$5 the US makes no sense. I bet when you look at industry it's nonsensical. Shorts and shirts factories next to car manufacturers. I bet you can see we do not work we mostly sell.
I really like how this channel talks about things largely overlooked where North Korea is concerned, and it talks about them in a completely neutral, unbiased tone.
I was literally outisde 10 minutes ago and thinking how great it is that in my eastern European country Soviet planning allows quiet spaces just 100 meters away from major crossroads and whatnot
well i live in a former yugoslav state and because of how underfunded and in some places non existent public transit is (post 1991), those green spaces are paved for parking spaces or property developers in collusion with city councils turned them into more apartments
The main takeway for me is making a lot of space for well... space. Especially wide avenues and culture and leisure buildings, in fact should be the focus.
@@yourfriend8052 what do you mean? The DPRK has been a state for decades, and was the more developed Korea for a very long time (until the 90s), ofc those are gonna be things.
Its really a shame that despite being Korea's oldest and longest surviving city, Pyongyang has lost majority of its ancient buildings to bombing,imagine all the Goguryeo and Gojoseon ancient houses, walls and pavillions being sorounded by a sprawling city like how Kaesong is, the USA and South Korea didn't even hold back on bombing the first and only surviving city which gave birth to the Korean civilization and heralded the first centralized authority in the Peninsula, but war is war so we can't do anyrhing about that.
@@stanleybell3857 "efficient" transport. Huge empty highways cutting up different districts. No walkability whatsoever. Doesn't seem that efficient to me.
@prodbyNOVAER pyongyang seems walkable from what I have seen, lots of footpaths in the photo i have seen. I'm no expert, but just comparing it to a large amount of my country things look to be better in some respects.
Nah, Gojoseon and Goguryeo era houses would have been wiped out before the Korean War, except for a few notable structures. First of all, unlike other ancient cities such as Rome or Athens, most structures were wooden, and not a lot of buildings from either era would be left intact for 3000 years. Secondly, when Goguryeo fell, Pyeongyang and its Taedong River remained a buffer zone between Silla and Balhae. Its even recorded that the first king of Goryeo lamented the poor state of the old Goguryeo castles, which have been abandoned in ruin for at least 2 centuries. It would be cool if they restored old palaces and towns, and I think it is a good thing that some Goguryeo-era structures are still standing today, such as gates like the Taedong Gate, and the Ulmil Pavilion. These are probably rebuilt over those long periods of time though. Korea had many periods of war, after all. Think of it as the Ship of Theseus. This is the case for many cities, including Kaeseong and South Korean ones, where you see Joseon era style architecture in places that are established in ancient periods.
I've been waiting for this my guy, thank you for delivering 🙏🙏🙏 I find it fascinating that they have so many children's traffic parks. I think that's both amazing and very curious. I mean it makes sense, it teaches children from a young age how to drive safely.
Thank you for sharing your insight here. I think this is very interesting yet fitting with the urban development happening all across North Korea with their 20x10 plan and 5 year plan for Pyongyang Development.
Thank you for explaining and mentioning things that I've always been curious about, but never knew enough about to begin with to do any real research (hope that makes sense) 🙂 Also the Children's Traffic Park looks cute 😄
Looking at the footage, the main design principle appears to be that nobody owns a car. If this was America or Russia, those wide boulevards would be chock-a-block and all the wide open public spaces would be turned into parking lots.
Well, maybe they realised public transport works and grew up to stop playng with big boys toys, they leave that to the kids. They do have cars by the way, why would you think is the purpose of having childrens traffic parks?
@@RedBird7aside from that i think North Korea did it in purpose, cars produce pollution, and in a book written by KIS as far as i can remember he clearly states that they wanted Pyongyang to look green and like a huge par when they were rebuilding the city after the war, cars obviously go counterintuitive to that, but i suppose a little of them won't be bad, since DPRK still needs to fullfill transportation needs especially on areas where public transport is not readily available. They limit cars as much as possible their.
@@fabio4465 Public transport only works in cities and for certain things. How am I going to use a city bus to go pick up a refrigeration compressor at 4 in the morning?
This sort of Socialist planning will be the future of the world. It is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. It is also sustainable and environmentally conscious.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="835">13:55</a> The fact that A lot of them were built at the same time indicates that car ownership was expected to grow
Think of a daycare, extracurricular activities hub, and playground, wrapped up and put on steroids. Primary school students will often flock there to learn instruments and dancing, visit a large library and reading center, or meander around the building and play. Search the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace if you want to see more.
You do know that you now have to create a feature-length documentary going into excruciating detail about every single Children's Traffic Park in the country, right? They're clearly the beating heart of the entire nation. We're not going to just forget about them. On a serious note, another extremely interesting and good-faith video! It may not be the direction you want to take this channel, so I understand if it's not going to happen, but as someone who leans anarcho-socialist, I'd be curious to know whether there's room for other socialist ideologies in the DPRK political system (both ones similar to Juche and ones radically different, but still socialist). I think you'd do a good job at giving a fair overview of the situation, not demonizing the government and pointing out why its system has developed the way it has while also giving fair consideration to socialists who don't feel represented in the government (assuming there are any, for any reason). Lots of people (mostly in the West) will take any opportunity they can to criticize the DPRK and wield every issue like a spear, but I think the internet could use more frank but fair analysis of politics in the DPRK as well as other nations that the West usually sees as adversaries.
I like the fact that Hamhung still has a railway line running through center of the city. If once the city would want a metro line, they could repurpose this industrial line for such purposes. Also, as far as I know, only Belarus from exSoviet countries retained a specific category for heavily industrialized towns, namely, 'agrotown' "агрогородок". Other ex-Soviet countries now have strictly three categories - cities, towns 'пгт' and villages. Gorky oblast still also has several 'рп' 'Рабочий посёлок' "workers' town" but this is rather an exception from a general rule.
Where do you get all that footage from? From the DPRK itself? All these clips of clean, shiny streets and buildings - that must be stock footage, right? A simple tourist could never provide that high-quality of video clips.
The state news agency KCNA has a lot of them. You can access them online or try looking at some of the archives from East German and Soviet Union libraries if you're interested
We can truly live like this too. The urban sprawl in the west is outrageous and the development that occurs is purely for profit rather than bettering the lives of the people. The development that focuses on people staying and interacting within their own communities rather than staying inside is so beautiful too, as capitalism breeds this feeling of isolation from the people.
Wonderful. Thanks so much for the knowledge. What are the children’s traffic parks? May the DPRK continue to Flourish and Stay Forever Strong 🇰🇵 🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵
Absolutely love these videos. You should make more looking at different regions. Let's say, California, the Philippines, Cordoba, Spain. The possibilities are endless!
At seeing at the future <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1151">19:11</a> ! Because order is progres! Either India can pick a little bit of those receipt??? WONDERFUL !
this is a very well done and education video but I had one question watching this. What are your sources and or how you know this and so much about the hermit kingdom?
this is the 4th video on North Korea i saw in 10 minutes on you tube and yet i am repeatedly told it is the Hermit state where people are not allowed to film.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="836">13:56</a> truely what we are missing (genuienly as there isnt much graspable concepts of driving regulations untill only months before a driving test , tho not sure if idd trade all of our stuff for just the traffic park , wouldve been fun tho)
