North Korean Labor Camps (Part 6 of 7)
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- čas přidán 18. 12. 2011
- Shane and Simon are introduced to more North Korean workers by their gold-teethed guide. Here they find out that many workers are being stationed in the camps for upto 10 years but the conversation halts when the managers or the logging camp arrive.
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I love how The Fish is always just squatting in his track suit... so stereotypical lmao
Müsta Klaki Yeah, it's the slav squat :P
Russians know who they are.
😂
@rajivaksha dasa the North Korean mafia is just the government
@rajivaksha dasa the North Korean mafia doesn't exist they didn't have enough food for their first meeting
Someone give The Fish the medal of badassness
The fish is kinda a stupid name. Looks like he's working hard to prove everyone wrong lol.
Lord Rith It's because the guy's surname is Rybakov, which in translation is similar to the word "fisherman". That is why they gave him a nickname: The Fish.
Cattaract
If only I was culturally relevant other than my home...
U sound so stupid
The Fish owns the vault for these medals!
I wonder if fish watched this and saw all the love he's getting.
He can't read English
Jacob smith Doesn't CZcams have a comment translation thing......
+Bean • idiot
@@DroppingBeans What? Since when the fuck?
@@MrNight-dg1ug awhile, captions
A Russian gangster, an ex-North Korean and American adventure
And a Jew
Canadian*
this should be a movie
all walk into a bar...
canadian'
The fish goes " I am the captain of tuatal" lol
He clearly a mafia member
In many small Russian cities especially outside of European Russia the mob rules the city more than the government officials do
should have said "look at me, im the captain now"
He got balls of steel 😁
I caught that too lol
Fish's Slav squat is on point.
western spy squat
Mr. Ward i see a boris fan. I upvote.
And the squat was on point
And the track pants!
Squatting slavs in tracksuit, oh how you gotta love it
True slav
The Fish didn't take any shit from the supervisor. And why the hell should he?
schrecknet literally, “look at me, look at me...... I’m the captain now.”
schrecknet the Fish knows, if the Koreans start any shit, he will get his пацаны, do some cheeki-breeki and everything will be заебись again 😃
@@codenamecordon fuck you for having to make me decode this lol
@@codenamecordon pizdets...
He's the goddamned Fish, he doesn't take shit from anybody.
"Are they happy to be here?"
"Here isn't anything to like."
That cut pretty deep. Probably the most moving sentiment in this series so far. He had a smile only moments before and then his face drops at that question.
yeah i felt that in my heart too. It's so unreal, it's like watching a sad movie...except it's real.
eladbrit
Exactly, at moment's it's so absurd it's funny. Yet these are real people.
It's better to be there, " in the middle of nowhere"(Russian Siberia) rather then in their North Korea! OMG!
IT reminds me many years ago i was working in a factory press shop dangerouse noisy and sole destroyig..and we had a member of the uk royal family look around of course the place was swept for days for this moron and we had to start the machines 2 minutes before he entered so every thing was working and he came past me and stopped and he ask me..did i enjoy working there and i said are you taking the piss how woulkd you like working here ..that got me fired the very next day .and it was well worth it to see this priveliged upstarts face ..now my wifes face was not to happy took me a year to get another job ..
@@thecatalunya1 Glad you found another job. Much respect. You had enough balls to tell that guy what you thought.
2:35 the translator has a very swift touch here. Instead of asking straightaway something he knows is a delicate question, he starts with something unrelated (weather and mosquitos - lubricant) and then introduces what he really wants to know so it doesn't come too crude.
very intelligent man, would love to know more about his story.
There should be an episode on him
He seems pretty smart and humble
unfortunately he’s more of a side protagonist in this wizard of oz adventure😂
Translators are so important. Smart diplomatic ones avoid wars.
Legend says the fish still doesn't give a fuck about anything
+Kayla Barakat / Omg that's so funny dude!!:,D
The Fish gives no fuck
real slav
gulag camp for NK
All hail The Fish for not giving a single fuck like....ever
That poor guy.....he just can't say what he really wants to say. You really can learn a lot from deeper meaning of every word he spoke.
Yet, for some reason, there are so many people today who think the whole world should embrace communism, too.
The problem with communism is most of these communist countries fall under dictatorship and the people don't have any rights. They can't even defend themselves against tyranny
@ - you sound hella dumb right now as Cuba is functioning perfectly FINE after Fidel Castro died. why? cause Castro was a DICTATOR. Communism works just not under dictators. Socialism is what doesn't work because if everyone's a socialist ain't nobody working everybody wants handouts. At least in Communism they believe in labor
J N Cuba is working perfect fine? Have you seen how poor they are, and the isolation and lack of imports that exists there, definitely not perfectly fine
- WTF You don't NEED interent to live. your parents were fine without the internet during the 1940s and 1950s and beyond fuck you mean
Shane Smith has a lot of balls to be wearing a $40,000 watch in the middle of Siberia.
Outside maybe The Fish, I'm pretty certain nobody seen in this documentary would even know how much that watch costs. Certainly not the North Koreans, or the random Siberian gopnik.
Well Shane's a damn billionaire.he probably won't give a fuck
PotatoEskimos Chicago doesn’t kill reporters at least
Siberia is also where Louis Vuitton buries or burns their unsold products
@MaMa DeW it's not about practically it's about fashion and status numb nuts
Well.....hopefully those workers weren't shot or tortured for talking to the crew...
they've probably been killed. they were likely identified by their mouths/clothes/voices. vice was very irresponsible in not going to greater lengths to hide their identities
Liana Ge. They were probably not to harmed. These camps seem more relaxed then North Korea proper. Most likely they were sent home, or severely reprimanded. Maybe have to work extra years.
jeeshadow1 I think you're right, they probably didn't send news of this back to North-Korea. When it comes to seeing the actual footage I think that they acted well enough not to get punished severely for it.
Liana Ge. i think you forgot that NK doesn't have internet
SeeWaffle9 They have Pyong-net on top of red star OS
The Korea translator is the real MVP...dude knew how to relax the North Koreas, even with the intrusive questions. He's not just a translator
He’s a diplomat 👍🏻.
@@PC_Simo Yes, indeed haha
That guys face at 0:59 when he realises it's cool for him to drink the beer made me smile, he's all like "fuck yeah this is my beer now!" -- gotta love a good beer.
I thought so too, even the little things in life like a cold beer can put a smile on a man:p
same, until his boss turned up, then you realize him and his friends got beaten afterwards.
HotHubHD Yeah, it all went downhill from there :(
Chelsea England Imagine they were all shot later....
Chelsea England Imagine they were all shot later....
*Teen Officer* has joined your party
*Chief of Police* has joined your party
*The Fish* has joined your party
It’s like a video game where you go on an adventure through Siberia recruiting a bunch of funny Russians along the way
@@jeremyjohnson2466 reminds me of hell taker
Unbeatable party
The Fish and his Slavsquat is glorious
Canadian nationality works all around the world! literally!
Min Jae Kim nice rommel pic
Canada: the Switzerland of the Americas
whos that ??
Literally no one can hate Canadians lol
Ja kommandant
To be honest the guy that told them not to film told them in the most genuinely nice way as possible. He knew they could get in trouble and was trying to prevent that. And he knew that their living conditions were bad and told them so. He was spot on when he said there are many issues elsewhere and yet they are out there in the middle of no where trying to see what we already know, that it sucks
Exactly 🎯!
I agree, I hate it when people are told very politely to stop doing something and they choose to keep doing it and then laugh or get confused when others get mad.
These videos have blown my mind. You're at the hedge of the world. And shit keeps getting crazier and crazier.
Someone's gotta trim the hedge.
This is a kind of journalism that we deserved since a long time
Freaking RIGHTS , , , ,
and from a fellow Canadian , , , ,
Go Shane
Eh ;-()
I love how that Russian is wearing an Adidas track suit, why do so many Russians love to wear those lol.
That's the typical Russian/Ukrainian gangster look.
***** That is how I see it too. Even their vehicles haven't evolved to the post millennium look
this is how we dress in Russia, because it is cheap
Pocket space, duh.
niko bellic lol
By God but you fellas are persistent,this is true journalism,ya won't see this on CNN,that's for sure.
True!
My thoughts exactly. Vice journalists literally risk life and limb in extremely dangerous situations to bring us the truth.
@Tregeta If only this was still true...
Or Fox news!
@@jaydani1996 notice how he didn't mention that
I hope those guys didn't get in trouble. They seem like genuinely good people who're just trying to survive like everyone else
The fish guy is such a gopnik. This is like a freaking movie except it's even better because it's real life
I felt pretty concerned for the guys that spoke when the truck came and took them out of there :/ What worried me the most is that they were caught with beers and talking to some foreigners, that must have surely gotten them in trouble, to say the least.
I hope the supervisor puts majority of the blame on the workers being naive thinking they were Canadian investors if the supervisor has any compassion
@@gemdoll4684 I have no idea what you're talking about, that statement made no sense.
Honor Bean he didnt write his comment grammatically correct but if you really couldnt firgure out what he was trying to say, then the dumb one here is you.
@@gemdoll4684 Do you really think the supervisor would let this pass though?
@@gemdoll4684 It's on tape and on youtube, and they know that these are reporters. The N-Korean gov. is scanning through all this material. And living in such countries, lying to your superior is the best way to lose everything and end up in miserly.
5:25 A true slav squat, with a full Adidas track suit too
3:25
A trailer made of wood. The Siberian winter must be nice...
ikr
Wood is actually a very good material for cold weather. It traps the heat and blocks the wind while still letting the air breath
@Gerd Wiesler yeah I agree, they should at least apply some paint to protect the wood
@@rickyboii5971 bullshit
@@rickyboii5971 they won't survive in their summer vagons
I am a Korean, and the way the North Korean secretary talking to Shane is highly disturbing and disrespectful. There is something that English cannot fully translate, but he is being very rude... so sad and shameful
Nakwon Choi
I’m not korean, but I get what you mean. It’s like reading subtitles but you don’t understand the full connotations said in the story
i know this is a necro post, but can i also just appreciate the translator's skill? fluent in russian and korean, great at asking questions himself, crazy dude.
Machotaco what does necro mean?
@@arj- replying to old post
Machotaco well he is a freelance journalist
There is something so great, extreme and humane about these types of documentaries/news clips. Not just Russian Lumber Camps. But all of these things that are forgotten or not on the radar: Cannibal warlords in Liberia, Moonshine brewing in Africa, Guerilla Gardeners in Atlanta, Vigilante Mobs in Johannesburg etc. etc. etc.
Colorful, and fascinating. Even the drunken Russian on the train was interesting!
'Ok to have this..?'
My eyes burst with tears....
Canada Ah ah! lol
shane is canadian, vice is a canadian channel you dumbass
Vesivian 1:03
what? he wasnt lying
I just don't understand why you are insulting me for referencing the video.
u sounded sarcastic lol
When he laughs getting the beer that’s the first time I’ve seen a North Korean genuinely laugh not because he’s being forced to
Were in a high speed car chase in the middle of the woods in siberia, chasing kim jong il and his droogs, our driver Niko Bellic need to pull over to refule our lima bean van with vodka. Good luck shane.
GlobalPeace2011 lost my shit at Niko Bellic 😭😭😂😂😂
Niko Bellic lol
The accent they use when speaking Korean sounds VERY similar to certain rural regions in South Korea. Feels somewhat warming to hear them talk exactly like some of the older members of my family
Thats cause they are the same exact people but some stuff got changed in the language like usage of words
A Jew, Korean, Russian Sheriff, Slav mob boss, and A Canadian walk into a bar.
Fish 2k17
2019
2020
Fish fish fish fish fish... wait, wrong video.
2021
My heart goes out to these people, man. Whenever I think about how shitty things can get in my life I have to stop and think about how good I have it compared to most people. It’s sobering.
2:22 "days off? Like when you rest?"
"yes, there are" lol. why am i not convinced
because western media has been telling us that the DPRK is a hellish dictatorship dystopia for many years now, and we have an automatic response to anything positive or neutral about north korea
Feeling bad for those labours who got caught talking with the vice team 😥 hope they were not punished
When things got a little dicey at the end, the fish stepped up to the Korean overload like a true slav boss.
Props to you my brother!
3:25 the slavness it’s over 9000
Lappu1984 lol
"here isn't anything to like" heartbreaking.
I love how The Fish is the embodiment of every Russian gangster stereotype ever.
The Fish is a perfect definition of a Gopnik. Much love
The fish is my hero
5:22 best slav squat i've ever seen.
Every Russian car looks like something a little kid drew
The korean translator is really good. He manages to mask laden questions wery well.
5:22 *casually squatting whilst a man with a rebar walks up towards you*
It was funny when the russian mob dude stood up to the short korean secretary guy. I was like "oooh shit!"
That blue outfit wearing Korean guy is a strong talker, is very hard to refute, and has strong imposing ideology. He easily makes you feel on the defensive with good choice of words, persuasive arguments, and steady pace speaking.
A dictatorship is not so unrealistic with a few officers like this.
Just when you thought The Fish can’t get more russian ...
*HE SQUATS*
This feels so much like a movie. I mean you have a group of unique people each with a skill and the dumb protagonist (the journalist). They head for an adventure into an unknown place that the audience has never heard of.
'Russian mob guy, American with beard and beer belly and Jew come in to the pub...'
Don’t forget the old Korean 😂
The translator's voice is like butter, I want him to read me a bedtime story
Unskilled people go home, skilled people stay. Logic.
"Go home" meaning "get killed", amirite?
First time the korean translator shows any emotion.
Chuckling at whether they chose to come out.
Disturbing.
Korean secretary guy dropped some good points like if they told you to leave then leave they don't wanna get in trouble
gta VI Siberia with the Fish
"How about days off?"
"Huh"
"Days off"
"What does that taste like?"
0:26 i thought he meant shotgunning a beer until I remembered they actually brought along a shotgun.
5:23 Calmly squatting in an Adidas tracksuit a guy walks by with a crowbar
SLAV 100
Vice - Breaking down barriers and getting you the full story, through alcohol diplomacy
Shane's got the biggest balls of steel balls imaginable. Congrats to him and his team for getting this kind of crazy story out of the backwaters of the world.
3:17 breaks my heart
As a Canadian Logger. My hats off to these fellow workers, work harder then I can..
you work for fat money，they work for being alive
Straight up, you got a North Korean guy to admit that he's here doing forced labour.
Look at me, I’m the captain now
-The fish
“Here isn’t anything to like”, and the short silence that followed...You can tell he never had a say in the matter, and even if you couldn’t see his eyes you could hear the pain.
The dude with the crowbar: is coming back
The Fish: aggressively squats
Except in the next episode The Fish took the crowbar from him...
So like covering the upper part of their faces, letting the bottom show, and not distorting the tone of their voice a little is gonna maintain their anonymity? Right. This poor people are probably hating the moment they spoke in front of a camera for the sake of beer and cigarettes in a concentration camp in the hermit kingdom right now.
Exactly my thoughts. These people could be identified easily and are probably dead now.
+wendiex3 sad :(
So..so sad
Ye they should of blocked the whole face, change their voice.
Very sad. I hope there not dead :( so sad. This shitty world
The supervisor saw them irl talking to them. Even with full censorship they would have known who the guys were so the censorship is literally just for courtesy at that point
5:22 dat slav squat
"thing's got a bit tense" LMAO THEY'VE BEEN TENSE
“Universal tongue loosener -beer” I couldn’t agree with you more 😂😂😂
This is like the most uncensored realist shit I have ever seen...the workers just seems broken...🙃
For better or for worse, the man in the blue shirt is intelligent. Maybe not a good person, but he's got smarts.
why not a good person?
he's doing what he has to for his and his family survival.
he was actually being really nice in the beginning and apologetic.
This whole thing is a wild goose chase.
My favourite Vice documentary!
"Do you get days off?"
"Huh?"
Also, the interaction between the local Russian mob boss and the nearby North Korean labor camp operator is quite an interesting dynamic.
I love vice. Keep it up.
Still such a relative series. Thanks!
The fish seemed pretty cool lol he was fearless
I feel like Vice is not being sensitive to how harshly the North Koreans they have talked to may or may not be punished. The workers that they gave beers to ended up being carted off by the leader of the camp to who knows where, and will probably get in big trouble for having talked to them. It's very obvious how invasive and rude the reporters are being by basically saying "hey we heard this is a shity place and we want to come videotape your shity lives." Number one, that's just offensive to the people, and beyond that, the Koreans are forced to by their country to defend what is happening, or otherwise face trial as someone who is betraying their country. I understand Vice wants to expose this sort of thing, and that it needs to be done, but I believe that it should be done in a more careful manner.
I know I'm late but thankyou for your comment. Everyone is commenting on Fish and Shane and meanwhile people's lives were totally jeopardised for a quirky story. There's plenty of evidence of what happens at labour camps, prison camps etc. so Vice had no excuse here. We'll never know what happened to them.
I feel bad for the laborers. I hope they're doing well now.
Sadly, probably not.
the supervisor people at the camps were surprisingly respectful
Fish, lovee you man. A Russian in a tracksuit is someone to be feared and respected. He is the type of guy from whom bear runs away
"Once you make a promise. You should keep a promise." I mean.. he has a point.
This is like what those poor Chinese workers at Foxconn factories. Getting payed almost nothing with crappy conditions and grueling work hours.
I need more Shane! Please go back in the winter.
Thank you for showing us this part of the world.
The North Korean guy that was kicking them out was making good points to be honest
I love the reporting they are trying to do but they are putting the workers' lives in danger, and I worry for them.
Wow.. this is so interesting!!! I'm so glad I can watch this while never having to leave my bed!! Thank you!!
Timeless journalism.
VICE: comes back to camp
*sees fish selling vodka to the laborers*
You are now my comrades men
3:23 Fish on that Slav Squat
The moment of pure joy when go got the beer
The Fish brought me here