Me too. I wonder if this is staged or not, but I don’t think it is. You can see some videos of more run down roads and houses, which, if the libs are right, wouldn’t be shown in North Korean propaganda. The women who presumably own the tiktok seem like they’re just living their lives in many of the videos, and taking videos of random, normal things going on, like some people putting shingles on a roof or something. Interesting stuff, and I’m surprised it’s on tiktok considering I haven’t seen any North Korean content on the internet before.
It’s far to benign to be staged. It looks like this person is a tourist, a lot of their videos show tour guides talking to groups and some karaoke and stuff. There is also a very interesting video of some women talking outside of what look like some shanties while squatting near a small drainage ditch. Interesting only because that is more the kind of video of real poverty in much of the DPRK the government might be sensitive about, but in the past couple of years several candid videos of that nature have been posted by people with work visas.
Edit: looking at how far back the videos go, now I figure it is just somebody who does work in the DPRK. Having a work visa and business relationships with people in the country can give you pretty free access. I remember there was even a book by an American from the Kim Jong Il era about doing work for a German company or something there, and how he was pretty free to travel around. Once he had friends and frequent acquaintances in the state and small private sector, I don’t think they were too worried about his potential to be a spy.
Apparently it isn’t, I google translated to verify, and it’s a Chinese woman visiting North Korea. What tipped me off it probably wasn’t a state account was that 1. Comments are still enabled and libs are constantly criticizing in them and 2. It shows real poverty several times, why would a state account do that
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Me too. I wonder if this is staged or not, but I don’t think it is. You can see some videos of more run down roads and houses, which, if the libs are right, wouldn’t be shown in North Korean propaganda. The women who presumably own the tiktok seem like they’re just living their lives in many of the videos, and taking videos of random, normal things going on, like some people putting shingles on a roof or something. Interesting stuff, and I’m surprised it’s on tiktok considering I haven’t seen any North Korean content on the internet before.
a Chapo who knows Korean? im sorry sir everyone here is from the US or is here to pity the americans
It’s far to benign to be staged. It looks like this person is a tourist, a lot of their videos show tour guides talking to groups and some karaoke and stuff. There is also a very interesting video of some women talking outside of what look like some shanties while squatting near a small drainage ditch. Interesting only because that is more the kind of video of real poverty in much of the DPRK the government might be sensitive about, but in the past couple of years several candid videos of that nature have been posted by people with work visas.
Edit: looking at how far back the videos go, now I figure it is just somebody who does work in the DPRK. Having a work visa and business relationships with people in the country can give you pretty free access. I remember there was even a book by an American from the Kim Jong Il era about doing work for a German company or something there, and how he was pretty free to travel around. Once he had friends and frequent acquaintances in the state and small private sector, I don’t think they were too worried about his potential to be a spy.
It's a Chinese person in DPRK
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Apparently it isn’t, I google translated to verify, and it’s a Chinese woman visiting North Korea. What tipped me off it probably wasn’t a state account was that 1. Comments are still enabled and libs are constantly criticizing in them and 2. It shows real poverty several times, why would a state account do that
yeah in videos where the dude is talking he's not exactly complimenting the conditions in north korea