@dynagaming2693
Now, people need to remember that this guy was self-admittedly part of the "elite class" and they only had things like 2 hours of electricity. Imagine what your average North Korean citizen goes through.
@TootTootComingThru
"The second Kim is like a sneaky guy." is a very unintentionally funny line. Man I can't imagine the weight on his heart knowing that his family is being punished by the regime all because he and his father chose not to live there any more.
@dannyboy5086
I was expecting a "Kim Jung Un did not respond to our request for a comment" at the end.
@Ginny-v1r
The second Kim actually kidnapped a famous South Korean director and his wife, cause he loved his movies so much. He then forced the director to keep making more movies, until the director and his wife were able to escape, eight years later. This was in the 70s.
@8u88letea
imagine only knowing about Morse code and 1930s tech, then being thrown into Ukraine, wondering what these small buzzing things in the air are, only noticing there's a granade strapped to it when it's already too late. insane.
@Leaf_Locke
"...I call us escapees but I prefer to be called 'North Korean'" made me tear up. God damn
@theconqueringram5295
Everyday I am euphoric by the fact I wasn't born in North Korea.
@dolliemollly
i could listen to this guy for forever. no crazy stories. everything lines up. super entertaining to listen to.
@NaiBreeze
As a former teacher in South Korea, he’s so right when he says that most Asian education systems don’t allow you to express yourself. The one thing that completely through us foreign teachers off guard was the lack of common sense that our students had. If their parents didn’t tell them what to do, when to do it and how to do it, then they didn’t know even if they were middle school or high school age. I always tried to teach my students to be independent and to think independently.
@yimb8437
No toilet paper and shared underwear. That is a bad combination.
@jwhan2086
I laughed when he said, "Big-nose Yankees!" because my grandfather, who came from North Korea, said the same thing.
@FlockoftheGreyShepherd
I can only imagine the weight of knowing your family is being punished for defecting.
@achencma
"Airborne troops they never had airborne training, never had a chance to jump out of an airplane because they like few and they don't have parachutes" OHHHH BOY. A lot to unpack there...if they had parachutes..
@Ballknower.24
Guys “Authorized Account” is the name of the segment by Insider. Not everything’s a conspiracy theory lol
@Hughjanus454
It's nice that he acknowledges the freedom most take for granted.
@Laminar-Flow
Y’all, he would need authorization from the authorities in South Korean and American intelligence he told what he knew about the regime and its military. Not only for his own safety, but had he told this story publicly before now the intelligence he passed along about Kim or the regime could be worthless. He was given citizenship in America in exchange for this information, in all likelihood. A lot of the details he gave are probably still classified and included in analyst reports given his family’s status in North Korea, but enough time has passed they deemed this safe. It’s no different than someone retired from the CIA getting their past operations published in a book after 30 years. They are who authorized this; he wouldn’t have been brought to live in America through the channels he likely did if he wasn’t of any intel value. There are other interviewers of defectors who specifically disclose they were interviewed by the CIA and SK equivalents with regard to what they know as well
@alancates5368
Dennis Rodman and little rocket man has got to be the strangest friendship in the world
@muyspicypepper8258
So amazing to hear this info from a direct source
@Br33zeKooL
That was very informative and professionally done. Kudos to bro.
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