Why You Should Never Travel to North Korea 

Thank you for watching the whole video, you legend! Let me know what you think about traveling to North Korea in the comments and make sure to check out the best book I ever read about a North Korean refugee, my friend Donghuyk Shin: amzn.to/2laEJI2

Bro don't go back to North Korea. You'll probably get kidnapped.

Don’t ever go back because they’ve probably seen this video and will arrest you. Seriously don’t. Although you hopefully know that

Translation: When you go to N Korea you are financially supporting the regime and what they are doing.

I’d be too scared to even fart in North Korea

Kim Jong Un made 2500 different accounts and disliked this video

Don’t go to NK, don’t support their cruel government and also don’t endanger your own life. Just google Otto Warmbier if you haven’t already. Tourists are by no means excluded from the government’s cruelty.

Don’t ever go back bro, if they’ve seen this video then chances are that if you ever go back they will arrest you.

Jacab shows the difference between youtuber and influencer.

Be careful Jacob, don't pre announce any trips for awhile.You never know the reach of this horrible dicktator.

If seeing the American tourists get sentenced 15 years for “stealing a poster” didn’t discourage people from going there, I don’t know what will

I am from South Korea. This is so weird because I met a person who was really into North Korea couple of days ago and then I found this video. Honestly, I felt so annoyed and at the same time so sad to hear some foreigners who just visited only one time in NK and believe what they saw in there is everything of NK. Please try to think that people in NK are dying in poverty and escaping from that hell ready to lose their life even at this moment and even when you are having FAKE fun designed by NK government there. Visiting NK means that you are supporting NK government to maintain their brutality and ignoring the voice of NK people.

본인의 신원이 위험해질 수도 있는 주제인데도 총대매고 전세계 많은 사람들에게 실제내용들과 적당한 조언을 해주셔서 너무 감사합니다 :) 한국인으로써 , 너무 감사하네요 ☺️👍🏻

I would never go there for "holiday", i'd fear to get thrown into prison for not keeping my mouth shut at some point.

I hope I’m alive when North Korea gets liberated

As a South Korean, two years later, I was honestly surprised to see your video. Many people just enjoyed their trip without thinking deeply about what it actually meant to travel to the country they wanted to go. You may only think that (of course, this does not insult tourists traveling to numerous countries), but your thoughts and words in this video gave me a chance to think anew about the meaning of tourism that even I had forgotten. You don't have to live in guilt. At that time, you were just one of the tourists, and now that you feel a change of thought differently from then, it would be safe to say that you have grown one step further. A short trip to North Korea seems to have changed your mind a lot. As a person living in a divided country, I also express a lot of sympathy for your thoughts. I want those people born in North Korea and living without the freedom to feel free someday and know that all humans are equal.

Wow I feel for people who are born in North Korea like they would never know what normal life is.

They may wear colorful clothes, but you can see/feel the extreme sad emotions of their environment. The color of depression.

Instead, come to the South Korea! 🇰🇷

한국사람으로서 굉장히 감사하네요. 북한 사람들을 위해서라도 이 영상이 너무 소중합니다. 많은 세계인이 이 영상을 공유하길 바라요.

I’ve watched Crash landing on you, korean drama where it shows about a South Korean risking life to escape from North Korea and I almost cried seeing all the difficulties she had to face!

Have to disagree. Let's all storm North Korea together. Thy can't stop all of us.

Before I die I want to see the both Koreas United again.

Thank you, not only for sharing your experience but especially for being so conscious and responsible about traveling, even when this means changing your mind about some of your past choices. I really like your attitude and I think it can have a real impact on those viewing this video

Love your videos. So much to learn from them. I’m LITERALLY binge watching.

Plus there's the chances of them detaining you, claiming that you committed some crime that they made up, and being used as an example.

Who's Relief that you guys didn't get born on north korea

I pray that north korean someday will be free and experience the true freedom that every human should have 🤧

I’m a fellow Lithuanian living in China, just came across your videos, and honestly you’re a very superb story teller!! very compelling, thank you for sharing your experience with us and showing more about North Korea to those who don’t know that much about that situation!

If a guy like Jacob who always tries to find smthing positive everywhere tells you not to go to North Korea, just listen to him!

I can't imagine the hardship being born in North Korea or even worse being born in those prisons as several generations of the family's will have to live and work in prison their whole lives. heart breaking stuff.

No country has a guts to help the North Koreans for freedom. Cz their soldiers are well trained and disciplined. It's so scary, the perfection the way they march perfectly gives me goosebumps!

Thank you for your boldness to create and share this video, for your courage to change your stance and speak up for what is right.

I think the only reason why people visit North Korea isn’t because of any tourist attractions, but to see how life really is like over there.

The small clips of the child from the north and the other in the south broke my heart.

I watched your video on your trip there and then this one. Both videos are thought provoking and I really appreciate how you came to your conclusions and how you learned the way you did. It is wonderful you recorded the change in your thoughts and actions after you learned what you did about the N. Korean government. You show that you are a curious person who wants to learn as much as you can and that it is ok to think one thing at first and then change course if you find out that what you thought no longer fits your beliefs or values. It’s rare we get to see true growth and discovery and education in people and I thank you for sharing that and being vulnerable. You are a great example of someone who is a lifelong learner.

As a middle aged South Korean, I truly appreciate about what you said and presented about N.Korea... What you have said is exactly What I want to say to the people all over the world..👍👍👍👍👍👍

The more people who go the more money Korea has to make military weapons

**Kim Jong-Un wants to know your location**

Thank you for your effort and this uploading video. Hopefully there will be have the peace as soon as possible.

Thank you for this honest video. My mother was from North Korea. She passed away without having visited, although her heart yearned to and she had the opportunity. But her reluctance was based on her genuine fear of apprehension due to her father's escape just after WWII and subsequent hunt for him by NK and their agents before the outbreak of the Korean War. She worked for the US government and had evidence of their incredible espionage reach (a story for another time). I encouraged her to go with me but she always refused and after watching this video I'm glad we didn't. You have convinced me to never visit NK. Thank you for your testimony. God bless you.

They can do anything with that money except get Kim Jong Un a weight loss trainer 😂

I didn’t realize we needed a video telling us to avoid North Korea... I thought it was common sense!

This is a topic that really does break my heart and I’m happy your spoke on this. Though it’s on a vastly different scale, I heard stories growing up about what life was like for my family in south west Germany, vs was life had become for our relatives and family friends stuck in the eastern side. The stories my grandma would tell of fleeing Hungary to return to west Germany stick with me to this day. And to see this type of life but on an even more severe scale happen today, it’s just horrible.

I'm Lithuanian as well I've never come across a Lithuanian youtuber u make great videos luv to watch them

한글 자막 추가했습니다. I added Korean subtitles.

North= lifeless... boring... no energy... South= Freedom, colorful, full of passion and energy.

Thank you man..i support u for this❤

Thank-you for the informative video.

You took a huge risk publishing this video... please.. from now be so careful about what u post on internet...your location or a future location.... like trips to other countries..... u have done a great video and all this information is pretty useful and necessary to know .. thanks for that. Hugs from Spain

I’d be too scared to breath

Great video, thank you. I just ordered the book. Sounds interesting to read.

Don't feel bad, you documented it so no one else has to. Of course, there are some people who get to document other parts but they are rare.

Holycow that is a dark room. Are you shooting this from your North Korean jail cell?

Instructions unclear: travelled to west Korea

Many people with the same experience as you would hesitate to talk on such a matter or even remain silent forever. Thank you for spreading this important message.

Thanks for the recommendation. I've just bought escape from camp 14 from Amazon.

Actually these videos were the first I saw on your channel.

I feel like North Koreans aren't that bad. Its just their leader that has a problem. I mean what they know is what the government want them to know. Edit: I'm not saying that North Koreans are bad people and yes no one said they were originally bad people.

Yes!! Found your channel. Loved it!!!

Thanks for the video Jacob

It's such a shame. It looks like the North Korea landscape is beautiful. With its mountains and what not. Hopefully one day both Koreas can be reunited.

Hell and heaven...just next to each other

I love your videos bro! All the best

I’m so glad you did this video. It came up as a suggestion after watching Yeonmi Park (sp?)

North Korea don’t protecc They don’t attacc But most importantly Kim Jong Un eat all their snacc

Title: “why you should never travel to North Korea” Me: *you don’t have to tell me twice* 👋

Thanks for this great video ❤

You sir have gained my respect Cheers from Spain

Otto's story is why I will never step foot in North Korea

I'm a simple man. I don't go to North Korea. I go to South Sudan.

Thanks for your courage!!! 감사합니다!!

Thank you,Nice video 👌

Why people disliked this videos.. Arey they north Korean spies?

We meet again Baltic Matt Damon.

Always keep safe keep on blogging full watching here

I just finished reading this book and it completely broke my heart

"Don't go to North Korea." Me:"Don't have to tell me twice.....or even ones."

Otto Warmbier is the only warning I need to never consider NK as a destination.

You have such a lovely and gracious spirit! Instant sub. And thank you so much for raising awareness of what our heroic brothers and sisters in NK are going through! Be well and God bless,

Good on you for making this video. 👏

I've never thought that there some foreign people have interest on this issue :) First of all, I'm ordinary guy in South Korea who already finished my military service and also reserve army service too. When I and most of Korean men were in the military, we educated that North Korea territory is also belonged to South Korea's territory but we can't go there simply because North Kim's family occupied illegally and that is the reason why our enemy is North Kim's family not whole North Korean people. I also feel very sorry every time I saw many poor people in there who are suffered from a starvation simply because they were born just few kilometers away from here.. I really hope this video get much more attention from many people in this world and fyi, even South and North looks very close to each other, we are still enemies to each other before our country modified our constitution and your money for visiting North Korea will be turned to the nuclear weapons to treat the whole world... Instead of helping poor little children who are literally dying in this moment.. You might think that I'm too sensitive to this issue specially for foreign friends but.... in the past, South Korea government sent lots of things to North Korea to help poor children such as rice, milk powder or cow because we thought they cannot make any weapon with those things. But Kim's family just sold those things to China or some other countries and turned them to the money for nuclear tests... So.. think twice

Why is RU-vid suddenly recommending me videos about North Korea, even tho I never really watched those videos. *maybe RU-vid is trying to warn us?...*

I'm definitely buying his book!! 💔🙏🏻✌🏻💜

Thanks so much for sharing.

That little north Korean boy broke my heart 💔

this is sad...and we’re here ungrateful even with our freedom

Good on you for coming around.

어쩌다 유튜브 알고리즘에 걸려 보게 된 영상입니다 본인의 안전보다는 생각을 알리려는 감사한 영상입니다 휼륭한 영상을 접하게 되어 영광입니다 감사합니다

Can you imagine these peoples cannot see the beauty of this world even in the videos

jacob: why you shouldn’t travel to north korea everyone: yeah like no crap

Thank you for the Great video

Please make more videos its very good to watch

australia and north korea both have around 25,000,000 people, i had roughly the same chance of being born in NK as in australia, pretty spooky thought

Imagine being born there and having no control over you being there or being an,e to control it. It makes me anxious

Thank you for the videos! I really loved watching them, it looked a lot like any russian city outside of Moscow\St Petersburg :D

Why you should never travel to nk? Simple answer: Love for life

he was only 21? 🥴 im 24 and my ass can barely afford to go down the street, to In N Out

Hello. I am Jae Young from South Korea. I will tell you the explanation in the video. South Korea and North Korea suffered tremendous damage due to the war. Many people died and disappeared. We continued fighting and declared a truce. We are on a truce, but our country has suffered tremendous damage. So South Korea was a country that was not able to live in Africa more than once. But our country is getting faster and faster, and South Korea has emerged. I am happy to be born in South Korea. Now I will tell you about North Korea. North Korea is not free by Soviet Union and China. I know that the happiness index is not high. And because of the war between South Korea and North Korea, I have a separated family. But I met a family in 65 years after the reunion of a separated family. 65 years later, the separated family did not know whether the person died or not. I've lived alone But I have not found my whole family yet I do not live in North Korea but I am sad that I lived alone for 65 years I am so happy in South Korea I am so happy that I was born in South Korea Well then

The Girl with Seven Names is a good book. Very interesting video. Would like to read the books you recommended 👍