The Fake Village in North Korea
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‘Potemkin Village’ is a term used to describe a fake propaganda village that nations build to impress foreigners.
Kijong-Dong
Kijŏng-dong
기정동
機井洞
The village was built within sighting range of the Korean Demilitarized Zone when the Korean Peninsula divided into two in 1953.
This Potemkin fake village was built by the North Korean founder, first eternal leader, Kim Il-sung who ruled the nation until his death in 1994.
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This village is also in the video game Mercenaries Playground of Destruction . You can even see in the game from behind that all the buildings are fake .
Uh
The last place I expected to find the professional is here
Hi again
Mercenaries, such a great gam3 from ps2
Uh
"Hey Kim, let's build a greenhouse to feed some people."
"Nah, we need the metal for a flag pole."
To be fair, it appears they didn't even have glass, so a greenhouse may not have worked after all. Maybe they could scrounge up a clear plastic sheet?
@@Rationalific well they could’ve used that metal to make housing or something
@@Rationalific they can just find sand and coal, then use the furnace to make glass :/
@@FrostyyMcToasty minecraft moment
They are working on solar energy currently for industries , that's something atleast
“North Korea has always struggled to maintain its image to the world.”
Gee, I wonder why?
They show how "communist" are success implemented and keep kim family in power
They are Fu***** Commies
A 🅱️ommunist Utopia.
*“Little Rocket Man”*
-Donald Trump
I am still hoping to see Kim Jong un Vs Donald trump MMA match.
This fake village would be more alive than my whole neighborhood
You live in pripyat (or chernobly) arent u?
@@Dazgir47 you don't?
The joke is his profile picture
@@Dazgir47 no he lives in Fukushima
@@gamecorpgg8788 i am its lonely here :(
Fake village is basically an urban warfare training center
If they collapse we gotta build an airsoft field there.
@@Adrian-ho3rz the minefields will be the game border.
That’s what I thought. Every military branches should build these fake villages or cities to make their soldiers capable of fighting in urban warfare.
@@swenhtet2861 Just use the meriad of ghost towns. Building cities is pretty expensive, so why not use what you already have?
@@oniemployee3437 there are needs to build every factorial of a rectangular building for proper urban warfare training, such as alleys that over 1/2 of soldiers cant fit in due to weight
if you saw the actual pictures of those buildings, it looks like a violent sneeze is enough to reduce it to rubble.
Dads:my time has come!
MAMAAAA, My time has come, send shivers down my spine, concrete's aching all the tiime
Sure thing buddy
@@tbsam1041 ‘screams loudly as he gets out of the couch’
Ahhhahahahahahaha choooooo! Where’s the village?
I like how the modern South Korean soldier has appeared to visibly age like he’s been watching the same village for decades
"Is it just me... or everyone inside the village appears to be the same age and clothing as decades ago while I get wrinkles and a new uniform..."
"that guy has been smiling at me for years at the same place. There, right there, on a window in that house"
@@ra_alf9467 dang they really must be happy over there
Those loud speakers must have drove him nuts. Imagine having to guard the same spot daily, while anti and pro western propaganda loud speakers are blasted at you daily. I hope he had ear plugs. lol
@@ra_alf9467 he probably was secretly dreaming up an encounter and living a life with the sultry looking woman in designated window #334. Hoping some circumstance would happen where he could enter the country and run up and sweep her off her feet letting her know he'd been watching her for 35 years and only got the courage to meet her.
All the while a cardboard cutout goes around on a conveyor belt in a cold empty concrete room with no life save for the loud whirring of a stressed DC motor.
North Korea is just like Cyberpunk 2077, you can see that there are many things in that place, but all of them are just set-dressings and barely interactable
Even Kim Jong Un himself looks like a glitch
Lmao
Reminds me of that scene in the Interview where they bring a fat kid actor to a fake shop to show how wealthy and good life in North Korea is to visitors.
Cyberpunk 1977
Bruh lmao
“Fake! Fake!! Liar! You liar!”
-Dave Skylark to Kim Jung Un
The Interview reference wow I haven’t seen that show in a long time.
I BET THAT KID WASNT REALLY FAT
Xd
@b-2 ju87 stuka No I am a AA gun.
@b-2 ju87 stuka O
People in North Korea: Dont have enough electricity in their home.
Kim Jong Un: Lets make a fake village and show South Korea we are more happier.
Ah
Fake villagers was made since 80s
*Show South Korea that we have better technology*
One day North Korea will be freedom (atleast no going become another Libya 3.0 or civil war.
I live in S.Korea
@@detectiveamevirus8 yeah North Korea has to be Collapsed
Oh, finally, a Village! We can finally find an inn to sleep!
North Korea: *Think Again*
Me Living in S.Korea: Hilarious 🤣
@@whatever-it-takes Join us
JOIN USSSSS
No one leaves north korea until one wins north kore
@@Aureus_ i Already Am :) I love America🇺🇲
@@whateverittakes8968 Lmao 😂 I was making a joke about joining North Korea
I remember visiting the DMZ and seeing propaganda village. The flag is so massive that it takes some seriously strong winds to get it to just flutter a little.
The troops there told us that when NK sends out propaganda over the speakers the South sometimes responds with K-pop, 24-7.
Oh no! Please anything else, but not K-pop!
@@Emdee5632 makes Vietnam era psy ops look like a joke
*Phsycoligical warfare*
Oh i saw that flag tower when i was 2nd lieutenant in south korean army
So creepy area...
YOU WERE AN ARMY OFFICER?
Grim Reaper328 All South Koreans have to do a military training at the age of 18 for two years.
@@KAT-hs3xh he’s a citizen in Korea... so yes
@@KAT-hs3xh Yes i served in ROK army from 2012-2019
Now im in reserve :)
@Schrodinger's Kyrat well there a lot of people so what exactly will we do with an army that big.
When you kill all villagers on Minecraft
LMFAO
Lol
committing warcrime in minecraft
Ah yes
*sad villager noises*
I still remember in the game "Mercenaries: Playground Of Destruction a game where a war broke out in Korea, there was a fake propaganda village as well.
Commander of the soviet union of this video can you describe the steps of the soviet union is a good morning I am not sure what to do you have a roadtrip and I will be kind enough I am not sure why I am not sure if I have to 😸😸😂 the soviet union of Myanmar and I will be kind to send Hitler to gulag the soviet union of Myanmar in electrical and computer
@@shandernotpulp can you speak the queen's english? i don't understand what you're trying to say.
Love that game
Fun fact: there's a village in South Korea called Daeseong-dong located in the DMZ, just a few hundred metres from the border. They managed to get people to stay there, despite the obvious threat of North Korean kidnappings, by exempting the residents from military service and some form of taxes, but they are subject to a nightly curfew and head count at 11pm. It faces Kijong-Dong across the border and is where what used to be the tallest flagpole in the world is located (until NK built a taller one).
Okay
Good information 👍
Why does NK kidnapp people?
@@cerealkiller7143 to teach future North Korean spies. They snatched a lot of Japanese citizens in the 80s for this reason.
Most of the people who own the farms there get massive subsidies from the SK govt. They're among the richest landowners in the nation. They generally have houses in seoul and just pay others to tend the land.
@@adrielsebastian5216 Thanks for the info.
South Korea: * builds a flag pole *
North Korea: And I took that personally
I’ve seen the fake city from the dmz and it gave me some weird vibes knowing how there really treated over there
We are getting the same treatment all in the name of COVID
@@Marinealver You have food. You have the internet. You can insult the government. Stop lying.
@@multilangcoder8723 Government trolls from those regimes are everywhere on the internet. In some commentary sections they make for over 2/3 of all posts. So of course they are here as well.
The Fake tanks in WWII: Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!
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edit: SOLD OUT
@@amxelcbis4464 claimed
@@amxelcbis4464 claimed!
@@amxelcbis4464 claimed
Ever heard about the fake Paris?
NK citizen: can we have food?
Kim Jong Un: NO!! Anyway, let’s spend millions of dollars on a fake village to show the south that our citizens are happy
Result: North Koreans Escape to S Korea After they saw Bunch of dramas or movies of Korea
Kim Jung Un have been eating half of the food in NK
@Kim Jong Un liar
@Kim Jong Un *hmmmm*
@Kim Jong Un Ohohohohoho!!!
Imagine about the guy who actually sneaked into north Korea after getting impressed by that village
Bro if I was a civilian then I would sneak there
Well the housing might not be real
In the 1950s when it was constructed, there was a small chance of it working, because N. and S. Korea were equally poor. I bet it got a handful of people to defect.
By the 1960s capitalism and US support had made S. Korea so rich and modern even the poorest peasant knew he was better off in the South.
And Kim, because he was an insane Communist dictator, never upped his game - the "bait city" just sat there, getting shittier by the year, until it was a laughingstock for the whole world and they didn't even realize it.
I once took a tour of the dmz when I was in Korea and we got to see the village across the border. It's actually kinda spooky knowing most of the buildings are hollow amd hardly anyone lives there
Thank you for visiting my country.
@@whateverittakes8968 I would like to visit your country too, hopefully covid calms down and we can travel again.👍
@@whateverittakes8968 wait a second
@@whateverittakes8968 how are you Commenting right now ?
@@abrahamsanchez7455 He is South Korean not North Korean
I like how they waste money to pretend they have money rather than...
You know... actually using money wisely...
Ive actually seen it from south korea when we went on the dmz tour. we had bincoulars and we could see the giant flag. i actually saw a civilian on a bike and i felt so sorry for him. i also saw a guard outpost and a north korean with an ak on his back staring right back at me. it was quite scary
Did at least try to wave back to show some friendly gesture?
@@michaeltheundeadmariachi4494 try "flip a bird" to them as a friendly gesture lol
A lot of NK soldiers are actually nice people. I would just wave.
@@JohnSmith-wx9wj Saranghae, sir, thank you for spreading the truth of Real Korea, 5 unmarked USD have been sent to your home.
@@BichaelStevens I said the soldiers, not their filthy leadership. There was actually a small revolt recently with some soldiers. Hopefully it leads to something more.
Fun fact: The "Apex" villages in starbound are heavily inspired from this part of history, and when you investigate with your scanner you can find smaller details hinting towards it, like furniture being fastened to the floor, or desks with lamps permanently attached to them.. And cameras.. Lots of cameras..
Good video!! Brought back memories of when I was stationed in South Korea while in the US Army from 1992-1993 (A Company, 2nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Castle). My unit took a trip up to Panmunjom where the Joint Security Base is located. Got to see the North Korean troops standing guard there. We got to see the actual border where there is literally a line painted on the ground. Also, since the conference building where "negotiations" are held is actually on the border that line is also painted on the building and floor (the building is in both countries). We got to go inside the building and and walk around a table that is also in both countries with a line painted across it. Think the table was 10'-12' long on the North Korean side, and we were allowed to walk around that table, thus getting to say that we actually visited North Kore (under North/South Korean and American guard of course).
Also, got to see "Propaganda Village" as well. Was called Propaganda Village when I was there and - yep - could see that massive North Korean flag fluttering in the breeze. We also visited the site of the murders of a few US soldiers from the 1970s at "The Bridge of No Return". The bridge is called that because that was where prisoner exchanges would take place. There was a tree blocking the view of the bridge on the south side. US troops went to cut down the tree and North Korean soldiers charged across the bridge and hacked the US troops to death with axes.
Also, Warrior Base is located not to far from the DMZ. We would go up there for training and to conduct live-fire exercises. Occasionally, IF you were looking around, you could find some propaganda leaflets courtesy of the Peoples Republic from the North. I never did find any, but had a few soldiers find some - used primarily for doo-doo paper. As noted in the video, there is also the constant/non-stop playing of propaganda music/announcements being blared from loudspeakers from the North. Made kind of hard to sleep for the first few nights while at Warrior Base, but eventually get used to it and learn to ignore it.
Illusion: 1
Propaganda: 100
No its 140 🤣
Hahahahaha funny
Obvious South Korean prosperity: OVER 9000!!!
Here's something: Kijong Dong is seen on Google Maps. And you can clearly see how hauntingly empty it all is, with the flag pole still shadowing over it. Zoom out a but and you can see the Korean DMZ and border. There, you will immediately notice the stark green colored fields of South Korea to the ghastly brown and gray of the North.
"stark green colored fields of South Korea to the ghastly brown and gray of the North"
Fascinating, isn't it? The Kims were such stupid, ignorant wankers even Khrushchev was appalled at their incompetence, and he was the one bankrolling them.
"Communism is supposed to be 75% bullshit, not 100%! Not even Stalin was this much bullshit!" -him, probably
ooo look simple history back agian! Love these videos!
I'm surprised you didn't even mention the South Korean village that's in the DMZ. The South Koreans that live there are given special treatment for living there from the South Korean government.
* indigenous
@@gossolon4113 What do you mean?
@@capncake8837 He means that that's actually a village where actual people live, instead of the actors and fake buildings that can be easily seen with any decent camera
Every single country: having villages with actual residents, nothing need to hide.
North Korea:
*"WE DON'T DO THAT HERE."*
(Edit: it's been 12 hours since I wrote this comment and I got over 100 likes? Thanks guys!)
You forget Russia.
@@themaniomarian To be honest, there are a lot of countries like that.
Its always cringe when people thank for getting likes.
CY NG ZOMG OMG THANKS FOR THE GOLD KIND STRANGER WOWIE
Last time I was this early, I believed that it was just going to be 2 weeks.
9:00 I paid for this flag waving animation, by god they will appreciate it.
A tale as old as time; a government more interested in looking like their helping rather than actually helping
Hi im from Skorea!! i really enjoy watching your video keep going~!
"We have villages. We have the best villages. Nobody has better villages than we do."
My uncle was stationed in Korea in the 1980s. He had to guard the DMZ, he said that randomly bullets would come close, apparently North Korean soldiers were just shooting just to see if their bullets could travel across the DMZ. But was done so at night, so nobody would know.
Gotta do something to pass the time. I would imagine that’s a super boring job.
I was stationed in Korea back in 2010 thru 2011 and not only that but little firefights would break out every so often because contrary to popular belief the war never ended its just not full scale.
I'm surprised they could even get away with doing that. Easy way to accidentally start a war or something.
@@Jiji-the-cat5425 We never started it, it was always the North trying to find weak points, it its very common sadly.
I thank all the American soldiers in Korea. I pray that they all return home safely..🙏
Me: **slams a door and causes the whole fake village to collapse** “Uh-oh!”
"After the russian annexation of crimea."
Me: SEE PEOPLE. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
What's history?
@@baronvonbeandip history is where the mind goes to tickle itself
Ok but that’s kinda like saying revolutions are all just repeats of eachother
north korea: made a fake village to look better to world
that 2 south koreans that run away to north korea: We've Been Tricked, We've Been Backstabbed and We've Been Quite Possibly, Bamboozled.
Xd
"Very few defected to the North compared to the South"
Me: I can't believe there were actually people who wanted to defect to the North 😅
Depends how badly the cops want you
In the beginning NK outperformed SK, so I guess they thought that SK would be the looser of the whole thing.
Yeah, escaping justice are generally the commonly announced reasons.
Some south korean families this day still have some relatives inside north korea
Let Darwinism play its course.
This reminds me of a 'documentary' that I saw where a guy went to N korea to see what it was like. He was only allowed to go certain places, to film certain things, and had a handler the entire time telling him where to go and what to look at. Yet somehow, he 'felt' he got a good idea of how it was to live in N korea.....
I do the same thing. I'll find empty boxes for expensive crap and put them out for trash so my neighbors think I'm living FAR above my means.
And every once in awhile I'll put out a box for something really bizarre so they'll think twice before talking to me.
lmao, imagine being so shallow that you need to impress people you never even interact with
3:24 the kims look like evil scientists
Evil yes, but the man couldn't be any further from anything even remotely resembling science
@@Gojiro7
He’s a scientific experiment abomination.
Kim Jung un left the chat. Reason: exposed
He never use youtube.
@@detectiveamevirus8 no one knows I have a feeling that he watches CZcams 10 hours a day🤣
He even uses Apple Computer
@@detectiveamevirus8 Are you sure?
@@walterwhitegaming8830 fake account
It’s “Jong” with an “o”
As in “Despite the greatness of our leader, he has a very tiny Dong”
"That's not true communism though" or "Socialism isn't like that at all" - some kid from college that's never actually lived in a communist country
Well, on paper communism is the best governing system ever conceived by human minds, so there is simply no way it can possibly not work. Therefore if it doesn't work it simply cannot be communism.
@@grimwaltzman Its not even good on paper. Having authoritarian government is the stupidest idea ever
@@kejiri3593 well, on paper there is absolutely definitely obviously no any possible way communism can even remotely become a dictatorship and is the most democratic system imaginable. That's part came up only after real life implementation testing.
@@grimwaltzman Isnt it obvious though when you have one guy running the system with no opposition?
@@kejiri3593 according to source material, in communism there could never be a one single person in control of decision making process. It could only possibly be a democratic system where opinion of each member is equal and all decisions are made after a thorough consideration given to opinion of every individual in the community, and obviously everyone in said community will selflessly place interests of others before his own.
I don't think you need to be a genius to see the obvious flaws in this model, but apparently there are plenty of people who can't.
Ground News actually sounds awesome. First ad I've ever actually payed attention to
Good video mate, very interesting
It's one thing to read about Kijong-Dong, it's another to actually see it from the DMZ. I was stationed in South Korea from late 2017 to early 2019 in the Army as my first duty station. It was surreal to hear the North Korean propaganda broadcast when you're doing a field exercise less than 2 miles from the DMZ. I waa also there when President Trump met with the NK government and became the first sitting American president to step foot in North Korea. Good times.
I always enjoy Chris Kane's narration in these videos. A professional voice.
Thanks mate! 🙂
The village on the south side is fully inhabited, just because housing prices are so high in the south that people are willing to bet no war will break out by living there.
A meme country really
Uganda is more of a meme.
Ye
Simple history - "The nation was divided into 2 after the Korean war in 1953"
Reality - Korea was split into 2 after WW2
Well, the split after WW2 was supposed to be "Temporary"
After the Korean war it became "Permanent"
@@kestutisvaiciunas8663 yes and no, it was supposed to be temporary but then the usa and ussr set up governments before korean war.
BBC in the "centre" column in your add, lmao I aint getting that then
Wym
Exactly. Nothing "moderate and center" about constantly telling us to never breed, be sorry for being white, and extinguish ourselves
Nice info!!!
I've been there before during a DMZ tour. It's frightening how empty and quiet it is.
Comment section: **exist**
Comment bots: Now it's time to shine
I bet Simple History watched Mr Beat’s video
ah yes Mr beat's
@@raf1827 ik
Keep up the good work
Does Anyone else think the narrator sounds like Charlie Sheen? I actually thought it was him at first.
Great content! Awesome channel!!
Plot twist: The North Koreans actually have a utopia in this city but it’s way too good to show everything.
Wakanda moment.
Now that you've done this could you do a video about "cargo cults" from WW2? another very interesting topic
Hi,I love your vids
Finally u post
This reminds me of when in the movie, "The Interview," James Franco goes to the grocery store and figures out it's all fake.
One of my high school teachers escaped from North Korea with her mother and brother. He father was executed as a spy for having some banned items ( books I think).
And now that is the government many want to set up here.
Thank you for video sir
💐💐💐👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Ive been binge watching these
Basically those 2D House Models in games where you can't reach it but you could see it
On the subject of NK and SK stories the "Axe Incident" would make an interesting Simple History episode.
Operation: Paul Bunyan
@@ianfinrir8724 That's the one!
I liked video thank you simple history 😇💟
Catherine II was an empress, not a queen. A king/queen rules over a kingdom i.e. a single country while an emperor/empress rules over an empire which consists of many countries. Often times kings and queens are the vassals of an emperor or empress.
coming back to 2010 minecraft servers you used to share with your friends be like:
They mimic it in the interview 😂
The app at the beginning.... thanks!!!
I love your channel
As a Korean, it is surprising to see many of the visual depiction and korean language signs of the video being accurate in many ways.
Literally all of korea: we want unification
One dictator dude: your opinion doesn't count
North and South Korea are a single nation divided into two sovereign states, a sovereign state is a piece of land which has a single independent unitary or federal government ruling it while a nation is a group of people who have the same language, culture and ethnicity.
I like how the sign at the end of the street at 2:56 is backwards lol
*When the civilians and village are sus!!!1!!!!1!!!!*
😳
Village kinda sus
😳😳😳😳😳sus😳😳😳😳 omg guys which one is sus!!!!???!!??
😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
Well at least that villages are safe from the zombies.
Nice video 👌🏻
loved it Simple History
Could you do a history of “war dogs” starting from the Roman Empire with the use of their Molossian all the way to modern dogs with the US Army
"Very few defected from the South compared to the North"
Wait, there are actually South Koreans who defected to the North?
I am guessing it was criminals who would have been jailed for a long time anyways.
There were also American troops, who also defected to the North. Look up James Dresnok.
@@noblegrizzlybear5475 And that James Dresnok guy said : "They (the North Korean government) let their own people starve to death to feed an American". Ironic.
Even Hitler had a wife lol there's crazy people no matter where you go in the world.
Several bankrupt South Koreans have fled to North Korea. Some people went to North Korea because they missed their families in North Korea. But most of the time, North Korea sent them back safely. They can't even feed their own people, so they don't easily accept outsiders.
Simple history: *uploads*
Me getting hit by a wave of nostalgia due to the bike race music: "it's beautiful"
In the game Mercenaries there is a send-up to this. At a distance it looks like a city but it's barely a bunch of frames and panels.
Imagine looking over the border to see a real life Truman show
I'm S.Korean and when i realize it's a video about North Korea that made me laugh 😂🤣
"How did World War Three start, grandad?"
Not like video name says North Korea in it
This is the first ad that I’m actually interested in.
Thank you for spreading insight on my home country
N Korea: Man, it ain’t about the economic growth, it’s about the height of your flagpole!
South korea: we totally have more population
Kim jong un: I'm to fat and lazy, so I'm just gonna build a fake village to make it appear that we have more people
Not trying to defend him but, what has him being fat got anything to do with the subject?
Also if he is lazy he should do the opposite of building a fake village?
I like what you advertise that is very important because all media platforms are becoming very.... rotten
How many ads do you want to put in one ~10min video?
Simple History: Yes
2021 still here?
Hello 2021
They probably watched Bleach as inspiration for this😂
Thanks for uploading I was interested in the Korean DMZ
I appreciate the silence at the end of each vid since these are grim topics