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I was in Tokyo when North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan. My whole family had a panic attack and called me thinking I was in a crysis. Not a single person in Tokyo was panicked, just a normal day, at least as far as I could tell, I don't speak Japanese. It was a very strange experience.

I'm a South Korean and I agree that US media kind of emphasize North Korea(Nuclear) threats more than South Korea Media does. We do fear north korea nuclear weapon threats, but sometimes we think others(like US or Japan) consider the threat more than we do.

Mr Johnny Harris, I tip my hat to you. I am 73 years old and recently retired. I have been a musician, a song -writer, a pilot, a pastor and I have headed up an innovation centre at a university and been a high school teacher - but I have learned more from you than I have learned from a lifetime of formal education. You are the most gifted teacher I have ever witnessed and had the privilege to learn from. Keep up the good work. The people of the world have much to learn and you are the best person to teach it!

As a South Korean living in Seoul for the past 10 years, I can confidently confirm that an attack from the north is way at the bottom of the things to worry about if it makes the list at all. We got way more shit to worry about than that

My grandmother was from North Korea but the war broke out while she was enjoying her summer holiday in the South and she never got to reunite with her family ever again until the day she died. I feel deeply heartbroken whenever I think of her although she passed away before I was even born but also thankful that she was in South Korea as I could not have existed today if she wasn’t.

Personally, I suspect that many South Koreans have realized, consciously or unconsciously. That being in a constant state of panic over something they have zero control over is unproductive and even detrimental to their emotional well-being.

I went to the DMZ last February and you're totally right. It's rather sad than scary to be in that place, considering how many people/families have been separated from their loved ones

I love how some of your videos have that chaotic energy of somebody who just learned something crazy and can't wait to tell everybody.

Watching this makes me understand North Korea's pain and hate more, but at the same time I think the way they're holding onto that pain and trauma is the same as drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. In the end it only really hurts themselves more.

I love how you provide the historical context and put together this bigger picture of how things came to be

This is really well made. I am Korean and there are some information that I didn't even know. Props. I never like videos but you deserve it for real. Thank you for the education

My grandfather was born in North Korea, came to the south during the war and decided to stay. One of his dying wishes was reunification to one day reunite with his family (voted liberal for Moon back in 2016 wishing this would come true). as my grandfathers generation passes away, the connection between the koreas are going to get more distant.. and the perception of the N.Korean threat and what war can separate from us will disappear with them..

A former colleague of mine was stationed at the North Korean border while in the Army. He said it was the most depressing place on Earth and just a 24 hour stare-down contest. Each side showing off to the other. He was so happy to get out of there.

That's what most "bomb shelters" are. Publicly accessible areas that are low/underground, can hold many people, and are stronger than normal structures just by the nature of their construction...subways, parking structures, etc. My elementary school had a section of basement off of the gym designated as bomb shelter, undoubtedly from the Cold War era when it was built.

Thank you for teaching me more about the history of the Korean conflict and how today's situation evolved in 24 minutes than I learned in all my years in school.

He has really mastered the art of looking through piles of papers, rolling out maps, and looking in drawers.

a South Korean, living just 40km across the border, watching your video at 3:21 AM .. Truly inspiring piece since the last blue state opinion on NYT. You made me to rethink about the current state about Korean peninsula. ( also reminding me of old highschool history classes haha ) Indeed, i deem that many S. Koreans just got used to N. Korean nuclear power and missile tests. Eventhough US covers those incident like upcoming WW3, here it’s just like “huh that idiot again 😂” and nobody is actually panicked.

"... a city that has moved on." I hope everyone realized that in life, we have no hold of our past but we can do better to make our future better. Be kind, be humble, be resilient, be loved and love. Thank you Johnny for this. Have a nice day everyone.

My late husband was stationed about 25km from the dmz from 93-94. My infant daughter & I moved over there with him and lived in a tiny village off post. We were on alert a lot, there were a lot of false scares, we were really worried 2x, once when Kim IL sung died, our post was on high alert jic, & once some south Korean fishermen were drunk and in an area they weren't supposed to be, and originally they thought the men were north Korean spies. When we'd call home our families would be freaking out over something they heard on the news, and we were always shocked at how blown out of proportion things were. They were always more freaked out from the news than we were living right there. Thank you for making this , it's a fresh new perspective, I have always been fascinated by both Koreas since I lived there, I watch a lot of documentaries on every aspect I can think of, and I appreciate this one, I found it super interesting. 💜

I'm a Korean, born and raised. While this video provided insight for those on the outside looking in, it also taught me just how differently the world sees this war. Thank you for the educational content 💙

As a native South Korean, I appreciate you handling on this topic in a more objective perspective. If any of my foreign friends ask if South Koreans are ever afraid of NK in the future, I would definitely show this video. Also about shelters: almost all subway stations are marked as a shelter regardless of what's inside, since they have underground bathroom and protection masks which can provide water and basic needs for protection, also a pathway to walk in railways underground to different subway stations if the current place is hazardous.

Absolutely the most informative and entertaining history lesson I have ever had in my entire life, and I would just like to say thank you. For real.

Very informative and you shed light on lot of things on historical perspectives . Keep up the good work.

Gonna hit 3M any second now. Congrats Johnny! Your hard work is paying off and your audience is well earned.

Im an Airline Pilot from the U.S. and regularly fly to South Korea. As an American, i had this underlying sense of discomfort knowing North Korea was so close by. But Im always amazed at how little the South Koreans care 😂. So glad you made this video!

Johnny and Company, The information you're sharing is so important for people to learn it's hard to put in words. I just hope that you do everything you can to expand your reach. It may seem like your channel has reached equilibrium in production output and profit, and that's probably true. But I've never found a source that provides such important education about human history and current geopolitics and that's unfortunate in todays world. I would trade 90% of American education for the knowledge on this channel. We all know we could ask most of our family members about these conflicts and they wouldn't have clue. The patience and theatrics you apply to these videos makes it unbelievably difficult day to pay attention, I've never felt so smart and also so aware of what's happening with our world Anyways thanks for all the time you guys put in, you're changing history more than you might know

Loving these videos, Johnny . Just found your channel. Knowledge and brain being widened with everyone.

This reminds me of my belated grandmother who lived till 96 and passed away years ago in Busan, where she fled to during the Korean war from Pyongyang. She always told me about her fleeing story and how she lost most of her family members in NKorea for owning lands, not to mention our family tree document also has burned to ash during the war in which leads to me not knowing who my ancestors are and all. I miss her so much and still have so much respect for literally feeding her 5kids alone till they all become successful.

As a South Korean, I share other Korean's view that if they do launch an attack, there is nothing we can do to stop the initial attack so best not to worry about it until it actually happens.

I live in South Korea and I learned new things. I didn't know how North Korea got destroyed that badly. Thank you for the really informative and interesting video!!

I wasn’t particularly interested in this topic before I watched this. But because you produced it and the quality is so damn impressive, now I’m captivated.

As a South Korean, I love how you make these videos and how you can shed light on the history of my country. Keep making vids ilke this!

You have no clue how much I appreciate your content, the world would be a better place if more journalist like you were out there, thanks a lot 🙏.

Thanks for such an insightful video. Remember being in Seoul multiple times and it's really quite interesting how the people there are just living their lives. They are more bothered by other issues as compared to those in the North. I believe there is still a part of them that feel threatened but they also understand that living in constant fear might be what the North wants so why not continue with life and show them that they are not bothered?

I'm amused by the fact that people in Seoul aren't aware there were bomb shelters everywhere. As a Singaporean who has the same thing, that was one of the first "weird" things my wife pointed out when we were there last week - and I commented we're very near North Korea that's why. It happened as we're getting daily alerts on our iPhones about NK's ballistic missile tests overhead

Great video. Totally confirms what I learned in International Conflicts course years ago: saturation bombing does not defeat an enemy, but only increases their anger, hatred, and resolve to fight back. Thank you so much, Johnny!!

Hey! Ukrainian here, our bomb shelters are basically the same 😅 It’s better not to count how many hours I’ve spent in random underground parking lots and basements this year. But it actually gets the job done! Our metro stations are protected from actual chemical and/or nuclear attacks but most large cities don’t have the metro system. If the war comes - it’s better to have those places than not 😊

Just subscribed! Awesome videos. Great analysis. Some years ago, I had just finished visiting the Korea house in Seoul and gone to a restaurant to have lunch, when the program on the TV was interrupted to announce that North Korea had just tested a nuclear bomb. At that moment a group of young South Korea guys came in, and didn’t care about the news. They flipped the channel to watch a baseball game instead. I was amazed at their attitude. Like Ostriches sticking their heads in the sand.

I can’t THANK YOU enough for all your videos. More people should see them.

Can we appreciate the amount of work he actually puts in to his videos. I have seen documentaries from big companies not half as informative and as well done as this.

This is the type of content that is really required to see how people of different areas being affected by the conflict, have such different perspectives on the same matter. This video was very well produced and I appreciate you bringing the situation with a different perspective so that the general person can really comprehend how different people feel.

When I worked at Samsung my American boss recounted visiting Seoul with one of our colleagues who served in the South Korean army acting as his host and guide. When he learned how close the DMZ was, he asked to go, and our coworker being a great host agreed. They went into a tunnel under the DMZ and back out. Somewhere along the barbed wire, or maybe it was at a lookout post or overlook, the veteran stopped, his body language changing completely from any other time any of us had seen him. He pointed into the distance, past the barrier, saying "I killed a man over there." It was as if he had forgotten and only remembered it on seeing again. My boss apologized profusely and returned to Seoul with new respect and understanding for this man, our other veteran coworkers there, and the conflict. I also learned during that time that there are many families separated by that border, and that there is great desire for peaceful reunification in South Korea. It is a very sobering thought to consider that it could have been his distant cousin who my former colleague shot and killed those years ago - tied doubly by blood to a man he never met. What a horrible thing civil wars are. Its tempting to look back and muse about whether the alternative - handing over the entire peninsula to the North - would have been better, but the only actually good alternative was for the North to never invade. It is instructive to look at the two Koreas side by side and consider the differences. As Johnny pointed out, one is stuck in the past, and the other looking to today and the future. One is traumatized and stuck in a vicious and self destructive cycle - trauma brought on by the response to its own wrongdoing like a violent criminal, beaten, tried, cut off from society and imprisoned. The other was rescued from a traumatic event and given the support needed to heal and move on - as we do with victims of violent crime. The results for both nations are very much like trauma played out in the lives of individuals. In the same way, we can see the fruit of the philosophies played out both on the grand scale and for individuals. Communist revolutions and ideals are obsessed with the past and wrongdoing, with correcting for it and leveling the playing field by mowing down anyone and everything that stands tall or resists. The other set of Western ideals opposing Marxism and Communism are focused on what can I do to turn what I have today into something better tomorrow, whether that "I" is the individual or a nation. These philosophies play out the same in the histories of both nations and persons. I think the tale of the two Koreas, as well as the tale of Eastern and Western Germany, tells this well, and it is the same in the stories of countless addicts, criminals, as well as trauma survivors and rags to riches stories. That isn't to say that the philosophy I clearly prefer is perfect, or that it always gets those kind of results, but what I am saying is that one of these philosophies is at least not in and of itself a distraction from if not direct obstacle to human flourishing. Those who don't let the past die let it kill them instead. Those who live today and look to the future live to see the future and look back on today.

I was in Soul, South Korea. I have great sympathy for that country. No graffiti, no garbage, everyone dressed nice. Hard working people.

Also, everyone who appreciates the sourcing please give Johnny a shoutout. It’s incredibly important & the fact that you do it now deserves praise 🙏🖤

I think you’d be interested in the sights and ideas up near the border in the smaller towns, Dongducheon, Pocheon, Soyosan, etc. There’s still fortifications all over the place and the SK military takes training and readiness very seriously. Mandatory military service is still a thing there. I think you’re seeing the results of 30+ years of living beside a violent neighbor, it becomes normal. But in my two years living there, Yeongpeong Island and the Chenoan incident happened. These weren’t “glossed over” by the population. They held civil service drills in response. Seoul is a very different culture than the countryside.

I'm hooked on this channel. The content that Johnny and his team brings out is incredibly good. Shout out for making this available on KZfaq

Love the content my guy! Lookin like a captain from a Wes Anderson film while learnin’ the crap outta some people. Well done 🤘 subscribed!

I was in South Korea in 2017/18 when every media outlet made it seem like a nuclear war was going to happen. I don’t think a single person I met even mentioned what the rest of the world thought was happening. P.s. Jeju is an amazing place to visit!

The shelters you emphasized actually have practical functions. They are underground, have multiple outlets to the outside, and are huge enough to accommodate Seoul citizens. Although they may not seem to be "perfect" as shelters, it may be too expensive to build so in a country thriving to be in top 10 GDP rank. It would be interesting too to see how apartments in Seoul are designed to turn quickly into military bases! (made up of concrete matters which don't easily fall, windows facing north are smaller than those facing south, etc.) Anyway as native South Korean, I really enjoyed watching your video.

great editing quality, video composition, music, your presence was well balanced. Overall great video. Learned a lot. Good job!

Congrats. One of the best and most original sources of info about the Korean crisis I’ve seen.

21:18 woman is scared more of the pigeons than North Korea. Well done Kim(s).

This has to be one of your top videos. Very informative and helped me understand the Korean War even more. Like you said idk why our schools didn’t teach us about the war. I always heard the Korean War but never understood what happen until now. As someone who is into history, thank you!!! Would love to see more of these great videos :)

Thank you so much for the great video i really enjoy your videos i know how much time and effort you are putting in to, greatly appreciate

Thank you for such an informative documentary I agree with you , this should be taught in schools just as you provided here... Easy to understand and informative , how,why and who should share in responsibility for one of the most unstable areas on this planet

I got introduced to you via your Borders series with vox, it was so refreshing to see you go back to a border, explain why it was created and the consequences it’s had. I hope you do more videos about borders! I love to see you speaking to actual people and giving us a glimpse into their lives and teaching us history that was neglected.

21:06 I guess I don't have to worry when a south Korean citizen is more afraid of a pigeon than North Korea 😭

This video is epic 😎 thanks a lot for all the work!

As a Norwegian, I can't remember learning anything about this is school. We in the west think of the North Koreans as brainwashed, but they might see us the same way. This is the only teaching I have ever encountered of what happened, and why. Great video! Giving me a new understanding of history, and how the winners always narrate the history in their favour.

This video was well done. I’m Canadian living here for 7.5 years now, and I remember the first time NK was doing their missile routine, my family calling me telling me to get on the next flight home 😂. And me like “why?” Yea there’s really no worry here, but also I did have a conversation with a Korean coworker about what they would do if North Korea invaded, and the response kind of made sense. She said “I’ve never thought of a plan because I don’t have somewhere else to go.” I think as foreigners or westerners, we think about these scenarios because we have our home to return to. But for Koreans, this is their home, and why would they want to think about leaving it? They already lost part of it and their families ㅠㅠ

It's actually similar in Japan. They tell us to find "shelters" if a missile from North Korea ACTUALLY hits Japan, but the shelters are just.... subway stations. Basements are also really rare here. It's so weird as someone who grew up in Switzerland, where basement bunkers are normal.

My god, just watched your video today first time and had to subscribe! Real talk without the influence of the news. Love it!

I want to say that we in Ukraine also did not expect Russia to [try to] do a full invasion. Even though they practically started invasion in 2014 and gathered so much military next to our borders. I think it's natural for people to deny the worst that can happen.

If anyone asks me why i love Johnny Harris this is the video i'm going to show them. We really need different points of view in today's world where there seems to be only the right perspective and the wrong perspective. Keep up the good work!

We were living in an American village in Tokyo at the start of the war. The US evacuated us because my sister was ill and they wanted the medical staff to be solely dedicated to active-duty military and not military dependents. My only memory of the departure was being on a ship from Yokohama during a typhoon. I suppose the evacuation was scary for my parents but they never shared any sense of fear with the three of us even when we were old enough to understand. We landed back in San Francisco on August 19, 1950, according to the family passport.

I was just thinking about Korea out of interest in learning Hangul. It's great to see such good content on here. Almost makes me want to go to Korea to teach English - turns out SK is one of the major and best-paying locations for TEFL.

As a dual citizen born in the states and grew up in korea for the most of my lifetime, I love that you finally get to do story over my country! I love an amount of research you've done for this video, as well as holding on to the firsthand experiences traveling around Seoul. Never doubted peace even in my days in the Korean military, and impressed that you even got to the point that koreans don't give a ** about the war. Again, thnx Johny for the production!

Thank you for covering this topic! The Korean War has influenced so much of why we are the way we are in today’s world and economy.

I lived in South Korea beginning in 1958 and leaving in 1969, visiting again in 1971 and 1974. Congratulations on a good presentation summing up the history. A few of my own perspectives/opinions: The North Korean government needs to have the fear of the US as a means of blaming their problems on some outside entity. Many in the US want to see the North Korean government overthrown to free its citizens from their enslavement. The NK government knows that and sees nuclear weapons as a way of making sure the US doesn't try to act militarily to overthrow them. When I was there we gave jobs to a couple of Korean women who had no idea what had happened to their husbands. They had been forced into the NK army and their wives never saw them again. They never remarried as they had no idea whether their husbands were alive or not. Most of the direct familial attachments between the north and south have aged out, leaving a South Korean population that is happy with the country they have and doesn't see huge motivations to reunite with the North Korean disaster zone.

This is a fascinating video. Thank you for making it!

This was great. I'm embarassed of how little I knew about the Korean war and you explained in such a easy to understand way. Are there any other readings on this subject matter that you'd recommend?

This is one of the most impressive narration of war history I’ve watched. This channel is literally developing my knowledge in so many ways

I learned so much. Thanks for this!

Thank you for all the hard work that goes behind these!!

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It is ridiculous how lucky we are to live in an environment where the regular person can learn what is behind the curtain of how things work in our world. More than just the official perspective. Amazing!

I was in South Korea in the beginning of June 2023 and about the time I arrive, there was a national alert saying that there might’ve been a missile launch by the North Korea and apparently that had never happened before and people were panicking because they didn’t know what was happening. Very scary and surreal.

My grandpa (born in 1932, and alive) when he was 16 (in Korean age) he decided to go to the Korean war, to fight North Korea, and my grandma (1940, alive) was a Northern Korean but her and her family decided to escape.

The reactions of South Koreans at the end of the video are priceless and show how well the country and people moved on! Thanks for yet another great video Johnny.

Today's fact: The most popular item at Walmart is bananas. They sell more bananas than any other single item they have in stock.

This was so well done. Earned my follow.

Bravo! Grade A content my boy!

On a tangent here. I have a funny feeling that as the wealth disparity between South and North Korea widens, due to the North keeps pouring the little resources they have towards their army, that South Korea would actually reject reunification due to the sheer economic burden it would pose on the their economy in trying to lift North Korea into the 21st century.

Props to whoever Johnny hires to just film him haphazardly look at old maps and letters 😂

Much respect for you! Very educational videos 👍

Johnny, I’ve always loved all your contents. They’re a bit of everything. Comedic too! 😅

" It's not scary or threatening to be here, it is plain sad to see 70 years of this standoff, created by foreign powers" The simplest summery of 70 years Korean standoff.

As usual you make news digestible and interesting. There hasn’t been a time where I’ve happened upon one of your stories thinking I’ll just watch a few minutes and end up binge watching several episodes. What you do is important. Thank you.

I learn a lot in this video, thank you so much for what you just did here.

This has to be your best video yet man. Changed the way I look at the entire situation in the Korean peninsula. The music throughout was also so so good!

If you keep making threats on a daily basis then no one will take you seriously and they get fed up with it so it becomes more of annoyance than anything

Just wanted to say you got one of the best youtube channels out there. 1st class journalism. Love it.

20:30 - Damn, she's SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

It’s so mind blowing about all the conflict the happened in the past and how it has changed since then. Another great video Johnny!

I did a project on North Korea for school (I had a few good months to prepare for it) and it sure would have been nice to have this video back then! After reading through many websites, books, and endless documentaries--I arrived at the same conclusions you did. The world is far more worried about an upcoming war than South Koreans. I also delved into the perspective of the people of North Korea's side on this, and they aren't as hopeless as my American History class taught. The more generations of the dynasty pass, the less faith North Koreans have in it. The younger generations are starting to peek out into the rest of the world the more technology advances and slips into the country. It's my belief that there will be a time when the people of North Korea earn peaceful prosperity, but that will have to come from themselves. Not the USA, or any other country. Very awesome video!! I look forward to others!

these history/geography videos are fun asf while high, and that crayon thing he keeps highlighting the pages with is so satisfying

Bro tour editing is next level the of story telling is amazing

Thank you Jonny💚🇰🇷. My mother is a Korean war orphan. I was raised with American and Korean values and Korean family as well as her adopted American family. We pray for resolution moving into the next century.

Just thought I would drop in here to say these videos are absolutely incredible. Some of the best edited and non biased explanations of confusing events that could ever have been produced. Great job.