Inside North Korea's TikTok Propaganda Page
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- čas přidán 13. 04. 2023
- In this video we take a look at the TikTok page NorthKoreanLife, a page that posts North Korean propaganda. For years North Korea has used propaganda to control the masses in their own country but recently, they have been expanding their reach by using social media like TikTok and CZcams to push their propaganda about North Korea to the rest of the world. After having multiple videos like this come up on my own TikTok, I thought it was time to strap in and explore just what is going on Inside North Korea's Bizzare TikTok Page.
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north korea trying to flex with basic things like umbrellas is very telling
It's like when China tried to flex with crappy school lunches at the winter olympics
we have UMBRELLAS ☂️ ☂️☂️☂️☂️☔️🌂☔️⛱️⛱️🌂☂️⛱️
we got TEN CARS🔥🔥🔥 tho we AINT MAKIN IT OUT OF THE COUNTRY W/ 'EM💯💯🔥💀
WE GOT SHOES 🔥🔥🔥💯💯
Bro their so poor they can’t afford a basic field plow
I like how the swedish government still sends reminders to north koreas government as well about those damn volvos. The swedes are like, guys it may have been half a century but maybe they just forgot about those cars, we'll just send another reminder
Hopefully they're charging interest. 😋
they dont wanna get on North Koreas bad side.
we'll never forget about our cars
im swedish and we will never forget
never forget
I truly believe that every person you see in those videos is forced to do exactly what they are doing.
bruh -_-
I reckon at least one of them was okay with it.
Even if for the benefits rather than belief.
@@purpledevilr7463it feels like half life 2 you only get rations like once a week and if you join civil protection you get Extra rations
Edit:oh and you get relocated every year
aren
t people who work for the goverment well off
@@antonengelhardt3163 They don't starve yeah
Those trams are Czech trams (where I live) Tatras t5. They were a prototype and were so cheaply made that we just sold them to Norht korea because they were unusable.
T6*
💀💀💀
And most of them are in so bad condition, that they barely work. They have holes in the roof, paint falling off,...
Wait then how are they being used?
Well if they're still being used in 2024 by a country under a parts embargo, clearly they aren't "unusable" now are they?
the fact they identify themselves as "north korea" is very interesting. I always heard them calling themselves just "koreans" because they think they live in the true "Korea"
My guess is because these videos are outside propaganda. If I had to guess they probably do the opposite in inside propaganda.
Nobody is gonna know what DPRK means (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
@@rustyshackelford3371 everyone knows DPRK is north Korea, democratic people's republic of korea right? I would've known that from school.
1:14 "very quiet and calming" she says while it looks like a scene straight out of a zombie apocalypse movie...
The fact that most people with a bike just walk with the bike instead of using it as well lmao
Walking on the road
Especially the guy standing completely still in the middle of the road, staring into the cameras
If it simply said "nearly everyone has an umbrella, BECAUSE IT RIANS OFTEN HERE" I would be 100 times more convinced that many people have one.
Yea maybe it was lost in translation
"We have many cars"
Five whole cars: 😳😱😱
i just KNOW they called the five car-owners in the country like "hey pull up we're filming a tiktok"
That's why they said "many", not "much" lol
@@whannabi that's not grammatically correct
I love how they said that they have many cars, which is already weird and a suspicious thing to say on so many levels, but then in addition to that, proceeded to show exactly one car in each clip😂😂
If I recall correctly, I heard somewhere that anywhere where there's tourists or films there are practically paid actors to look like civilians. I believe I saw this in a video of someone who visited north Korea, and he wasn't allowed to film certain areas and either he made a comment about how the crowd appeared or someone in the comment section.
They also use props for their grocery stores.
Oh... where are the people? 😭
@@BisexualCatWithPizza in concentration camps or fields
@@artiseen damn
i know the reason they're necessary is bad, but I think it would be kinda fun on a personal level to get paid to look like a normal guy. I guess thats what being an extra on set is? but theyre just around, every day. "buying" groceries and "working" at an office. seems like a great con.
Possibly the roads are wide so they can fit military aircarft. Brasilia (Brazil's capital) was designed the same way, so in case of war, planes can land safely in the city
the most common reason places have wide roads is to prevent insurrection/rebellion. with tight, narrow roads, it is easy to barricade them and prevent the movement of both vehicles and people. wider roads also make protests and mobs appear smaller, by allowing them to spread out, and when they appear smaller, it takes more people to have an effective protest.
the united states has some of the widest roads in the world, by the way.
Millitary parades
Woooooo
@@arcanealchemist3190I'd like to point out that usually has to do more with city streets, why Paris was redesigned to have those nice boulevards after the Commune happened for example. In the states the streets usually get widened because of how car dependent our infrastructure has become, the kind of urban insurrection you're talking about hasn't ever really been much of a concern.
@@arcanealchemist3190 Hey you can live your fantasy and compare the Us to north korea all you want! Doesn't make it true 🥳
Wide roads are better for community too, not that north Koreans are allowed to enjoy it
That one girl speaks good English because her family was part of the North Korean embassy in England. So she was one of the only North Koreans to grow up outside North Korea. Her grandfather was also really massive and high up in the army Kim Jong un actually threw him a massive funeral when he died. That little British Korean girl family is very massive and famous in North Korea.
i was afraid she is some girl that was kidnapped from england and sent to north korea. glad its not the case
That was only some of the mountains. The rest were executed. Truly a tragedy
Yeah...those mountains were convicted for making mountain porn.
ok this is a hilarious comment lol
@@2_gender_communist why is your pfp a swastika-
@@2_gender_communistbruh
How ironic that their propaganda achieved the exact opposite of their goals. I have never wondered about the umbrella situation in NK. Now I am.
I was once offered the opportunity to visit North Korea. I declined, the idea of a trip where I'd be sponsoring the regime while every day I'm at risk of being arrested and killed for looking the wrong way was NOT worth satiating my curiousity.
exactly. foreigners are not stupid enough to think that everything in North Korea is fine. in fact with this campaign they're worsening their reputation because clearly most if not everything filmed Is a lie. so on top of being a horrible country to its people, its also lying to foreigners, who can tell its all shitshow and unicorn farts, in a pathetic attempt to cover up the true reality it is facing.
You're overreacting but I get what you mean. It's a terrible place to live but they're not gonna arrest or kill you for simply existing.
@@riztiz what about otto warmbier
@@riztiz what about tourists they dont let go home
@@EXACTLY_FinallySomeoneGetsMe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_nationals_detained_in_North_Korea
stop giving dictatorships head
I believe that the man at 5:28 is not a regular man, but a secret police agent.
You see, North Korea does not allow dissent and opposition (something which most already know), so in order to catch them, they employ agents to pose around the country and maintain position, and to report dissent if any occurs nearby, such as criticism of the regime or an act of political defiance.
From my observations, I can conclude that he's most likely one of those secret police agents I mentioned above. Look at his posture, the fact that he stands there for so long without moving, how he looks as if he is waiting, and how he is watching the farmer do the work. Judging by what I read from these comments, it's most likely that the farmer is not acting on his own and is being ordered by the agent to act like that, and if he defies, the agent can report it.
Bros probably in a watch list rn stay safe man
He's in the thought police
i don't know what is more worrisome, the fact that they make videos about how nothing bad ever happens in Ba Sing S... i mean, North Korea, or the fact that some people believe it.
There is no war in North Korea
BA SING SE 🗿🗿🗣️🗣️💯💯
Bas sing se 😂
There is no famine or war in Ba Sing S- eh! I mean North Korea
The people in the DPRK don’t have internet access so for them to post these videos on tiktok for the world to see means the government technically posted them.
Well actually the gz of nk sneak to the border to do deals with the Chinese for western items that are forbidden, seen it on a documentary
If he goes missing someday, we know where to rescue him. But I’m sure he’ll be living the life in North Korea.
Living it large, playing those awesome mobile games and driving those fancy cars!
@@adinimaldon’t forget the umbrellas
if that happens just say theres oil in north korea
Better call team America police force
I like how they don't point out how the daily morning walk on the road is only quite and calming because no one can afford cars.
I also like how when they pont out that they have cars it very clearly shows that they don't have many because the most we see in one clip is 3, and they definitely picked out the clips with the most cars for the video.
Look at the Resolution 2397 from the United Nations to understand why
@@deretti347 Thank you
@@kyle--859I actually saw a video where the same car drive by in different directions, and it’s so clearly edited
@@supermarioplushes2517 I don't at all doubt that. Sounds like something they would do
I actually recognize what performance the plate throwing video is from!
It's part of "Nanta": a non-speaking physical performance about chefs that involves a lot of tricks like using knives to cut vegetables and plates thrown to other performers.
I actually saw one performance live when I went to South Korea with my family and can a test to the level of skill that's needed for it and how cool it looks, they even had one guy on another guys shoulders catching plates and they had some beautiful throws.
Only thing is, the video they had is definitely not the take they should have used - at the performance I watched they dropped maybe one plate over a FIVE MINUTE sequence. Not very skilled if this is the best part, North Korea
So is the North Korean performance attempting to copy something which originated in South Korea?
@@martinhawes5647 I had to do a quick Google but yup! Totally copied from South Korea.
The show is called "Nanta", "Cookin'", or "Cookin' Nanta" if you wanna look into it. Apparently they have some official videos too, I highly recommend them!
@@martinhawes5647 it’s because they kidnapped a movie maker from South Korea and he made over 100 movies for North Korea then he finally got back to South Korea
@@Captain_zyke Dude wtf is up with North Korea and kidnapping people for irregular reasons. This youtuber "Cruise Daily" I think his name is, he made a video about North Korea's only cruise ship, and when it wasn't giving some of the worst cruising experiences ever (only rivaled by Scientology's Cruise Ship) it would dock in Japan and kidnap their local citizens. The reason they did this was that no one in North Korea could speak Japanese well, and N Korea wanted to spy on Japan, so these civilians were kidnaped to teach spies Japanese essentially. There were over 900 reported kidnappings, North Korea only admitted to 13 or so
@@martinhawes5647 North Korea and South Korea were part of the same country and might have some common culture
Crazy, right?
This gave me chills. My family lived in communist Romania and all the severe and absurd living conditions that I grew up hearing about are shown here. (And this is obviously just the tip of the iceberg)
Hello there, fellow Romanian
From what I heard Caucesco was actually basing his rule on North Korea and he wanted to turn Romania into the same kind of state he saw when visiting NK
Dont let the tate stans hear you talking bad about romania lmfaoo they might do something bad (idfk im not 12)
@@mikewite1478theyll probably put you in their military edits or as the soyjak or whatever as soon as you mention them
My parents also grew up in the time of communist Romania, and you can't even compare the two. At that time in Romania, everyone had a house of their own, and you could still live a happy life. Of course there were a lot of bad aspects about it, but it was so much better than North Korea.
Ngl the 2nd video, the daily walk one, looks like something straight outta walking dead. It's kind of eerie and barren, compared to most places with enormous roads like that.
Yea that's weird af. They don't have cars do they?
@@riztiz Only a few people have cars because only a few really need them. You need some kind of high level military clearance or some kind of occupational certification.
Its important to note that they are only showing you the freedoms you have in North Korea not the freedoms you could have.
wise words mi friend
No because North Korean citizens aren’t allowed to access the outside internet or even use TikTok, so these are propaganda videos being uploaded by the North Korean government to say “hey its beautiful here” like how the Nazis tried to show concentration camps as fun places with vids of kids playing hopscotch inside.
It's funny how they flex with stuff that is completely normal for the rest of the world.. "We have cars". "We have umbrellas" "We have phones" :D
It's rough no matter how you cut it- pretty much the only path out of their dictatorship regime is some kind of conflict, internal or external. There is a chance that continued intense negotiations and a strong internal popular pressure to reunify *could* perhaps one day result in a peaceful loosening of restrictions in the country but that chance seems pretty slim
The conflict caused by the USA is one of the reasons why they're isolated. War and conflict hurts the civilians.
The western powers have issued massive sanctions on North Korea. We are partly responsible for the terrible living conditions of the civilians
Reunification would be a nightmare for South Korea. I don't think they would even want it. It would literally crash their economy
It is almost impossible to comorehend how poor NK is, but their average per capita GDP is similar to sub-Saharan African countries where people starve. And people do starve in NK to this day
Meanwhile SK is more like the USA in terms of per capita GDP. Imagine the US having to take in a poor, starving African country as its 51st state. This would be simular to reunification
the fact that the cars and the phone shown in the tik tok are at least 10-12 years old tells you all you need to know
Correct! North Korea is being sanctioned and newer products simply aren't available. It's the same reason all the cars in Cuba are so old. If you want to see North Koreans live better lives, removing sanctions would be the easiest thing to do and be something you have influence over (assuming you live in the imperial core).
I'm not even going to fucking lie, this is exactly how my dad described living in 1960-1991 soviet union, look pretty much the same as the few photos he still has too.
Crazy shit mate
The ussr covered a massive region over asia and europe. If you think a few pictures and anecdotes accurately describe life in the union, you are mistaken.
@@riztizShow this to your dad
@@riztiz Blud really tryna defend communism
@@blessedgamecube107 Communism is the end goal of socialists. The USSR was a socialist union run by a communist party.
Please learn about what words mean before talking about them.
@@riztiz saying the USSR wasnt communist is the most historically illiterate and dumbest statement I've ever heard
The thing about North Korea propaganda is that it just isn't very good or sophisticated. I've heard Sinologists say the same thing about Chinese propaganda for the west - it seems hyperfixated on local issues and Chinese foreign policy talking points that to Western audiences often feel bland or more like government press releases.
This is what Russia has done so well for so long - even during the USSR, there was a real focus on producing propaganda that appealed to specific groups in the West, often along ideological lines. The point was partially to present Russia in a good light, but mostly to create disruption and division - that's the strategy that they find most most effective for their aims.
But North Korea? I do think it's remarkable that so little effort is being made. Who is this content really for? Who are they trying to impress?
It must be aimed at those same couple of naive tankies in the comment section of every North Korea video who bootlick the regime 😂
Yup exactly right. You can see how how good their propaganda is from the current ukraine war
“Nearly everybody in North Korea has an umbrella” 😂
Is it the whole of North Korea or just Pyongyang lol
@@SuperPershing-pl1xt Same thing lol
People outside the main city probably have it worse
Here in south korea, the government’s getting concerned bcos the guys up north won’t pick up our daily calls for a week now. Idk what’s going on there, but Jackson, if a strange number suddenly calls you, DON’T PICK UP
I used to live in Korea, but didn't they plant mines somewhere in the south???
the person filming never did a full 360 and you might not think anything of it, however this is actually due to the fact you'd see a man holding a 12 gauge to the back of their
skull
“Quiet and Calming”
Shows giant ominous stone monolith with red writing on the side
Man that thing looks intimidating
Sounds like N.K. needs a PR firm. I mean if your gonna make propaganda you should at least do it right.
Which also their problem
So sad Jackson passed away after eating a lethal amount of kimchi
Reminds me of one of those skits or stories of aliens trying to pre-emptively prove that they're human or that picture of a wolf on two legs captioned "look at me, I'm human, I pay taxes, I have depression".
*It has the same vives as Mark Zucc saying "ah yes, I enjoy human activities such as drinking water and smiling"*
Damn 3 cars, a bus, and some icbms these people are loaded
“There is no war in Ba Sing Se”
I feel bad for the people that are held hostage there
So their entire population?😂
Audi and Mercedez? okay..
Hyundai??? no way...
🤯WOAH! Three cars? THAT'S SO COOL!!!
@@BisexualCatWithPizzaespecially a Hyundai
Bro, when you inevitably disappear, I didn't see anything 👀
How would he disappear though unless he goes to north korea? Which obviously he wouldn't after he made this video clearly😂
@@cameronspence4977Like that one time Kim Jong Un's relative got poisoned on a foreign airport
North Korea is living in the future 100%
(By in the future they mean after a apocalyptic event and humanity managed slowly to rebuild )
If the apocalyptic event was the 635000 tons of bombs dropped on DPRK by the US between 1950-1953 including 2 atomic bombs killing over 20% of their population & targeting all possible forms of infrastructure in the country then sure.
Panem
I do like your long form videos, keep them up
I genuinely couldn't believe this love your content
I must say that regarding the issue of cars, in a city of nearly 3 million there are barely any cars. There are more traffic in villages with ca 10,000-20,000 inhabitants in Europe than in the entirety of North Korea.
is this supposed to be a joke that i don't get ?
bruv there aren't any cars because peope can not even afford enough food and most liklet aren't even allowed to have cars.
like what are you even talking about ?
@@katii1997 American moment
@@katii1997the lack of caras ia explainable by the Resolution 2397 from United Nations. You can see in the oficial website
@@katii1997hes making a point about the scarce amounts of traffic in a city of 3 million.
The trains gave me a vibe of a 1940s place....🤐
Pls dont kill me😥
Ever seen Krakow? Some of the trans there are ancient. But most are pretty modern
@@SlizMasterI’m amazed their still running
I thought he was gonna do a safety audit on North Korea 😂
"Yo dudes the Empire is pretty chill,
Maybe you could like join it or something"
The thing is Pyongyang looks pretty normal itself but it’s so empty 😂 also the thing with Oxes is that they cant buy or afford petrol due to sanctions and it’s poor also here in Vietnam it’s also common
it looks like a soviet era children’s amusement park with all that old blue paint on everything. To be fair I’m from Central Europe so maybe our perceptions are different, it does look a lot like eastern bloc countries in the 60s
they fr be saying "yo dudes, the empire's pretty chill! maybe you should like join it or something!"
One of my english teachers back in 7th grade, who was british by the way was a north korean travel agent who was also sponsored by the north korean government.
somewhy most of the brits ive seen on the internet recently were commies and fans of north korea, idk why, maybe its because theyre brits
I love his long format videos
The more I watch, the more I forget I already tapped the like button😂
who the hell do they think they are fooling
you are already fooled
@@Virsho😮no
The "the part of North Korea western media doesn't show you" part is insane, that's like going to Hiroshima after the bombs dropped and then saying"the part of Hiroshima the west doesn't show you"and its a bomb shelter
Thanks for sharing
Another great vid
3:34 fun fact all the trams were made in czechslovakia in the soviet era. a bare minimum of vehicles is actually made in north korea
They actually do you have an “auto industry” but they only crank out something like 600-900 cars a year. Plus, it’s all based off of knock offs of foreign cars.
@@DollyBoy_1923 and its probably made for the commies, not actual of people
If I were facing life in prison, or worse, in the US, I still would not defect to North Korea. I can't think of any situation I could ever be in wherein I would defect to that country
Another great watch, 10/10
"calming" *pans over to the most eerie landscape ive seen in my life*
You make me laugh at the darkest times. Thank you for making me smile
I mean, I get why they’d mention cars, as a lot of people complain about how few cars there are (especially with the automotive industry knocking off everything). But the umbrellas I don’t get…
I am followed by one of these propaganda accounts and every once in a while they like my tiktoks. They also view my profile VERY often and once even commented just the letter "p" then immediately deleted it. No idea why
Finally someone’s covering this
The guy that sells bikes in North Korea : 💸💸
Lol the game there was talking ben
Thank you for the TikTok recommendation
Buddy how do you go and drop the sickest Minecraft battle choreography and then are react to propaganda😂
i had a dream last night where i was messaged by my friend via steam chat by my friend that told me he knew kim jong un, then kim messaged me and then i played roblox with kim in a game where you would find other random games via 3 blue buttons and an image on a white wall in a default baseplate with a weird sky color, my avatar was grey (or gray, i swap between them some times) with a light grey torso and kim was dressed like he looks in real life but robloxified, i went afk a couple times to message my friend and kim jong un. and then went fully afk trying to do something, and then i returned to roblox seeing kim gone, and then kim messaged me, clearly annoyed of my inactivity. i then panicked thinking he would execute me or nuke me.
I thought you on only made shorts, nice
To be honest I am shocked that North Koreans are even allowed on TikTok at all.
While technically TikTok isn't banned in North Korea, there is approx 26 million people living there and less then a few thousand are estimated to have ever been online, while the vast majority of the population doesn't even know it exists. The only people allowed online are students (Who have very limited access and can only go onto government sites) and the government themselves so to say the least you'd never find an actual normal North Korean online.
if nk wasn’t a communist state this would’ve been the most healthy country
@@dejus_e False. Communism has nothing to do with the US meddling in foreign affairs
@@riztiz ok
@@riztizthe two Koreas are right there mate, both had major powers offering assistance, we see what the end result for both was. Maybe one economic system just isn't very sustainable.
Songbun: hostile
Social credit score: -30000²
That's china not north korea
@@sunnybowos266 fixed it lol
That looks like the DDR the zone where Germany belonged to the ussr after ww2 😂
but worse
The thing is like only 2 people have phones other people have to worry about food and life
Just got a shetchy add for volo on this video. Like come on bro you want me to buy something that you gave north korea for free. Lol
“My daily morning walk in North Korea” sounds like an actual shit post on Tik Tok
I like using google earth to zoom in on North Korea. There’s maybe 1 car per every 12 city blocks, which appear to be mostly old big trucks and a few taxis.
8:53 is literally my reaction all this time
I saw one of these and all the comments were "Yo dudes the Empire is pretty chill maybe you could like join it or something."
@northkoreanlife:
_life in North Korea is fine_
Source:
*TrUsT mE bRoOoOo*
Who are they even trying to appeal to
12 year olds
People with an IQ below or equal to 50
3:55 im pretty sure i used to play that game on my ipad(here in america im not in north korea)
you just wait for animals to come out and make weird poses so you can photograph them but unlike pokemon you usually just sit and wait
“Yo dudes the empires pretty chill, maybe you could like join it or something.?.”
Another great video good to see you have ads in your videos now lol hope you don’t get abducted 😂
(You didn’t have an emoji at the end so have a 🫥)
3:40 That game is called "My talking Hank"
tnx finnly someone talks about it
More North Korea propaganda, please! Quality content, and we even got a free Minecraft joke!
And thanks for informing this Swede about that awful robbery! 🤯 I now have a new nemesis.
Sorry, but the next Minecraft joke is gonna cost $17.99
@@dejus_eblocky shit
If you want more the DPRK explained CZcams channel is pure and glorious propaganda.
This is so sad how come they didn't show how amazing the North Korean labor camps?
3:58 that game is called my talking hank
I love how they try to make their country look good meanwhile everyone knows the truth
I'm so sad, because they will probaly never be freed or atleast not in my life time
They’re free
@@WhoareyouandwhyryoutalkingtomeGurly, what?
@@myce4607 what
8:35 Why is there a fucking TANK there?!
After watching your Minecraft and Baldur's Gate shorts, I def didn't expect a long video about the North Korean dictatorship coming from you lmao, but I'm not complaining
2:14 PLUS THOSE VOLVES YOU STOLE FROM SWEDEN
North Korea kinda based?
that game at 4:00 is my talking frank? idk its that weird white spotted dog. i uset to play it
"Yo dudes, the empire's pretty chill. Maybe you could join it or something."
It was fun watching your videos RIP 😔✊
Wdym rip he didn't die
@@dylanbiggers 🙄
@@dylanbiggersR/WOOOOOOSH
It's crazy how both communist and capitalist dystopia fit on the same peninsula
Implying they’re equal.
Except communism is the worst
I mean, if the government already controls everything you do, it really doesn’t matter what system your using
I vaguely remember from the TT page that the lady in the red coat showed up in another video and people thinking she was an actor or forced to be there.