make much.

  • @nolanmartin4813

    @nolanmartin4813

    4 жыл бұрын

    Were they diving in to grab the fish? The japanese pull whole oceans pf fish out with the fleets they have but complain about these people feeding themselves. Pure propaganda japan depletes the pacific not north korean dingys.

  • @sofukinfisticated
    @sofukinfisticated3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome program. Thank you for translating instead of english voice overs. Theyre always so terrible and takes away some of the experience. Cant wait to watch some more ❤❤

  • @demon5758
    @demon57583 жыл бұрын

    what saddens me, Is that most of these north korean civilians are starving, their having to go out of nk waters into neighbouring or international waters just to try and catch fish, as their fish population has been ravaged and decimated. These tiny boats they use must be terrifying to be in out in open waters and dieing from exposure is a horrible way to leave this world. my heart goes out to these simple people

  • @tlw987
    @tlw9874 жыл бұрын

    It’s so...sad, unfortunate, almost cruel, that the person who died at the beginning was able to get close enough to die on the shores of the destination. So close but still spelled death and suffering. Physical immobilization due to your neck being caught between two rocks...that’s a true nightmare. If you’re risking these consequences, life back in NK must be unbelievable. Time for reunification with the south as a leader.

  • @Roshia_Cryo

    @Roshia_Cryo

    4 жыл бұрын

    If so on reunification we would have to get rid of NK's leader and others who would take over when Kim Jong Un dies.

  • @mess8008
    @mess80084 жыл бұрын

    If I survived and made it, I’d beg to be declared dead so they left my family alone back home.

  • @BoostedPastime
    @BoostedPastime4 жыл бұрын

    You should have taken out the part of the video where the journalist explains how many collaborators he has inside the north as well as how they communicate.

  • @scottstokes822
    @scottstokes8224 жыл бұрын

    As a merchant seaman, I wouldn’t be surprised if these boats were involved in collisions at sea. Shipping lane is so crowded, I actually think the whole ocean is just covered with fishing boats

  • @jdoe680
    @jdoe6804 жыл бұрын

    if those really were spies, I doubt they would use such an inefficent method and they wouldn't actually have stuff written in korean on them

  • @djfhfh

    @djfhfh

    4 жыл бұрын

    They use bigger ships in which the smaller ships can launch from.. Thats how they have successfully kidnaped in the past

  • @badmonkey2222
    @badmonkey22224 жыл бұрын

    To leave thier country with no identity, be at sea for months alone no one knows who or where you are, to die the same way then to be cremated and sent back with no identity just a horrible thought.

  • @prettbad3385sportsstuff

    @prettbad3385sportsstuff

    4 жыл бұрын

    some people have nobody in their life and they are always alone even when a 100 people are with them they wont intermingle or play nice with others ,

  • @benjaminr265
    @benjaminr2654 жыл бұрын

    nice video.

  • @spitefulbug7280
    @spitefulbug72804 жыл бұрын

    30:25 I love those sycophantic smiles.

  • @sangkang6294
    @sangkang62944 жыл бұрын

    Most likely the fisherman went out to sea further and further to catch fish since Japan and South Korean have depleted fish in those areas. The wooden ships aren't designed to fish in deep seas, plus gas is probably a luxury they can't afford. They simply couldn't get back and drifted further out to sea. There's also the possibility the fisherman are local army/navy soldiers looking to find food as all North Korean army is no longer rationed by the state.

  • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897

    @gaslitworldf.melissab2897

    4 жыл бұрын

    What? OMG. How do they expect them to be ready for war if they're not feeding them? Then again, war today is fought with missiles, anyway.

  • @asmodeusasteroth7137

    @asmodeusasteroth7137

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sk and Japan and China China will strip the world

  • @dottieland7061

    @dottieland7061

    4 жыл бұрын

    asmodeus asteroth and how do you know japan is? China yes but the others no. So you are sadly missformed

  • @ffsForgerFortySeven.9154
    @ffsForgerFortySeven.91544 жыл бұрын

    HAHAHAHA at 3:49 his wife told him she thought he delete this picture

  • @fukuroxx4547
    @fukuroxx45473 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this quite in depth video documentation. My friend send me video link about this topic, but those video content is miss-leading and full of bias (alluding the ghost ship fenomena is north korean fisherman killed by "secret army of certain country"). I'm glad that I find this video with different perspective and base more on fact and investigation, it really an eye opening. I decide to subscribe and binge watch other video.

  • @Badgersj
    @Badgersj4 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating.

  • @Eurotrash4367
    @Eurotrash43674 жыл бұрын

    3:18 - The correct translation is "Now I have the photographs."

  • @erickrcisneros
    @erickrcisneros4 жыл бұрын

    This is super sad 😔.... I was scared when a friend and I were fishing 🎣 and the boat engine broke 12 miles away from the land... the US Coast Guard saved us, it was 6 hours , not long compared to them... And they didn’t make us pay any money.

  • @bradwall8596
    @bradwall85963 жыл бұрын

    So interesting

  • @milanocorsiva7458
    @milanocorsiva74582 жыл бұрын

    Prof Lankov explanation made my day 👐

  • @takeru51
    @takeru514 жыл бұрын

    We received reports of foreign men who appear to be foreign 😂

  • @shekharsharma1490

    @shekharsharma1490

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dayum, seriously !!!??? What a stupid joke....🙄🙄🙄😕😕😕

  • @texasray5237

    @texasray5237

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't believe it.

  • @practicaloccultist231

    @practicaloccultist231

    4 жыл бұрын

    *impossible*

  • @haechiwr

    @haechiwr

    4 жыл бұрын

    HAHAHAHA SO FUNNY

  • @noudsu7596

    @noudsu7596

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @Catire92
    @Catire924 жыл бұрын

    If you look up Chongjin in Google Maps South of the huge steel mill which is basically now half rotten you can the small hundreds of small yards with half completed boats, exactly the same type you see in the video.

  • @ToreDL87

    @ToreDL87

    3 жыл бұрын

    I looked it up, it checks out!

  • @Vanessa-pq8bn
    @Vanessa-pq8bn4 жыл бұрын

    I think the association is good because that means there is some small connection between the countries which could mean peace

  • @unnamedchannel1237
    @unnamedchannel12374 жыл бұрын

    Wish they did not put loud music on these videos. Makes them in watchable

  • @mariekatherine5238
    @mariekatherine52384 жыл бұрын

    I think Japan is doing the right thing with the deceased by securing and honoring the remains. It’s unlikely most can be positively identified, and even so, return the relatives may endanger them. I’d rather know my relative had died and his memory respected than being entrusted to an evil government.

  • @etohprn5158
    @etohprn51584 жыл бұрын

    Careful North Korea, u may need the Red Cross someday.

  • @dfgndfghdfghdfgh

    @dfgndfghdfghdfgh

    4 жыл бұрын

    North Korea have had the red cross since the 40s though so not sure what you mean?

  • @XxXShevampXxX
    @XxXShevampXxX4 жыл бұрын

    I've seen this reported on not long ago by a different organization. I wish I could remember what it was called or who posted it.

  • @pokemonparade1337
    @pokemonparade13374 жыл бұрын

    Good shit

  • @TheCornellJunkie
    @TheCornellJunkie4 жыл бұрын

    Interesting and depressing ....

  • @lifeisaadventure9948
    @lifeisaadventure99484 жыл бұрын

    These Ghost Ships should be seen as a sign that things are getting worse 😲Survivors should be offered political asylum

  • @chedsalvia6270

    @chedsalvia6270

    4 жыл бұрын

    only if it's profitable or there are geopolitical reasons behind it

  • @nicholasahlmark7423

    @nicholasahlmark7423

    4 жыл бұрын

    They are all offered political asylum in Japan or S.Korea. Thus far none of them have taken that option. It's all in the film.

  • @tarync6539

    @tarync6539

    4 жыл бұрын

    No. Asylum is not a human right. Just because things are shit doesnt mean you can stroll into any country and demand to be looked after! Thats why Europe is in such a mess

  • @Aldnon

    @Aldnon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Take the asylum and their family might be in danger.

  • @MS-gr2nv

    @MS-gr2nv

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tarync6539 Deamn right!

  • @justincase6744
    @justincase67444 жыл бұрын

    I watched Waterworld and I was wrong thinking that this movie is a science-fiction story.

  • @agungbuana1884
    @agungbuana18844 жыл бұрын

    this footage almost the same as aljazeera, are you working together on this report?

  • @lewisdoherty7621
    @lewisdoherty76214 жыл бұрын

    If North Korea suddenly became a democracy, likely the overall food supply would increase through privatized farming and there would be efficient fish farming reducing the constant need to try to pull as much fish out of the common ocean and from Japan's territory. North Korea would basically be absorbed into South Korea like East Germany into West Germany, so there would be a lot of instant help. The need for them to clump all of their ships together probably largely comes from the need to make sure no one tries to escape. This is not an efficient method of fishing.

  • @hdaviator9181

    @hdaviator9181

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think you confuse democracy with capitalism. Venezuela is technically a democracy, but people are eating from trash cans. Its capitalism what they need.

  • @arifnoble9563

    @arifnoble9563

    4 жыл бұрын

    The act of private business itself scream capitalism. One scene in the video said that " the fishermen doesn't own the fishing vessel, it is Government's fishing vessel as there is no such thing as private property"( paraphrase involves, can't exactly remember the exact quote).But the thing with fish farming and alternative food source should be heavily invested by NK Gov. even though the they are banned but smuggling is one of the way to get money. The unification of the south and the north requires extensive program both to reform the people and introduce a cooperative system between the two considering both have been separated for so long that the only thing they have in common is the skin colour.

  • @JH-dl6vu

    @JH-dl6vu

    4 жыл бұрын

    North Korea may never be a democratic state but neither is: 1. Britain / UK, they're a constitutional monarchy and 2. America (they're a constitutional republic). There is no such thing as democracy in this world. About every country is a republic or a monarchy. People that keep yelling democracy are either retarded and uneducated or spreading propaganda to think you have a choice in voting. Really. America nor the British are democratic in any way. Brits have a queen. America is a republic which means that the people in charge VOTE for you instead of your vote mattering. People should really educate themselves on politics and what democracy is before they keep spouting it.

  • @13thBear

    @13thBear

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or, maybe the South and North unify like VietNam. Everybody calms down. South sends food north. The north sends power south. North and South combine manufacturing sites and skills and becomes an industrial powerhouse like China or Japan. The eastern hemisphere is a manufacturing Dynamo that buys all the western nations and governments are taken over by socialist dictatorships and most everybody is happy under one world government. Or, maybe not.

  • @alifa7381
    @alifa73814 жыл бұрын

    I typed the sentence the lady presumed the Korean writing to be cigarettes 🚬 and she was right. ‘흡연은 건강에 해롭습니다’ translates to: ‘Smoking is bad for your health.’ Of course I’m not Korean, and I have a very basic understanding of the language so I used google translate therefore it may just be a loose/rough translation but I think it seems fairly accurate.

  • @williamchamberlain2263
    @williamchamberlain22634 жыл бұрын

    Nobody going to talk about the fish vacuum cleaner at 33:53?

  • @Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII

    @Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII

    4 жыл бұрын

    It sucks!

  • @fermentedsourdough5462
    @fermentedsourdough54624 жыл бұрын

    Repatriation of the remains is the wrong thing to do because it inflicts punishment on those families for having a relative who'd tried to escape, or is deemed to have done so.

  • @nicholasahlmark7423

    @nicholasahlmark7423

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's zero evidence that any of them were trying to escape, if you pay attention to the film.

  • @stever7638
    @stever76384 жыл бұрын

    About 20 seconds into this video, my 1st thoughts are that they're filling the ships with prisoners from their camps and floating them off to sea.

  • @robertrob4754

    @robertrob4754

    4 жыл бұрын

    Steve R maybe, possibly

  • @stever7638

    @stever7638

    4 жыл бұрын

    Plus.....NK doesn't really allow people to leave the country, so safe bet they were already deceased when the ship departed. Unless.... these are the groups of ingenious people who manage to flee.

  • @stever7638

    @stever7638

    4 жыл бұрын

    @L1 How complicated can it be? Let the current take the vessel.

  • @djfhfh

    @djfhfh

    4 жыл бұрын

    I dont mean to speak ill of the dead but almost all abductions in japan by North Koreans were from fishing boats it is a possibilty there were there to abduct Japanese citizens

  • @babayega_

    @babayega_

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@djfhfh I don't disagree with you at all. In fact I don't think 99 percent of the people in the comments know what you are talking about as far as the kidnapping of Japanese citizens to be taken into NK story. So most just assumed they somehow accidentally drifted there it they are dead people being dumped off. Which makes sense if there are only 8 people that are dead and NK had absolutely no where to get rid of the dead bodies to where in fact it wild be much less of a headache to just bury them in Graves, it even Mass Graves that they can have dug up by other prisoners where the labor is off no cost at all. LoL. For NK to waste the resources of fuel (of their more scarce commodities, along with unnecessarily wasting ship after ship after ship just to get rid of 1 or 2 bodies at a time just sent very much reaching out there for an answer. But as far as the kidnappings go skiing with the recent capture of I've of those ships, it's far more believable that they might be doomed ships sent out to bring back more hostages. So I'm with you on that for sure.

  • @juliogonzo2718
    @juliogonzo27184 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if their families are punished under the assumption they defected?

  • @khronin

    @khronin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sad--but your comment is exactly what they do every second of the day.Make the worst assumptions--often false--then dictate and punish people for that.The you tube stories of defectors warrants our help for these people.

  • @elvasam
    @elvasam4 жыл бұрын

    Wish it was in English. The captions are too small to read

  • @thegrayyernaut
    @thegrayyernaut3 жыл бұрын

    46:04 my dude shooting his DSLR in front of crashing waves while putting the lens hood backward really got on the nerve.

  • @oliversmith9200
    @oliversmith92004 жыл бұрын

    Very astute were the last words spoken by Professor Andre Lankov. He speaks to the root of the causality; less one of the results of political economics than of human need for resource shares.

  • @mhonchanhumtsoe8465
    @mhonchanhumtsoe84654 жыл бұрын

    Thanjs

  • @bensonabuan5865
    @bensonabuan58654 жыл бұрын

    the guy in 24:00 is the tony stark of japan..

  • @jakoblimo123
    @jakoblimo1233 жыл бұрын

    Anybody else find it weird that he saw a dead body and immediately decided to take photos of it? Or is that just me

  • @deshyatanzil250
    @deshyatanzil2504 жыл бұрын

    I feel as if there forced to do so from north korea to steal fish or there going there as fishermen as an excuse to escape from there leader

  • @Bullminator
    @Bullminator4 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how many fisherman tried to cross with all their familys to Japan.

  • @Bullminator

    @Bullminator

    4 жыл бұрын

    They probaly have partrol boats there that will shot at anyone that goes to south.

  • @Bullminator

    @Bullminator

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because if they dont, they will kill their familys instead (and them). There is always one person that will report them out of fear as they are brainwashed like this.

  • @Bullminator

    @Bullminator

    4 жыл бұрын

    The north would shot them, not the south. South would be happy to accept them.

  • @zigzagkill8153

    @zigzagkill8153

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Leopold Something not taught, or highlighted enough in modern education. North and South Korea, are technically STILL at war. They are on a "cease fire" treaty. At any moment in time the South could obliterate the North. Sadly, it's the North holding it's own people hostage, due to a socialist imperialistic following the Kim family. When a North Korean does run over the border, to the South, the Soldiers are cheering the defector on, and waiting with medical supplies. Meanwhile the Norths military is shooting at them. This is very well documented and very well known, in actuality.

  • @nicholasahlmark7423

    @nicholasahlmark7423

    4 жыл бұрын

    No record of any such cases.

  • @Arsenic71
    @Arsenic712 жыл бұрын

    Can I just say, entirely unrelated to the actual content, that Dilly Barlow's voice is absolutely outstanding - a very good choice.

  • @tarotdreamseverythinginbet350
    @tarotdreamseverythinginbet3503 жыл бұрын

    This amount of fishing is heart breaking 💔😢

  • @shnilauzdicka

    @shnilauzdicka

    3 жыл бұрын

    So of all the victims in this case you choose to feel bad for the fish huh

  • @ShanThePinkCookie
    @ShanThePinkCookie4 жыл бұрын

    Wow I watched a 46 minute video about fishing but was lowkey absorbed the entire time

  • @VideoCesar07
    @VideoCesar074 жыл бұрын

    Ghost ships? More like Death ships or slaughter ships.

  • @notimportant4810

    @notimportant4810

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was surprised that the Japanese government was warning the fishermen about disease. Caution over bioweapons makes sense these days. Everyone seems so angry and ready to fight now.

  • @KA-vs7nl

    @KA-vs7nl

    4 жыл бұрын

    not important なら墓かと、ならハカマやや

  • @chickentowel7036

    @chickentowel7036

    4 жыл бұрын

    @not important it's not just about biochemical weapons, though it's a possibility, but dead bodies carry diseases.

  • @notimportant4810

    @notimportant4810

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@chickentowel7036 true, but i am one of the ones who leaps to conclusions. I'm working on it, but that's one of my shortcomings.

  • @alexseetoe

    @alexseetoe

    4 жыл бұрын

    murderboats are the right term

  • @prod1gy216
    @prod1gy2164 жыл бұрын

    6:30 Metro irl in Japan

  • @maxieyoo541
    @maxieyoo5414 жыл бұрын

    Anyone have this as recommendation because got curious about Crash Landing On You? North Korea vids everywhere

  • @aldohu7064
    @aldohu70644 жыл бұрын

    Looks like "genocide waste" to me 😐

  • @corn8591

    @corn8591

    4 жыл бұрын

    If the bodies were already deceased when loaded on to the boats then they would be more decomposed when they arrived on Japanese shorelines. The few pictures that they showed featured bodies of those who had seemingly died at sea, considering how fleshy and full of color they still were.

  • @user-yg2up4lg3r
    @user-yg2up4lg3r4 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the Docs! I'd like to see a nuclear documentary

  • @PrincessCupncake

    @PrincessCupncake

    4 жыл бұрын

    I agree! I would love to see that. Either nuclear energy or weapons or specific to DPRK

  • @Roshia_Cryo

    @Roshia_Cryo

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see that too

  • @memyself-nd-i
    @memyself-nd-i4 жыл бұрын

    feel bad for the North Korean people. I lived in South Korea a year, stationed at PanMunJom, and as such I saw a lot with my own eyes about life in North Korea. The video of dear leader looking out a window was filmed at Panmunjom

  • @benjamenYTDeadTheGamer
    @benjamenYTDeadTheGamer4 жыл бұрын

    9:01 10:36

  • @geoffdearth7360
    @geoffdearth73604 жыл бұрын

    One question: These are called "fishing ships" and those aboard "fishermen" but is there any evidence of them fishing? As distinct from them being set adrift or attempting to escape?

  • @nicholasahlmark7423

    @nicholasahlmark7423

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well if you watch the film you will see footage of them actually fishing squid, so yes the evidence is all in the film.

  • @unknowable2432

    @unknowable2432

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nicholasahlmark7423 Facts

  • @rizznrk77
    @rizznrk774 жыл бұрын

    7:56 when you realize that monk is flexing with a Samsung watch

  • @elekid330
    @elekid3303 жыл бұрын

    😳 OMG 😳 that's so heartbreaking to find ones family thrown out as if to be disposable trash that's insane unbelievable traumatizing

  • @francisbeen7984
    @francisbeen79844 жыл бұрын

    And why ship boat sound intro like terminator of shipwreck japan and North Korea

  • @veezo2323
    @veezo23234 жыл бұрын

    DAAAMN....NORTH KOREA IS GOING TO JAPAN AS SPIES!!

  • @zenakyungsoo8461
    @zenakyungsoo84614 жыл бұрын

    Maybe they were just trying to escape hell. North Korea is like hell on earth.

  • @stevek343

    @stevek343

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its earth on hell.

  • @egosatwork3255
    @egosatwork32554 жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace,, from than on,,

  • @elvyrayapmono2407
    @elvyrayapmono24074 жыл бұрын

    Does the reporter arm on 24:20 has an alzeimer???