I used to listen to these Japanese broadcasts from Radio Pyongyang when I lived in Japan in the 1980s. One of the shortwave stations that was very easy to pick up. Content was all propaganda of course, but that was part of the entertainment. Shortwave was a kind of narrow portal to the outside world, esp. as I lived in some fairly rural areas with zero sources of outside news. I could pick up BBC, US Armed forces radio, Radio Moscow, Radio Beijing, Radio Australia, etc. A bit of nostalgia remembering hunkering down on some snowy winter night, listening to the glorious deeds of the Great Leader!
I was wondering why so much of it sounded Japanese. They started their broadcast with "konbanwa" which means good morning in Japanese. The numbers were also in Japanese. I know Korean is considered part of the Japonic language family, but I didn't think they were so uncannily similar.
@@anarcho-pingu en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonic_languages#:~:text=Japonic%20or%20Japanese%E2%80%93Ryukyuan%2C%20sometimes,in%20reconstructing%20the%20proto%2Dlanguage. It's actually theorized that the Japanese language came from the Korean peninsula with the Yayoi, so the two languages are ancestrally linked according to some linguists. This is just a theory though and might not be true when further research is conducted.
1. He’s speaking Japanese not Korean 2. They are just more enthusiastic now? How does that make them sound less “intelligent”? Or is that just because they’re speaking an alien language, all of the sudden, when they’re enthusiastic, it sounds barbarian or un-“intelligent” to you? 3. Enthusiasm is not not “normal” 4. If you were watching a football game on American TV or anywhere else in the world, when the commentator has more enthusiasm, do you think they sound unintelligent?
Nobody can image that North Korea ruled by Kim Il Sung(the founder of North Korea) was then economically more stable and less poor than current DPRK under Kim-Jong Un.
That because Kim Jong IL destroed North Korea's economy and killed many of his people. Kim Jong Un was left with almost nothing. Kim Jong Un did say he would love to have more tourist visit North Korea some day
@@trunkssoto6257 Kim Jung Il didn't destroy the economy and he didn't kill many of his people. Sanctions did that, floods and droughts did that, and the collapse of the USSR did that (not to mention that Gorby slowly abandoned DPRK and had closest relationships with ROK). Kim Jung Il did anything he could to stop the famine and to reform the economy, but sanctions didn't allow it. Don't spread misleading about this great man. He did what he could to stabilize his country.
Japanese is one of recognized languages of North Korea, likely intended for Japanese people lived in this country. but they speak Korean language only.
@@rtcp2020 Same does for South Korea. They also joined the United Nations in 1991. I don't know why both Koreas only joined the United Nations in 1991.
Did the anthem’s tune change over time? Kind of prefer this version. It’s a lot more positive and “present”; the old one sounds very “nostalgic” and dated.
@@jp7vwv645 Thanks! I figured that out from looking at other comments after I left the reply. Have you been able to figure out what the Morse Code message says? (ありがとう！私は他のコメントを見ることからそれを理解しました。モールス信号のメッセージの内容を理解できましたか？)
@@jp7vwv645 Same here. I can sort of make it out, but then my brain loses focus on the signal and I have to restart from the beginning. ( こっちも一緒。なんとかすることはできますが、脳は信号に集中できなくなり、最初からやり直す必要があります。)
