A side of North Korea you would never see on western corporate television. With the way things are going who knows how long it'll be on YouTube. Without western Imperialism Korea would be one country, whether capitalist or communist.
"Award-winning documentary filmmaker Sung-Hyung Cho was the first South Korean filmmaker to ever receive an official permit to film in North Korea. Traveling the country, she accompanies ordinary people during their everyday life and work routines, talking to them about their hopes and dreams. The resulting film ventures beyond the usual clichés and portrays the country and its people in a unique and respectful way.
Growing up in South Korea, Cho was taught in school that her Northern neighbors had red skin and two horns on their heads. With her film, she took the chance to bid farewell to her prejudices and revise her preconceived image of people in North Korea." LINK TO VLTCHEKS DOCUMENTARY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yqBrDsXXwc
I'll always side with the DPRK against Imperialist aggression, but the veneration of the Kims to a quasi religion is fuck'n weird. Comparing it to monarchists should not even be a defense lol.
It's weird, but I kinda liken it to the nationalism of rebels in colonized countries; A necessity in a world where you're oppressed by an overwhelming force and need a unifying symbol to rally around.
This, there's no veneration of the Kims to a "quasi religion" in the DPRK, when put into its historical context and political reality its no different from many nationalist independent states throughout history surrounded by aggressive Imperialism before being overthrown and turned into vassals . Especially one that is literally in a state of war today at least officially. And frankly its much less "weird" then a Fascist country like post Nasser Egypt where dipshit losers like Mubarak and now El Sisi rule with an Iron fist but they are universally hated with no political legacy to speak off. No veneration of them as great leaders because they are just leeches who suck the blood of their people. (apologies if this is akin to sectarianism)
A bit weird, but tbf Kim was pretty much the ultimate badass. Was the leader of the resistance to Japanese occupation. Then led the DPRK through their formation and without his leadership it's very possible the DPRK would have been strangled in its infancy. So a bit weird I suppose. Then again consider how much the founding fathers are venerated in the US. Every damn town has a Washington Avenue and a Jefferson Elementary.
It's weird because it's made up and does not exist in the real world. They're basically celebrities, which exist in every country in the world.