Join me as we tour the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. Filmed September 7, 2015
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@imadgrim4 жыл бұрын
I feel like my phone is hacked just by watching this video
@GBlockbreaker4 жыл бұрын
Eh, the FBI and NSA make sure they're the only ones that can get into our phones so no worries, do remember to say good morning and good night to your FBI agent every now and then
@hammydammy1234 жыл бұрын
Blocked lol
@kermit76894 жыл бұрын
@@GBlockbreaker lmaoooooo🤡💀
@-Vitalis-4 жыл бұрын
@@GBlockbreaker Lulz.
@e2002m4 жыл бұрын
Blocked bold of u to assume everyone is american
@michaelacaleb79194 жыл бұрын
Man even if they allowed me to film I’d still be scared lmao
@ericb9504 жыл бұрын
I'm just not going, as much as I love adventure and travel, just too many rules. Will just watch it here, good people though, I wish things were different for them.
@tropicalorange12374 жыл бұрын
They'd probably be like: "SIKE, b*tch you thought!" And more than likely send you to a correctional/labor camp.
@kirby3274 жыл бұрын
lets go, ill pay 😏
@petebumble62244 жыл бұрын
Michaela Caleb Amen. I was scared for the guy who was filming. At any moment, a guard could just turn around and yell at him for taking his phone into an area where he is not supposed to. I really can't imagine that a vacation there would be a relaxing experience.
@Tawahaj4 жыл бұрын
Just stop watching american-imperialist propaganda.
@Jadenmyers3 жыл бұрын
Hands down best hotel in the world, 10/10 🙏🏾🇰🇵
@Iamhim20043 жыл бұрын
Kim Jong fucking un
@RicardoSanchez-es5wl3 жыл бұрын
Little rocket man
@IARRCSim3 жыл бұрын
and hands cut off for anyone who disagrees
@slrose65573 жыл бұрын
True
@paris56633 жыл бұрын
Nice.......
@Cuyut3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if while flipping through the radio, he ends up hearing what he said a few seconds ago.
@arielofficial32492 жыл бұрын
LMAOOO 😭
@rubicunduseratiudas12642 жыл бұрын
Oh, you mean just like in the US?
@mikeoxlong5672 жыл бұрын
Bro 💀
@rubicunduseratiudas12642 жыл бұрын
If you really wish to avoid surveillance, you have to get out of the US or the UK.
@gdragcn95882 жыл бұрын
💀💀
@drizzal835 жыл бұрын
*"So, we're here in Pyongyang, North Korea..."* famous last words
@MrMrpete15 жыл бұрын
drizzal83 haha. I see what you did there
@drizzal835 жыл бұрын
@buzzclick500 huh?
@leaderusha695 жыл бұрын
Lmao... as funny as it is... it may well be very true
@candylwifey5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@WheelsRCool4 жыл бұрын
@@MrMrpete1 What did he do?
@AntigoneIvy5 жыл бұрын
It looks soooo staged, like real theatre. All those people there look like placed actors, standing or sitting around in pretend conversation for the sake of image and/or to watch you. It's really eerie.
@dawnatilla5 жыл бұрын
2:55 totally
@goblinpresident42345 жыл бұрын
yeah, everyone in North Korea is faking everything... don't be so brainwashed
@lizmowrey98665 жыл бұрын
Probably
@edp46385 жыл бұрын
You wish the people getting shot accros the United Stater every single day were actors...don't you? Sadly for you they are real. North Korea needs an ultra modern hotel as much as you need safe streets, schools, malls, churches and homes.
@shineinstars4 жыл бұрын
@@edp4638 dude..they're just saying that to them, it looks staged. you have a different opinion, and that's completely okay!
@rickychecko2 жыл бұрын
the fact that he's being so critical and not even thinking the room could be bugged, is giving me the worst panic attack
@sarge628310 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@kevlosent63757 ай бұрын
he was casually sneaking pictures of the construction zone and pretending he was looking at the sunset too. This dude is much less risk adverse than me
@chrisortiz55632 жыл бұрын
You can't go past that point because the rest of the city is probably glitching like an unfinished game. Ultimately they are just trying to keep you safe, you could have ended up phasing through the floor and fell into the ether.
@louis91162 жыл бұрын
fell into prison/labor camp
@ndz17482 жыл бұрын
Doesn’t matter you just respawn
@suhaibhedayah392 жыл бұрын
Looool
@glacialvitality11 ай бұрын
No, it's because there were chunk errors.
@sarge628310 ай бұрын
It's so the tourists don't see the poor
@itsjustnopinionok4 жыл бұрын
0:33 Imagine he steps off property. Everyone stops what they are doing, turns and stairs at him. He steps back on the property. They go back to what they where doing.
@qs28084 жыл бұрын
Hell naw
@AubreyMK4 жыл бұрын
creepypasta type shit
@g04batallernerisse254 жыл бұрын
Oh, the shivers.
@kissanangellottalove69454 жыл бұрын
The Truman show?
@Jokobub4 жыл бұрын
Don’t even say that, just the thought is terrifying
@shreksrightnut17784 жыл бұрын
What’s the point of having a hotel if there’s only 7 people who can afford it
@G1NZOU4 жыл бұрын
Image, when the state controls the hotel and the tourism industry, the state wants to make a good impression on the tourists that do come, so they put on this facade of grand hotels, tour of the working metro trains, grand avenues, monuments. Anything to hide the day to day reality of what the average North Korean experiences.
@jiminnoodlesoupwithasugaon19154 жыл бұрын
ShreksRight Nut yo army, to answer your question, it's to keep up their image by securing several properties. Politicians may be renting the said hotel as their own, it's very common even in SK.
@Wrz2e4 жыл бұрын
Foreign currency
@zebraman94014 жыл бұрын
Good image
@MassachusettsMapping4 жыл бұрын
So that other countries think North Korea is as good as South Korea.
@fhurley84473 жыл бұрын
It seems like some kind of fever dream. Every location in this building looks like it’s straight out of a ‘vaporwave aesthetic’ meme . It’s like an unfinished video game.
@coconutnghtmr99313 жыл бұрын
That lobby especially... It's like pure concentrated vaporwave essence.
@fhurley84473 жыл бұрын
@@coconutnghtmr9931 Exactly what made me write that comment
@abaddon21482 жыл бұрын
that lobby as tacky as it was honestly was pretty aesthetic it'd totally fit in in las vegas or something
@blaqai2 жыл бұрын
It looks fantastic.. y'all find anything to criticize
@decuno16632 жыл бұрын
It's because North Korea's whole aesthetic is retrofuturism inspired by Soviet optimistic socialism, it's intentional, those vaporwave edit types are also inspired by 90s retrofuturism, its kinda charming
@mikeyabercrombie28553 жыл бұрын
Pyongyang seems like a city in a simulation game lmao
@fuesingblock25902 жыл бұрын
A decent playthrough of a simulation game
@roguegoner2 жыл бұрын
An 30 yr old ass game
@zefanyalt59442 жыл бұрын
so like magnasanti?
@angelcarlos80412 жыл бұрын
Looks like something out of a gmod community map
@emt78874 жыл бұрын
Every single person on that property looks like a staged actor.
@itsjustnopinionok4 жыл бұрын
"The Truman Show" NK style
@yegorgribenuke68534 жыл бұрын
Lets get bigger: every single person in NK is staged. It just looks so eerie
@Dr_Monitor4 жыл бұрын
It's because they most definitely are.
@alicewong99354 жыл бұрын
They are probably paid government agents that are there to watch him.
@yellowsuncat164 жыл бұрын
You know, they have fake Christian churches and fill them with actors to build the lie that the regime has religious tolerance. All of the “churchgoers” sing & pray as a show.
@Tomahawk19995 жыл бұрын
I would be very concerned about the rooms being bugged
@kaavest5 жыл бұрын
Sober all the time in this hotel.
@pathegarty47575 жыл бұрын
Tomahawk1999 as long as there's no bed bugs! 😜
@laypyu5 жыл бұрын
The very device that you typed this message on is bugged. Go figure.
@lizmowrey98665 жыл бұрын
Same
@eliesh38335 жыл бұрын
Just as long as you don't say or do anything that you know will get you in trouble, and pretend the "bugs" aren't there, you're more likely safe.
@unripetomato43123 жыл бұрын
9:29 seeing a jungle of high-rise buildings with no lights shinning through the windows is a weird feeling.....
@dbz-dredd2552 жыл бұрын
holy shit that scared me so much when I went back and watched it, this place is a whole different reality
@Bishop_blank2 жыл бұрын
The cars on the road also seem suspiciously evenly paced.
@blaqai2 жыл бұрын
@@Bishop_blank ur just looking for something to criticize... They're regular people living regular life's like u or I... Don't buy into everything ur government and media tells u
@ian-op5fv2 жыл бұрын
I didn't notice that at first, creepy. There's about one lit room per building. I wonder if they shut off power to them or are they unoccupied? The majority of each building might be a facade, could be why they don't want you filming construction.
@Xilladan0932 жыл бұрын
@@blaqai quiet u clown
@blewis07192 жыл бұрын
The sound on the radio is a jammer. It was probably the AM station on 891KHz. It broadcasts programming during certain hours. When the programming "signs off", they broadcast that noise to jam stations from South Korea. 891 is a very powerful station with around 500,000 watts. It's purpose during "jamming hours" is to jam a KBS1 station in the south with 250,000 watts. Radios in the DPRK are set to receive only the DPRK stations. A DPRK citizen caught with a regular radio that can tune to all AM and FM frequencies can be thrown into prison or worse. They take media and what media DPRK citizens are exposed to very seriously.
@vlz.matthew17 күн бұрын
wow i didnt know that thanks for sharing.. interesting info because it also didnt seem like the radio was complete static. there was some movement you could hear and it was if it was trying to play but something was blocking it
@rustyshackleford21855 жыл бұрын
Geez if this is what they show the world... I dont wanna see what they hide
@drizzal835 жыл бұрын
@buzzclick500 a country's official age has nothing to do with anything. What a bizarre comment. Also, you sure are keen to defend North Korea. Good luck to you on that one.
@drizzal835 жыл бұрын
@buzzclick500 ok
@elmosworld4824 жыл бұрын
I see nothing wrong with the aesthetics here, nor in any luxury hotels in South Korea. You just personally don’t like it, which seems more like a personal taste to me.
@damien17814 жыл бұрын
@Azay Deelay I've been to South Korea and it's beautiful, um what are you talking about?
@hyunseoklee40274 жыл бұрын
@Azay Deelay Stop disrespecting South Korea and stop comparing it to North Korea. South Korea ia one of the wealthiest countries in the world and North Korea is just a large country stuck in the 1970's with no contact with the world. You clearly haven't been to Korea so shut up.
@sudonim75525 жыл бұрын
Seems like the North Koreans like that 80s aesthetic
@LeeDee55 жыл бұрын
USually 80s aesthetics made me really happy but NK version of it makes me sad.
@joegennusa24175 жыл бұрын
Dee Ca. Thank Xu cqnndnrnwnndvtw
@joegennusa24175 жыл бұрын
A .bB bqaslo st was bfcx Nm
@eddenoy3214 жыл бұрын
@@josephweaver5385 Stop beating around the bush...
@xpto414 жыл бұрын
they stopped in time in the 80´s. Before that they were an developed country
@jamesarguello75609 ай бұрын
The interior of the Koryo is pretty similar to most 70's/80's era old school hotels in Asia. Places like the Royal Park Hotel in Suitengumae Tokyo, the Hamilton Hotel at Itaewon in Seoul and the Kimberly in Tsim Tsa Tsui in HK rock a really similar vibe with the mirrors and disco aesthetics.
@gork27 ай бұрын
Imo i love the 70s and 80s feel it has even if most of the hotel is empty and a propaganda peice for the dprk.
@davidcallahan30993 жыл бұрын
Looks like your handlers or somebody might have been watching you.5:46 you zoom in on the other building, when you come back to that shot the blinds are down and lights off in room below.
@Utmost3732 жыл бұрын
Great Catch 👁
@Expansionization2 жыл бұрын
Yeah saw that too 😂
@artisticevan23582 жыл бұрын
Oh wow that’s crazy. It was so quick
@Tarez2052 жыл бұрын
You can see someone on the left side of window move when he first looked at the windows. That’s crazy
@mikebennett1532 жыл бұрын
Lmao holy shit that’s wild
@daventi56775 жыл бұрын
What ur hearing these pulsating sounds (AM1,2) are the radio jammers used by the north koreans to block out foreign broadcasts. Occasionally they do pause due to power cuts from unreliable power supply
@legionofmetal99684 жыл бұрын
@ If memory serves I believe your not allowed a radio to take with you from the outside. I think they check for that via a piece of paper (you have to sign if you have it) at customs and when they check your bag or something. But yeah. I think radios are a big no no.
@darkwoshoo60984 жыл бұрын
@ no you can't do that.
@yourmother98344 жыл бұрын
What about the radio on a cell phone? If I had my iphone with me I can download any radio station from the US and listen live. Do they block that somehow?
@legionofmetal99684 жыл бұрын
@@yourmother9834 Honest answer? Probably. But I couldn't tell you. Good question. Best people to ask are the tour guides. Like koryo Tours or young pioneer tours who make the tours. They will have the answers. (edit: BUT. if your a united States citizen. Your screwed anyway. Currently the United States has banned it's people from going to North Korea for the moment thanks to the oto warmbier incident. Unless your a duel citizen from another country with another passport, you can't get into north Korea on an American passport right now. Which sucks.)
@gregorykemi88984 жыл бұрын
@@yourmother9834 There are no internet for ordinary citizens and tourists....
@ethanli8653 жыл бұрын
“Apparently the food isn’t very good...” He is a brave one
@thethoughtfulpeanut66623 жыл бұрын
They fertilize their crops with human feces and all the citizens take roundworm medicine. I wouldn't be eating any of the food there.
@InitiateDee3 жыл бұрын
@@thethoughtfulpeanut6662 I mean say what you will but feces are a good fertilizer
@nickfalzone79553 жыл бұрын
@@InitiateDee Human feces is not a good fertilizer in the sense that it is very likely to result in parasites getting into the food supply. It is called Night Soil: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_soil and since this has been implemented in NK, parastic infections in people has gone way up. Very dirty food supply.
@robertsilva80973 жыл бұрын
The Food is Great There
@robertsilva80973 жыл бұрын
@@thethoughtfulpeanut6662 have you been to Pyongyang I've been there the food is so great
@Ocewot3 жыл бұрын
this place is actually beautiful i dont think it looks tacky it looks really nice. if only they had the heart and transparency to build such nice things for *their own people*
@retroryan83811 ай бұрын
I like the decor as well.
@JGJGAGSG9 ай бұрын
What??? It’s a dated dump
@retroryan8389 ай бұрын
@@JGJGAGSG What does it matter if it’s dated? There’s no law saying everything has to be modern. Older decor is better anyways.
@JGJGAGSG9 ай бұрын
@@retroryan838 it looks cheesy and tired. Like a second rate hotel away from the Vegas strip that goes for $59 a night.
@1x0x9 ай бұрын
they are extremely limited by the trade sanctions imposed on them because they refused to bow down to the global superpower...
@serious.business3 жыл бұрын
"They don't like when you show construction sites" **Continues to show construction sites** N. Korea: "So you've chosen death!"
@_itscrisp2 жыл бұрын
Nani?
@julieankhan.28015 жыл бұрын
The main entrance looks like a hotel but room looks like a motel6
@sweetenlemons86593 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@kathrynmaxwell59104 жыл бұрын
Cannot imagine visiting North Korea. Would be afraid to talk or move. Remember the college student.
@july53454 жыл бұрын
Obey their rules and youd be fine.
@the-real-kimjong-un4 жыл бұрын
Dont steal a fucking poster and nothing will happen to you
@pfw45684 жыл бұрын
If you don't steal shit or break any rules you are welcome'd. They know that westerners have a different mindset are generally pretty forgiving. As long as you don't steal posters of course
Just praise as much as possible and you might just get to share some of Kim's swiss cheese stash
@byronschmuland8912 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I stayed in this hotel in 1999. Nobody told me that I couldn't leave the hotel alone, so I walked down to Kim Il Sung square and back before breakfast. When I told the guides, they didn't seem too bothered.
@wacky91982 жыл бұрын
Anybody notice how the escalators were not on when he entered the lobby, but about 30 seconds later had people on them, and were functional??
@yourex-wife42592 жыл бұрын
nice catch
@ja_u2 жыл бұрын
Damn you’re right..
@lufetm2 жыл бұрын
They are on ultra electrics saving mode
@krisb-travel2 жыл бұрын
thats normal tbf, its pretty basic tech these days.
@hellokeithy73152 жыл бұрын
@@krisb-travel not in glorious North Korea. Probably actors have just started their shift
@christhekrug3 жыл бұрын
Dudes being wayyy more critical than I'd be while I'm staying there. Hotel could have a spike pit full of impaled puppies and I'd be like, "Yes, very beautiful* until I got home.
@classiclife72043 жыл бұрын
I realize I'm fighting memes here, but people do need to understand that everything this man saw and captured with his camera was foreseen in advance. They WANT him to return home and upload his footage; they don't care about his negative opinions. It creates more curiosity, more tourism, more $$$ for the regime.
@nonoah42843 жыл бұрын
@@C20F Yeah he just freely filmed in front of everyone in the most prided hotel in NK. He totally had to hide this. You tool
@Genes-hb7jo3 жыл бұрын
From what I've seen on docs. His hotel is in the downtown area. Meaning, from the moment he awoke, to the tours he got. Everything was planned, he was basically an extra on a film. It is said, the N.Koreans use fancy supermarkets as props for visitors. Yet no one actually shops there. They're very good at creating a false image on peoples heads. They're not a top tourist destination. So they rely on, the curious, or that tour bus from China. With those foreigners, who just are curious.
@christinagaller43743 жыл бұрын
That’s wise especially when your life’s on the line.
@starwisdom18143 жыл бұрын
Right I was thinking the same thing like dude shut upppp say nice things while you’re there
@MadMagyar134 жыл бұрын
“Calendar would make a nice souvenir if someone wanted to jack it” I think a guy tried that and he got put in a labor camp.
@goodluck69484 жыл бұрын
they tortured him into a coma then he died Otto Wambrier or something
@grugg31084 жыл бұрын
@@goodluck6948 pretty sure it was a propaganda poster.
@Rusty5113 жыл бұрын
The student was apparently tortured in a decompression chamber.
@J_C_CH3 жыл бұрын
He took a painting down and he was kidnapped and tortured. Then when he was to be released, they lobotomised him.
@Spinnie13 жыл бұрын
I think it was all a set up for some propaganda campaign. I don't believe he was that stupid to steal from North Korea.
@davidrawlins28623 жыл бұрын
The honesty was brilliant. 🤣 Especially when he said that the architecture was “kinda a tacky retro 70s thang” right in the middle of the lobby 😂🤣
@ItsJustMe05852 жыл бұрын
I love the instinct to put your hand in the elevator, even though you can't guarantee that it will have sensors to stop it closing.
@princesshongdoe4 жыл бұрын
It looks so unfriendly and uncomfortable. It looks evil.
@jetuber4 жыл бұрын
I guarantee that if you just saw the lobby, with no narration and without knowing where it was, you wouldn't say that. (The room is another matter.) But one reads into it one's built-in preconceptions.
@mrsTraveller644 жыл бұрын
why is that? I find it facinating,I wish the hotel would be full of people.
@mrsTraveller644 жыл бұрын
@@VioletLife8 I wouldn't like to be filmed either...
@princesshongdoe4 жыл бұрын
True. F u c k them all.
@drizzy63024 жыл бұрын
princesshongdoe people are innocent chill
@donotfront5258 жыл бұрын
If you turned on any more lights you might have shut down the whole power grid in Pyongyang.
@HANSMKAMP8 жыл бұрын
And a few hours later, you would have a nice visit. From the police.
@crambomambo95967 жыл бұрын
Kim Jong Un wouldn't be happy to see you
@devintariel37697 жыл бұрын
Sheepy's Gaming Channel he wouldn't see you period
@toranggurning13466 жыл бұрын
Lmaoo 😂😂😂
@ruddlesdenpopper34676 жыл бұрын
That was escalated very fast, lol
@crg54602 жыл бұрын
You’re very brave to even be there let alone film where you’re staying.
@Fiilis13 жыл бұрын
I just love to watch these N-korea videos, kind of interesting and yet makes me feel sorry how stupid N-korea elite is to think that outside people would not see through this charade.
@PeugeotRocket6 жыл бұрын
Free complimentary listening device with every room!
@edp46385 жыл бұрын
Your government monitors every cell phone conversation in this country then sells you some "privacy act" bullshit that only the most gullible among us believe.
@edp46385 жыл бұрын
@Greg F. You're a real dumb fuck, almost every call is screened, calls are converted to text and sophisticated equipment with special algorithms that separates them.
@edp46385 жыл бұрын
@Greg F. Conversations that include words like, fire, plot, shooting, bomb, arms, dynamite etc., etc. will trigger an alert.
@edp46385 жыл бұрын
@Greg F. There are 377 words that can trigger a surveillance of your internet activity or phone conversations you damn fool.
@edp46385 жыл бұрын
@Greg F. No you dumb ass, I just happen to be aware of what goes on in this country and do not live in a state of denial.
@ItzRetz6 жыл бұрын
When the Kim Dynasty is finally over and North Korea stops being so shitty, it'd be super interesting just to travel around NK, because think about it, no foreigner has been allowed to freely explore NK for decades, so practically EVERYTHING they see would be completely unknown to the outside world.
@rachrex5 жыл бұрын
buzzclick500 are you Kim jung un?
@ginaxp88075 жыл бұрын
@buzzclick500 감사합니다* lol
@Marahkeif245 жыл бұрын
You can go to Albania to see a country that used to be very similar to DPRK in terms of isolation, communism, and despotic rule. Unfortunately, when the dictator fell, the country fell to unregulated capitalism and fell even deeper into poverty. They are on the up and up now-it’s a nice place to visit and experience the Mediterranean Riviera on the cheap :)
@Marahkeif245 жыл бұрын
buzzclick500 thank you for the mansplanation. After my years of education I never quite got the concept. I’m speaking in IR terms. Isolationism is often a facet of communist systems, but it exists outside of that. China, on the other hand, is a perfect example of communism without isolationism.
@Marahkeif245 жыл бұрын
buzzclick500 I don’t know what “layety” is but okay. I don’t know what your argument is. I didn’t say anything about my personal criticisms of the U.S. government (you assumed I was American) or what anyone should do with that information. I simply recommended the OP go to Albania to see what life is like after a regime like the Kim dynasty’s, and after what is likely to happen if the collapse of said regime does indeed happen.
@1marcelfilms3 жыл бұрын
I love how everything looks old but it looks in very good condition
@eraespina95072 жыл бұрын
Because no one is using it.. it's just props..
@gabrielesolletico65423 ай бұрын
It's new, but made in an old style.
@BltchErica2 жыл бұрын
Watching videos of North Korea makes me really nostalgic because it reminds me of old post-communist Bucharest. Romania's dictator was influenced a lot by North Korea, being friends with them and admiring them, he made Bucharest look very similar to Pyongyang. It's a beautiful city, the aesthetic is unique and looks stuck in time, but it's very sad that they live the way we did decades ago in an already impoverished country.
@gabrielesolletico65423 ай бұрын
Ceausescu was a great man. A great friend of the Western World and of Nato. Too bad what they did to him.
@markhenley30974 жыл бұрын
A lot of the people standing around seem like actors. They always have two or three guys standing and one of them explaining something in great detail.
@DrMcMoist3 жыл бұрын
Everything does have a Truman Show vibe to it, yeah.
@dbz-dredd2552 жыл бұрын
two people always on a seat in the lobby
@rubicunduseratiudas12642 жыл бұрын
I bet american hotel rooms have more hidden cameras than North Korean.
@C_Tizzle2 жыл бұрын
@@DrMcMoist "watch...lady!, flowers!.....There's that Dented Beetle!!! Yes! Awwhhhhh! Don't ya wanna know how I did that? I'll tell ya. They're on a loop. They go 'round the block, then they come back. Then they go 'round again. They just go round and round!! Rounnnnnd annnnd rouuuund! They never stop!" Sidebar: awesome screen name, Doctor.
@blaqai2 жыл бұрын
Explain what makes them look like actors? U never would have said that if u didn't hear it from Western propaganda
@scottishwarrior80145 жыл бұрын
Ther is 300 slaves in the back cycling to keep all they lights on
@blurayffan665 жыл бұрын
...they have 1 special slave who has to clean the toilet bowl with their tongue after the guests leave.
@edp46385 жыл бұрын
Yep! keep them busy so they have no time to shoot the children in school or people praying in church. The righteous will take that over any bright light bulb.
@kikiisabeast25755 жыл бұрын
@@edp4638 No
@edp46385 жыл бұрын
@@kikiisabeast2575 Do you understand anyrhing? "No" for what?
@edp46385 жыл бұрын
@@blurayffan66 Remember when you had the slaves doing similar chores.
@DFMurray3 жыл бұрын
I'm convinced whoever designed this place was sent to Vegas to get the designs but accidentally ended up in Reno.
@myfatassdick3 жыл бұрын
Hey I’ve been in some nice hotels in Reno like the silver legacy and Eldorado and the grand Sierra They actually had real people in them though
@dreamingtree60932 жыл бұрын
Yeah 😂
@squishyfriendd2 жыл бұрын
I know it might seem silly but it’s a little crazy to me that even though they are forced to live almost like on another planet, I’m looking at the same moon and sun that they are.
@LS-Moto2 жыл бұрын
You also breath the same air
@roguethirteen88705 жыл бұрын
9:10 look at the absence of lights in the other buildings’ windows. surreal
@AydanM4 жыл бұрын
Imagine everyone in the lobby talking and the second he steps outside they all stop and wait for him to come back in so they can finish the scripts they started
@Paidfullz3 жыл бұрын
That’s deep, but likely true.
@deadcomix3 жыл бұрын
Like a Truman show type deal
@marjunmarcelocristobal26783 жыл бұрын
@@deadcomix YOU HIT THE BULLSEYE!
@marjunmarcelocristobal26783 жыл бұрын
Everyone seemed to be doing their ordinary day to day huddle...as if you are not their concern...but once you step outside the hotel boundary....WATCH THEM ALL FREEZE AND FIX THEIR EYES ON YOU LIKE ORGANIC CCTV--- all connected to Kim Jung-Un,your SUPREME ALL- SEEING- BIG BROTHER!!
@eraespina95072 жыл бұрын
The people working there is like puppets no signs of life or anything..
@pantysnifer9272 жыл бұрын
The keycard also switches on all the microphones in the room
@TheDamnSpot2 жыл бұрын
Notice how all the staff is determined to step out of the frame of the camera as quickly as possible. If they appear in a clip on social media and that clip becomes a huge controversy for some reason, it is likely that they end up in some sort of trouble. Trouble ranging from a stiff finger wagging to execution by artillery.
@katiedonovanAlt5 жыл бұрын
11:19 that is an RF jammer you are hearing. It prevents broadcasts from the South reaching DPRK.
@ChefWife675 жыл бұрын
Katie Donovan interesting! Ty for that info!
@lmc87lmc-archive955 жыл бұрын
2:05
@rivershamilton9285 жыл бұрын
LachlaZ Gamz o
4 жыл бұрын
@Dusk Raccoon - It would be nice to locate them, then have them dc'ed. But then in all likelihood you'd get caught & get sent to a forced labor reeducation camp for the next ten years.
@alivingdagger99154 жыл бұрын
@Dusk Raccoon not until an uprising begins, and THEN the DPRK collapses.
@Jay18Jay5 жыл бұрын
The last guy who "jacked" something from NK was put in a COMA.
@windoak21135 жыл бұрын
Mos1nTV and died
@Jay18Jay5 жыл бұрын
@@windoak2113 yeah and it seems like nothing was done about it because they dont want to spark an incident between nations over some jackass.
@Jay18Jay5 жыл бұрын
There is a video of him being taken away after a court case where he bumps his head against a large Korean court door I think that is what gave him the coma.
@Alexandra_Hill5 жыл бұрын
@@Jay18Jay my ex "bumped" my head of a door twice, no coma so I would say that poor guy got more than a bump of the NK security services...poor dude, such a price to pay over a banner.
@barnhartequipmentbrentbarn56625 жыл бұрын
@@Jay18Jay Maybe someday somethign horrible will happen to your child and we will refer to them as a Jackass. You do know that they now say that they do not believe that he even touched a poster, it was just their cover to kidnap and take a hostage. You might recall there is no picture of him taking the poster, just grainy image of arms, legs, etc. But let's just say that HE DID, he took a piece of paper that was taped to the wall, which had no value, no effort to replace as a simple souvenir to show and/or demonstrate life in North Korea. Brutally kidnapped, tortured, put in a coma and let to die..... causing a lifetime of pain for his family for doing nothing. You are the only JACKASS in this post.
@swedishhousemfia7 ай бұрын
"This architecture is the wors- all hail the supreme leader, he is intelligent and kind"
@RealNoface10 ай бұрын
If i had to stay there and not be able to do anything but rot in that Frankenstein hotel i would jump... 💀💀
@NYHaole5 жыл бұрын
Legend has it hes still turning on more lights
@tariqc15 жыл бұрын
Lol
@idot33313 жыл бұрын
North Korea is really one of the only places where you can feel like you travelled back in time. It's like going to the USSR in the 80s.
@philipbrit133 жыл бұрын
Oh not to worry. I may be able to do that without leaving home in the USA 🇺🇸 b4 too long. Sad
@varsityathlete99273 жыл бұрын
I knew this German girl, living in the West, she said when the East opened up, going on the train from West to East Germany was like going from color to black and white tv.
@Zei333 жыл бұрын
I don’t think that statement is really true. You should go lookup some videos on former Soviet countries. They are even further back in some cases and there’s still quite a few of them.
@JGrocks183 жыл бұрын
@@philipbrit13 ur like my dad.
@OffGridInvestor3 жыл бұрын
Relatives of mine toured thru the USSR during the 70s. They had toilets in Poland that didn't work because they were designed almost like they had a picture of a toilet but no idea how it worked. Secret police with them during some of the times in Russia. The bus comes in at the russian border and they spent HOURS searching it. But he saw VERY poor and the rich in Russia. Which totally blew to bits the concept of communism. "There's rich communists and really poor communists" he said to me.
@talkaboutwacky9 ай бұрын
Those rooms are definitely bugged. That “radio” in the room is clearly at minimum audio observing any and all guests to this hotel.
@cain_chamomille3 жыл бұрын
man, this architecture screams the Grand Budapest Hotel atmosphere
@tropicalpalmtree4 жыл бұрын
Such a depressing place, just an odd and eerie feeling about the way they build and decorate everything
@Ante_Knezevic4 жыл бұрын
No it's just old. And i'm not defending anybody.
@tropicalpalmtree4 жыл бұрын
@Richard Head not true, its just horrible architecture
@alstairmzs98004 жыл бұрын
@Richard Head but considering this is their "best" hotel...
@quan-uo5ws4 жыл бұрын
@@tropicalpalmtree its a matter of opinion... i actually like it.
@tropicalpalmtree4 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of the architecture in nazi germany, blocky, stark and brutalist.
@Nebelwerfer210cm8 жыл бұрын
This place looks like an American mall from the 80's
@neilmatthew277 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@nerdemoji0037 жыл бұрын
More Aesthetic
@nerdemoji0037 жыл бұрын
Пйтр CL hell yeah boi
@twistedmetalfan50007 жыл бұрын
R E T R O
@We_Reddit7 жыл бұрын
What goes unnoticed by non-Koreans with these kinds of videos of North Korea is that the writings and signs use an antiquated font - as opposed to a more modern, contemporary font. It would be like if you stepped outside in the US and saw all signs using a 19th century font (painted or shaped by hand), or a microwave had a brand name written in some basic calligraphy. For example, the lit "tea shop" sign shown on 2:04. The design overall is just old and outdated. I suppose that in some way, they see this kind of lettering as maintaining their (communist) tradition and an art form of sorts in that sense. But against modern things, it just seems very odd and out of place. Same applies to many signs in China (also "still" communist - in case we forget), to be honest.
@glengamble52610 ай бұрын
To those of you saying the hotel has a ‘70’s vibe’…you clearly weren’t around in the 70’s. It’s more accurate to say it’s very 80’s-90’s like.
@gabrielesolletico65423 ай бұрын
I love the 80s-90s vibes.
@cecilou52353 жыл бұрын
It would be so satisfying to have the north korean spy version of the room tour showing where all the bugs, cameras, and spying devices are hidden in the rooms and the hotel !
@myowncomputerstuff6 жыл бұрын
6:38 Such a scary place for a mirror. People probably get all startled for a second like there's another person in the ominous hallway looking straight at them.
@insamyoja25 жыл бұрын
cover up the mirror
@edp46385 жыл бұрын
Is less scary than going to church or sending your kids to school in the U.S. for sure. Chances are that someone will be there, someone holding an assault weapon and looking straight at you or your children, definitely someone will be there for some.
@orpheuseclipse42364 жыл бұрын
Just fuck off already. You are annoying as fuck. We get it
@johnmckenya8284 жыл бұрын
@@edp4638 Wow. Are you really shitting on the U.S over North Korea? Wtf man. You're a real piece of shit.
@edmund89544 жыл бұрын
@@edp4638 go fucking live in North Korea you dipshit
@themanwiththecrystaleyes4645 жыл бұрын
So glad NK finally upgraded to 1940s technology and furniture. I seriously haven’t seen a hotel room looking like that since my great grandmother passed away.
@calinapostol21283 жыл бұрын
Plenty of similar hotels in Europe
@potudolu38563 жыл бұрын
@@calinapostol2128 similar but way more high class in a way
@iscariot15723 жыл бұрын
@@calinapostol2128 you mean Eastern europe
@calinapostol21283 жыл бұрын
@@iscariot1572 eastern and central, I have seen the same style in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland
@juxie92292 жыл бұрын
Uh... You do know they have all the same contemporary devices and architecture we do, right...? They have (modern) cell phones, computers, and other gadgets like drones and electronic toys just like we do. I can see why so many people are mystified by a place like The DPRK, but they aren't brainwashed, fanatical cult members who live in constant fear and domination like our CIA propaganda tells us, just like we aren't all demons who want to murder all Koreans like their propaganda says. They live in isolation and are self reliant because over the past century, they've seen that any time a leftist society has contact with the USA/West, they are crippled and destroyed through economic sanctions, embargoes, assassinations, coups, proxy wars, invasion, etc. They fear us for a good reason, but why do you fear them?
@TwinkleToesLorna2 жыл бұрын
tbh, the hotel is beautiful. i dig that 70's neon colors with a bit of that 30s streamline moderne architecture. unusual combo. I like to see styles revived so I can witness it in new material and intact. not deteriorated by the passage of time.
@Ralph_Sandwich2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't help but feel like he was hating on the hotel for no reason. It's an awesome hotel that oozes personality. Yea the room sucks but so does every room in US hotels. Kinda makes you think, what if these videos are the real propaganda.
@rubencorona92182 жыл бұрын
@@Ralph_Sandwich hahahahaha
@ze119002 жыл бұрын
It is nice I like it
@glengamble52610 ай бұрын
Sorry, but there’s nothing ‘70’s’ about this place-it’s very much an 80’s-90’s decor.
@Saybleu Жыл бұрын
This is oddly fascinating to be on this tour. I love the tea/sitting area in the hotel room.
@gabrielesolletico65423 ай бұрын
Yeah, that's nice.
@the-real-kimjong-un4 жыл бұрын
If you got any question about the video you can ask me
@therocinante34433 жыл бұрын
How did you build the most beautiful structure on earth?
@22XERO223 жыл бұрын
How have you created such a great and powerful country?
@rogerthat31573 жыл бұрын
Answer you fuck
@MemeMorto3 жыл бұрын
How did you defeat the USA by yourself??
@vanillamoca98453 жыл бұрын
Do you know where the bathroom is?
@elimkwok9385 жыл бұрын
This feels like a first person shooter game
@SorryBones4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, as in you’ll be the first person they shoot maybe
@xosammyb9 ай бұрын
I love all the retro 70s / 80s vibe of everything in north korea. Even though its a horrible country it's cool to see what almost seems like a living time capsule.
@lucassanchez55602 жыл бұрын
The lobby of the hotel actually looks nice and ample. In my opinion those colorful lights make it look weird because it doesn't match the architecture. If they would pick some cool neutral lights it would give a different ambient to the area. The rooms do look a bit small.
@paul066604 жыл бұрын
I feel you have walked into a place just as dark, secret, and monitored as Area 51 itself.
@vapid_b8 жыл бұрын
"a tissue holder, but no tissues" annnd some one was killed over that mistake.
@ionlymadethistoleavecoment17238 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking, but probably not
@antoniochekini5428 жыл бұрын
Oh God,I hope not...
@antoniochekini5428 жыл бұрын
Oh God,I hope not...
@mikealvarez8718 жыл бұрын
Lol I heard a gunshot in my head when he said that
@Nabbehh8 жыл бұрын
+Mike Alvarez lol doubt they can afford to use the ammunition for that. Probably just hang them
@cherylsemrau7100 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Did you film the hotel shop? It would be interesting to see. Greetings from Canada.
@Yo_Chino8 ай бұрын
Because of this video, this KZfaqr was never seen again.
@rubicunduseratiudas12647 ай бұрын
What do you think that is, Harlem, NY?
@cj2221004 жыл бұрын
The lobby really reminds me of a shopping mall from the 80s.
@twistedtimbers4 жыл бұрын
right! i think itd be pretty cool to visit except for my anxiety
@Fragrantbeard3 жыл бұрын
Yep. I'd love to see Dan Bell do his magic here.
@gingerhammond64465 жыл бұрын
There is no way I would ever go to North Korea...
@jgstargazer4 жыл бұрын
I thought ordinary tourists were discouraged from going to NK, this guy must be a higher up. Well, anyway I would be nervous to do anything for fear of be called a spy and be arrested. Maybe horse blinders would help.
@JJ-uy8tt4 жыл бұрын
Maybe in the next 10 years, when North Korea has changed.
@ann_banan134 жыл бұрын
Journalists and documentary makers travel to NK for information. Alot of them record stuff that they aren't even supposed to be recording. I feel bad for the people who live in this country, makes you wonder if they will ever have a revolution against the government.
@ruththomas16524 жыл бұрын
@@JJ-uy8tt Look guys! A comedian!
@jetuber4 жыл бұрын
I've love to go but I'd forever be afraid of being apprehended for god-knows-what.
@KollexYT Жыл бұрын
What Camera do you use in your video?
@kingssuck0611 ай бұрын
Does DHL actually deliver stuff there?
@NyuuMikuru15 жыл бұрын
People in lobby are soldiers watching you and your every move.
@dominicvanwyck81354 жыл бұрын
Notice how everyone he films moves out of the camera? It’s so eerie
@drh74764 жыл бұрын
not that eerie. if he’s from the united states people are used to filming everyone and everything, and posting it online. not a shock that someone else in a different country may feel uncomfortable being on the camera of some stranger.
@erectustesticulus31914 жыл бұрын
Idk where your from but in Europe they’d do the same. Not everywhere is America
@emilysmellfox47844 жыл бұрын
yeah places like Britain and America, most people don’t mind being filmed although I wouldn’t be filming around Bradford if you don’t want to get chinned by a 40 year old dad of 12 children.
@theexotitan55594 жыл бұрын
Liam Stelfox Wasn’t expecting a mention of Bradford here of all places lmao
@pilly38154 жыл бұрын
Well, I would move out too..
@krisb-travel2 жыл бұрын
great video, i really enjoyed this youtube channel
@luciadossantos73172 жыл бұрын
Can you give us an idea how much things costs there. Like hotels, restaurants, transportation??
@BeautflDisaster44 жыл бұрын
Even if they tell me I can record in this hotel, I wouldn’t dare record a damn thing. Those people are crazy and I don’t want to die there.
@arminmobarez80973 жыл бұрын
You are completely right my dear friend don’t trust any one in this shit world couple of months ago I was in Czech Republic 🇨🇿 Jewish has civilization in Czech Republic Iam iranian I went to Jewish synagogue 🕍 for buying ticket at first I asked ticket seller can I buy ticket I’m from Iran she said yeah everybody can visit these ancient building there is no limitation we have democracy Czech Republic is a democratic country no worry and I bought this damn ticket then starting visiting at the first museum I asked taking picture is ligal? They answered without flash is ok no problem you can take photo from everything So I started taking pic from all antiques after that while I was exiting museum I saw six police caps they were ready for picking up their weapon were fucking furious,rude asked where is your fucking Id I answered It’s in my house the arrest my put handcuffs on my hands send me to police station check me swear at me after 2 hours let me go two weeks later at 12 am sent me 20 comandos with m16 shield they attacked to my room I was horrified was going to die my girl friend was working on that hotel reception since she saw that action she is silent don’t speak with me broke up I lost her just consider it was European country was in Shengen claim they believe human right they don’t execute poeple don’t torture they did to me now think about North Korea their hands are open they can do whatever they like nobody can do shit they don’t fucking care it’s fucking dangerous
@tonylamborghini83663 жыл бұрын
@@arminmobarez8097 wow this is crazy !
@jimboonie98853 жыл бұрын
@@arminmobarez8097 I had a stroke reading that
@xanboymark44753 жыл бұрын
@@jimboonie9885 same
@arloc3573 жыл бұрын
@@arminmobarez8097 just reading that made me lose half my brain cells. Good thing I still have enough for the both of us
@numberstation5 жыл бұрын
“...tacky, disco, retro, seventies thang...” Sign me up!
4 жыл бұрын
@Raine Cowles - I believe it's still up for vote. However, during that time period it definitively wasn't.
@jonnysupreme2 жыл бұрын
"This car doesn't have a price tag, so it's free" Unlike the North Korean people
@mokshithsai28113 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you've made it back
@elsakristina26894 жыл бұрын
Someday, somehow, if this country is freed... Can you imagine the transformation, can you imagine the stories people would have to tell, can you imagine what a revelation it would be to them?
@bisexualbean25294 жыл бұрын
elsa1942 Ikr
@evanhughes15104 жыл бұрын
Leaf Dawn djf
@lucasgildone26504 жыл бұрын
so basically China after deng xiao ping
@eatham22614 жыл бұрын
I’m sure South Korea would help because there are plenty of South and North Koreans that want Korea to be one unified country again.
@matrinyer4 жыл бұрын
25 Million people will change their lives and eyes about the real world in just one month soon
@wd46884 жыл бұрын
A big round of aplause to the cast and crews of the hotel
@TV-yb2bn11 ай бұрын
Underrated comment
@afterthefox7 ай бұрын
oh definately...sad...
@ArmanLF6 ай бұрын
Му like too, but I don't want to spoil such eloquent number.
@AB-mr9dy3 жыл бұрын
The map behind the check-in counter is interesting to me. In the US we are used to North America-centered maps of the world. Never saw a map of the world with North & South America to the right and Europe and Africa to the farthest left corner...They also have DHL delivery!
@Tom-hg8pp2 жыл бұрын
Are these random people chilling in the lobby area real people doing their thing there or are jsut playing around (actors)?
@YeahForSure994 жыл бұрын
It really feels like everyone inside is an actor trying to act normal. They just act so weird...
@baggingstruetoyou58813 жыл бұрын
"Would be a great souvenir if anyone wanted to jack the calender" I think Otto would disagree with you there
@votpavel3 жыл бұрын
that hit abit different from watching it 5 years ago lol
@OffGridInvestor3 жыл бұрын
I was about to say that same thing.
@C_Tizzle2 жыл бұрын
Otto was the head-on-a-stick paraded through the streets of our village as a warning to the rest of us. Our curiosity is the Only reason Pyongyang exists. It is just a set on a sound stage. It is all a ruse and every citizen is an indoctrinated soldier. Freedom is NOT something they dream of, because it is not an idea that they have ever fathomed. The Sentinelese have not learned to make fire. We, as humans, do not pine for things we have never heard of. A typical 60 year-old North Korean man has Never worn jeans, has Never 'slept in', has Never had ice cream, has never nervously taken a girl on a date, has never had a 'favorite band' to see in concert, has Never had a cold beer, and has probably never laughed.
@tamsinsylvie43312 жыл бұрын
@@C_Tizzle i mostly agree with you unfortunately, however i don’t think it’s entirely true. if that were the case then nobody would’ve have ever attempted to escape. somehow they know it’s not normal how they live, but i’m not sure how.
@C_Tizzle2 жыл бұрын
@@tamsinsylvie4331 yeah, there are exceptions to everything. I definitely meant Most average, older citizens. I read somewhere that the most highly coveted "contraband" amongst the NK younger generations is mostly American 90's movies. So, they've gotten a wiff of what's out here. But, most likely, someone that is already a senior citizen may very well Never have a clue that their life isn't exactly what they've been told: everyone that isn't fortunate enough to live in the glorious paradise of North Korea are either evil, suffering, or both.
@libertycabbagemusic3 жыл бұрын
What was the entertainment like on the television or radio in the hotel room?
@Julian13o11 Жыл бұрын
Have you bought that camera in North Korea?
@bushvo61128 жыл бұрын
It feels like he's holding back, even in the privacy of his room...can't really blame him, the place's probably bugged.
@ps-yk8su7 жыл бұрын
Bush Vo Malcolm X's hotel room was bugged too.
@Altair96786 жыл бұрын
I'd be afraid to sneeze out of turn over there.
@knowall57925 жыл бұрын
In South Korean hotels you can expect secret video camera in your room and bathroom.
@5000MikeMaster5 жыл бұрын
Know All your obviously a North Korean agent
@obey_forever_mae5 жыл бұрын
@@knowall5792 you mean north korea or?
@claystewart19425 жыл бұрын
You just got someone killed by showing that cleanex box holder without the box
@42luke934 жыл бұрын
Clay Stewart ???
@defaultui96254 жыл бұрын
@@42luke93 He was implying the housekeeping person did not restock the kleenex and killed as a result of higher powers seeing it in this video.
@tristan650911 ай бұрын
they're using TOTO toilets and National (panasonic) Lightswitches, and I think the small table control thingy beside the bed is also fron National Interesting, I thought there would be more soviet technology but apparently they just import them from japan
@misterhot916311 ай бұрын
I was shocked that the tv actually worked
@Scatmanfan458 жыл бұрын
"That'd be a nice little souvenir if anyone actually wanted to jack the calender" If you're willing to risk 15 years of your life to hard labor, go for it bro.
@m4rs128 жыл бұрын
+Scatmanfan45 HA!
@Jobe-135 жыл бұрын
😂
@davidkendrick44535 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is I think if Warmbier had said, "This paper carries the words of the wise Kim Jong Un and I would like to use it to show my friends in the U.S. how generous and happy the Korean people are," they'd have given him a case of them to take home.
@obey_forever_mae5 жыл бұрын
@@davidkendrick4453 true
@ewatokarz5775 жыл бұрын
Maybe instead of stealing that is illegal in most of the counties just ask if you can buy one? They will probably take you to the shop where you can do it
@javierramirez27167 жыл бұрын
when you turned on your room lights, 13 villages lost power
@MegaMHS20125 жыл бұрын
Javier Ramirez I LOL’d at that
@Frozenduckling5 ай бұрын
Does this hotel still exist after cvid?
@lordstallion31502 жыл бұрын
That radio on the table looks like a spy device which can listen to all your conversations. I saw things like that, they are usually fixed to the table and have a bunch of cables underneath