Kim's Cash Flow: The Brutal Money System of North Korea | ENDEVR Documentary

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  • Kim's Cash Flow: The Brutal Money System of North Korea | Bureau 39 | ENDEVR Documentary
    How is it possible that North Korea, one of the poorest countries on earth finances a nuclear weapons programme large enough to challenge the USA? The answer: Bureau 39, a legendary organization nestled deep inside the government apparatus. Its aim is to procure foreign exchange by any means possible to provide Kim Jong-un’s regime with money.
    Printing dollars, dealing drugs, smuggling arms, insurance fraud, human trafficking - nothing is too unscrupulous for North Korea’s money makers.
    Years of research have given us unique access to insiders. They reveal the most spectacular cases and breath-taking tricks of how North Korea has been circumventing UN sanctions to finance its nuclear arsenal for decades.
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  • @ENDEVRDocs
    @ENDEVRDocs  Před rokem +605

    How is it possible that North Korea, one of the poorest countries on earth finances a nuclear weapons program large enough to challenge the USA? The answer: Bureau 39, a legendary organization nestled deep inside the government apparatus. Its aim is to procure foreign exchange by any means possible to provide Kim Jong-un's regime with money.

    • @BlazingHavens
      @BlazingHavens Před rokem +2

      How is it possible the beginning of your documentary paints NK as "capitalist" it is a COMMUNIST country which has STALINST management, why do people like you lie?

    • @nachmanedes9460
      @nachmanedes9460 Před rokem +42

      Yeah well, at least the narrator acknowledges that the states are no better, just different but just as evil if not more...

    • @ns7495
      @ns7495 Před rokem +65

      @@nachmanedes9460 really not even close one uses its populus intentionally as slave labor and sends dissidents to concentration camps and while one could make a case for USA people also living in slave like state due to costs and pay there still free to struggle in order to improve their lives, speak freely and overall live their lives in attempt to better their own existance rather than a tyrants and one has to acknowlege that current state of states is due to too much economic freedom for 1% to become as powerful as they have but one could say its inevetability of freedom as a opposed to crude tyranny of north korea. Like a wise man said all sucesfull societies are dictarorships, but the lasting ones give illusions of democracy and freedom.
      Thers also the military aspect fact that north korea threatens the world whit nukes and is an active threat to south korea and japan while USA acts as a stabilizing force maintaining current status quo, that enables europe, USA, japan, Australia and so forth to live in relative comfort, knowing that states military power maintains stability of the world we live in and while its not the most inclusive equlirium as an european who enjoys the perks of it, id rather not see anyone rock the boat consequences being on show whit current ukraine crisis and its fallout.

    • @nachmanedes9460
      @nachmanedes9460 Před rokem +21

      @@ns7495 Thank you for stating your view very courteously. The world is tired of the west sitting on her throne, what the us has done in the last 400 years, there is no comparison to even bigin a debate... with its roots stretching back 2000< years - never has there been such carnage, destruction enmity never since ainciency. Would have been nice to have met you and talk some more.

    • @tedoneilclark4710
      @tedoneilclark4710 Před rokem +11

      I am horrified about seeing the worker's from NK in China oppressed like slave's. Also a disgrace about the designer clothes.its horrific. God bless them all.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @divyangtiwari2976
    @divyangtiwari2976 Před 4 měsíci +200

    The worker in Poland really risked his life man, i hope him and his family are safe.

    • @razeranger2393
      @razeranger2393 Před 3 měsíci +6

      Fr I’m at this part rn and I hope he doesn’t get found out

    • @killertofu90
      @killertofu90 Před 3 měsíci +9

      When I first saw that part I was thinking, why can't the crew just help this man and drive away with him or something until I heard about his wife and kids. Really hope they're all okay.

    • @Rogue_Leader
      @Rogue_Leader Před 3 měsíci

      Poland has a fascist government now. He might be in danger even if he escapes.

    • @Potent_Techmology
      @Potent_Techmology Před 26 dny

      @@killertofu90 workers abroad from NK must have a family in NK as their bargaining chip to comply.
      also, gross mistake in the first 10 seconds of this.... "NK is capitalist" as if to shame capitalism when it's literally a fascist state created by soviet communist. How is it a free market in any way lol?

  • @JerryListener
    @JerryListener Před rokem +506

    The astonishing bravery of those who testify the reality of the situation should not be underestimated!

    • @nenblom
      @nenblom Před rokem +6

      I agree!

    • @tarzan.CB.
      @tarzan.CB. Před rokem +3

      💯

    • @Weahcyrus
      @Weahcyrus Před rokem

      In the west they gets put in prison

    • @DiandraStarShine
      @DiandraStarShine Před 7 měsíci +4

      does it NOT bother you how INDISCREET the producers are re: how INCONSISTENT they are regarding 'protecting' the IDENTITY of those who are/have been slaves and/or escapees from the NORTH KOREAN
      dictatorship/regime??
      I just do NOT GET how you & so MANY OTHERS have MISSED the producers' LACK OF CARING for the SAFETY of those who so *generously agreed* to be a part of this doco.
      so, really, you, too, are not only breaking my heart as a random viewer but you're *also* supporting the lack of caring of this channel's lackadaisical attitude re: the SAFETY of their interviewees.
      you're supporting their lack of caring about the safety of far too many of this documentary's participants. why are you like this?? WHY are you so MUCH like THEM??

    • @JerryListener
      @JerryListener Před 7 měsíci +1

      Do you need a moment? If everyone stays safe and quiet, the brutality and lack of freedoms will never end. If enough people have had enough, change will be enacted. Without change the abuse continues. I'd do what many others have done before and spread the message, not hide like a scared little mouse. Maybe that's how your government keeps you under control, but not me or others like me. Risk happens before you wake up and continues while you slumber.

  • @PureVikingPowers
    @PureVikingPowers Před rokem +45

    China is North Korea’s most important trading partner, China has helped sustain Kim’s regime much more than all other countries combined because it's China’s primary interest is to prevent a regime collapse & support for North Korea ensures a buffer between China & South Korea, which has around 29,000 U.S. troops.

    • @eon6274
      @eon6274 Před 4 dny

      Chinese news channels are also watchable in North Korea, despite them being blocked off from much of the rest of the world

  • @dirtyd2316
    @dirtyd2316 Před rokem +177

    I really respect that man that knew what could happen if N Korea finds out he talked to outside press, and still had the courage to speak about their living conditions and how people like himself are basically slave labor. This shyt is so wrong,and I prey the people in N Korea will get their freedom someday to make their own choices and live their lives and take care of their families,the way they want too.

    • @AfzaalGujjar-ei6ix
      @AfzaalGujjar-ei6ix Před 10 měsíci

      🎉🎉🎉😢😮😮😅😅❤❤

    • @rosy111
      @rosy111 Před 9 měsíci +6

      I think you meant to say pray*, not prey, although it's an interesting mistake considering the people of NK have indeed fallen prey to their predatory government and the import export businesses the world over.

    • @benbessette8911
      @benbessette8911 Před 7 měsíci +7

      That's the problem with humanity today. Everyone says I'll pray for you. No one takes any action.

    • @MikeYork-bn1mt
      @MikeYork-bn1mt Před 6 měsíci

      🇺🇸 *TRUMP 2024* 🇺🇸

    • @mohdfahmi8841
      @mohdfahmi8841 Před 4 měsíci

      //;;//;//.

  • @jamesfeinstein3017
    @jamesfeinstein3017 Před rokem +626

    Before mainland China was formally opened up to doing business with the outside world, back in 1972, many products bought in the USA said, “Made in Hong Kong”. They were probably made in China. The USA is probably buying products made in North Korea, one way or another, in the same manner.

    • @radusnyder4341
      @radusnyder4341 Před rokem +89

      Yessir, which is why I stress to people always - boycotting China goods is not Sinophobic/racist, as it is not done to spite the citizens, but the evil of the gov there. Buying Chinese is basically funding the bullets they would shoot us with. Example, I buy high-end tools, and I have no problem w/ Asian made, my Taiwanese and Japanese (free countres) tools are great, so are my Swiss, French, and American ones, so it is not a "Western only" thing.

    • @TheSmartLawyer
      @TheSmartLawyer Před rokem +13

      @CPM-2cr12mov i am a huge proponent of buying US goods whenever possible and never buying Asian goods. None of it. The South Koreans smuggle North Korean made goods as do the Chinese. I'm not so sure about the Japanese, but they don't recirprocate with our trade imbalance

    • @radusnyder4341
      @radusnyder4341 Před rokem +15

      @@TheSmartLawyerHuh, I never heard of SK helping NK or China - I'll look into that, interesting to know, as I hate it when things are sold by proxy. Taiwan, though, who the Chinese want to pretty much invade/destroy/rebuild to be Communist, I like to support. Being a Democracy standing their ground, esp when it is so small and surrounded must be hardd. Got lots of quality stuff there. Taichung and Taipei are some great manufacturing cities. I know Japan''s steel foundries are top notch in Seki, can''t speak to much else. But I agree, my favorite stuff is USA made.

    • @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw
      @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw Před 11 měsíci +19

      We need to build manufacturing plants in America and make our own products.!! 🇺🇸

    • @Anedoje
      @Anedoje Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@radusnyder4341 free countries is a ironic statement tbh

  • @alexwilliams6132
    @alexwilliams6132 Před rokem +242

    The way he reacted to the floor 39 question tells me it’s so real, he got so defensive so fast

    • @assetaccountstaxmanager2
      @assetaccountstaxmanager2 Před rokem

      I Want Do Asset Manager, Asset Take Care, Audit Purpose , Transaction Manager, Accounts And Tax Manager I Do Work for you safe Anx Honest

    • @counterleo
      @counterleo Před rokem +37

      Definitely, he looked like he got an electric shock, buzzz _panic mode activated_ uhh no no no I don't know any of that, you mean skyscrappers maybe ha-ha? cough cough

    • @billwalsh388
      @billwalsh388 Před rokem

      The North Koreans are master propagandists.

    • @billwalsh388
      @billwalsh388 Před rokem +7

      @@counterleo He got that from the re- education camp.

    • @DocOrtmeyer
      @DocOrtmeyer Před rokem

      Exactly

  • @JAK_EDITS.
    @JAK_EDITS. Před rokem +304

    What an absolutely exhaustively thorough documentary. Incredible information, utterly horrifying & fascinating all at once

    • @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw
      @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw Před 11 měsíci +5

      We’re so fortunate to be born in America ! 🇺🇸

    • @borninvincible
      @borninvincible Před 11 měsíci

      @@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw americans are easily manipulated

    • @editingkinga
      @editingkinga Před 10 měsíci +1

      that NK has "embassies" is incredible, no?

    • @rajakhan12346
      @rajakhan12346 Před 10 měsíci

      ​​​@@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw usa sucks too

    • @leesiewoo5116
      @leesiewoo5116 Před 9 měsíci +3

      ​@@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fwso many homeless now

  • @gystiel
    @gystiel Před rokem +437

    Wow, this is really the first time I've heard of Bureau 39. Quite eye-opening. Thank you for making these documentaries.

    • @NIGHTOWL-jf9zt
      @NIGHTOWL-jf9zt Před rokem +7

      Really? Bureau or office 39 has been mentioned many many times throughout the years.

    • @mickymouze1224
      @mickymouze1224 Před rokem +10

      @@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt I'm another who had never heard of Bureau 39 before despite watching many documentaries focussed on NK over the years, including some from the BBC and other large networks. For something allegedly so well known (according to you), the silence from the likes of the BBC is deafening. If there's any truth in this Bureau 39 then it's quite the eye opener.

    • @NIGHTOWL-jf9zt
      @NIGHTOWL-jf9zt Před rokem +5

      @@mickymouze1224 Watch documentaries of people who defect and escape NK. 90+ percent of them always mention office 39. Some are people who worked for office 39 directly handling affairs for it. The information is there depending what sources one watches.

    • @MetalHeart8787
      @MetalHeart8787 Před rokem +1

      @@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt actually Most of them are citizens, The elite & allowed to travel abroad is usually done with people who have families SO in case the do Flee they know their family will be prisoned / Beat.

    • @MetalHeart8787
      @MetalHeart8787 Před rokem +1

      well ive heard of it didn't know full details like this. shady deals with China & Russia are NO surprise.
      But im disappointed & irritated on why & How countries Like Poland & Germany are allowing it.

  • @QuieT69
    @QuieT69 Před rokem +33

    They way he instantly reacted at 21:50 when asked about Floor 39.

  • @ramboplaysbass6210
    @ramboplaysbass6210 Před 8 měsíci +19

    What a beautiful research, Kudos to the whole team involved! ❤

  • @satyen93
    @satyen93 Před rokem +24

    Seen lot of videos about North Korea on the Internet but this one was something new that I learned today.

  • @felipe6008
    @felipe6008 Před rokem +99

    A PIECE OF ART this documentary! Well done my friends !

    • @passchen-fail3704
      @passchen-fail3704 Před 7 měsíci +2

      It’s a reupload, this channel reuploads other documentaries. Don’t know if he’s profiting.

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment Před rokem +188

    so sad how you can be born somewhere and end up having so little control of your life...

    • @Falconer710
      @Falconer710 Před rokem +18

      Brace yourself the rest of the world is catching up

    • @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw
      @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw Před 11 měsíci +10

      We’re so fortunate to have been born in America ! 🇺🇸

    • @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw
      @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw Před 11 měsíci +11

      @@fastfowardbutton1965 Can’t think of anywhere else I’d rather be, especially when we get the Republicans back in office ! 🙂

    • @ChinnuWoW
      @ChinnuWoW Před 11 měsíci

      @@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw Right. The country who has 2 school shootings per day and cops who kill black people. Wonderful country.

    • @leesiewoo5116
      @leesiewoo5116 Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fwnot now

  • @silentshunder54
    @silentshunder54 Před 7 měsíci +7

    Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance." "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

  • @hyderabbasi
    @hyderabbasi Před rokem +5

    Brilliant and fascinating documentary. Much of this has been covered in the equally great Lazarus Heist podcast, produced by the BBC.

  • @macg8050
    @macg8050 Před 3 měsíci +7

    That was amazing, I always wondered how they could still exist as a sovereign country. I swear as soon as I saw Diesel on that list of textiles, I looked right in my closet at my diesel shirt and smacked my head 🤦🏼‍♂️ I’ve been supporting the Kim regime for 20 years! Amazing investigative journalism, very enlightening. This is real journalism!

  • @siddharthg8801
    @siddharthg8801 Před rokem +327

    You should be more careful in hiding the faces more strictly (27:30)because using some video editing options there faces might be exposed. It's too risky and it's the responsibility of documentary people to take utmost care of it.
    Loved the documentary.

    • @Rykiz_Vidz
      @Rykiz_Vidz Před rokem +37

      Yeah, I'm not quite sure how they thought just using a poorly lit room was enough to hide the guys face. Smh..

    • @endt1mes
      @endt1mes Před rokem +40

      It's quite likely the doco used misdirection - the face is that of an actor, maybe even the voice.

    • @tomrhumb390
      @tomrhumb390 Před rokem +5

      @@endt1mes either way that persons most likely imprisoned or dead

    • @ilovereadingwuxiaxianxiaat8994
      @ilovereadingwuxiaxianxiaat8994 Před rokem +6

      @@endt1mes That actor got some balls of titanium then

    • @interstellarsapien9302
      @interstellarsapien9302 Před rokem +33

      Yeah and why didn’t they distort the voices? And they put up that close up of the North Korean waitress… she could get in trouble for not noticing that they were filming.
      Ironic how this is one of the best DPRK documentaries I’ve seen in a while, yet they don’t seem to recognize the risk of exposing any element of refugees and Korean workers.

  • @zartic4life
    @zartic4life Před rokem +349

    Man I just got so depressed. Two thoughts kept running through my mind the entire time.
    One, how easily I could have been born in a place with no hope.
    And two, how far man has denegrated his moral conscious and how unaware the peasantry are in the power they truly have in numbers.
    Fantastic work as always 👍

    • @thedevilsadvocate3710
      @thedevilsadvocate3710 Před rokem

      Perhaps your imagination is severely lacking, and your judgement of an entire culture too biased.

    • @jasonolinger7585
      @jasonolinger7585 Před rokem +10

      don't worry you live in the country with the most prosperity and depression, very lucky.

    • @zapee3766
      @zapee3766 Před rokem +8

      how far man has denigrated*
      you don't know much about history, eh?

    • @Kajpaje
      @Kajpaje Před rokem +3

      Our forefathers put in place a lot of checks and balances. I guess demanding better shows that progressive thinking needs a place besides conservative thinking. Hope that depression has lifted. We have a lot Tobe thankful for.

    • @MackhackCA
      @MackhackCA Před rokem

      If you were born in the US you’re in a place of no hope. Your government is even more corrupt than North Korea, you’re rules by oligarchs and far away from a democracy, your streets and infrastructure is that of a third world country, your health care system is corrupt and broken and only the wealthy can really afford it (don’t believe what Obama sold to you), you pay 8 months worth of taxes into the system that causes the world to never have peace thanks to your war and attack department called Pentagon,… I could go on an on an on!

  • @Time4Technology
    @Time4Technology Před 10 měsíci +1

    Great documentary, thanks for uploading it here!

  • @ricoy.9258
    @ricoy.9258 Před rokem

    Thank you for sharing this with the world.

  • @Kamau1865
    @Kamau1865 Před rokem +455

    This information about the museum and restaurants in Cambodia and elsewhere being operated by and for the benefit of the North Korean regime needs to be widely distributed. I feel sorry for those young women who are basically modern day slaves. In fact, it would seem that much of the population of North Korea itself is in a constant state of slavery in service of some inadequate and ridiculous despot dictator and his megalomaniac fantasies.

    • @assetaccountstaxmanager2
      @assetaccountstaxmanager2 Před rokem +1

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    • @coshyno
      @coshyno Před rokem

      your sick in the head if you think thats a good idea. its not just the revenue of office 39 you would be affecting but also the revenue of countless of poor family. north Korea already has nuclear weapons so this wouldn't change much. if you don't want to be attacked by nuclear equipped missiles, then don't attack and provoke north Korea. simple.

    • @desiguy55
      @desiguy55 Před rokem

      so basically they are slaves to the system , and their only bright spot is that get to eat and dress well unlike much of the people who don't live in Pyongyang.

    • @user-ib4yw5ln8u
      @user-ib4yw5ln8u Před rokem +1

      Led me to think

    • @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw
      @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw Před 11 měsíci +1

      Exactly !!

  • @Sonic-gy7kq
    @Sonic-gy7kq Před rokem +38

    Great documentary. Vice vibe almost, but National Geographic level of quality. The ending was great. Nice documentary.

  • @RealLagu
    @RealLagu Před 11 měsíci +6

    The reaction to the question about floor 39 is insane

  • @aristotleorplato
    @aristotleorplato Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you for compiling this.

  • @Acteaon
    @Acteaon Před rokem +54

    This is a beautiful example of the unimaginable behavioral power of convincing people of a single belief. Imagine multiple beliefs at work.

    • @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw
      @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw Před 11 měsíci +2

      That’s all they’ve ever known. So sad. 🇺🇸

    • @dimasd24_23
      @dimasd24_23 Před 4 měsíci +2

      The three heavenly religions work in the same way.

    • @ivanrubalcava7109
      @ivanrubalcava7109 Před měsícem

      Are you talking about the Abrahamic religions?

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment Před rokem +50

    always wondered how North Korea funded everything.. very eye-opening documentary..

  • @sanjaydongre
    @sanjaydongre Před 10 měsíci +5

    hats off to investgative journalism , thank you ENDEVR

  • @Muertenoir
    @Muertenoir Před rokem +142

    I really feel for the people of North Korea who are just trying to survive. It's heartbreaking to see that other countries exploit them for cheap labor/slavery and the money goes to the whims of the dictator.

  • @ciro8861
    @ciro8861 Před rokem +259

    slave labor from birth to death, how utterly horrific. fantastic work done by the investigators for documentary and watch dogs.

    • @ralphmalph6097
      @ralphmalph6097 Před rokem +6

      You left out their dog 🐶 eating

    • @weom1536
      @weom1536 Před rokem +23

      @@ralphmalph6097 What else should they eat, there is not enough food.

    • @Pokekid001
      @Pokekid001 Před rokem +3

      @@weom1536 Just hit up Wendy's bro, aint that tough

    • @andy56duky
      @andy56duky Před rokem +1

      @@Pokekid001 Just hit up ADX super max, you mention something about tough.

    • @Robgeee
      @Robgeee Před rokem

      @@weom1536 right?! And we know who to thank. Seems like everytime a country doesnt let the us place puppets and control them, they get sanctions on them. Cuba, Russia, Venezuela, North korea just to name a few. Lets not forget the middle east. Without sanctions most if not all these countries would prosper... itz sad that people cant think and open their eyed to the real reasons why these outcast countries have to turn to.

  • @martinreal8597
    @martinreal8597 Před rokem +11

    impressive. well researched. thank you

  • @BillyWhitehouse
    @BillyWhitehouse Před rokem +34

    It’s a fascinating documentary. For future reference, many listen to these videos, so voiceover would be helpful versus subtitles.

    • @peggystoutemorin4529
      @peggystoutemorin4529 Před 3 měsíci +3

      I thought the same, and the tiny, white lettering is not a plus. Otherwise, quite good.

  • @owenmoffatt3354
    @owenmoffatt3354 Před 4 měsíci

    all these documentaries are awesome great job

  • @Sean708992
    @Sean708992 Před rokem +46

    I remember when we had a port of call in Cambodia and I took a trip to Ankor Wat I saw this museum and restaurant they mentioned we as US military personnel weren't allowed into the museum, I always though it was due tome constraints but maybe our embassy in Phnom Penh knew better.

  • @Vlad2319
    @Vlad2319 Před rokem +54

    Notice how quickly the PA guy answered the question about "floor 39" like he knew it was a question going to be asked and rehearsed the response. But not response time to seem like he was confused

    • @assetaccountstaxmanager2
      @assetaccountstaxmanager2 Před rokem

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  • @JagoKandang566
    @JagoKandang566 Před 9 měsíci +25

    It's heartbreaking and very sad, how can there still be human slavery in this modern era, and what makes it even more heartbreaking is that many countries are involved 😢😢

    • @veggigoddess
      @veggigoddess Před 7 měsíci

      There's human slavery in literally every single country and every single city in the world. It doesn't take much brainpower to comprehend that.

    • @mohdfahmi8841
      @mohdfahmi8841 Před 4 měsíci

      //;;//;//...;;//.

  • @paulmclaren8327
    @paulmclaren8327 Před rokem

    God bless this man investigating this.

  • @MUNDITO1974
    @MUNDITO1974 Před rokem +5

    Very underrated channel ! ASTONISHED AT TREMENDOUSLY WELL PUT DOC'S !DEFINITELY YOU GUYS HAVE A LOYAL SUBY HERE

  • @tamalibutvs
    @tamalibutvs Před rokem +24

    Fascinating.
    Been watching docu's about NK for years, but I never knew we have a North-Korea specialist/investigator in The Netherlands.
    Nice👌

    • @counterleo
      @counterleo Před rokem +2

      Never knew we had a North Korean embassy in London lol

  • @GigachadiusMaximusCaesar
    @GigachadiusMaximusCaesar Před 8 měsíci +4

    Incredible, it's been a long time since my knowledge has been so thuroughly expanded

  • @De4dSp0t
    @De4dSp0t Před 5 měsíci +11

    I like how unshocked I was to learn that Armani and other are potentially using even cheaper North Korea labor to buy their products and then sell them for multiple thousands of times higher.

    • @anthonygulnac1109
      @anthonygulnac1109 Před 3 měsíci

      If you owned a company, wouldn't you want free or super cheap laborers?

  • @Lux-Voltaire
    @Lux-Voltaire Před rokem +17

    What brilliant journalism. Im now hooked on this channel.

  • @FloweryMF
    @FloweryMF Před rokem +59

    Haven’t seen a new North Korea Documentary in ages! Thank you for posting!!

  • @Muzix72
    @Muzix72 Před rokem

    Great Work.

  • @pavitrravinayagamurthy61
    @pavitrravinayagamurthy61 Před 7 měsíci +3

    The finest documentary that i have ever watched on north korea ! Kudos to the team

    • @ENDEVRDocs
      @ENDEVRDocs  Před 7 měsíci

      Thank you! I will pass this on to the makers.

    • @SkitzoBenjamin
      @SkitzoBenjamin Před 3 měsíci

      @@ENDEVRDocsWhy would you say that? You didn’t even give them credit in your description? Lies. Correct me if I’m wrong please.

  • @danny208YT
    @danny208YT Před rokem +5

    Great footage I've never seen before.

  • @bwmitchell100
    @bwmitchell100 Před rokem +8

    I like this little tidbit when talking about Armani. “No FINISHED product” very particular language.

  • @riropower
    @riropower Před 5 měsíci +2

    0:33 the intro. I love the sinister vibes from it.

  • @abudibiahkbar1766
    @abudibiahkbar1766 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Crazy how the DPRK rep at 21:33 acts as soon as "floor 39" is mentioned... Send like his life depends on this question

    • @notever_everytime5074
      @notever_everytime5074 Před 3 měsíci

      His translator was probably jailed permanently just for having heard about it.

  • @jethrot100
    @jethrot100 Před rokem +6

    Awsome documentary, beautifuly made

  • @darensavy5014
    @darensavy5014 Před rokem +17

    So so sad GREED is becoming invincible. Thanks to ENDEVR for a great doco. 🙏🤜🤛

  • @pg8982
    @pg8982 Před 6 měsíci +2

    This is an excellent documentary

  • @jjashik7
    @jjashik7 Před rokem +44

    Thank you for this revelatory documentary. Just a minor correction: @39:35 he says "since 2005" but the translation states "2015".

  • @simonocerous3138
    @simonocerous3138 Před rokem +27

    Good documentary. It needs updating for the situation of North Korea's finances and economy post-Covid though. I am sure that the country's circumstances have been altered significantly by this event.

    • @thesteelrodent1796
      @thesteelrodent1796 Před 11 měsíci +3

      unlikely to have changed much at all. If anything it just meant the weakest and poorest part of the population died so there's more food for the rest. It's highly unlikely to've had much impact on anything else

  • @sksk-bd7yv
    @sksk-bd7yv Před 4 měsíci

    This might be the best DPRK doc available on YT today.

  • @sfchewgeo
    @sfchewgeo Před 9 měsíci

    Very interesting but how did you get videos of the luxury shops and apartments in NK?

  • @AJayAnswersYou
    @AJayAnswersYou Před rokem +5

    Nice to see competing players in the Documentary World.

  • @marley9904
    @marley9904 Před rokem +7

    One of the best documentary I ever watched. No thanks those products made.

  • @kdolo100
    @kdolo100 Před 7 měsíci

    Those kind of photos like the one at the end always crack me up.

  • @bonkaborisova4473
    @bonkaborisova4473 Před rokem +9

    Has anybody got a link to a list of the clothing companies involved in outsourcing to China? We see a few in the documentary but I expect there must be many more.

  • @c.k.2
    @c.k.2 Před rokem +6

    And the whole world is still watching and concur!

    • @shaunflanagan8735
      @shaunflanagan8735 Před rokem

      No one has the guts to stand up to north Korea due to their constant flaunting of nuclear weapons... BUT there IS a way...

    • @joshuaekere7864
      @joshuaekere7864 Před 3 měsíci

      The U.S does a lot worse and no one can do jackshit, they'll invade your country and put it right in everyone's face. this is the reality of the world we live in.

  • @rohanpande6653
    @rohanpande6653 Před rokem +25

    One of the best documentary on the regime's cashflow.
    North Korean people also deserves better lives as of south Koreans .People's Suffering leads to the Revolution.

    • @toolavish
      @toolavish Před rokem +2

      wrong. keep ur opinion to yourself

    • @robertbb1683
      @robertbb1683 Před rokem

      They suffering because us puts sanctions on them lmao

    • @nevergetagooduserid
      @nevergetagooduserid Před rokem +5

      @@toolavish heed your own words

    • @niculaelaurentiu1201
      @niculaelaurentiu1201 Před 8 měsíci

      South Koreans have good lives? Their birth rates are 0.8. Their country is dying fast and you say South Koreans have a good life?

  • @hugonilsson6067
    @hugonilsson6067 Před 4 měsíci +2

    21:53 thats definitely not the face of someone hiding something 😂

  • @Vapnvibes
    @Vapnvibes Před 3 měsíci +2

    I’m actually a little surprised Poland allows this actually!

  • @spidermight8054
    @spidermight8054 Před rokem +5

    I believe that painting at Angor in Cambodia is a 360 degree painting, not a 3-D painting.

  • @HYv47
    @HYv47 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Throughout this entire documentary my mouth was wide open in disgust. I'm speechless

  • @jesseramon4880
    @jesseramon4880 Před měsícem

    Thank you very much for the documentary!!!!!

  • @WonderingAboutThat
    @WonderingAboutThat Před rokem +7

    Fascinating documentary, hopefully the people will experience political freedom one day

  • @markvillafranco
    @markvillafranco Před rokem +127

    Amazing documentary. Finally we know what's going on in North Korea. Hopefully higher diplomats can do something about the exportation and fraudulent money. It all makes sense how this country has the funds for ordinance. Thank you for sharing!

    • @marconiandcheese7258
      @marconiandcheese7258 Před rokem +3

      This documentary is pirated from Al Jazeera

    • @Rykiz_Vidz
      @Rykiz_Vidz Před rokem

      @@marconiandcheese7258 Source?

    • @elijahpiere5324
      @elijahpiere5324 Před rokem +10

      @@Rykiz_Vidzsource: trust me bro

    • @fernandorodriguez876
      @fernandorodriguez876 Před rokem

      Finally we? Finally YOU sleeping sheep, this had all been known knowledge. have you been actually putting in research you’d know all this.

    • @mohit_panjwani
      @mohit_panjwani Před rokem +4

      What will the higher diplomats do when it's their governments who have sanctioned north korea which allows Kim to rule with an iron fist

  • @robertwright7501
    @robertwright7501 Před 5 měsíci

    Excellent coverage

  • @goodvibespatola
    @goodvibespatola Před 8 měsíci +5

    North Korea operating restaurants to build nukes is like Plankton operating the Chum Bucket 😂😅

  • @Z0MB13R0T
    @Z0MB13R0T Před rokem +24

    21:53 judging by the way his body reacted he was really caught off guard and definitely knew about the floor 39

    • @siddharthg8801
      @siddharthg8801 Před rokem +5

      I had the same thought

    • @riveness
      @riveness Před rokem +7

      He probably reacted that way due to shock, possibly believing that the people he was talking to were section 39, scrutinising his responses and if needed, purging him. It's fear you see.

    • @TheSmartLawyer
      @TheSmartLawyer Před rokem

      Maybe not so slick. If he answers wrong he is a dead man when it surfaces

    • @pedrob3953
      @pedrob3953 Před 10 měsíci

      Gotcha with a state secret!

  • @plo5fish576
    @plo5fish576 Před rokem +5

    Great doc

  • @MrGrayman
    @MrGrayman Před 3 měsíci +2

    makes me wonder if i currently have fabric made from north korea...

  • @goodvibespatola
    @goodvibespatola Před 8 měsíci +2

    North Korea operating restaurants to build nukes is like plankton operating the Chum Bucket 😂😅

  • @empirei8513
    @empirei8513 Před rokem +9

    Very informative documentary. Keep it up!

    • @assetaccountstaxmanager2
      @assetaccountstaxmanager2 Před rokem

      I Want Do Asset Manager, Asset Take Care, Audit Purpose , Transaction Manager, Accounts And Tax Manager I Do Work for you safe Anx Honest

  • @chad5893
    @chad5893 Před rokem +5

    Wow, this was impressive. Fantastic doc...

  • @jb8284
    @jb8284 Před 2 měsíci +8

    "rocket man" - Trump 😂😂

  • @alizamani1196
    @alizamani1196 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Perfect narration, great footage quality, and most importantly good information, well done!

  • @frankdrake4125
    @frankdrake4125 Před rokem +5

    Very educational

    • @assetaccountstaxmanager2
      @assetaccountstaxmanager2 Před rokem

      I Want Do Asset Manager, Asset Take Care, Audit Purpose , Transaction Manager, Accounts And Tax Manager I Do Work for you safe Anx Honest

  • @dylanpardee2492
    @dylanpardee2492 Před rokem +5

    I would love to work on a documentary about this or do research on this subject it seems so interesting. And write a paper about it

    • @assetaccountstaxmanager2
      @assetaccountstaxmanager2 Před rokem

      I Want Do Asset Manager, Asset Take Care, Audit Purpose , Transaction Manager, Accounts And Tax Manager I Do Work for you safe Anx Honest

  • @Murdoc1993
    @Murdoc1993 Před 11 měsíci +1

    That is the first time I hear about north korean workers in Poland. Never seen one, might be worth checking out. Thanks

  • @amsirajuddin
    @amsirajuddin Před rokem

    nice storytelling skills! 👏

  • @dopekills5202
    @dopekills5202 Před rokem +16

    this documentary has left me totally flabbergasted and appalled!

    • @esfitnesspro2455
      @esfitnesspro2455 Před rokem +5

      Get over it

    • @ef7480
      @ef7480 Před rokem +1

      Its not all puppies and kittens. Maybe wake up to lots of other stuff...

    • @Falconer710
      @Falconer710 Před rokem +1

      There’s alot worse going on around this planet 🌎

    • @TwinsBigLikeTia
      @TwinsBigLikeTia Před 10 měsíci +1

      You three replying just to pick on this person being rightfully appalled by these human rights violations are just sad, angry people that enjoy the pain of others. You’re free and your life still sucks that much? Looks like you all failed at making something of yourselves 🥺

    • @YouTuber-mx6xy
      @YouTuber-mx6xy Před 7 měsíci +2

      You would be more appalled if you knew what merikkka was doing but you don't care about that

  • @svenevans4983
    @svenevans4983 Před rokem +11

    The question in my mind is how long is such a situation tenable or feasible before social revolt,uprising and capitulation of oppressive regime.

    • @hzhang1228
      @hzhang1228 Před rokem

      the quality of life is steadily increasing even if they are poor. you have to look at where they started. an "oppressive" regime is actually more stable than a more free form of government, which the reason they pop up during times of chaos and instability. if they were to end it would be the will of other nations. that is the reality unless you believe in some form ideological version of the world. in reality for people to revolt they would have to be on the brink of death with nothing to lose, and starvation is old news for N Korea. this is why they will be relentless in their pursuit of nuclear arms as the US showed what would happen if they did not, although ofc N Korea sits at a more geopolitically better position.

    • @colinmarshall6634
      @colinmarshall6634 Před rokem +1

      Hundreds of years. See the history of feudalism in Europe. It's basically the same practice. The only real chance at breaking it is somehow getting a critical mass of uncensored internet to the people without getting them killed in the process.

    • @pedrob3953
      @pedrob3953 Před 10 měsíci +3

      It didn't happen in the 90's, the time of massive famine, so it's less likely now. North Korea is an efficient repressive machine. As long as it manages to guarantee funding, and the geopolitics doesn't change, it's going to be this way in the future.

  • @krzysztofkwietniewski9100
    @krzysztofkwietniewski9100 Před 8 měsíci +6

    Foundations of *capitalism* by Adam Smith are:
    - Freedom to start a business
    - Voluntary trade
    - Anti monopoly laws
    Explain how that relates to N Korea

    • @W_Bin
      @W_Bin Před 7 měsíci

      That's regulated capitalism.
      Korea, Russia and China are like Industrial Revolution west. It's called neo-liberal capitalism. There is no protections or regulation.
      Western people revolted and demanded democracy and protections (regulation).

    • @user-km6wm4et1x
      @user-km6wm4et1x Před 4 měsíci

      It's capitalism reinvented, dear. It's the underbelly of the beast.

    • @Arjun-eb1yc
      @Arjun-eb1yc Před 2 měsíci

      Ya within the first few seconds of this documentary they make you facepalm.

  • @001SP1
    @001SP1 Před 17 dny

    it's shocking. Thank you for the documentary

  • @BucketHeadianHagg
    @BucketHeadianHagg Před rokem +10

    *I absolutely love your work on this channel* Thank you for this upload today. Love, from Las Vegas!

  • @ialokinvossanata3743
    @ialokinvossanata3743 Před rokem +7

    Communist Bulgaria at the time did something similar. Trained workers and specialists worked in the 70s and 80s in Arab and some developing countries and got some 20% of their wages (paid in hard currency, usually USD). The rest (80%) went to the state.

  • @epicfiend1999
    @epicfiend1999 Před rokem

    42:40 Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Jupyter lab/notebook, cool to see how much of a diverse range of subjects utilize data analysis tools.

  • @caramelcoffees
    @caramelcoffees Před 4 měsíci

    fantastic journalism

  • @NyanyiC
    @NyanyiC Před rokem +4

    You must give it to them - they are very creative!

  • @samking4179
    @samking4179 Před rokem +10

    27:11 ... "born in the 1990s ... he was responsible for exports." sort of pointless to hide his face and name when you give those two bits of info away. I am sure they know who he is and where he is.

    • @TheSmartLawyer
      @TheSmartLawyer Před rokem +1

      Could be multiple defectors and the face was changed by surgery.... so he can hide

  • @mechanic7417
    @mechanic7417 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Love fountain pens pretty rare seeing someone use one

  • @galarid1
    @galarid1 Před 8 měsíci

    How would you get this footage across town border??

  • @jaynewton5278
    @jaynewton5278 Před rokem +9

    It's such a wonderful country that the home masses are escaping it.
    When was the last time you bought something fm Korea.

  • @danfarrand9072
    @danfarrand9072 Před rokem +9

    There was a time when I would have accepted the logic of sanctions against N Korea. But now it seems clear that the purpose of those sanctions are to damage N Korea and I am not able to understand how that is different from an act of war against N. Korea.

    • @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw
      @ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw Před 11 měsíci

      China backs North Korea, we declare war on North Korea and we’re in WWIII with China. 🇺🇸

    • @Matt-cr4vv
      @Matt-cr4vv Před 10 měsíci +4

      Because in theory you sanction them from trade and eventually they’re forced to negotiate since without trade as a nation you have no money. And if that happens you avoid a true war abs death and accomplish your end goal. Obviously it can be futile if outside parties ignore the sanctions and trade with them anyways.

    • @pedrob3953
      @pedrob3953 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Exactly. That's the way they see it. That's why the official in 21:35 says, they do whatever it takes to break the sanctions and never budge to the enemy.

    • @JaysonBernardo-ch9fv
      @JaysonBernardo-ch9fv Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@Matt-cr4vvyea but the leadership in North Korea has proved they'd watch people starve to death before they budge

  • @kro235
    @kro235 Před měsícem

    Amazing documentary

  • @jasongreen6842
    @jasongreen6842 Před rokem +3

    Please keep the films coming
    Very !!!!!
    Effective
    Knowledge is power !!!! 🇺🇸

  • @Daviej5700
    @Daviej5700 Před rokem +15

    excellent piece of reporting