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North Korea is a country shrouded in mystery, with extremely strict laws, and is considered the most isolated state in the world. It is impossible to visit it today. The borders were completely closed. But in 2018, I was lucky enough to get a permit, spending less than $1,500 on a 10-day budget tour. This included accommodation, meals and even a beer at the end of the day. Not only in the capital Pyongyang, but also in little-known rural areas.
I documented the entire journey in a 13- part series on this channel. I watched all these videos and collected the most moving, surreal, and revealing moments of that trip. And today I'm going to share them with you in this video. But before we begin, I want to make something very clear. Traveling to North Korea as a tourist is in no way an endorsement of the government or what is happening there. It is a difficult, deeply complex place, and the reality for the people who live there is bleak. My goal for the trip was not to justify the system, but to document events and to be able to see a country that 99.99% of people will never see. So keep this context in mind as you watch.
This is simply a record of a very rare moment in time, not a sign of approval. It's impossible to distinguish what I saw between real and fake. I don't have information about whether any things were decreed, but sometimes it can be understood. Please note that this video was shot on a relatively affordable household camera. This was done to avoid attracting attention, because I didn't want to carry around a lot of professional equipment. Tourists have been arrested in the past, and there is one extremely tragic case involving a man named Otto Warmbier.
Otto Warmbier was a 21-year-old American student who was arrested in North Korea two years before my visit. In January 2016, he was arrested for allegedly trying to steal a propaganda poster from a hotel. After a short trial, he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. Shortly thereafter, while in custody in North Korea, he suffered a severe brain injury under controversial circumstances. After 17 months of imprisonment and intensive US diplomatic negotiations, he was returned to the United States in a coma in June 2017, where he died 6 days later, prompting the US government to ban its citizens from traveling to North Korea. So when I found out about this, I was incredibly scared.
This trip will forever remain one of the most exciting places I have ever been. Let's dive deep into the "Kingdom of Hermits." North Korea is sometimes called a "black hole" of information, and in recent years that hole has become considerably darker. So, I'm in Beijing. As you can see, I'm going to North Korea. I am very nervous. Last night I had a briefing from the tour company I'm traveling with. A bunch of rules that need to be learned. I'm not entirely sure what I would be comfortable or allowed to talk about.
Enough talking, you need to take a taxi, go to the airport and fly to North Korea with the airline, which is called the only one in the world with a one-star rating. Greetings. Thank you. Air Koryo is the national airline of North Korea. It received a one-star rating from Skytrax, an airline rating agency. The staff was very friendly. The food was questionable. This burger is famous for the fact that no one knows exactly what kind of meat is in it. Here my excitement reached its peak, because there was no turning back. We are going through North Korea. Well, friends. So, this is the moment when we arrived in North Korea and met our guides
. The entire trip was accompanied by two Korean guides and one guy from England who worked for a travel company. All foreigners must be accompanied by a guide at all times. So you are practically constantly in the eyes of the guides, unless you are in a hotel room. Under no circumstances are you allowed to walk alone anywhere except the hotel. Regarding filming, there were quite strict restrictions on what could and could not be filmed. We were also not allowed to film the military. This applies to equipment, soldiers, bases, and everything like that. We were not allowed to film construction sites. If we wanted to photograph the leaders, they had to be completely in the frame. It was not possible to photograph only part of
the statue. You should have removed the statue completely. Otherwise, it was considered an insult to the leaders. You must show extreme respect for the leaders when you are in North Korea. If you can't show respect for the leaders while you're there, you'll be in serious trouble. We drove past the 105-story, 330- meter-high Ryugyong Hotel. I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly. So basically, everything inside is a construction site, and the outside is all finished, and you'll see it later in the video when it lights up at night, it's pretty incredible. So, upon arrival, we went to the train station to pick up people who were supposed to be on tour and had arrived in the country by train. I will leave North Korea by train at
the end of this trip. I'm taking the train back to China, but some of the group came here by train from China. It's about a 26-hour trip, so I'm really looking forward to it, but my first impression of the place is that it's pretty nice. It feels like we are invisible. People don't really look at us. So I don't know what this is about. I think after that we'll go to the main square and then to dinner, so I'll document that. On the way to Kim Il-sung Square, we passed the Yanggakdo Hotel, the same infamous hotel where Otto Warmbier was caught on video taking down a political poster, for which he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor.
The last time Otto Warmbier's family saw him was more than a year ago; he was healthy but distressed, pleading for leniency in a North Korean court. In the early morning of January 1, 2016, I committed a crime by removing an important political slogan from the staff-only area of the Yanggakdo International Hotel, aimed at damaging the work ethic and motivation of the Korean people. I understand the gravity of my crime and have no idea what punishment awaits me. I was very impressed by the humane attitude of the Korean government towards serious criminals like me.
Please, I made the biggest mistake of my life. Kim Jong-un's regime sentenced Warmbier to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly taking down a propaganda banner in Pyongyang. Just returned from North Korea with severe brain damage and now dead. Okay, guys. So, we arrived straight to the city center. This is essentially the middle of North Korea, nowhere more central. This is Kim Il Sung Square. Not sure about the sound quality because I didn't bring my microphone. All those white dots that you see all over the ground are where people stand during parades. So, you've probably seen the famous North Korean parades, where everyone is lined up perfectly. So
, these lines stretch everywhere around, even across the street. And they hold these parades a maximum of twice a year, I was told. Sometimes they don't even conduct them. Kim Jong-un has channeled his country's limited finances into developing nuclear weapons, which are now so advanced that they could theoretically reach the US mainland. From the square we headed towards the bookstore. We came across these supermarkets that were completely filled with merchandise, but there was no one inside. I don't quite understand what's happening here. Maybe they went home early, but I'm not sure. These traffic controllers are simply amazing. If they see a
government car, they salute it. And you can tell that it's a government car by their license plates. All of their license plates have different colors depending on whether the car belongs to a company, the military, or a government official. In North Korea, it is very rare for anyone to own their own car. When we arrived at the bookstore, we were greeted by copies of the Pyongyang Times, an English-language newspaper covering news from North Korea. Regarding newspapers or any magazines or photographs depicting leaders, it is forbidden to fold the newspaper so as to cover the leader's face. So you have to be extremely careful with these papers, because damaging or crumpling them is strictly
prohibited. You're not really allowed to just throw them away. You should leave them somewhere on a desk so that people who have permission to destroy such documents can do so themselves. We were also able to purchase anti-American propaganda posters. From the bookstore we drove through Pyongyang at night You see this unfinished hotel again, completely illuminated from the outside, an incredible light show. This is a huge building. This is incredibly strange considering the illumination , considering that there is not enough electricity for everyone. And then we arrived at the restaurant for dinner. Dinner was absolutely delicious. There was literally everything for everyone. Kimchi, potatoes, different types of meat. So, the tour group
consisted of people from all over the world: Europe, Canada, South America, Asia -people of all ages. I think there were about 10 of us. After dinner we went to our hotel. This hotel is huge. It has 30 floors. Here is the bedroom I share with a Frenchman. Um, he's downstairs now. So let's look from here. Here, you can see the leaders highlighted there. Welcome to the second day of our trip to North Korea. It's a beautiful day here in Pyongyang. It will probably be very hot today. Today we are going on a city tour, so we will explore the capital. It seems like we start the day by visiting
important monuments. So I had to wear long pants to show respect When we arrived at the monuments to Kim Il- sung and Kim Jong-il, our guide Simon had to buy flowers to place under the statues. I'm not 100% sure if this is necessary, but it seems like it is. Therefore, we had to be very careful when photographing these statues. The leaders had to be fully in the frame. I think it's just to show how huge these statues are
. Their height is 22 meters. On both sides of the statues are 229 figures depicting the struggle of the Korean people during the war. Below you can see US Army helmets with Korean people standing in the mud. This gives an idea of the local mood. From the statues, we headed straight to the celebration of International Children's Day-a widely publicized national holiday held annually. When we arrived at this celebration, we were immediately struck by how important an event it was. There were cameras everywhere, there was even a drone. The state actively promotes the slogan that children are the kings of the country. It was something I had never seen before.
The day was built around children's games such as tug-of-war and relay races. The children had to clap these pieces of plastic. The day was very hot, I think somewhere between 35 and 40 ° C. The kids just clapped these pieces of plastic for hours on end. We spent about 3 hours there. The whole time the kids were clapping these things, and I don't know how much they did before we came and after we left. Okay, I went to the back of the amusement park. I was allowed to walk almost freely. Of course, I think it's a fenced area, but it's not as controlled as you might imagine. There are some cool roller coasters here. I would really like to ride them
, but I think they are closed today. Everything is not at all as I expected. I mean, it's much calmer here. But the locals still don't pay much attention to us foreigners. We are going to ride the metro, which is the deepest metro system in the world. The deepest metro stations are in Kyiv, Ukraine. So, this clip was a pretty strange but interesting experience. I was lying on the grass, waiting for the rest of the group, and the kids came up to me, started saying something in Korean, and pretended to shoot me with toy guns
So, there were many rumors that the Pyongyang metro was a set piece, with only two stops, and it was only for tourists. But as far as I understand, this has been completely debunked, and it is actually used by people who are lucky enough to live in Pyongyang, because Pyongyang is the cream of society. This is the best of the best. You have to be someone to live in Pyongyang, especially in the center. Many North Koreans will never see Pyongyang in their lifetime We drove about five stops together and stopped at three stations. So majestic and pure. Compare this, say, to Europe, subway stations, graffiti, and more. Here in Pyongyang, it was crystal clear. I swear, you can eat right
off the floor here. It's so clean all over Pyongyang. The cleanest place I've been. Anyway, you see this escalator here. It looks very similar to escalators, and other parts of the station are very similar to metro stations in Kyiv, Ukraine. Of course, that's because both were built during the Soviet era. It's very interesting to compare metro stations in completely different parts of the world that are so similar. Absolutely fascinating. So, we just got out of the metro station, and here is the Arc de Triomphe. It is actually 11 meters taller than the one in Paris. Boom, they wiped their nose. It commemorates the date of North Korea's liberation from the Japanese in 1945. So, after driving past a few more images of
leaders' faces, we stopped for another wonderful lunch. After lunch we went to the supermarket, where we were not allowed to take cameras. Here's a little clip my friend took on his phone. Just received some North Korean money and I don't know how much it is. How much did we get? We got a whole bunch. 10 euros? 10 euros or the equivalent of 100 Chinese yuan. So, we'll try to spend it, but it's a lot of money. These are some fruits and some nuts that I took on the road. We arrived at another monument. This one represents the Labor Party. So, the hammer symbolizes the worker, the brush the intelligentsia, and the sickle the peasant.
It is 50 meters tall. This power outage happened while we were bowling, but it only lasted 5-10 minutes. Oh. After bowling, we went down to the basement, where a huge table was waiting for us. The food on this trip was really delicious. They serve beer with every meal here. Here you can see a barbecue. Tomorrow we have a 7 hour drive. We are actually going to the coast. The hotel we will be staying at is right on the beach. We'll be able to go straight to the beach, go swimming, and more. So, swimming in North Korea. Anything with North Korean overtones sounds cool. I've been traveling a lot this year, and one of the biggest challenges has been spending money abroad.
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one country. 30 meters high. As soon as we left the city, we were struck by how much farmland there is in Korea. Apparently every piece of land I saw that wasn't mountains was occupied by farmland, mostly rice fields. We saw thousands of workers on the side of the road almost constantly between every point on our route in Korea. If you're wondering why some of the footage is so shaky, it's because the roads in North Korea are some of the worst I've ever driven on. Potholes all over the road. I've seen a lot of workers on the roads trying to repair them, but honestly, their current condition is pretty bad. In 2001, Kim Jong-il visited this waterfall, which made it famous and turned it into a tourist attraction, but,
as one of the guides told us, this building was built for him because when he arrived, he had nowhere to hide from the sun. So just in case he ever came back, they built this building so he could hide in the shade. After the waterfall, we had a small lunch with us, some sushi. Here you can see photos of leaders visiting farms. Then we went to some small shopping area or market. I'm not entirely sure what it was. Again, everything was perfectly stocked with goods: lots of plastic products, plates, beer, oil, various types of groceries, toys, basically everything, but still, these places looked quite strange. I mean, we were allowed to buy things there
if we wanted to, but it seems like no one in the group bought anything. Kim Il Sung, and in the middle is Kim Jong Il. And the woman there, the mother-Kim Jong-Suk. She is the wife of President Kim Il-sung. So, we just arrived at the largest fertilizer plant in all of North Korea. This fertilizer plant was one of the highlights of our entire trip to North Korea. It was literally like time travel. The people who work here look like characters from 1940s movies. They are literally indistinguishable from each other. They produce fertilizers for farms, mixtures of nitrogen and hydrogen for rice fields, it seems. There is a very strong smell inside the factory.
Even 5-10 minutes of being there was enough to feel slightly dizzy. In a moment, I'll show you some shots of the workers, just going about their daily business. You can see all these old sensors and other equipment here. One of the factory employees gave us a tour. I think maybe he was one of the managers. I'm not 100% sure, but he was so proud of that factory. He was grinning broadly, from ear to ear. And you can see the workers here. Sorry, it was pretty dark in there so some of the shots are a little grainy, but they give a good idea of their clothing and you can see they are using an old phone. I think they were talking to the people downstairs to make sure everything was going well. You know, they were talking on the phone,
running back and forth, giving orders, and it was like getting into a time machine and going back to the beginning of the 20th century. I'm really struggling to find words right now, but this is something truly unique and, uh, a once-in-a-lifetime kind of experience We arrived at our overnight stay. We are right by the beach. The sea is visible from here. Nice bed, and I also have a balcony here.
We'll be going to the beach in a second. I have a bucket of water. And this is hot water. And we also have a bathroom. This is cold water. This is hot water. Cold water. I don't know what to do with this. And here is our dinner. I'll show the raw clip of one of the girls pouring us a beer because you can hear how quiet it is in here. Welcome to another day here on the east coast of North Korea. North Korea has fired a barrage of ballistic missiles toward waters off its eastern coast, escalating tensions with South Korea. So, our first stop today was the
temple, but to be honest, I didn't take many pictures. I'm sorry about that. I was more interested in the farmers near the temple. It looks like a very old tractor. Also, another farmer uses a cow to plow the field. Again, this made me think I was living in the 1940s. There was literally nothing to indicate any other time than the early 20th century. Just arrived at the Hamhung Grand Theater. It is the second largest city in the DPRK, with a population of 800,000. It's full of children, they're greeting, shouting, very confident, which is different from what we've seen before. In other
places, children are more reserved, but these kids just shout "hello" from the other side of the road. That's pretty cool. Greetings. I'm Nick. Nice to meet you. Greetings. Kamsahamnida. Thank you. So, after a few hours of driving through the countryside, we arrived at the largest agricultural university in North Korea. We were mostly shown pictures of Kim Jong-il, because he actually visited this place in 2009, so photos of his visit are posted all over the university. Here you see our tour guide, who also kept talking about Kim Jong- il's visit. This photo shows Kim Jong-un on the right. This is the second take of
the photo, because the man on the left probably wasn't smiling sincerely enough in the first one. So Kim Jong-un ordered them to take new photos and smile more. I don't know how true this is, but these are the words of the guide, so. They showed us the university, it's a really beautiful area, and this triangle on the ground is where Kim Jong-il stood. They didn't want to forget that he was here, so they put these little tiles down to remember exactly where he stood. After the university, we got back on the bus and drove past locals and farmers, the fields here are simply packed with people. Large factories can be seen in the background. I would love to visit more factories. You see these villages in the distance. Unfortunately,
we did not visit these villages. That would be interesting. You can see mosaics here. We drive through the mountainous landscapes of North Korea, across rivers. Quite stunning countryside. I arrived at my luxury apartment here on the coast. This room I got is just huge. There is a living room with a sofa and a desk with a computer. I guess I'm close to the South Korean border. I feel it. This seems completely normal to me. It looks like any street scene you would see in East Asia. Of course, there are much worse places in North Korea, and this is clearly very different from
central Pyongyang. You will see more about Pyongyang later in the video. It seems that this beach is only for foreigners. There are locals over there in the distance, but we're not really allowed to go near them. How is it? High tower. We finished our vacation at the beach. Five or six of us swam to the springboard, and we all jumped off it. The last thing I expected to do in North Korea. A nice change of routine and very relaxing. After the beach, we stopped by a small art gallery for a few minutes. Someone in the group spent 800 euros on a painting. So now we're just strolling along the pier.
Locals set out fishing rods and nets here. This is the main seaport of the DPRK. So, this is one of my favorite parts of the whole trip: walking along this pier and watching the locals go about their daily business, fishing and having little barbecues. They looked at us, started waving their hands, and we clapped back. Some locals don't mind the cameras, but others really don't like it. So you have to be very careful with what you do with your camera. It's truly something special that I will never forget. Good morning, guys. Welcome back to the DPRK, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea. Today we woke up at this seaside resort, located on a pier in North Korea's largest port city
. Today, I think we're going to the mountains. The roads are mostly concrete slabs, and many of them are cracked, hence the shaky frame. The suspension of the Chinese bus we were riding in simply couldn't handle the constant potholes, so everyone was constantly shaking. just arrived at this village called Diamond Mountain, which we will soon be climbing. I'll show you the view. This is quite nice. But this hotel looks seriously luxurious compared to the ones we've stayed at before. And here you have a nice bathroom. It's really modern compared to other places we've been.
Nice clean sheets. Now look at this. Great. Today we have a hike of about 8 kilometers. We eventually went straight to lunch. They brought a red-hot river stone, which they had preheated, and placed the meat on it. I think we'll climb a little less than 900 meters above sea level today. This trail is really beautiful. These guys are just holding on to the edge of these huge bridges They paint them. Truly incredible. From here we drove to the lagoon, but on the way we passed this building, and this is where North and South Korean families reunite when that happens. This happens very rarely. When this happened in the past, it
was in these very buildings. And then we arrived at the lagoon. Nice lagoon here and then we headed back to the hotel. So, this is the mountain where General Kim Jong-il was born. Empty. You can get a beer for 2 euros or something, and three bottles of water for 1 dollar. There is no one around. This is really quite strange. Swimming pool, table tennis, mountain ranges over there, karaoke. And you can always buy something. They are constantly selling some trinkets. Am I allowed to come up here? Is it possible? Yes?
OK. It is really very beautiful here. Apparently, that's where we'll have dinner tonight. Incredible works of art everywhere. We just arrived at a North Korean ski resort. There's the lift line over there. Another one over there. It would be interesting to come here in the winter and see if many people actually use it. There used to be people there watering the grass along the road from bottles with holes in the bottom. It's a fairly large patch of grass, and he waters it by hand. So, after a few hours on the road, we finally returned to Pyongyang. We continued our journey and arrived at the school. We were
again shown photos of the leaders, as is usually the case during the tour. You can never have too many of these guys. From here we walked through extremely bright corridors, up stairs, and there were interesting posters posted throughout the school. Then we had the honor of watching a musical show that the girls put on for us. So, quite an epic show, as you can see, just for us, about 10 people. Then we took a quick peek into one of the classrooms, a completely normal classroom. From here we went to a really cool little bar. We went up and had a beer, looking at the Taedong River with the Yangakto Hotel in the distance, it was just incredible.
Such an interesting hotel. Great food every day, there's something for everyone. There is fish and lots of kimchi here. After that, we explored Pyongyang at night. Then we arrived at our grand hotel. I have good news and I have bad news. The bad news is that the hairdresser has already gone home, so I won't be able to get a North Korean haircut today. I'll get a North Korean haircut tomorrow, but tomorrow I'm heading to the DMZ, which should be exciting. There is so much history in that place, and who knows what will happen there in the future. So, the roads to the DMZ weren't too
different from what we had seen in the previous days of the trip. However, there was a slight difference: there seemed to be a lot more civilization along the road here. Several more villages and many houses are visible. You will also notice that there seems to be much less money invested in these small towns compared to Pyongyang. We arrived at the DMZ, where we were greeted by this finger-pointing sign. I think the inscription means "one Korea." The finger symbolizes unity, and in the background is the Korean Peninsula. We were introduced to our North Korean soldier. He was a very nice guy. He was quite genuinely interested in the countries we came from. In this room, as I understand it,
papers were signed between North and South Korea and the United States on the creation of a demilitarized zone. This is the chair where, I believe, documents were signed. The walls are hung with photographs of significant moments in Korean history, especially recent history, including Kim Jong-un. It's very interesting just to look at and read all these individual details. Here on the right you can see the famous blue buildings. They are actually controlled by South Korea. North Korea doesn't really decide when they open or close. It is entirely up to South Korea to decide when to open them to tourists. Unfortunately, they were closed that day, so I'll have to come back another time and try to get in from the South Korean side, but
yes, they are heavily guarded, especially from the North Korean side. We didn't see a single South Korean soldier. I would have liked to spend more time there, but we were just brought in, shown everything very quickly, and then hurriedly taken back to the bus. Thank you. Sign me up here. Greetings. Thank you. Then we arrived at the Yangakto Hotel. This is the same famous hotel on an island in the middle of the Taedong River, the main river flowing through Pyongyang; There, the American student Otto was caught removing a political poster and was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. We went up to the 47th floor of this hotel, to the very top. We had a beer at the very top with the group. We could see little through the windows. You see
, I'm trying to take a few shots, but there are reflections on the glass, and Pyongyang is not very brightly lit at night. I think they turn off the lights at a certain time. Greetings. Uh, haircut. Okay, guys. So, I chose this option. Well, let's try. The hairdresser spent 45 minutes and did everything very carefully. Unfortunately, my camera battery died, but he also gave me an upper body massage at the end , and it all cost $5. At this point, I was already running quite late and had to get to the train station quickly to catch the train to China and leave North Korea. Although North Korea was incredible, at this point it felt like it was time to leave
I've been going for about an hour. There are still five or six hours left, maybe, to the border. Well, friends. I reached the dining car. I got myself some fake Pringles. So, this is after passing customs and border control from North Korea. This is at the very beginning of the bridge to cross the river and get to Dandong, China. So, the customs officer hardly checked my things. He didn't look in my bag. He only watched a few of my videos, some slow-motion footage of farmland. That's all he really watched. It didn't touch any of my other SD cards. I had seven other memory cards. Everything was so casual. Maybe he knew one of my guides, so he took everything calmly.
This bridge was destroyed during the Korean War, but half of it still stands on the Chinese side. Tourists can come and see the lands of North Korea. You can see them sitting here at the end of the bridge. It's interesting enough to ride the train and see tourists looking at this extremely mysterious country-which it is-but the opportunity to discover it for myself, something many will never be able to do, really brought out certain feelings here, along with the relief that I had safely left North Korea. A truly emotional moment for many reasons. After crossing the border into China, I took a 20-hour train to Beijing and then flew home. So, that was my trip to North Korea. Obviously, what you just saw is a heavily
embellished version of the country, and I assume that most of it was completely planned and directed by the government, but I don't know for sure because it's an information black hole. In fact, many, many North Koreans face incredible hardships every day. I'll leave it up to you to do your own research, but I'm sure you're aware of the living conditions of the local residents in North Korea. I want to emphasize that I am in no way affiliated with the North Korean government or condoning its actions, and never have been. Thank you for watching this video. I understand that because the footage was shot over 8 years ago and I was 8 years younger, things were completely
different back then, but believe me, it's more painful for me to watch than it is for you. There are a few really awkward moments. If you want to watch these videos, I'll leave a link in the description to the full playlist of my 2018 North Korea series, but I warn you: watch at your own risk. I hope you enjoyed this look at one of the most remarkable journeys of my life. No music, no internet, no advertising, and I think that would be even more relevant now given our dependence on technology. It was truly liberating-to completely disconnect from the whole world. This is the closest you can
get to space without getting on a rocket. Thanks for watching, see you in the next video
