Showing posts with label North Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Korea. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Friday, October 26, 2018
Koreans Try American BBQ
A couple videos in the "Some people try American ______" genre.
(South) Korean girls try American BBQ:
And North Koreans try American style wings with an American. Watch for captions such as "Laughs in American".
You must be able to to take the royalty-free version of "La Grange" for a while but I think it's great to see cultures share some good food.
Call me a dreamer but I really think we'll see North and South reunite in our lifetime.
(South) Korean girls try American BBQ:
And North Koreans try American style wings with an American. Watch for captions such as "Laughs in American".
You must be able to to take the royalty-free version of "La Grange" for a while but I think it's great to see cultures share some good food.
Call me a dreamer but I really think we'll see North and South reunite in our lifetime.
Sunday, January 15, 2017
North Koreans Try American BBQ
A few weeks ago, I posted a video of interviews with North Korean defectors. The makers of that video decided to do something with the same perspective but with a more fun approach. So here are North Koreans trying American BBQ for the first time.
It starts slow but stick with it.
It starts slow but stick with it.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Korea, China and Japan
Not funny but I find these videos to be very interesting.
I recently watched the movie "Under the Sun", which is a documentary filmed in North Korea with the blessing of the North Korean government. North Korean "documentaries" are strictly censored by the government, meaning that they're careful lies - they depict actors reciting scripted lines and living happy lives. The whole time I was watching the documentary, I couldn't help but wonder what these people really think. If they were free to tell the truth would they really be toeing the party line or are they aware of the farce?
And this is the value of this youtube video - it's interviews with people who were able to leave that regime and can now speak freely.
The second video is just a nice sociological insight. The Korea, Japan and China have a long history of mutual hatred, mistreatment and racism. So they ask Japanese people on the street about whether those historical resentments survive today.
I recently watched the movie "Under the Sun", which is a documentary filmed in North Korea with the blessing of the North Korean government. North Korean "documentaries" are strictly censored by the government, meaning that they're careful lies - they depict actors reciting scripted lines and living happy lives. The whole time I was watching the documentary, I couldn't help but wonder what these people really think. If they were free to tell the truth would they really be toeing the party line or are they aware of the farce?
And this is the value of this youtube video - it's interviews with people who were able to leave that regime and can now speak freely.
The second video is just a nice sociological insight. The Korea, Japan and China have a long history of mutual hatred, mistreatment and racism. So they ask Japanese people on the street about whether those historical resentments survive today.
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Conan in North Korea
Conan O'Brien becomes the first late night talk show to film in North Korea...or so the Germans would have us believe...
I like to think that the soldier wearing sunglasses indoors is like the North Korean Andy.
I like to think that the soldier wearing sunglasses indoors is like the North Korean Andy.
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