You should see him eat.

The guy was probably a handler of sorts, keeping an eye on him.

It would be, if that were true and that was what happened. But that wasn't the reason.

Ya, join us (USA) in freedom but not in person we are full ATM and soon to deport the illegal law breakers. Come here the right way, not by overstaying your visa or crossing the border illegally!

Plus speaking four languages.

A lot of them will just tell you it's salt free even though they just salt all of them right at the fryer, it all depends where you go and who's working

I'm an American. I don't have much of an issue with french fries since I don't eat them often, but pretty much every kind of prepared food is salty. "Healthy" microwave entrees, pasta sauce, deli meat, bread, condiments, most canned food, etc. Even things like Oreo cookies have a lot of salt. Restaurant entrees are often far worse. I have some leftover duck paella that was quite expensive, but it's a challenge to finish because it is so incredibly salty. When I cook, which is unfortunately somewhat rare, I try to use ingredients and canned food with no added salt. I often use some kind of hot sauce or salsa, and finding low sodium versions of such sauces/salsas is quite a challenge. It takes very little time to adjust to eating food with less salt, where it essentially just tastes normal.

He has a great imagination and a good sense of humor. 😂

His self esteem went through the roof that day 😄

That's the first time I've heard it, and dude must be a LEGEND under that shirt wwww

You may not know, but Kim is his last name. His name is actually Jeongguk/Jungkook (you can spell it either way.) In Korea their surname comes before their given name 🙂

I wonder if their families are punished when their children defect?

Exercise is of almost no use whatsoever in losing weight. The amount of Calories used by exercise is tiny since the body also uses Calories when not exercising. The only way to lose weight is to eat less.

@@mikemondano3624true true, but also when exercising that fat and weight you get from eating can turn into muscle when you put effort into it

No, you just don't eat bullshit ultra processed food.

She liked it too.....😊

@@mikemondano3624 You say eat less I say count calories and hit the gym or get involved in sports. It's how I lost 35 lbs, I eat whatever I want so long as it fits in my caloric "budget" and I do my exercises at the gym. Muscle burns more calories than fat does, so I got to build up that muscle.

It takes time for foreigners to actually understand other countries. Especially when most tend to hang around only people from their own country. It’s especially hard to break past stereotypes.

In the past, families remaining in North Korea had to face really bad things. But now there are so many people escaping that I don't care if it's not a senior official. Even because of the money that escaped people send to their hometowns, managers acquiesce.

@yjchang4226 That's interesting. Out of sheer corruption and, let's be honest, desperation, DPRK officials have stopped punishing peoples families? I'm curious how you know that. I don't disbelieve you, but it is so hard to truly know anything about North Korea.

Oh that would be delightful!

He was born in North Korea and he did not know anything about luxury until he finally got to South Korea. The people in North Korea have very hard lives. They live on a very low calorie diet because they can't grow enough food for their people.

North Korea is not South Korea 😂

But he's gotten used to good food. :)

@@DavidLS1😂😂

This is not typical at all. He was one of the lucky ones. First of all he was born in pyongyang (only the elites live there, government officials, party members and their families, diplomats and privileged workers) , second he was able to go to university, third he had access to technology (even if its controlled, he had a cellphone, laptop, etc) fourth he was selected to study abroad in France with a 700 euro scholarship per month (when the average salary in n korea is like 5 dollars a month) and finally he just had to call the S korean embassy to defect (since s korea recognizes all Koreans as citizens). Look up "how the only people to escape North korea in 2023 made it out" to see how a low class family had to escape.

There are so many fun things to do in SoCal. Mountains. Beaches. Desert. They have it all. Also the largest Korean population in the world outside of Korea.

Why are you mad

It's always better when Uncle Sam pays for it .. even when you're not defecting to the U.S.A.. America, Land of the Free... ( stuff )

I see that statement differently I suppose. I ate at an Applebee's in Kuwait city. While differences in some dress what different .. the restaurant .. and the young persons outside talking, laughing with music blaring from the cars .. to me means that in France and South Korea he had already seen a modern society so the US didn't jump out and impress him. I understand what he was saying .. some people need to do some traveling around the world and learn a bit more than who is the big name in Hollywood at the time .. or what the Kardashian's are up to.

Not much to be impressed by in the US. When you get off a plane from Europe or Korea, you think you must have travelled back in time 20 years because the US is so backward, dirty, and in disrepair. It gets worse if you talk with an American. They'll ask where you're from, but are so uneducated that they won't know where that is, anyway.

@@mikemondano3624 That's true in many cases. The story was 90% living in France and traveling to South Korea. The teaser says he was "shocked" for the first time in America. What shocked him? Was it that America was dirty or people uneducated or what? Just sayin America didn't have much to do with the story. Kind of clickbait title.

That wasn’t his point though. He essentially said that he had already experienced first world countries with freedom, so the US didn’t shock him like it would on someone who went from North Korea to South Korea & US.

Why isn't California America?

@@DavidLS1Why bother talking to such an ignorant person?

@@asynchronicity You're right, of course. I shouldn't let people like that get to me.

@@DavidLS1 I’m working on getting better at that also, brother!

Huh? The government gives out unemployment, welfare, food stamps, medicade, etc to citizens. There are small programs for others too who meet certain criteria, such as this exceptional case. Did you really listen to this guy's story and come out of it jealous of what he got to experience in the US? As a tax paying US citizen myself, I'm glad he got to experience the US for a short time. And we're giving money to Taiwan and Ukraine to help them fight our enemies in a proxy war. We aren't sending Ukrainian citizens to college. It's a tactical decision. It's defense spending.