'The Privileged' Store in North Korea - Part 1

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Ok, so this is my 46th video that I uploaded, many people asked me..
"How could you upload youtube video in NK?".
"He uploads the video after he back to Indonesia, because he didn't dare if he upload directly from NK".
Nope..that is not entirely True..
#jakaparker #northkorea #koreautara
The answer is..
I already back to Indonesia, and currently I live in Indonesia..
My first 23 videos was uploaded when I was in North Korea.
The most different thing that when I uploaded video in NK, for a 15 minute video needed two days to upload, because the internet there was unstable due to electricity on off several times in a day..I can’t subscribe for cellular internet mobile because its way too expensive and..not reliable too...
but..when in Indonesia, I can choose which provider for internet and to upload a 15 minute video need only few minutes...
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OK..
back to this video..
I was going to a store which was located inside the Diplomatic Compound in Munsu District, behind Vietnam Embassy (you can check it out in Google Maps)
Sure..because these videos is about my daily life in NK...so I only posted about my routines things that I am doing in NK).
This store named Pyongyang Shop, which only several people who can access inside, only Foreigners and local Korean people who can get permission to be inside Diplomatic Compound (usually Korean people who works for foreign Organisations and embassies).
Btw.. sorry for bad English and Korean..
Any viewers who understand Korean language might be laughing hearing me trying to make conversations with the locals..please pardon me.
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@seanceknowles2911 4 года назад

READ THE DESCRIPTION PEOPLE! HE LITERALLY EXPLAINS EVERYTHING THERE.

@Balaji-qg8st 3 года назад

That helps

@livideadgirl 3 года назад

Most people are dumb and think it's propaganda like just take your time to look at the information

@masonhidari 3 года назад

@@livideadgirl i call two layered propaganda

@livideadgirl 3 года назад

@@masonhidari please explain further.

@theactionman8403 3 года назад

They’re playing an instrumental version of my way by Frank Sinatra in the store

@beckyisaac1768 7 лет назад

the look on their faces when you walked in, was like they never saw a customer. what a strange place though.

@boteiro1436 3 года назад

must have thought it was a state official spying on them :) it is a really strange place, it looks normal but most definitely isnt

@varietydelle5253 3 года назад

@elgaban2486 3 года назад

Read description bro

@tajwarchowdhury22 3 года назад

Ikr. That's what I was thinking

@pdraggy 3 года назад

well he does look like a human bomber or something, looking at his clothing compared with theirs one would think he'd at least take off his jacket when entering a building.... unless he was hiding something. that's just what I might think. Plus North Koreans are going to be suspicious if you don't look like you belong there? like perhapse he gave off a South Korean 'vibe'... as later on it seems like he didn't know how to say something and used hand motions to translate. I'm not sure, maybe that's just a normal part of the language though, but just my thoughts on why the stare :).

@deadly8608 7 лет назад

They have everything in that store except subtitles

@popularrandomstuff1348 3 года назад

They have everything in that store except Human Rights

@ahaan9254 3 года назад

@@popularrandomstuff1348 F

@gdragcn9588 3 года назад

@@popularrandomstuff1348 deadass

@PC_Simo 2 года назад

And plastic wrap.

@alexjavi7849 2 года назад

They do now and that's impresive

@jos9072 6 лет назад

They look like they don't want to sell anything

@pieterbro173 8 месяцев назад

This is typical of communism. In Poland 40 years ago, saleswomen didn't want to sell either. And a customer meant unnecessary trouble for them.

@Ekam-Sat 8 месяцев назад

7.8 K likes but no replies?! What the heck. That's as odd as this privileged store.

@29th. 7 месяцев назад

1 comment per customer.

@huxiao4656 7 месяцев назад

This comment is 6 years ago and the reply only 2? Do people really scared to leave a comment? 😂 let me fix it

@trashyspeeds266 7 месяцев назад

Who tf cares how many comments there is. Anyway. They probably dont get many foreign or return customers, so you cant really blame them for that look on their face. They were probably just shocked lol

@mrchickflick4444 11 месяцев назад

Crazy that this is classed as a privileged store when it’s like a discount store in the uk like home bargains 😮 makes me realise how lucky I am

@goodmorning2386 9 месяцев назад

Me too! It looks like a discount store from the United States or Australia too, I’ve lived in both countries It makes me wonder what the stores for average people are like in North Korea

@zombieoutbreakprod 9 месяцев назад

Reminds me of that Soviet guy who went to a normal grocery store in America and was shocked by the fresh produce

@Man_fay_the_Bru 9 месяцев назад

Same here, home bargains is fckn class

@phexyn3997 9 месяцев назад

Exactly, not even bad, just a very clean discount store without any customers.

@billyxkid5062 9 месяцев назад

I think it’s a privilege because if you look in the description, only a handful of people are allowed to go in there certain ambassadors and certain outside travelers so I’m guessing that’s probably why it’s called a privileged store since only a select few could go in

@00pirs 5 лет назад

I felt so nervous when the two ladies kept on staring on the camera

@neptunessorrow6119 2 месяца назад

Me too

@chungus100 7 лет назад

"Are you okay?" "I'm okay" No she's not..

@dikhaaditya6925 3 года назад

Almost 5k likes and no replies, dude thats creepy

@chungus100 3 года назад

@@dikhaaditya6925 Congrats on being the first!

@carlivasquez6840 3 года назад

Bro same

@KaiBrunk125 3 года назад

@@dikhaaditya6925 Yeah how did this comment get 5k likes over 4 years but no comments? Idk why I agree, but I agree thats creepy lol

@enriquerenteria6089 2 года назад

Everyone that likes this are NPCS

@GearZenChannel 7 лет назад

3 million people can now unlock your phone.

@sajeloyd986 2 года назад

Lol

@dsgucler8492 5 месяцев назад

you can try by going there :D

@GearZenChannel 5 месяцев назад

@@dsgucler8492 I prefer to stay South of the DMZ; better shopping. Fascinating place though! Also, now it is 7 million who can unlock it. 🤣

@LuthaisRonso Год назад

You see a brief moment of humanity when the shopkeeper who is calculating prices is asked how she is doing....and she smiles back. Not completely broken, still a glimmer of hope inside.

@TheMixMasterMarx Год назад

cringe

@attmd Год назад

@@TheMixMasterMarxshut up nigga enjoy the lil things

@Adeel808s Год назад

Welcome to hermit kingdom

@TheMixMasterMarx Год назад

@@Adeel808s lol more like US echo chamber

@xoreign Год назад

@@TheMixMasterMarx nothing more "cringe" than using that word to describe a person happy that someone smiled.

@kalijasin 7 лет назад

Place looks scary. Very sterile and controlled.

@Shreyashbhagatoo 2 месяца назад

heloo anyone here....

@dumpsterfire9506 2 месяца назад

@@ShreyashbhagatooI’m here!

@tusheyy6033 Месяц назад

@@dumpsterfire9506hi

@light8174 7 лет назад

The workers looked kind of pissed with him lol

@emptytoiletpaperroll9112 7 лет назад

lovelylight ~ That girl on your profile picture is having difficulties with her eyes

@childe4120 7 лет назад

NO NAME [UNKNOWN] thats not a girl-

@lisavanderpump7475 3 года назад

@@childe4120 eww

@CaseyAlhambra 3 года назад

Well those NK people are living in a difficult working environment so I’m not surprised of how unhappy they are. But I feel very bad for those girls 😔

@BattleAxe1345 5 месяцев назад

Lol, I would be a little as well if I had to manually convert through three different currencies for two basic items and then after getting that done having him come back for one more item😂

@kreuzer9877 7 лет назад

Lmao they took like 10 mins to write the receipt and calculate the costs of those two items. Imagine them working at walmart

@isabelestrada6510 7 лет назад

they would fit right in haha

@timmartinez9901 7 лет назад

+Isabel Estrada ha

@stealth.hawk. 7 лет назад

Ahahah xD

@tonythatorc971 3 года назад

I think it's because maybe he is using different currency at the store?

@nervousbunnygaming 3 года назад

They probably have to keep close stock of everything. Make sure nothing is stolen probably.

@ReubenWslay Год назад

5:55 I cannot 😭 out of all the perfumes there’s a Britney Spears one on the top right she really did take over the world

@mariaivanova9089 5 месяцев назад

Не волнуйтесь, это подделка. 😊

@guimaraesmota3392 4 месяца назад

Comrade Britney Spears is a reality!

@Bk2229 Месяц назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂 COMRADE BRITNEY KKKKKKKKKDKEKEKEKEJWOWPWJDHHEIEIEIEIWOOQLQLA BROOOOOO @@guimaraesmota3392

@christian876 Месяц назад

I was like Brintey What are you doing in North Korea lol

@heidimartinez1140 7 лет назад

Everything seems so untouched ☹️

@Adi-fh8ed 7 лет назад

Heidi Martinez True it feels so... Idk like so lonely there so quiet..

@CaseyAlhambra 3 года назад

It’s a privilege store so they’re not busy all the time.

@mete7212 2 года назад

beacuse they are untouched products . North Korean people cannot enter these markets.

@diamondgamerdiamond2168 7 лет назад

I look around and see things I use daily my family is middle class in America and the fact that all these things are only for the rich I realized how much I take for granted

@named746 3 года назад

of course you do. You never know that before but at least you know now

@saintnicole3209 3 года назад

it's like this in any developing country btw!

@jeffreylebowski2440 3 года назад

@@saintnicole3209 No it's not. China has a status of a developing country and India also but in both countries at least 60% of population can freely go to the supermarket and buy things they can afford and need like food, tools but a lot of them are still very poor in comaprison with the west. From what we know from the refugees most people have to get things they want from the black market it's only 5 million of people that can afford to go to the supermarket in North Korea and the rest are slaves.

@saintnicole3209 3 года назад

@@jeffreylebowski2440 so you're just going to completely ignore the sanctions' role in that? lol okay

@itdobelikedattho8112 2 года назад

Lucky boy

@salemsaberhagen8926 6 лет назад

I read that Pyongyang (even with its daily power cuts) is considered a "showcase capital", only the very privileged party elite is allowed to live there, that's why you don't see anybody else shopping in these "elite" stores. I can't imagine how ordinary North Koreans live if this thrift store is what passes for "privilege" though.

@jujumama Год назад

4000 LIKES, and no comments. wow.oops sry

@noneedtoknowmyname2855 Год назад

@@jujumama Regardless how rich or poor they might be, finally they're just like us, people born in a different place. However, we're all made in the image of God, thus we have a conscience (knowing right from wrong) and because of that we shall be judged (held accountable) by God. It is appointed unto men once to die and after that the judgement. We've all sinned and fallen short of God's glory, there is none righteous, there is none who does good. The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus. Everybody reading this, repent and believe the gospel: Jesus Christ, died for our sins, was buried and after 3 days rose from the grave according to Scriptures. The Bible says, "if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in your heart that God had raised him from the dead, you shall be saved." For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but by me." Nobody can earn their way to Heaven because our righteousness is like filthy rags. We're saved by grace through faith, that is not of ourselves, it's the gift of God, not of works, lest any should boast. Unless you repent, you shall perish. Jesus words to all these rich folks: "What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Your soul is more precious than anything this world has to offer. Because everything will perish, but the human soul shall live forever, either in Heaven with Jesus or in the Lake of Fire with Satan and his demons and the rest of unrepented God hating souls. Where will you spend eternity friend?

@goeticfolklore Год назад

Yes, even the rich do manual labor which is why guides still won’t let you film certain things there (people looking tired, pushing equipment, etc)

@haileennevsmom09 Год назад

its just insane

@ag9953 Год назад

It is, we all have seen the footage of the towns outside of the few large cities, people live in total squalor.

@squangan Год назад

Meanwhile a very creepy version of ‘I Did It My Way’ is playing over the stores speakers system, that’s a very fitting song for the regime. I also liked how she unlocked the cabinet with the battery in it as clearly the hordes of shoppers there would steal the batteries without a moments hesitation if it was left unlocked.

@aquariandawn4750 9 месяцев назад

Can you imagine what they do to shoplifters over there? There's some people in my country could use some treatment like that

@MichaelTheoret 8 месяцев назад

@@aquariandawn4750 , The North Korean version of the Gulog comes to mind, though probably way more unpleasant than the Russian Gulog . Probably whips and a bullet may be involved if those guards don't like you .

@ctizmasuk1990 7 месяцев назад

I notice too legend knows 😂😂😂

@shukky3960 4 месяца назад

@Pitterpod Do you happen to know title of the second (piano) song that starts playing at around 5:40min mark?

@ignas.saldys 3 месяца назад

@@shukky3960 Frank Sinatra - My Way

@rexrexxington6932 7 лет назад

We have the same thing. It is called a dollar store here.

@bulfri 7 лет назад

except that it's not a dollar store there... most people wouldn't be able to afford anything from that store

@Diogenes69Sinope 7 лет назад

The 'privileged store'

@-ninetailed-7172 7 лет назад

bulfri i see the joke went way over your head

@TheXboxOnes 7 лет назад

-NineTailed- I didn't know the information they said i'm pretty sure you must've got butthurt because they didn't continue on with the joke.

@bernisweltredsun1245 5 лет назад

Like i said before,a Dollar Store with Armani,Boss and Rolex to buy? I am seriously impressed.

@rebeltorc 6 лет назад

Must be pretty easy to work at that store, no customers, just remove some cobweb from products ones in awhile 😅

@BookofYAH777 3 года назад

actually, you need to do it twos in a while

@FlamingBeat 2 года назад

2k likes and only 2 replies lmfao

@MelloYello277 Год назад

Lol

@thealexpshow782 2 месяца назад

Easy job, and probably not great pay wage

@ridinwithjake 2 месяца назад

Probably one of the most coveted jobs that only privileged people get, cause it’s easy and safe.

@erwintan001 7 лет назад

I've never felt this intense watching people go for shopping. It's like watching this guy walking into a death trap with cold-expressionless guards. Damn dude, you're courageous 👍

@PHCuber 2 года назад

First reply

@trip6634 2 года назад

Second reply In 4yrs

@Kuli_bangunan-t4g 2 года назад

Third replay

@warti4080 2 года назад

@@Kuli_bangunan-t4g fourth reply

@hei38cuhc 2 года назад

Cccccombo breaker. They really look frightening.

@ray-qd4ye Год назад

It’s so strange to see common and even poor things being really expensive in the North Korea

@AppleUploader Год назад

Don’t worry, the US is headed towards that path too with crazy inflation everywhere

@bldontmatter5319 10 месяцев назад

@@AppleUploaderlet's go Brandon

@usmanahmad2382 6 месяцев назад

And because of us import ban ok north Korea/ stealing from midle east yeah u have a Nice life

@nobbynobbs8182 5 месяцев назад

@@usmanahmad2382 nonsense. They can import from China too. North Korea's isolation is self inflicted. The dictatorial regime cannot survive without treating most of its population like slaves and prisoners

@LordOfSweden Месяц назад

I saw a documentary recently, a visit to NK. A can of Nestle instant coffe is 15 dollars and that's 1/3 of a monthly salary. So only the really really priviliged would be able to afford it. That's a like a pure luxary. Imagine yourself if you spend 1/3 of your money each month on one pack of instant coffee

@GeorgeAusters 7 лет назад

Batteries are kept in a secured glass cupboard? Lol

@maddog051968 7 лет назад

With the key to the cabinet on top of it. that is hilarious!!!!! Then again....buy the time someone buys the batteries they will not work. lol....

@carressa 4 месяца назад

Now 6 years later they lock up deodorant and toothpaste in glass in the 🇺🇸😩😂

@davidschwartz6380 4 месяца назад

. Not socialism as such but more a north korean/despot version of dystopia in action

@Lolildoom 4 месяца назад

@@carressait’s because people steal everything and then cry about it when the stores close that’s what happens when democrats run the state 😜

@newdimension4731 3 месяца назад

yep just like in Québec provinces pharmacies and stores kept BEHIND the counter where the cashiers are, they cost a lot and are too easy TO STEAL

@DaniClipz 7 лет назад

Having a job like this in NK would basicly be like having a job as a doctor in the UK or US and many others.

@ronnieallie8490 2 года назад

True

@F-18Super 2 года назад

Wym?

@osvaldomorinigo 2 года назад

What

@kaikai52720 2 года назад

I know! They act like they work in a high-end retail store when this place looks like a tiny Walmart.

@lovelymayy 2 года назад

Yep.

@dante19x 4 года назад

Why is there like 20 minutes of them typing on a calculator and a computer for him to buy two tiny little items

@telaandias3531 4 года назад

ER calculate the total, convert it to USD because he isn’t a local and he cannot pay in won (so they had to find the exchange rate on the computer and calculate) then they also had to convert it to euro because he wanted to pay in euros

@mstcrow5429 3 года назад

Also keep in mind there isn't any reason to prioritize efficiency or customer service. Or the IT system. It's like government "services" in the US, except 10x worse.

@Rolando_Cueva 3 года назад

@@telaandias3531 Erm, you know you can convert from won to euros right? There is no reason for converting twice.

@commonhuman2701 3 года назад

@@telaandias3531 ooooo thanks 😀

@robertsilva8097 3 года назад

@@Rolando_Cueva foreigners are not allowed to have North Korean Won you have to have permission from the government for example if you're a visiting tourist the North Korean minder will give you permission to use North Korean won at local grocery store to buy food venue bring the change back and they'll give you either Euros back or US Dollars

@spacemonkey9257 2 месяца назад

you gotta give that girl credit she knew exactly where those batteries were.

@thetillerwiller4696 Месяц назад

Frrrr she immediately showed him 😅

@lunar2391 Месяц назад

they’re probably trained to know EXACTLY where EVERYTHING is or else they’d get thrown in a labor camp along with 3 generations of their families

@lea24457 15 дней назад

She wouldn’t dare not know 😂

@adamhooper2476 7 лет назад

Best retail job ever. No bloody customers to worry about.

@jeanneann3545 3 года назад

probably no Karen... Except, powerful fussy customers that would send your head flying if you didnt appear friendly enough 🤧

@j.67 3 года назад

caveat.. you have to live in North Korea

@ss21380 3 года назад

But it's looks like a little scary to me because just a few human there. Well I don't like supranatural thing.

@robertsilva8097 3 года назад

@@jeanneann3545 locals can go shopping here with permission

@svampebob007 3 года назад

@@j.67 I've worked in retail, and to this day I'm still debating if it's really a pro or a con.

@jeojangalakuanlin9511 7 лет назад

Damn this "privileged" store is the dollar store in SK.

@bernisweltredsun1245 5 лет назад

Damnit, a Dollar store with Armani,Boss and Rolex? Damn you have to be wealthy as Richie Rich in SK!

@wil.d_sage 9 месяцев назад

Same for here in the US. This looks like a smaller more depressing version of Ross

@cheyennec5546 9 месяцев назад

@@bernisweltredsun1245 Judging by this store I’m pretty certain those aren’t Rolex’s but watches you’d find at a Walmart

@MichaelTheoret 8 месяцев назад

The "Priviledged Store " shown in this Video is like a Dollar General in the USA . What a strange Place North Korea is.

@ventedthesenuts 5 месяцев назад

@@bernisweltredsun1245those ain't real Rolex or boss I assume

@lauryrodriguez7229 5 лет назад

Notice how TOO organize the store is. As if no one has touched anything ever

@mete7212 2 года назад

beacuse they are untouched products . North Korean people cannot enter these markets.

@MrEtovam 2 года назад

too many snitches there, so they don't open their mouth

@nicoleharrington9086 2 года назад

😲

@prod.drxlis Год назад

It's a diplomatic building for tourists

@alekizzu4705 Год назад

it's a store where only foreign diplomats and the rich can access, where you can only pay with foreign currency. Regular Koreans can't shop in these stores, that's why they call it "privileged store"

@slizzee Год назад

Even though it seems like NK likes to blame the US for everything, they seem to like their music. I think that’s Frank Sinatra‘s „My Way“ playing in the background? :D

@CodeName2166 4 месяца назад

blame the government not the musicians

@lea24457 15 дней назад

Yeah but a creepy version of it 😂

@TDo280199 7 лет назад

Seeing a North Korean smile is oddly heart-warming.

@tomsorial911 7 лет назад

"Forced to smile" jk

@CaseyAlhambra 3 года назад

But I do feel bad for those girls. They’re living in a very harsh environment 😔

@Toe1234-b4d 2 года назад

@@CaseyAlhambra No theyre not lmao

@haidar1128 2 года назад

@@Toe1234-b4d wdym? there's still poverty running rampant there

@Toe1234-b4d 2 года назад

@@haidar1128 Haha, funny one where did you get that from? They have free housing.

@BoobzTwo 7 лет назад

Nice store, the only thing missing seems to be the privileged people.

@f0rever1 7 лет назад

Michelle Campbell lol yea bc in NK there are little to zero privileged people living there smh

@jeffnovak4584 7 лет назад

So a "privileged" store in North Korea looks like a dollar general that is in a liquidation sale and lacks proper interior lighting, got it

@Shipfixer Год назад

Makes me appreciate being a free human. I can go to any store I please, buy what I want or need, and I don't go into panic-meltdown if I see a camera. Unreal what these people have to endure just to be allowed to live their lives. I'll bet before you were even half way finished shopping, that girl behind the counter called their gods and reported that you had a terrible evil GoPro on.

@zb7297 Год назад

You have thousands of privileged shops. Gucci, Prada, Hermes, Rolex, Porsche, Lamborghini etc.

@kaicyr2 11 месяцев назад

She has to report it, or else. That’s how scary it is.

@Ehecatl-A2083 10 месяцев назад

Well, we are not free at all

@microcraftcienciologo9329 10 месяцев назад

@@zb7297la diferencia es que no vas a morir por no poder usar ropa de marcas caras, en cambio en países con regímenes autoritarios si naciste lejos de la élite no puedes ni soñar con medicinas, papel higiénico u otros artículos básicos

@mattmathematics3591 9 месяцев назад

Yeah even if capitalism sucks big time u have freedom in hr tent 😅

@kongstrong1938 7 лет назад

shoplifters actually put things back here.

@hobbybugs1286 3 года назад

If they noticed a camera they probably thought you work for the korean gov

@thetimemachine3502 3 года назад

as a sort of 5th column for S Korean Govt. uhhh??

@ingwiafraujaz3126 3 года назад

Then he would probably have to speak fluent Korean, which he doesn't, so I doubt it.

@СтефановићКараџић 2 года назад

@@ingwiafraujaz3126 Some spies act like they don’t speak their native language. It’s common.

@Milleeee 7 лет назад

dude wtf, you behaved really wierd. And the guy in the end was probably a security guy checking you out

@hn6498 7 лет назад

probably to get more footage

@entezami777 Год назад

He was very strange. I didnt like this video at all.

@abbey3806 Год назад

@@entezami777 How does the dude who uploads these even upload them if he lives in Norrh Korea?

@theedwardian Год назад

He's Asian, he's doing his best

@entezami777 Год назад

@@abbey3806 its all weird to me.

@buckeye9252 Год назад

The fact that this guy is driving automatically puts him in elite of elite

@battle4truth701 Год назад

Oh to be given a car by your political overlords. I remember my first car

@ericschuster2231 Месяц назад

He’s driving manually. It’s a stick shift

@ronrozen2105 Месяц назад

@@ericschuster2231sarcasm?

@ericschuster2231 Месяц назад

@@ronrozen2105 I am being a wise ass. But yes

@iibaboo2 7 лет назад

Is it just me or they seem a bit cold? Like they dont smile and seem annoyed by him

@justintime5254 7 лет назад

If I lived in Nk I wouldn't be smiling either

@nika4843 13 дней назад

Well they do look physically cold. They earch have jackets zipped up to their necks and only their hands and heads are uncovered. They look like they're dressed to work outside on a crisp fall day. I bet that place has no heating.

@user-hk3ej4hk7m 7 лет назад

How are they supposed to not "notice" your GoPro if you have it hanging from your neck? You can see that from the reflection on the car window

@technocracy90 7 лет назад

Facundo maybe they simply don't know what it is?

@unoriginal6958 7 лет назад

윤형석 nah its werid anyways that he's able to drive a car and go to a store like that in nk he probably works there or something

@helloraz3451 2 года назад

@Jul W 👫⃠ read description nerd

@nomeka6518 Год назад

@@unoriginal6958 maybe hes work for Indonesian embassy

@neggy2926 Год назад

@Jul W freelance photographer for indonesian embassy

@princeliem 7 лет назад

Selling American stuff in North Korea?? Bad ass level 9000

@debrakleid5752 9 месяцев назад

You’re English is great and we understand what you are saying in the description. I will say that you are really brave to record all of this inside the DPRK. Stay safe!

@babywaffles 2 месяца назад

Your*

@abcdef2061 2 месяца назад

@@babywafflesshut up

@U_dont_know_what_leeknows 23 дня назад

@@babywaffles shut up

@TheMadisonmccarthy 6 лет назад

Imagine if we are the ones brainwashed about the outside world.

@Cicada-oo7ti 6 лет назад

TheMadisonmccarthy 😲

@pozloadescobar 3 года назад

We are brainwashed about a lot of things. The difference is that we worship money and consumer goods whereas they worship the state. (Our brainwashing is way better)

@BookofYAH777 3 года назад

that's unlikely because we are free to travel almost anywhere (or at least it was the case recently) and we and our peers are free to talk with each other about our experiences. If there are any discrepancies between what travellers have seen and what we're taught by the authorities, then the travellers would have told us

@revolutionaryhealing9992 3 года назад

Exactly, and you know we are in trouble if a refugee from NK doesn’t feel totally free in a western country (especially the US). I think that life becomes much more difficult as you become fully awakened because we previously succumbed to the brainwashing and lies which we were sold of not being deserving of better or worthy of more as a defense mechanism. It just makes it much easier to get through everyday life if you go about it this way, rather than waking up to the realization that you should not just have to accept the situation for what it is or settle for it. However, it’s absolutely necessary to go through awakening, otherwise you just go through life as a robot....

@jasonatencio3971 Год назад

@@pozloadescobar we are brainwashed with our history too

@Shirolicious 7 лет назад

Such a big store and 0 customers besides you.

@htcinfinity 7 лет назад

These women look the same as the other stores or restaurants you've been to.

@shaizahmed 7 лет назад

A Slice of Bread stop being racist 😂

@ctcv-to8kq 8 месяцев назад

If you ever get a chance to live in a foreign country, do it. I was in the U.S. Air Force and stationed remote in Greece for a year in '76-77, one of the best years of my life. They weren't poor like North Korea, they just didn't need much in their lives and they were content. Upon return to the states I went into a grocery store and realized that we are truly an abundant country.

@Νικοςμ-χ9λ 8 месяцев назад

Cheers from Greece man.

@ctcv-to8kq 8 месяцев назад

So many great memories and cheers to you too. I was stationed about 25-30 kilometers west of Patras. I didn't want to leave but we had too many guys there in my career field.@@Νικοςμ-χ9λ

@GustavoSantos04 8 месяцев назад

Quando você explora o mundo inteiro é óbvio que terá abundância, maior exemplo disso são os petróleos roubados dos países do oriente médio que vocês invadiram , mas era tudo por liberdade e democracia né ? Afinal de conta quem liga para milhares de civis mortos nos ataques aéreos no iraque ?

@ctcv-to8kq 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! No plans to come back to Hellas, but I have so many great memories. I was stationed about 30 or so kilometers west of Patras. Beautiful, untouched country.@@Νικοςμ-χ9λ

@Lolildoom 4 месяца назад

Thank you for your service

@AsrielAsItGets428 2 года назад

If this is a privileged store in North Korea, I would love to see how an average North Korean would react to a rich store in the US or UK.

@AlanTFitch Год назад

Same

@alessandragregori1518 Год назад

O comunque dell'Occidente

@be.A.b Год назад

Defectors pretty much such day that they feel so overstimulated, that it almost makes them feel sick. They also go through a grief process knowing that their world has been a lie. Sometimes they even feel a bit of inferiority and hostility, both towards their home countries propaganda, and all the excess in their new country.

@Aaron_Whg Год назад

Tf is uk stores, the rich stores in norway, sweden, finland, switzerland, luxembourg, germany are way better

@breaking_lupu03 Год назад

@@alessandragregori1518nah, US stores are just something amazihg, nothing comparable to the rest of the west part of the world

@Rhaphidophile 4 года назад

I felt like I needed to hold my breathe even just by watching this video

@niahd520 3 года назад

me too

@thoru-san9606 3 года назад

How does he have access to RU-vid? And how does he have an car? His he rich or something in the NK?

@jeanieologie 3 года назад

@@thoru-san9606 hi if you read the description on the video he answers your question

@pookiehoney 3 года назад

@@jeanieologie no he does not. It’s illegal to have internet there. It’s a death sentence.

@jeanieologie 3 года назад

@@pookiehoney what? No it's not lol foreigners definitely can access the internet

@kimchi5721 5 лет назад

woww found it so weird how non of the workers greeted him or nothing like they would do in a shop in another country

@erikad0511 9 месяцев назад

I know this is really old and I read the description but what I'm still wondering is how the heck is a foreigner allowed to a) DRIVE and b) go anywhere ALONE in NK?? Maybe he works for an embassy? So wild

@sjanex 9 месяцев назад

People have commented on other videos that he was a diplomat?

@AhmadAffandi-sx7tz 8 месяцев назад

@@sjanexya,indonesia north korean best friends

@yurykatsiankou9698 5 месяцев назад

Он дипломат из Индонезии

@mongoo8091 4 месяца назад

He is an Indonesian diplomat stationed there.

@brittybrad 5 лет назад

Terrifying when you'd be the only person in the shop and then be followed around or escorted to get batteries

@ketyebrawl 2 года назад

This comment has 300 plus likes but no replies , kind of odd

@brittybrad 2 года назад

@@ketyebrawl lol wtf, okay?

@nosoupforu 2 года назад

He wasn’t being followed around he asked for help finding it

@linzyc4696 2 года назад

Um he was asking where it was and she showed him……

@davefiers6184 Год назад

I’m some countries they will come and show you what’s weird about this?

@rogersmith3295 4 года назад

When he said oops forgot something I was literally thinking his mask. Oh how the times have changed. Lol

@kostakispenev5207 3 года назад

No replies 🤔🤔

@lqf72l96 3 года назад

Same and i realised this vid was from 2016 lol

@minjiu__u 3 года назад

do people in NK wear masks on Pandemic???

@jeanieologie 3 года назад

@@minjiu__u so basically people who have access to masks and choose to wear them are wearing masks. Most people aren't sure of the extents of their regulations currently. We don't have the numbers, and allegedly north korea denied aid (supplies etc) from multiple countries.

@skydude38 3 года назад

Never forgot mine because i never had one

@gizzya4183 4 года назад

why all these comments have no replies but thousands of likes💀💀💀

@dad306 4 года назад

That’s what I was thinking. 20k likes but two replies 💀

@humdah.1879 4 года назад

Excatly

@luiskd4534 4 года назад

I wonder the same.

@apemanapw8479 3 года назад

Bruh WTF ur right...

@berserk9564 3 года назад

Bot i think

@edl6398 10 месяцев назад

Frank Sinatra’s, “My Way” playing in the back is ironic. The fearless leader must sing it every day to himself.

@ArchangelExile 4 года назад

Pulls out Samsung phone in North Korea... 😳

@skylighttemper8832 3 года назад

Samsus

@melkyhadomuan3918 3 года назад

😂

@ronirahnasto4465 3 года назад

this

@Jcvsanibelfl 3 года назад

And drives a Mitsubishi in nk

@nang5421 3 года назад

Lmao

@MCKornbred 3 года назад

It's so weird....it's like walmart separated all their departments with walls and decided to get rid of everything except like five items and then only put one register in the front, and actually hired helpful workers.

@ronh.798 3 года назад

And nobody walking around in ridiculous clothes like people of Wal mart.

@pookiehoney 3 года назад

They’re not being helpful by following him around. He’s being watched and monitored.

@avetsuper6272 3 года назад

@@pookiehoney hahahahahaha better dont say nothing than say shit

@Nicolas-gg3dj 3 года назад

Maybe Walmart should learn from North Korean Luxury Stores?

@coloradostrong 3 года назад

@@ronh.798 You mean Block 325 pound land whales, wearing dirty gray sweatpants with "PINK" emblazoned on the back, a nasty halter top 2 sizes too small while shuffling around in bedroom slippers looking for lil' Shenekia and Rae-Rae?

@MarcoRomoliSpotlessmind 7 лет назад

dude should stop touching people for no reason

@Exxcessivve 7 лет назад

Marco Romoli might be a cultural norm where he's from. Pretty sure a lot of Asian countries don't value "personal space" as much as others

@russianbread925 9 месяцев назад

The dust on the stuff must be insane

@jamphi_ 4 года назад

My question is: *How branded things like L'OREAL is exist in North Korea?*

@backyardaviator2920 4 года назад

One answer: Russia & China,plus these guys have 3rd party or Gray Companies operating as a front overseas particularly in the EU

@telaandias3531 4 года назад

WebXT / PW they import them secretly because they aren’t allowed to buy them direct

@gme4life893 3 года назад

@@telaandias3531 Can you describe this more, please? How does it work?

@blakeslide6919 3 года назад

Most likely fakes imported from China or possibly even legit l'oreal just imported through the grey market

@ksozeproductions7182 3 года назад

I would assume China. All that stuff is made there anyway. Wouldn't be hard to make some extra, as all of that stuff is pretty much subcontracted work, so the actual brands have very little control over production. Or possibly a few cases "fell off" a truck somewhere. Large dollar items like cars and things are bought by shell companies and probably shipped to China, then just brought over the border.

@ECizauskas 7 лет назад

Doesn't he need a guide to go to North Korea

@amorballesteros 4 года назад

I wonder how much profit this store gets in a day.

@joeharvey5556 3 года назад

There is no profit in communism.. all money all money goes to the regime.. the regime pays all people enough to basically die on. Thats communism. These people work hard for nothing.. unless its a corrupt store like a1 high ranking ,ember of govt who owns it..

@Fr4ncM 3 года назад

A lot. The point is pretty much gathering as much foreign currency as possible.

@notesfromesmeralda7643 3 года назад

It doesn’t matter. It’s all a sham!

@markk_g 3 года назад

In communism there is no profit or loss.

@ksozeproductions7182 3 года назад

There is no profit. There is nothing. Only the Supreme Leader.

@penguin44ca 10 месяцев назад

What a warm and inviting shopping experience. Also it's locked but the key is on top.

@sactyb 6 лет назад

lol.."do they notice the gopro on my chest?" yea no-one will ever notice it..its the least known and most discreet camera ever created..

@camiscooked 6 лет назад

Satisfaction In North Korea it is

@ColonelMacPimpDaddy 3 месяца назад

Probably not a well known item in North Korea

@toomuchtohandle8556 7 лет назад

So I think business is going well...

@kasungamage2716 11 месяцев назад

Considering the time they took to process that simple transaction with two items, I would say they don't get many customers.

@yrslg 7 лет назад

Being inside the store would make me so anxious...

@Smiles4UFL 7 лет назад

There’s not even any lights on in the store. What is going on here. This is like a strange movie....

@sxdev 7 лет назад

They don´t have solid electricity, most of the factories are standing still or run at 5% capacity, fuel and food (really everything) is also very limited, you can´t compare that to what you´re used to

@odgykins 4 года назад

The way the woman kept peering over to look at your phone was very odd.

@ScottyDont1945 3 года назад

With how outdated technology is their she was probably wondering what the hell it was

@DJWhylafihya 3 года назад

yea i thought the same thing, i wonder why she was doing that

@BuckeyeCory 3 года назад

She was probably so curious. Like a kid that never really saw something that many times before

@dominostabz8234 3 года назад

They prob don’t have much access to that stuff

@goqsane 3 года назад

It's because this 3rd world country Indonesian was so strange throughout this whole video that she was making sure she was safe. My guess.

@lildinosaur8856 10 месяцев назад

Did anyone else notice that women’s pads were considered a “privileged” item 😂

@isailwind3471 7 лет назад

Notice how there is absolutely no one in the privileged store.

@DaRocketGuy 7 лет назад

Ferrr Nandooo privileged =/= empty

@Kaziriasatalve. 7 лет назад

Cause barely some people "privileged" there! :p

@tristanlau1213 7 лет назад

No one's privileged lol This is a wet dream for SJWs lol

@ragnaroksora8129 7 лет назад

+Fernando R logic

@isailwind3471 7 лет назад

Ferrr Nandooo Really? You're not to bright on the uptake are you, lol.

@jigneshdevganiya 7 лет назад

so untouched, so organised, only one customer, they dont know calculation, good..

@maxpower3206 7 лет назад

you dont know English good..

@AshleyEdelenbos 7 лет назад

Guys this is North Korea! The staff even speaks with a North Korean dialect -.- This is a foreigner store that 'normal' citizens don't have access to that's why it's called a 'privileged store'

@jeffl1484 Год назад

Imagine how expired some things are there due to having nearly any foot traffic aside from the workers.

@Eftakonefta 7 лет назад

3:05 how rude

@Hedvigu 7 лет назад

Yeah I was like... take a step back dude..

@hannahkhin4938 4 года назад

Watching this video I realized how much I'm taking things for granted .

@CarolinaPride95 3 года назад

@@harorider96 just had to be that guy huh 😂

@HR-766 3 года назад

@@harorider96 yeah i'm sure all democrats what this in america...

@ulrichweiss9912 3 года назад

@@harorider96 Odds are, if you think you aren't part of the problem, you probably are.

@TheReasonableSkepticist 3 года назад

@@ulrichweiss9912 thats not how odds work.

@ulrichweiss9912 3 года назад

@@TheReasonableSkepticist You gonna derive a college lecture from a quip centered on human ego? I think you may be dumber than you think you are.

@4pidgey357 7 лет назад

Great place to work. No fucking customers to bother the staff.

@Mondaris584 7 лет назад

Probably only staff there when someone calls and says they're coming in.

@diegojose193 7 лет назад

yup

@The2001alba Год назад

I thought they had no foreign music, and although I doubt they've ever heard the voice of Frank Sinatra, it made me happy that, at least, they are allowed to listen to the instrumental of "My Way"

@henriikkak2091 5 месяцев назад

Well, the store clerks are

@jrd3807 2 месяца назад

they never heard of Frank Sinatra, the song that is playing is obviously created by the Great Leader

@jerrycampbell2445 Месяц назад

B@@jrd3807 I was thinking the same thing!

@Lilslayerx 6 лет назад

I'm from South Korea and he's speaking south Korean north Korean sounds different he's definetly in North korea

@nak4651 2 года назад

Fascinating...thanks for posting! The store clerk's must be bored out of their minds, though. You're probably the first customer they've had all week!

@S.S635 2 года назад

Why did you made this hateful comment?

@litneyloxan 2 года назад

@@S.S635 did it say something different before they edited it?

@eduardoordonez241 Год назад

@@litneyloxan yes

@andrewhorcasitasz1370 Год назад

@@eduardoordonez241 what was said 🐢💨

@deepblue8143 Год назад

They probably scissor to pass the time.

@ame402 7 лет назад

Good grief...how long does it take to buy two things!?!

@jason200912 7 лет назад

imagine if he were buying 3 things!!!

@garotoderecado8234 Месяц назад

NK is a wonderful country. The great leader takes care of us as if we were his children. This is an example of a common store here in Korea. Please great leader free my family now, I will continue to speak well and promote our beloved country.

@DoodleLixo 26 дней назад

irmão...

@p_roduct9211 3 года назад

4:10 I realized and echo the same sense of an eerily lifeless business and a front for normality. No noise, no background music, no sound of people on their phones or staff chatting. It's like an item shop with well groomed ghosts in a Fallout simulation.

@payalbaisoya103 2 года назад

My Way by Frank Sinatra playing in the background

@sleepy7711 8 месяцев назад

you sound schizophrenic

@valoriebritton2047 Месяц назад

They are not allowed internet or cell phones.. No access to the outside world..

@zbassterd892 7 лет назад

I would love to see someone try and shoplift at that store

@lanchanoinguyen2914 7 лет назад

yeah,i think it might have had a camera system,you can see those store and building are empty,the recreational parks are empty too.No one has enough money to go there.These videos are just made for propaganda.

@eunhyexx1518 7 лет назад

OK to answer everyones questions about why the calendar said 2016, and why the prices were in different currencies etc, hes a diplomat so he lives in a diplomat compound full of other foreigners. theyve made it so they can understand everything easier etc.

@eunhyexx1518 7 лет назад

it literally explains that in the description. stop calling this guy a liar.

@MrInventer80 Год назад

It was nice knowing y, thanks for this sacrificial documentary

@ninetiesangel7337 5 лет назад

Questions I have to ask. 1. How do you have an Instagram account? 2. How do you have access to RU-vid? 3. Are you considered rich in NK for owning a car and some cameras? 4. Are you going to consider leaving or staying in NK? 5. Are you an elite or empowered person? (You’ve really been travelling a lot)

@debolinasihi9967 3 года назад

Assumptions, He is probably paid photographer for the nk,. In his bio he said he's a freelance photographer, but in nk where things are so restricted he can access internet and upload videos w/o the government even knowing that ? Is that even possible,? & Also in his videos its like everything is about nk is nice and all he would hardly show/ tell any bad sides of that country. They have probably hired him to show how good nk is ,how normal everything is

@Netatama_ 3 года назад

Wtf 1k likes and nobody, not even some random replied?? this whole comment section feels like some kind of different reality.

@Cocochantelle 3 года назад

He has an about me section. Says he is a photographer from Indonesia and he is no longer there.

@marisamaknolia2718 3 года назад

Hes a frickin photographer from Indonesia dude

@typicalasianguy1805 3 года назад

Why the heck are there no comments.

@hello1735 4 года назад

The guy recording seems so awkward and the ladies are like judging him 😂

@jonlenihan4798 3 года назад

The women are worried, that he will do something that will get them shot.

@TRLgoodvibesdotcom 3 года назад

@@jonlenihan4798 like sneeze in the wrong direction

@Gatsu_Gambino 3 года назад

They're not allowed to interact with the Foreigners or they will get in trouble.

@TRLgoodvibesdotcom 3 года назад

@Bradley Wang 😆 you sound like a jerk

@bigboy6704 3 года назад

@Bradley Wang you're everyone's least favorite kind of person

@iLikePotato3s 7 лет назад

Why tf did you poke her lmao

@jtoobacc18239 7 лет назад

LOL

@TheNWTChannel 7 лет назад

iLikePotatoes Its a common thing it seems lmao

@sonsetfree 7 лет назад

maybe it's a poke War best way to translate is Facebook poke but to the extreme

@angelaburroughs4584 Год назад

I’d be so scared to secretly record… what would happen if they found out. Plus the store was empty and the workers were acting very suspicious and strange…. So odd

@adognamedcat13 7 лет назад

i love the instrumental "my way" by frank sinatra in the store! american music and they don't even know it XD

@spicychefaleks1088 7 лет назад

Elliott Fisher kind of a fitting song for the country they did do it there way

@clairer1423 7 лет назад

My Way is actually a sample from a French song called Comme D’Habitude by Claude Francois ! So that’s French music !

@kamaraolejnik846 7 лет назад

3:33 hold upppp,I thought they are not aloud religion (also bibles) what is a "merry Christmas" sign doing there?

@faithrada 5 лет назад

It's all just a front... set up for foreigners

@jamienelson6780 7 лет назад

These girls walk like they have a direct line to the executioner if you make one wrong move!.....

@rad_bnuy 2 месяца назад

Ooh, I've been told that back in the USSR days, they had some stores called 'Beryozka.' And I bet they had similar things as this one does

@peterrodby2786 7 лет назад

There's more employees than customers in that store.

@josephgallo5170 7 лет назад

Peter Rodby welcome to socialism

@praskal4o 7 лет назад

Peter Rodby hahaha

@PaypeBoi 7 лет назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@josephgallo5170 7 лет назад

Venezuela, ussr, China, shall I go on the great leap forward?

@fireice2037 7 лет назад

This is not normal life of north korean. This is special for all elites

@Don-hm4mm 7 лет назад

I feel like North Korea just has people upload videos to YT pretending that they're just normal citizens recording stuff that they're not supposed to, except that stuff is always the "good parts" of North Korea

@Don-hm4mm 7 лет назад

Basically propaganda

@joshuabroome6264 7 лет назад

Organic Memes yea he films all day and then the government takes stuff out and edit it, then he can upload

@haidar1128 2 года назад

1. he's a freelance photographer from indonesia who has a wife that works at the indonesian embassy there in pyongyang and basically lives there from 2012 to 2018. 2. he said in another video that he's not a propagandist and only showing his daily life there in pyongyang 3. indonesia has a great relationship with north korea and also, read the description to understand the rest that you need to know

@notaboxofjuice 2 года назад

What could they possibly hope to accomplish by showing that only the rich and powerful are allowed to shop at the dollar store?

@plainbiscuits9383 2 года назад

@@notaboxofjuice nothing. It's just his daily live as a photographer who happens to married a diplomat who was assigned in NK . Then he uploaded the videos after he came back to his country, Indonesia.