The Longest Train in North Korea - Pyongyang to Russia
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- čas přidán 7. 05. 2020
- In February 2019, I decided to return home from North Korea through the Russian border via DPRK Domestic Rail. My best friend in North Korea decided to join me for the 32-hour journey.
Since COVID happened, we haven't been able to re-enter North Korea and the tourism industry has been shut down since. We are hoping to organize a tour with Ju Hak again once the borders open.
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Honestly I’m glad YT recommended this for me, this was very interesting to watch. Riding a train through North Korea is a unique experience. Nice shots of the mountains
Thanks for watching! The train ride is really long but it truly is a unique experience. One thing that astute viewers might notice is that there's no trees on the mountains. They cut them all down for fuel. The entire country is almost completely barren from this practice.
i actually searched for this! what a great find
I did too! I saw that there’s a train from Vladivostok and I was just curious who could ride that train.
Why has this video got more views this is such a unique piece!!
Nice video, I loved the shots of the mountainsides. Very pretty :)
Very excellence Video. Please show more such video, North Korea and Russia.
Great video. An underrated piece of information.
Much appreciated!
What a recommendation, thankyou youtube Algorithm, this genuinely fascinated me! Your friend seems like such a nice guy as well, this video deserves more views!
Insane climate lovely video!
That's amazing, your friend speaks mandarin too?!? I'd love to tour North Korea one day. Nice to see a video outside of the usual places that you see footage of.
I once asked my friend from NK how it was. He said he can't complain.
Yeah , sure ok .
Very interesting.
A video on whether a DPRK person can be rightly viewed as a friend, or instead as a traveling companion would also be interesting.
Matt and Juhak have worked together for a dozen years. Trust isn't earned easily in North Korea, but I believe that if you show up with integrity and a willingness to trust, friendship can be built with anyone.
nice video
I know of an Austrian and swiss guy who took the train from Vienna to Pyongyang. Best of all, they went through the russia DPR KOrean border
Yep, that's me (the Austrian guy) :-)
@@utti1980 do u have footage?
@@ingmarvanolffen i know it's 4 months late but he has a photo blog
Hey, fellow austrian man, do you go to art school.
Ohh this is nice 👌
Beautiful video of north korea
His English is perfect 👍
Thanks for this. Very interesting. Nice to know N.Koreans are human beings!!😁Best wishes from England.
How is this channel not more popular?
Nice video brother..did you cross the border to Russia? Is Russia visa possible to get in North Korea. Keep up the good work brother.
He has family in every station
Feller is extremely privileged compared to peasant North Koreans, he must have some family in very high positions within the party. Just the fact this guy was allowed to ride through NK and film unaccompanied is incredibly privileged.
@@Glocky131 Given the way he is dressed and the fact he speaks Chinese and English in addition to Korean, probably is a Chinese Citizen of Korean Nationality. Many Koreans in China, especially Jilin, also have relations living across the border in the DPRK.
I’m really amused on how your friend speak English. He is really good…
He works in the tourism industry in NK so he's very much multi lingual :)
Agent accompanying a foreigner and passing every conversation to supervisors
1:54 wow didn't knew they had cell service in North Korea
Watch less cnn and bbc lol
on next adventure, you will see new ice rink. pyongyang ice rink is under renovation now.
Wow! Are you allowed to use internet there ?
@@pawanpoudel1 they're paid workers from NK unification and provocation centre. they use internet to post comment on youtube. what a wonderful career
Nice
Intereting we can only see videos from trains!!!
No cars, only one man who govern such a country.
Great video! What song you used at 6:00 ?
Me too I would like to know lol
I understand that train trip is 345 miles and costs 27,000 won or $30 US. That seems like a massive bargain. That would be for standard seating, though and not the nice sleeper cabin. One could estimate perhaps $80 for the sleeper cabin, which is still a good deal.
no singing sales people in the train ? :( :(
Would it be possible to take this trip without alcohol? 😮
Dope
Damn they sure love crabs very much
It was in season and we were travelling along the coast :) Crabs came cheap and easy!
@@Inertianetwork now I am jealous of you))
When next journey
where are you from？
you live in north korea?
32 hours in 10 minutes how did you do it maybe that 10 minutes is all your bosses would let you show.
and then yeonmi park paid defector said there is one train a month for all the country and they have to push the train and most travel by foot and die in the mountains
@@TheAbderaman That sounds like a lie to me
yes she is paid to lie for conservatives @@rondonnis6588
Family? I Thinks he mean superior. 😄😄😄😄
Hamhung=함흥 o
Hamhung=청진 x
Where can we follow Matt?
Follow him on instagram at @matthew.reichel and inertia network at @inertianetwork :)
get your friend outa there
Why did u even live there as an American anyway and what did u do if you don’t mind me asking?
considering he's from Canada and not USA he could've been an embassy worker or a teacher
@@granie300 Makes sense then lol ig
@@pushvedula5640 actually he was ice hockey national team trainer
@@granie300 interesting
Did he say Chinese “第一次” （first time) at 7:31?
Yeah, Matt and Juhak are both fluent Chinese speakers. China is a common second language to learn among the more educated as China is their largest trading partner.
@@Inertianetwork Thanks for the information! I thought that he was overseas Chinese, since there were still many Chinese nationals live in NK because of some historical reasons.
Beautiful video. Your friend is part of the elite, must be the son of some high ranking official. North Koreans are not even permitted to leave their towns. This guy doesn’t represent the rest of North Koreans. He is a very privileged one. I have been there and saw with myself eyes their conditions and the huge difference between people living in Pyongyang and those living in the smaller towns/country side.
This is the regular assumption of the, by Western propaganda, brainwashed!
czcams.com/video/c8vfildRbvQ/video.html
The owner of this channel is NK residing in Germany. You can present your assertions you might have concerning NK to her and she will answer. I hope that will put your nonsense to rest!
@@vortex162 1 journal defending NK vs thousands of defectors and hundreds of articles.
@@TheGreatSarastro defectors are groomed for anti NK propaganda, paid for lying and brainwashing people like you! Get some real information instead of buying into lying western brainstream media!!
@@vortex162 defectors are the one who know the reality. If what you're saying is true why they tell almost the same thing? Are they all stupid and blind? Or the problem is North Korea?
Finally a not politically bias video showing North Korea in a realistic light
We all know the political situation in North Korea, so we don't need every trip like this to keep reminding us of it. Just traveling with the experience of traveling in a area of the world most never see.
I have so many questions. How is a white guy working in North Korea? How is he moving freely? How? How?
that canned beef must be very expensive given the law against eating cow and cattle in nk
If you are on such a rare train ride why would you lie down and play a video game on your phone ?
Well first, it's a long train ride. Second, Juhak lives in North Korea so it's not entirely so weird for him.
Where did he learn English?
He is part of the Élite class. He must be the son of a high ranking official. He doesn’t represent the rest of North Koreans. I have been in DPRK and saw and learned how it is like to live there.
@@Manuel-os3dq No such thing as elite class in DPRK that's a complete rubbish claim.
Is he chinese or korean?
The guy's North Korean
4:51: Dear Leader doesn't need doors, they're for imperialists
None of the houses seem to have any kindof HVAC system, it's going to be both freezing and boiling. The lack of cars also clear.
6:05 Kids waving to the train? Cute
6:07 Not quite finished?
I don't get the crab thing
9:16 Familiar photo there...
Very interesting to see a North Korean wearing a hoodie from an American company
How's he even getting out of North Korea?
He asked for permission and they gave him one, I assume.
By train.
Propaganda!
Must be awesome to be an elite riding a train binging eating a lot of crab meat while most of the country is dying from starvation.
That's funny how they have been dying from starvation for 30 years, but for some reason are still alive.
Must be black magic.
@@EroUsagiSama Juche necromancy
@@EroUsagiSama Thanks to all the food aid UN sends them every year and the black markets for food that hey have.
@@Glocky131 ah yes, the UN sends them so much food. The sanctions are just there to make sure they don't buy bad food and only eat good UN one. 👍
Hows his English so good?
In all major cities in North Korea, they have special foreign language middle and high schools that recruit promising students to learn foreign languages (mostly English, Chinese, and Russian). The top students from these schools will go on to university in Pyongyang, including possibly the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies (otherwise more accurately known as a foreign language university much like in the earlier days in South Korea and China) where they will concentrate on one foreign language of their choice and minor in a second foreign language of their choice (again, English and Chinese being the most popular, but a wide range of languages from Bulgarian to Spanish to Khmer are available at the university). These skills allow them to pursue a variety of careers, ranging from overseas business to diplomacy and everything in-between. Many of Pyongyang's universities (and several 2nd tier city universities) have decent foreign language programs.
@@Inertianetwork that's very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to explain. Ive always been so fascinated about NK and always try to learn any type of new detail as a side hobby. Very cool. I def. see the bigger picture of what those programs lead too. Great channel too btw. Hope to see more content.
@@Inertianetwork How did he get a permission granted to travel to another city? Isn't that usually very difficult?
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North Korean does not look that poor to me
He's an elite class. There are only 3~4 places to learn english to his proficiency in entire NK. And 90% of the boys are in the military.. so he's like a cream of the crop.
This guy doesn’t represent North Koreans. He is a very privileged one. He is the son of a high ranking official. I have been there and saw with myself eyes their conditions and they huge difference between people living in Pyongyang and those living in the smaller towns/country side. They can’t even leave their towns, imagine going on a train trip to Russia.... 🤦🏻♂️
@@TheGreatSarastro 🤣🤣 I would suggest you stop listening to paid to lie NK defectors!
@@Manuel-os3dq what a bunch of rubbish! If that was the case for people not allowed to leave their village YOU wouldn’t have been allowed there! I suggest you watch footages from Canadian Freelance journalist Eva Karene Bartlett to name one!
@@vortex162 사이버전사는 인터넷 기어나오지말고 느이 잘난 광명망이나 쳐보라. 아 그래, 광명망엔 유튜브도 없지?
help that friend escape DPRK
Maybe he is happy in his native country
No.
istj estj istp estp intj entj intp entp.
Loved it, low key seems like propaganda though.
In fact, this train travel course has been open to tourists since 12 years ago. czcams.com/video/umQrTFMOMvg/video.html
Doesn't that mean that the government has made sure that the view from the train is decent, then?
How so?
Does every video about North Korea have to have overbearingly negative political focus? I'm not a huge fan of the DPRK it's fair to say, but like, this is a video of a guy having a normal train ride out of the country. It resembles a train journey anywhere else in the world, because it is one.
@@AnshelSag yeah I think so
0:32 'Very few foreigners are given permission to take the train from Pyongyang to Russia'
Literally anybody who books a tour for that🤦♂️
Propaganda at its finest
"Everything I don't like is propaganda"
@@user-bx7vu5cs8p ohh yes with great intent
yea but when media says that just stepping foot in north korea will get you killed it's all facts?
Don't want to be that guy, but traveling to NK props up the regime
So? It's nice to contribute to the people's economy and livelihood especially under the heavy sanction regime they're on
@@james7286 the money goes to the government to build nuclear weapons.
@@rainbowdash8215 and?
@@james7286 and they don't use them to feed the poor people. So it doesn't really contribute to the people's economy and livelihood.
@@rainbowdash8215 it does tho, buying stuff from locals, giving tips etc
Pretty bad editing and footage for how this was presented. Should have focused on the people aspect instead of the trip. The talks with people, food, and even looking at the window were the best parts... But to be honest the video comes across as incredibly stinted. You could have expanded on what this video was really about (the aforementioned) and made it great, but instead it comes across as extremely lackluster, discouraging and disappointing.
mazack00 - While your opinion is an opinion, this seems like an unfair flexing of unnecessary adjectives when you already provided your constructive feedback. This is a human being presenting an experience with another human being in a different part of the world. It’s not supposed to be glamorous or perfect, but caught in the moment, especially with the noted limited ability to capture more.
Think about the last time you were on a train or a long plane ride with a friend? How mind blowing was it? It was probably not. You probably learned on ground, and that is not the point of this. I think he’s just trying to show a journey and subtle moments caught between two long time friends. It’s human - you could act more of the same especially in these times.
@@robynhuang8239 the feedback is meaningless without a base perspective. You're the one who is being disparaging towards their fellow human by berating and belittling an opinion. If we're being presumptive about each other, though, I'll go ahead and make the assumption that your insulting and disrespectful rant made you feel good about yourself, briefly.
We'll try to do a better job next time :) Unfortunately, this video was not a planned shoot. Matt happened to be rolling his camera for parts of it, and we decided to turn the footage into a little video.
That aside though, this is probably the most intimate look out there into a North Korean person. Ju Hak is vulnerable, he shows his emotions, and he speaks honestly. There are few people who have as deep relationships with a North Korean as Matt does, and maybe next time we'll do a better job at shining more light on this.
I appreciate your feeedback.
I'm curious how was the video discouraging to you? Lacklustre & disappointing sure I can see that based on one's subjective taste but I'm unable to find out where the video would be discouraging.
@@Inertianetwork Thank you for the reply! The content from a place so foreign is appreciated and helps with understanding. @Mirado34 mostly what we consistently weren't able to see due to disallowed filming. Thanks for asking.