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RayPat 7734 did you watch the fucking video?

Finally someone trying to show what china has BEEN DOING TO RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. Btw im not a vice fan because you guys inject your politics too much. Your almost at the point if becoming part of the " machine"

fanny bag lmao nah, they don’t like Christians either, nor any religion except what they put out.

VICE News 2019 “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore: (Vice) (Truth) >-< (Vice) • “Respect and dignity, 2019?”

you're clearly dead wrong budds

you know this commnt means he is dead right?

@@simonthomas1878 what

I believe that was a screenshot of google in the early 2000's as that logo and site looks nothing like any version displayed around the world, which means it's not even the real google, its just a jpeg they found online

Spazmaster Lmfaooo that was a old screenshot of google

Just by knowing how to read probably gets you killed

I think he was making a joke, not sure tho

And got to shook kim jong uns hand

@@aricarl6799 In the video you can literally see him shake kim jong un's hand

pretty sure he played a bit in his youth , you can t just pick up basketball and play in a team in five days while shooting a documentary in north korea

@@BarrieBM talking about him only playing basketball for 5 days

😂😅

😂😂

I need to show Bonnie 😂

😂

"만세" pronounced "manse". It sounds like screaming becasue they're all saying it at once

😂😅

Michael Jordan this actually made me laugh😂

Everyone keeps saying that guys trying not to die. Wells here’s something you might find shocking. HE PROBABLY DID DIE! Imagine when the North Koreans leadership seen that. Also they have a rule that if you do something bad pretty much every Living person who is related to you is punished. So HIS FAMILY IS PROBABLY DEAD TOO!

@@tannerdylan5972 He didnt do anything wrong, they definitely told him to just sit there. What COULD he have done? That clearly wasnt Google (old logo) so it most likely was some custom made website with a jpeg attached to it, to make it appear as if they dont have limited internet access. It was the fault of the people who choreographed that facade, in not realizing that the cameras would spot the man sitting idley in front of his computer monitor.

I thought the guy who they interrupted was gonna say " yes, no problem, I was just catching up on my PH videos"

“10,000 years” as a saying is pretty standard in Chinese-affiliated cultures. The original saying was “ wanshui aka 万岁”, in Chinese; “banzai, aka wanshui” in Japanese. It’s kind of a way to say “live long and prosper” or “continue to do well”

@Ramsn Sora you're dumb

LMAO

@Ramsn Sora your dumb

@Ramsn Sora you'er

Ramsn Sora you’re so dumb

Literally

I am watching this in Feb 2024 and it was uploaded 10+ years ago and it still feels like it could've been filmed last month.

@@bball3048mmfr Same for me! I have a theory, see if you agree after having watched this: We know that China has re-education camps for people who are caught practicing religion, and they disapprove of believing in any kind of god. I believe they have more metrics to determine if someone believes in a higher power outside of this world than just their personal confession or denouncement of faith. And so if there are simply people who cannot be broken (as in they continue to fail these potentially odd metrics of determination from within their camps) - What if they are sent to North Korea? And so all along North Korea is simply a giant penal colony for Chinese citizens who are seen as "wanting to worship a god". As if to say China is hatefully spiteful towards those who cannot be broken; "if they want to worship a god, they may worship a god". And in truth Kim Jong-un is simply the hired warden, but they are made to be his subjects and worship him as their god as punishment for their crimes of faith. (I do also understand that children are born there, and is an unfortunate consequence). What do you think of this theory to explain the nature of North Korea? And imagine that it is necessary to hide this relationship between China and North Korea from the world for trade relation reasons.

When what we've learned about North Korea hasn't changed one bit, its eery how little information has changed since this.

It is the first time

True

@Koushik H it's crazy

Yup.... I remember my first time.

Yeah

Dan Fitzgerald lol

😄😄

but are you oppress?

beastly LOL

Hahaha shit made me laugh during the video.

It was very touching, the globetrotters seem like such beautiful souls.

I totally agree 😌🎯.

Agree with everything you said, but I don't think the Korean people were clapping for the little girl because they DEEPLY disapprove of individuality. I think at first they thought they were all clapping for the accomplishment of making the ball spin on a child's fingers.. but when they noticed he tried to do it for the next child they caught onto why the Americans were applauding (like as if applauding for the child), and their attitude toward that moment suddenly changed. Watch it again and you'll see.

They sold themselves to kiss kimmys ass

Lol come on, they aren't friends. They're bang bros😂

HAHAHAHA 💀🤣🤣

Hahahaha....and i laughed, just in case.....

@@nowshinnoor6035 :D

I'm still clapping, and the vid ended 12 minutes ago.

@@slicks5664 lol...this is the best...you won a apartment, gift from Supreme leader 😂😂😂😂

Actually All Of Them..

chocolate man. oh wait, they've never seen chocolate either.

Lucky them.

That's the case in many other countries, for example Eastern European countries. I grew up in small city in Eastern Europe and I saw a black person for the first time at age of 15 or 16.

Not crazy at all. USA isn't the center of the world, y'know

LOL

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣

How long did you last there?

WuzNab lol

fck me, this comment got me good.

WuzNab 😂😂

He hasn't refreshed the page since internet went down...

ha hahaha!!! your a legend dude!

That's alot of people at basketball games.... Well any sports that does something similar to half time.

@Rafael Dejesus fucking golden comment. I love you

Very true. I noticed that🤣

😁👋

Omg is kim what I think he is ?????????????😶🤭

North Korea, to me, seems like an example of if the Nazis or Stalin would have won their respective conflicts. No matter what they do to their people the rest of the world just sort of stays out of it. It's almost like we are allowing this social experiment to blossom and we are taking very close notes.

​@@joshuaedwards3322agreed... it's incredibly strange for this place to exist throughout our lifetime and for us to do nothing to help those within NKorea's borders. But on the other hand, going in gund-blazing just isn't an option, and I haven't a clue what else the rest of the world could possibly do about it

@@variaxi935 I mean... They literally have (one) nuke. We could probably decapitate their leadership on a weekend.

Christopher Hensley lmao

EXACTLY I was like what does this remind me of

and the kim family is the greatest live action anime / reality tv show of all time

Christopher Hensley That would be my mom

Good shit lol.

Alec Nguyen you could see it in his eyes. 😓

scared he would screw up his lines

No seriously that was creepy af he was terrified

L R heck yeah he was. Wasn't just his life on the line, he was scared for his kids, his mom, his brother's best friend probably!

I felt so bad for that poor guy. Hopefully his performance was enough to keep he and his family out of prison or worse.

You are just a fool to be fooled by your evil propandist western media. What evidence do you have to show Kim jung un to be a dictator. You believe such because of your globalist government controlled western media. Have thought for a second the damaging effects of USA sanctions on NK.

First: Madlyn with her M. Jord. signed basketball Second: Vice Third: Red Velvet and some other KPop bands Fourth: The Summit. Let's see who's next

And Vice shit themselves when Trump got them to make peace with S Korea.

@@WEBTEAM1000 Ah gotcha. In your research, what exactly did Obama do to pressure NK?

@@pali1H so true

Lotfi Adam you are a man of the informed. Would love to see this paper!

Ohh that makes me sick

WuzNab HAHA I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT NOTICED 🤣🤣

hes thinking about hes nukes lmao

Yep, noticed that as well. Think I read a report somewhere that he doesn't only look at them

TSG KiLLem Twice yup i agree

got drunk and did karaoke with Kim Jong Un* lol

bruh i wanted to do that but now hes.... dead as hell.

My grand kids would say, mmm sooo wwwhat??!! Iknow them they such douches

@@seulgi4655 bruh hes nota dead

paym4n bro that’s like saying you went to satans house for a playdate

They actually say: MANZEH (long live)

@@jaydenamster9387 manzeh x Manseh o

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

BANZAAIIIII !!!

Es lanolin catolico

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u would be so scared cuz look at him wrong and i'm done for lol

RIGHT I FUCKING CRIED

@@salvie777 where?

@@football_goats4u982 5:52

@@salvie777 how awful are you? 😂

Underrated comment lmao

Hahahaha 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Thats not something you should joke about you piece of shiit

@@MarcotheKorean Dude chill out. North Korea is a joke so its ok.

@@MarcotheKorean the truth hurts

You believe Kim jung un is a dictator because your evil propandist western media made you believe so. Have ever wondered the damaging effects of USA sanctions on NK.

😂😂😂😂

The shouts are so loud you can literally hear the audio recording clipping

They are actually saying Man-Sae.. but really loud

nah they were saying EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..............................EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..............................................EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

🤣🤣😂🤣 bruh stop.

10,000 years cut a little short

Supercar Spotters yea lmao

만세 means "long live"

AUGUHGHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA What beautiful words

Supercar Spotters Lololol

haha yea its like a comedy, the guy acts being surprised and says "hey I was just looking for my papers on google, since, well im working on the string theory" hahahahahaha its a will ferrell moment

takerdust You think they have scientist and programs good enough for nuclear testing but can't hack sony (which has been "hacked" multiple times already)?

Michal Poky a lot of their nuclear info was stolen or sold to them. Even that took a couple of decades to obtain. To be a hacker you need to have a great deal of freedom, which is something even the most privileged citizen is not given. This is a country where if you have any book that's not related to your vocation, or talking about the history of the Dear leader and his family, you are shot.

takerdust They buyed that? Well thats something I didn't know.

well N Korea they have their own scientists too, but they had a lot of secret dealings with Pakistan in the 1990's, which is another nuclear power

😂😂😂

@@BobLoblaw23 they're screaming banzai

😂😂

😂😂

all i hear is live earrape

MRxROID just like The Interview but without the poison

Hope he disinfected his hands afterwards. Bleh.🤦🏻‍♀️🇨🇦

🤣🤣

omgg🤭☠️☠️☠️

Jack jones Bcz the whole country is starving? Lmao

Ayokz777 I don't think hes learned about north Korea yet in school

Lmfaooo omg

It sounded like they were saying "banzai", which I believe translated means something along the lines of "live 10,000 years" or "long live the emperor". I thought "Banzai" was just a Japanese thing; do other Asian languages (such as Korean) use it as well?

My speakers: JSKFKSKSJJDLFK Translation: "Life 10,000 years!" Me: If you say so.

@@manneaux4404 sometimes it's better to not question things you know🤷‍♂️

@@Poopary Right?

ikr

Ive never thought of it like that!?

Fr

Their whole life

That’s a very clever and true comment sir

Their*

Hahahaha accurate !

Same

Lol right

Meu deus kkkk

fr bro

preach

North Korea doesn't hate the US for its beliefs. North Korea hates the US for what it did to it during the Korean War. And I _don't_ mean completely flattening North Korea; the Vietnam War killed way more people (and way more recently) and yet Vietnam is one of the most pro-American countries in Asia. North Korea hates the US for dividing the Korean nation and establishing a rival country (SOUTH Korea) in their homeland. (North Korea sincerely believes that the US "stole" half of their land and two thirds of their people away from them. They consider the very existence of South Korea to be an "American occupation" of NK's "rightful southern territory." They don't recognize SK's right to exist as a separate and independent nation.) David Straub, a former US diplomat to SK, put it like this; imagine if during the Civil War the British swept in and intervened on the side of the Confederacy, and helped it successfully secede from the Union. Now imagine if today, the Confederate States still existed, and yet somehow became _more_ developed, modern and prosperous than the United States. How angry and bitter would Americans still be at Great Britain if they helped split the American nation in two and set up a more prosperous rival nation within their borders? As long as South Korea continues to exist as a separate and independent nation, North Korea will forever hate the US; they'll never forgive us for helping a separate "False Korea" exist in their homeland.

@@CytotoxinK great comment. I am not sure if they United if that would end the hate for western culture tho. They've been taught that from birth. Would take awhile to get rid of it maybe

That’s the problem, the beliefs of the Kim dynasty is why we all cannot get along. “So long as those beliefs do not want to harm anyone” you said it yourself.

@@CytotoxinK I see your point, very thought-provoking. My question then, what about what we're told about NK's harsh treatment of their own population? The prison camps, mass starvation, intrusive government surveillance on the families/visitors, and imprisonment of defectors? The overall nature of an authoritarian regime. Assuming those reports are true, can we really turn a blind eye and support a country like this?

right??

its fucking nuts

Alex DiStefano now i have a strange urge to go to north korea

my comment will be researched

We dont care about your stupid yank propoganda

He best friend with Kim tho

@@dontsubscribetome3262 If Kim kills his family members, I’m pretty sure he’ll be able to kill his friends too

he was probably sweating bullets while giving that speech

Rodman would be forgiven because that dictator has more to gain with him on his side than without him... I speak the truth

Bro if the translator wanted to he could just say something false and absolute get that guy killed

Agreed!

Its amazing to watch her face light up despite the fact that she lives there...It just seemed like a very wholesome experience and It genuinely saddens me that this little girl will probably have a pretty horrible life.

It's the only pure place left on this unholy planet. It should stay as it is.

@@babaruuts okay move to North Korea then.

@@Concon-bu4bp Would if I could tbh

@@babaruuts do you not like freedom?

That statement Is in every way illogical, why would they build an entire shopping plaza, gym, 2 basketball arenas, an entire city and allow for those civilian parents and children at the end to converse for all but 4 Americans?

He's right every aspect of tourism or journalism in North Korea is staged. And the capital isn't the whole country. And sometimes they actually stage a whole empty hotel just for 2 or 3 visiting strangers.

@@jojolafrite90 thats not true at all. I was there in April and nowadays there are so many tourist groups coming in and out daily. Bold statement to say that things are staged. People live their life there, come on now. All those people have a daily life and things to do and things to see.

ok so around 28 minutes there is a whole village of children in awe all acting? like they're acting amazed because they need to act for the cameras? oh so they bred a whole village of children purely for staged purposes? makes total sense.

and people who don't act well enough go to camps

yeah that was so sad, they didn't seem happy at all

You're just assuming now, maybe they all just really love their leader, and genuinely believe that he's this higher power or something which should be cheered for or something. Plus it's no different in basically every other country. Like with the queen for example, whenever she would enter somewhere with a bunch of people and whatnot, there would be a lot of cheering, it's just a pretty standard thing to happen.

Most of them really do have reverence and genuine admiration for their leader. Not every action or gesture in NK is a response to fear or terror. The presence of their leader physically among them is bound to inspire awe in most citizens. I don't know why you would expect it to be different here, to say nothing of the fact the cheer is standard protocol.

​@CheeseBrie Your comment is ridiculously laughable & pathetic. Do some research before spewing idiotic horse crap.

lmfaooooooi

Make thay shot, or you get shot😂

@@sourabhtripathi0986 beat me to it

Omg

You could see the fear in their eyes. They're all just thinking please don't fucking get us killed

If the North Koreans knew about sarcasm VICE would have been jailed that moment

That guide is dead now

Sounds like something a North Korean reporter would be forced to do

They tortured and killed him actually. But he was kind of stupid. You can break the rules and they won't even really be mad at you, but do anything that they may interpret as an insult to the leaders or system and that's something else to them.

jojolafrite90 Otto was top of his class in HS and went to University of VA and also happened to be a guy with common sense. My cousins went to hs with him and no one from that school thinks he actually would take down a poster. We can’t ever be sure but

Imagine being a VICE journalist being able to shake hands with Kim Jong-un and make a toast in the same table. I mean VICE! They've made many documentaries unfavourable to the DPRK and they get to go to a dinner with the "Dear" Leader. Insane tbh.

Not just to even shake hands with Kim Jung-un

I'd add that into my resume lmao

Dont know why anybody would WANT to ever say that.

Every heart beat was intense one wrong clap and they’d all be sent to jail

The first half of the video was fine until the second half where Kim shows up, and it made me intense at all times

IKR

Yep history

It's been a while since I watched this documentary, were any political prisoners released during Rodman's visit? Did life get better for any North Koreans after this two week basketball camp? In my humble opinion ambassadors main mission is to make lasting changes around the world, not to be treated like a King for a day and fly out of there having changed nothing. Rodman gave these guys two weeks of basketball, while probably consuming more champagne and lobster than these people will see in a lifetime, he's not my hero.

​@@joshuaedwards3322What do you propose? Go in there and demand changes by waging war? Sanction them because of their atrocities? Browbeat them into submission? Alienate and isolate them from the world until they change? NEWFLASH!!! That isn't working either!! This group of individuals have brought more joy, peace, & goodwill to those North Koreans than anything the US has done in the past 70 years. Everything the US has done, it has done nothing to better or improve the plight of North Koreans. If anything they've made life worse. Stop being the wind & be the sun. It's not force that's going to evoke change, it's warmth.

@Rene Media oh folks don’t wanna believe that. Our government might seem well and dandy, but that’s only comparatively.

Truman show is a movie about that exact concept

That’s very cool

its like being inserted in the truman show,this time tailor made for you

Pretty all countries are like that. Some are just, much more subtle..

Agreed! I think this type of gathering can unite and improve relations between N.Korea and the U.S.

Alexander Patrick Since you sound AntiAmerica why don't you go live in North Korea & then you might elaborate more. A country that surpresses it's fellowman. The United States​ of America may not be a perfect country, but what country is, but sure beats North Korea with their fake shopping mall & computer lab, etc. Supression of religion or faith to add on & countless NK detectors who know the real deal unlike you. Go figure....

Alexander Patrick Criticism of the regime or the leadership in North Korea, if reported, is enough to make you and your family ‘disappear’ from society and end up in a political prison camp. It goes without saying that there is no free media inside the country. The only opinion allowed to be voiced inside the country is the regime’s. It is illegal for the North Korean people to leave their country without the regime’s permission, and the regime attempts to restrict the people’s movement even inside their own country. If you wish to travel to another part of the country, you are supposed to have a specific purpose and obtain permission from your work unit. If you do not live in Pyongyang, the showcase capital where most resources are concentrated, you will likely be denied access. The regime has also forcibly relocated hundreds of thousands of North Koreans to less favorable parts of the country as a form of punishment and political persecution. Who's the real puppet pulling strings in NK?

Dragon Cocplayer No, the USSR started N Korea... Hence them explaining that Kim Jong Sun was put into place by the Russians... But I get it, it's fun to blame everything on the top dawg. As for Al Qaeda and ISIS, while I do believe we fueled the fire, I do not believe we are the cause of them. We did give them guns (Al Qaeda) to fight the Russians in the 80s, though.

Conner Yates e

Idk man why they're just staring at the computer and doin nothing😂

teacher,i'm not playing, i'm looking for porn

ballerdopeman yeet same

Yeah I mean they are on the same team right, RIGHT??

Chilling in North Korea, with Kim Jong-un

😂

very

To be honest it's the very essence of who he was as a player and a person.

That girl with the red jacket gave such a sweet reaction when she thought the ball would drop on her face! You could truly tell it was real

The guy staring at the Google page was priceless!😁

It’s probably still staged…. Since the tour guide secrete police allowed them to go down and play, must mean everything is in order

Oh that was staged..

@@bt70a9 I mean I don’t doubt that but the kids reactions to it were real

jack john your head would explode from its magnificence.

@@grannygootz5304 indeed

And you never shall. You no worthy.

jack john yooooooooooo

It is deep as shit

That guy knew if he said the wrong thing, he and his entire family would be killed. Crazy.

"Oh sorry to disturb you while you work" "Oh i was just looking for my journals" 😂😂😂

Thought you guys might find this interesting. I did find a few North Korean physics papers on nature index, one of which was a published paper on string theory. www.natureindex.com/institution-outputs/north-korea/faculty-of-physics-kim-il-sung-university/574d4d45140ba0452c8b4569

He looked like he was struggling with English

well you could say the exact opposite and call everything you know western propaganda. Knowledge isn't that straight forward you know, epistemology and truth ideas do tell us that

Agree, I noticed it too.

Agreed.

Visitors to NK are permanently in a tunnel of state organized theatre sets, you never see anything they don't want you to see. The guy was hand picked to spread an image that NK is both open and connected and taking part in the most complex of science. Nothing about any of this is by accident. The thing is that people designing the propaganda don't really understand how well people from the rest of the world see through manipulation like this because were exposed to so much media. To us, it looks obviously staged and or coerced. Like a ransom video.

yeah, people on these videos always have the fear of god on their faces lmao, quite literally considering the kim family is basically divine for them

Meanwhile in the alternate side of the universe. Dude literally shat his pants. True story.

"Are you trying to shoot me in the head?" "No, we just have to always hold it up for practice."

Awesome

based linux

Persuasion 100

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4G6e4TaJxkI.html ......

yeah i notice that too XD

thats because he really knew the exact nba when he studied in foreign countries and grew up watching

@Armed Chicano omg

They're losing so yeah lmao

@Armed Chicano literally how?

Kyle Clancy lmao we American are liars

Melanie Estrada He has balls

Can you time tag that

@@hazardous458 🎶 ...for the laaand of the freeeeeee, and the hooome of theeeee br...liaaaarsss. 🎶

@Robot blaster 5:55

time snap ??

25:28-26:48 i think idk

@@lmao9526 yeah it’s 25:28

Also 18:25, lmfaoo

Yea I'm staight n the 🇺🇸

Ryan Lynch I’ll bet it was only a screenshot

@@BB-kt5eb it wasnt. You can actually see the line in the search bar blinking.

@@kaassaus4230 the public Doe's have Google tho it probly a North Korean website to portrait google

@@kaassaus4230 doesn't*

@@5.3cheyito you must be fun at partys

You don't? Well I wanna talk to your manager.

Nah man Dennis got taken care of for free man.

That's a test joke 😂, but she couldn't understand

American Express, you mean the black card

Now that's underrated

I saw him get excited for those dancing women too lol.

@vuxxii that's his sister, not wife

Jenny Lee looks like his wife, but if it isn’t Wife back at home: Profusely sweats