UPDATE. A year after publishing this video, I decided to make another video that explains why it might not be a good idea to travel to North Korea yourself:    • Why You Should Never Travel to North ...   I know it's ironic of me to say it as I've been there myself, but please think twice before making that decision. Also, if you want to learn more about the history of North Korea, watch this other video I made that's only 4 minutes long:    • Video  

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One year ago I went on a strictly guided 7 day-tour in North Korea where they took away my passport and did not allow me to explore anything on my own. North Korea was definitely the weirdest country I had ever visited and throughout that trip I kept wondering what life was like in the neighboring South Korea, because it used to be the same country just over 60 years ago.

To answer my questions, this year I traveled to South Korea and made this video, where I compare my time in the North and my time in the South. I still have a lot of questions about the whole situation, but one thing was clear - the daily lives of the Korean people couldn't be any more different than they are right now.

My favorite books about North Korea:

Dear Leader by Jang Jin Sung - amzn.to/2vEkrrE;
Escape From Camp 14 by Blaine Harden - amzn.to/2vEz6U1;
Nothing To Envy by Barbara Demick - amzn.to/2vzieiI;
1984 by George Orwell (I couldn't believe how similar some things in North Korea felt to the ones in the book) - amzn.to/2vE92s8.

Videos about North Korea:

My Daily Life In North Korea (my video from North Korea):    • My Daily Life In NORTH KOREA (MYSTERI...  
10 Days in North Korea Documentary:    • 10 Days in North Korea. Inside the mo...  
Escape From North Korea TED Talk:    • My escape from North Korea | Hyeonseo...  

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I want to thank my friends Donghyuk Shin, Vytautas Jašauskas, Urtė Laukaitytė and Leeann Roybal-Shin for their continuous support and helping making this video. I could not have done it without them!

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