Another interesting video from Mongolian Friends of DPRK facebook page. The second and last official visit of Kim Il Sung was in 1988. The previous visit was in 1956.
The magenta shift should have been corrected prior to posting. Kimbo seems like an affable grandpa looking out for talent, like most Communist dictators at that time; today they are experts at everything. Interesting viewing.
Love these weird old commie memorabilia reels. Thanks. D.A. J.D. NYC At 5:57 you can see the large goiter on the back of K.I.S.'s neck - must have been a Mongolian cameraman. And 13:36
@@nohandle_needed Not really. DPRK lost the support of the Soviet Union and was on its own from then on. While all the post-Soviet states opened up, North Korea became increasingly isolated at its own will. Without trade and without support from the socialist brother states, there was a supply crisis in the 1990s. The gov`t did not want to admit this and let its people starve. Only when the country was on the verge of collapse international aid organisations were allowed into the country. Instead of thinking about supplying the population, investments were always made in armaments. Democracy and a market economy were immediately introduced in Mongolia. As in North Korea, there was a supply and economic crisis, but at the same time efforts were made to establish good relations with the two neighbouring countries, the "third neighbour policy" was installed and a famine was prevented. From the turn of the millennium, the reforms began to bear fruit, which is precisely why Mongolia is in such a much better position than the DPRK nowadays. GDP PPP: Mongolia 18.500 USD, DPRK 1.700 USD
@@nohandle_needed btw. there is no Kazakh mining company currently present in Mongolia. The Oyu Tolgoi copper deposit is under the control of an Australian-Mongolian joint venture. The Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit and the copper mine in Erdenet are 100% owned by Mongolian shareholders. Why this half knowledge? I don`t see the joke.
@@epppz755 Yes, it was! Kim Il-sung developed a calcium deposit growth on the right back side of his neck in the 1970s. Initially considered inoperable due to its proximity to vital nerves, it was later revealed by a defective Cuban bodyguard for Fidel Castro that Kim's paranoia was the reason it wasn't treated. To conceal the growth from official photos and newsreels, North Korean reporters had to position themselves to Kim's left. As the growth grew to the size of a baseball by the late 1980s, hiding it became more challenging.
@Александра Ладэ The thing is, Alexandra Lade, that close friends rubbed it like a lucky charm. But if it was so lucky, why didn't he let more people rub it? Selfish, that's why.
In all of my years of researching North Korea, never would I have expected the story of Kim il Sung having someone rub his "lucky calcium deposit" and him being "selfish" for not allowing more people to rub it. Kudos to you, this is peak comedy
He built beautiful political re-education camps , some of the world's best The way he rules with a ruthlessness is incredible, up coming tyrants can definitely learn from the dear leader
Or, he just wouldn't go out in such windy conditions or would have had people around him to clean it up and it would either not have been filmed or not released on state TV. It's important to not exaggerate North Korea anymore than it does itself because they want you to think of them as senile maniacs while in actuality their governing has been quite smart and intentional to retain their power. Labour camps are real but if it was this easy to get in then they would literally run out of people to put in them
