Taking a glimpse inside NORTH KOREA 🇰🇵 (surreal experience)
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- čas přidán 10. 02. 2024
- North Korea is one of the most closed countries on Earth for travel. After 3 years of complete isolation following the pandemic, it is still closed to this day. So, intrigued and hoping to get a glimpse of this fascinating nation, we travelled north from Seoul to the DMZ, the highly contentious border between North and South Korea, to learn more about life in both Korea's and how the two sides fell in to conflict in the first place and how it affects the daily lives of millions of Koreans on both sides to this day. We even managed to take a peek across the border, in to North Korea towards Pyongyang, over the town of Kaesong.
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Some of the video gotten wrong name of the sea near Korea peninsula... it is historically 'East sea' correct and (Sea of Japan secondly) . Japan has invested much to change this name as the way they want globally... and lots of things bought it and showed it now wrong as Sea of Japan... which is totally wrong historically... hope you see it right, know it, and correct your subtitles ...name...your video has been great btw
Very interesting. My Grandad fought there so I went in Sept 2022 for a look around and saw all the things you did. I actually saw a NK farmer through a telescope and learned about the daft flag pole stuff, had my passport checked by military, had a rough wanker down the tunnel (you are right, proper effort getting down there). Good video.
Thank you for posting this, so well done.
What I appreciate most about your videos is you show things like it really is and Julia your emotions are an open book. I could feel your heartache at looking across into North Korea. Thanks for keeping it real and for showing the truth.
Nice vid.Thanks for posting. 😊
I love your perspective on the conflict between the Koreas. It resonates with me so much. ❤
I met a lovely lady from Siberia in mum’s home city and thought of you. I told her about your channel. Beautiful people.x you are.
Again an amazing video. Your presentation and insight are wonderful. As someone else stated how little we do not know. Thank you for sharing and taking us with you on your travels. ❤
I am so glad I discovered your videos recently. This one was especially intelligent and interesting - great introduction to the history of the past 80 years Matt and so sad that 3m died so unnecessarily in the war. Looking forward to your next episode!
Nice coverage. So true about the front line.
Fascinating. Also appreciate the calming understated music
As a military dependent I was born in Japan. As a 26 yr military veteran I spent 6 military years in Korea and 1 yr as a civilian in Korea. I went to all these places and more. South Korea is a beautiful place with VERY NICE PEOPLE! I still have friends there. My family and I have great memories of South Korea and really miss it.❤❤❤❤
Thanks for another informative vlog of Korea. You guys Rock!! 💜💜🇰🇷
WOW amazing video !!!! Is your sister a permanent part of your group now ? It's so nice to have her company Julia ☺️
For many of us in America, the Korean War was just the backdrop to the TV show MASH, which was in constant reruns as a kid. My great uncle served during the Korean War and fell in love with the country and spoke of it fondly. I’ve also been fortunate to work with a number of Koreans. A beautiful culture and people. I think you wonderfully captured the beauty and friendliness of a people who must live constantly on guard with eyes fixed north. The contrast between the DMZ and Donghae was so interesting to see. It was also interesting to see how touristy some parts of the DMZ are. Would not have guessed that.
Thank you for your grandfather's service.
We won't forget them.
Such an interesting video guys ❤❤ Thank you xx
Hii
Beautifully done video! Thank you! ❤
Just want to say, I really really am grateful for all you guys uploads and all your hard work. They are very very appreciated. Keep loving each other and thanks you again for all the great work that you are both doing. Hope you keep on going with it. But only do it if its working for you both. Anyhow, just want to say thanks.
P.S thanks for being real and honest people. That goes a long way, nowadays. All the best.
Love the video❤
We hope to go there someday. We enjoyed your video
🌼💛Thank You for making these amazing videos for us! Oh the places you bring us along! So Exciting!
Wonderful video!! Really interesting to watch.
Fascinating video, thanks
Thank you, guys, for that fascinating video! Thanks for showing us what you could of the DMZ area. So interesting but sad. Julia, you are too cute! I’m with you on how that all makes one so sad. My family had relatives behind the Iron Curtain of East Germany so I understand the sadness. I’ve often thought about how life would be so much simpler because it is all within our control. I, too, love the wilder coastal areas. Keep the fun coming!
Really great video, so interesting and well filmed. We didn't know about the tunnels between the two and find it so unbelievably sad that this situation exists. Incidentally, the same thing happened to me with the seagulls in Brighton, I got completely mugged. Many thanks as always and keep safe guys 🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️
Thank you very much for a very informative video, you have really broadened my mind about North and South Korea. Thank you so much.🏴🇬🇧💐
Freedom is not free. Freedom requires eternal perseverance opposing the actions of those who would take it from you and subjugate you.
what a great video thank you
Great job covering a complex and existential issue in a travel vlog format. I've lived in South Korea as an English instructor, and also have had the chance to personally visit North Korea. Well done!
Great vlog! I've been to Seoul and I had no idea it was so close to the border! Would you recommend going in winter?
fascinating, thank you
Glad we could share it ❤️
Hii
So very interesting guys. Thank you
I always learn something from your videos. 👍 Though I've seen the Michael Palin's documentary.
I like the way you explain Korea history !!!
Really interesting to see your visit to the DMZ. I have never been to South Korea, but visited North Korea in November 2018. The DMZ and Kaesong was the first day trip. Our guide interestingly said she found visiting the DMZ from the north side much more relaxed than from Seoul. Kaesong is a beautiful city that feels like the heart beat of the Korean nation. I found the thought of 70+ years of total division heart wrenching. There is so little motor traffic outside of Pyongyang, and when the Covid lockdown came and I had an essential journey through my work, I immediately thought of usual service in the DPRK!
What an amazing episode. Thank you for sharing your journey and inspiring us to travel more.
Another amazing video from the three of you. It`s strange how the more you learn, the more you find out how little you know. Korea an amazing place...Thank you Xx
Thank you so much John! Really appreciate it 🙌🏼❤️
I am from india
i enjoyed here to the end … 👌 … i was here around ten years ago … epic spot ..
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greetings from 🇮🇩 Indonesia
It's such an amazing video
I’ve watched a few of your videos now and have subscribed because you are a delightful couple and I’m enjoying your travels.
Thank you for this video
Can you give me the name of the tour you used to go u to I the DMZ?
That’s so cool. It was like that at market in Crete Greece. I wanted three of something - they said - kilos- no just three items - and they gave it to me . The little things in life are so sweet….
I tried not to laugh at sunglasses Julia as serious talk, but 😆 as always love your channel. Jo
Where you both from? Great vid
@5:25 When dicussing the third tunnel you filmed a sign with the words '통일로'. '통일' means reunification and '로' is road. Just though I'd let you guys know. Great video.
WoW "AWSOME" post and great to see it on video 10/10 from me.....cheers ~baden~
I can’t even start to imagine what those people in the north and the south feel, who have family that are separated for all those years. It must be so hurtful not to be able to even communicate.
I'm lucky to have done 2 trips to the border now - I went on your trip in July 22 and the 2nd tunnel last month (March 24). Yours is the better trip as you're actually in the DMZ and closer to North Korea itself. Great vlog - many thanks! 🌸 🇰🇵🇰🇷
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Great show!
Enlightening and informative
I was in SK this spring. The DMZ was surreal. So many questions.
Thank you for the video in Korea.❤P❤E❤A❤C❤E❤
OMG.
the place you visit first in donghae is hansum beach.
The beach is not famous tnat much, and that is my gotoplace when i feel like crying .
the second place you went by barrier fence is gobulgae beach.
I love tese places
because its not bustling and small pretty cozy ones
Its amazing how you know these good places
I hope you make a lot of lovely memory in korea
Thank you for a beautiful video. Harriet and I have been to South Korea and the DMZ . It was a surreal experience for us too. The Fish Market in Donghae-si are amazing. Did you eat any of the
shellfish. Russian Tourists are allowed to visit Pyongyang under certain rules. Which you visit if you could ? All the best guys ❤❤ Sending you Hugs🫂 and Kisses💋 from Harriet, Jim
and Yuki
North and South Korea are divided at the 38th parallel. Not the 68th.
Amazing to think I can experience this area in the comfort of my home in USA.Thank you 😊.
спасибо Мэтту,что он так хорошо освоился с русским языком)
Thank you so much for the history. I was 5 when the war ended and they didn't teach about it in school. I learned about it from MASH, lol. I really like Donghae and it's neighboring town, they seem so laid back and comfortable. Such beautiful scenery to enjoy then you just scratch your head and wonder why they can't solve their differences. I guess that's war and if anything I'd like to see it all turn to peace.❤
Priceless video for us Korean veterans. Have followed you through Russia and wonderful Mongolia. Look forward to more videos.
Another great informative video! Вы молодцы ребята! С удовольствием смотрю ваши видики из Лос-Анджелес CША. Matt’s Russian is unbelievable by the way!
You’re visiting some interesting places, the wall of china a few weeks ago now the Korean border with it’s history, good to see it now instead of in history documentaries ✌️❤️🇬🇧
Intresting to know about this place
So there you are , wondering where you guys were the other day as I haven't seen you around for a while
Thanks to you both for bringing this to us. Thanks for your perspectives also. Yes, it is sad. It reminds me of Pakistan and Bangladesh. It's so important that we see this, even if it is through your eyes and not directly through our own. You are doing us all a great service. 🙏🙏🙏
2:24
there's no "sea of japan"
only "east sea"
한국 소개하면서 일본해가 쓰인지도를 소개하다니 ㄷㄷ
I sense a real sadness that you cannot visit North Korea 🇰🇵. I can imagine how frustrating that must be when you literally want to see the entire globe. We live in hope that one day we can trek the globe without these obstacles.
Thanks for this content 🙂
lol Matt saying Pipets is so funny
Great video guys! How sad. I didn’t know all the details of the north and South Korea. Still silently at war. Soon once the older generation are no more all ties will be lost. 😟. I don’t think you’re naive Julia!! I’m right there with you!! Xx
Reminds me of Berlin, New Years Eve 1989. Standing on top of the wall that night at Brandenburg Gate. The unknown of what was beyond. Then the surreal moment around 1am people were breaching it (each way, and man we helped a lot of people up from the East side onto/over the wall). But before we left that night, we also hopped down into the East. The guards etc on patrol had all just cleared off. 'This is unexpected and nuts: How far do we dare going?'. Not so far, maybe a 30mins wander about, a few icy-cold hundred metres in/around, with eyes peeled. Wintery desolation. I watched M+Js fascinating vid here and it reminded me of that. And I thought, how might it be if one moment they had an hour when they could just wonder into the North and back, and how shocking might it be...
I hope too travel there this year !! How much money you need to have to bee there?
You are breve and beautiful people.z. Please be safe. Your American friends love and care about you.
This is nostalgic and emotional coming from a filipino American 🇺🇸 I was stationed there back in the day and I’m not Korean I feel their pain and sadness
Julia, you made the right decision not going down into the tunnel. I went down and it felt so claustrophobic. Luckily we had to wear hard hats because I smacked my head on the ceiling a few times... but I wasn't the only one 😅
the 2nd most powerful person in North Korea is the Supreme Leader's sister Kim Yo Jong who is his most trusted adviser.
FYI...both Yo Jong and Jung Un went to boarding school under assumed names in Switzerland in the late 1990s
I'm always tickled by the American food additions that happened to Korean food from the what the soldiers ate. Processed American Cheese food cracks me up in Ramyeon. I would love to go visit. Thanks for the video (as always)
I am a dad of a 7 year old boy that was kidnapped to South Korea.
Korea is a partner country of "Hague convention" that is supposed to promptly return children that were illegally taken across the border.
FBI was trying to book a flight to Korea to rescue the child. However, Korean government stopped them saying this is a civil matter and because it is not criminal in Korea, the dad should go through civil court. (Especially because Korea is a signatory state of Hague convention)
I did. Korea took 2 years to make a final decision that this boy has to PROMPTLY return to the US. But they didn't prepare an enforcement mechanism. I got a total of 10 court orders just in Korea(including the Korean Supreme court order). And my son Bryan's 3 week trip became a 5 year separation from me.
I talked to multiple Korean officials and although they admit the problem, nobody is taking responsibility.
They ask the child who doesn't even remember dad "Do you wanna stay here, or do you wanna go to Dad?" And if he says he wants to stay, they go home.
They say it's too late. "He doesn't remember you, so what do you want us to do?"
Korea calls this respecting the child.
On the other hand US court orders clearly states that the mother has serious concerns of mental issues and she is a threat to the child. The patenting evaluator said this is a form of child abuse.
Korea ignores this problem. They just say we can't do anything.
I love Korea and I wanted to trust that they can respect the law, but I am at a point that I have to take this into my own hands and raise public awareness. Last time I protested at Pike Place Market, and this time I went to Korean Consulate in Seattle.
[Watch Video](czcams.com/video/4wXAvR_J6RI/video.htmlsi=gY5cZd-HM1ycaGdg)
I would appreciate it if you can spread the words, and tell people.
If we can't bring Bryan back, no children will be safe from being abducted to South Korea.
Thank you.
25:15 did you eat without sauce? (red chil pepper paste) I this this sauce is the key of a bowl of raw fish rice food. next time i hope you cna try to use the sauce even a little
Can you guys do a travel video about Estonia?
Hello everybody thanks for your vidéo! One day will you travelto DPRK, North korea?
😊 nice
Thanks! ❤️🙌🏼
If you haven't already visited Busan, please do so. I spent a few years there and fell in love with it! I especially recommend Gwangalli Beach.
Thank you so much for the recommendation! ❤️🙌🏼
I never went on a tour of the DMZ. I just spent 2 one year tours in the DMZ. There were no tours then, we patrolled the DMZ in the winter. Was not fun with 90lbs on your back. Plus knowing if N. Korea attacked they already had artillery set on you, so you may not make it out.
North Korea is very interesting. Actually, DMZ is along the 38th parallel. Stay safe, guys.
Q: Is Irish and English people same? Same applies here between, South and north Korea. Okay? Okay. ☆〜（ゝ。∂）
You asking if England and Ireland are similar is tantamount to a westerner asking you if Korea and Japan are the same. Ireland’s history like Korea’s, being located close to the larger more powerful countries, Japan and England, with conquest and subjugation being their motivations, are the differences.
@@xxxxxx-tq4mw I was asking about the cultural things not power to MattandJulia to let them know it.
0:23 never heard that bird before in real life 🦜
In the beginning of the video you said the 68th parallel... The 68th parallel is in the anartic. ... The 38th parallel is the one in the middle of North and South Korea...
Недавно в новостях было. Северная Корея принимает туристов из России на горнолыжном курорте. Планируют запустить пассажирские поезда. Курортик прямо скажем не хилый 😀
I love crab so much would have pleaded for buying it fresh from steamer and promptly sat down and dug in even without melted butter. When it comes to crab, I am an ugly american. Thanks for the tour my father was stationed in Korea the year before I was born. Never heard about it when was old enough to understand but think it affected him deeply
Pray
You're right Julia.., power and greed cause all of this misery in the world.. 'When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.'
We love US and A
Thanks you so much for this new remarkable video from North Korea to shows these amazing places in 2024❤❤❤❤
A nation divided, Families torn apart.Tragedy.
Korea was divided instead of Japan after end of WW-II Japanese Pacific war 1945.
USSR Soviet union into Korea. and..
U.S army come into Korea at the same time in 1945
for taking geometric possession of the East Asia ideological boundary.
I can smell that market from here. UGH!
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a very interesting vlog, North Korea is such a bad , worrying , place, like everybody else, i wish it could be sorted out and become peaceful
they're not saying that the fish is from Russia... It says the fish is domestic on the sign above the fish. I think he asked you guys if you guys were from Russia since there's direct ships from Russia to Donghae
The largest US Asian base is in Korea. I wonder if it helps out the Korean economy??🇰🇷🇺🇸
Matt and Julia, you are such an amazing couple. Thank you so much for this video about that forbidden area. I am an American (don't hold that against me, I'm not a Trump supporter), and I have been raised to dislike the North Koreans. I don't dislike them, I don't care for their leader, but the people of North Korea need their freedom. I feel bad for them, as many have been separated from family members in South Korea for decades older than me.
The thing that I notice is the lack of rubbish seen on the streets of Korea. The Korean people have respect of their neighbourhoods.
38th parallel dude. Come on.
A question for Julia - are you tempted to use your Russian passport to visit North Korea over the Russia/North Korea border?
Hey Peter. It isn’t that easy, on any passport you need to go on a tour and besides it is still officially closed because of the pandemic x
@@MattandJulia Saw a group of Russian tourists visiting North Korea recently.
In late February, yes. They will be the first group inside the country since 2020. But so far, that’s all, no further details on a reopening yet 🙂
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