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North Korea's Secret Slaves: Dollar Heroes (Documentary) ⎜WHY SLAVERY?

THE WHY

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How does North Korea sell their own people to fund its dangerous regime?

Shrouded in secrecy and notoriously cash-strapped the North Korean regime has resorted to running one of the world’s largest slaving operations - exploiting the profits to fulfill their own agenda. These bonded labourers can be found in Russia, China and dozens of other countries around the world - including EU member states. Featuring undercover footage and powerful testimonials, North Korea’s Secret Slaves: Dollar Heroes reveals the scale and brutality of the operation.

Directors: Carl Gierstorfer & Sebastian Weis

Produced by: The Why Foundation

This film is one-part of the six-part WHY SLAVERY? Series. To find out more about the other films in our series head to www.thewhy.dk

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North Korea's Secret Slaves: Dollar Heroes (Documentary) ⎜WHY SLAVERY?

THE WHY

146K subscribers

4.9K

979,804 views Premiered Dec 5, 2020 NORTH KOREA

How does North Korea sell their own people to fund its dangerous regime?

Directors: Carl Gierstorfer & Sebastian Weis

Produced by: The Why Foundation

This film is one-part of the six-part WHY SLAVERY? Series. To find out more about the other films in our series head to www.thewhy.dk

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hpswagcraft

5 months ago

They need to do a better job blurring the people being interviewed's faces. You can pick up on several characteristics that could nail that person down, especially if they know the city. If there's only 500 people, it's only a matter of time before they can match those attributes to a handful of workers and narrow it down from there, or just punish them all just to be safe.

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vagrant wanderer

10 months ago

Truly heartbreaking

brandon41085

10 months ago (edited)

It is so sad how the maneger from Poland said we must have them because they work day and night not like the workers from Poland whom they want free days .He does not want to think for a second that this poor nord Koreans are also human beings like himself!Because they use this poor souls they are realy are worse then criminals !!

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Anders Larsen

5 months ago

Western companies operating in Europe are constantly complaining that market conditions in Europe (especially here in Scandinavia) make it impossible to compete internationally. What they mean is that wages are too high. After watching this docu you understand why.

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cetin Amsterdam

10 months ago (edited)

It's disgusting to each countries who abuse those people in forced labor while knowing their situation those companies should get fines

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ERIC WACHIRA

10 months ago

Imagine a fellow human being who has only one life is forced to spend it like this...

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OHER

10 months ago

Vice also has a very good documentary covering the logging camps in siberia where north koreans work, they actually go out to the logging camps and speak with them. its free on youtube. just search for " Vice North korean Labor Camps"

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tropicalpalmtree

10 months ago

A lot of these probably built the stadiums for the world cup in Qatar aswell. The Gulf states are notorious for using cheap or forced labour, it happens on practically every building project in the UAE

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Sembatya Joshua

10 months ago

Exceptional investigative journalism. This really highlights the Western world's double standards towards forced labour and human trafficking.

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Larissa Zagorova

10 months ago

It's disgusting! I am deeply disappointed with Russians! How could they support that slavery??? Money, money, money... Damn you, greedy people!

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Gold Bell

9 months ago

Great documentary and heartbreaking at the same time

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Terry Lestrange

10 months ago

It's also sad to know that everyone who did talk to them might be dead or injured right now...

The problem by bringing this to light Is that it also endangeres them all :/

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Rachel Tupang

10 months ago

Very sad situation for the workers 😔😔

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blue

10 months ago

I worked on a farm in vic Australia with Cambodian workers. They worked for one Bloke who would send the workers to the farm. All the hours were tallied up the Bloke who brings the workers gets paid all they're money then he pays them. Its a scam they should get their wages not some wanker who sends them out to work then he collects the pay for them. But thats Victoria 2015-16 i bet its still going on now.

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Alana Imboden

9 months ago (edited)

It,s disgusting how the money is used for nuclear weapons , when people are dying from hunger diseases in NK and the worse thing how “democratic” countries support this abuse , thanks to those heroes and to be brave to speak up and report this abuse .

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Bryan deng

7 months ago

As a Chinese, it is a shame that the Chinese companies cannot pay the money to the North Korean workers directly and fund them to North Korean central government in stead. It has nothing to do with any countries for the hiring forced North Korean labors . It is caused by the greedy business men. If they could have access to the cheap North Korean labors source ,they will hire them at 1/2 or even cheaper labor cost for sure.

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Maka HO

5 months ago

I imagine the word "consequences" is equal to "torture" ... ! This is all inhuman.

Scousered

10 months ago

Anytime you feel hard done by or overworked, think about these poor souls. The kim Dynasty needs to be destroyed.

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Moses Aput

10 months ago

Nothing and absolutely nothing is permanent under this sun. All shall pass one of these fine days and the people of N. Korea shall live to tell the story.

M.M.M.

9 months ago

I've got to say that as a Polish I'm deeply ashamed by this!

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joe kazhama

10 months ago

The only problem is that the people can't wake up from the sleep which they have been put to sleep in believing that they don't have the power.

Once people release that they own the power things may be different.

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MAO OWITI

5 months ago

Very informative investigation. A sick world we are living in

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Iza Ryterska

8 months ago (edited)

With this government everything is possible. I am ashamed as a Pole that this happens in my country.

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Vung L

9 months ago (edited)

I love how we're all sad about them and Literally living off of their free labour.

We're all HYPOCRITES!. 😑

It is not the mistake that has been done that makes us a bad person but NOT CORRECTING the mistake is what makes us monsters.

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Pat Kav

9 months ago

"How Bizarre - How Bizarre"

Hm! do you remember the song?

When I saw this documentary of this very strange investigative journalism I wasn't surprised at all but as a human I was embarrassed and angry to see how unscrupulous and reckless we humans are to do things like this to other humans.

Yes, it's disgusting 🤮 .

What amazes me the most is the fact that there are still people around the world who believe that communism and/or totalitarian regimes like China, Russia and in this case North Korea are the better dominant solution.

What I mean by that are these political parties and their voters on the ultra-left and ultra-right who are supporters of these types of countries ruled by criminal, weird, anti-human groups.

I don't want to understand why we, the so-called free and democratic world, still do business with such bad organizations. Is money 💰 really more important than ethics and decency?

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xiaohuo wang

6 months ago

What a dark world ,I can not breat.Thanks for Youtube sharing the documentary.Thanks for the bravery journalists.

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russell king

10 months ago

The North Korean government also synthesise methamphetamine of the highest quality and sell it overseas as well as Fentanyl and Heroin….3/4 of the NK population are high on meth…apparently it is perfectly legal to have a certain amount in your possession and it is even used to supplement wages to pay people instead of money

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every1elsebutme

10 months ago

Same as gulf countries..even dubai

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Larry Dugan

10 months ago (edited)

So is this like Canadian mining company Sherritt paying for miners in Cuba?

The Tsikata Network

10 months ago

Financial slavery not a good thing though. On the record!

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Lilacscentedfushias

10 months ago

I’m surprised by this, though it’s not the first time I’ve heard about it, what surprises me is that nk allow people out into the real world. Seeing first hand that nk isn’t a paradise or the best place to live.

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ciaran kelly

10 months ago

Lech Walesa improved working conditions in the Polish shipyards and look what the Poles are doing to the North Koreans for the sake of cheap labor and slavery-I hope the Polish people stand up again for human rights! Be brave Poland!

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dhk19

9 months ago

i remember there was big scandal about this in denmark on a ship yard they had north korean workers working on navy/military vessels

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LMB222

9 months ago

Oh, the irony…

The shipyard in Poland is one of those who striked against the communist regime for better, more humane treatment in 1980.

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Texas Ray

10 months ago

"Red Shield" reminds me of Rothschild.

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Fer Cek

10 months ago

Working for Dutch and Polish companies.. I see the true Democracy in those countries 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

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Be Happy

5 months ago

Very good documentary highlighting the issue of slavary in North Korea. I doubt we will ever know the true extent of this slave trade. Big building companies are also at blame for hiring this cheap labour, there is corruption all along the chain, with other countries involved, i think its a global shame !

The north korean deflectors have my utter most respect, i cant begin to imagine the fear, not just for the deflector, but for the family left behind. I hope this awful dictorship crumbles soon. As the sanctions show, this should have no place in 2022

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Riky Bains

6 months ago

Just when I thought journalism was dead, bravo

bloukoei2

5 months ago

Brilliant documentary!

stian nobelisto

8 months ago

North Korea could have a million child slaves but people would still be more upset about western slavery that happened centuries ago🤯

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Mike OHandley

8 months ago

Slavery is not a new thing in Korea. Slavery was alive and well in Korea for a thousand years before the Japanese took over Korea and abolished slavery in 1933.

Nad VGA

10 months ago

even in such worse situations the ingenuity of the human spirit to go on always shows up . but all the elites all over the world have similar interests in keeping themselves very very well . and we all have to somehow survive . and yes some do swim further , only some

STE B

10 months ago

Average earnings being a dollar a month. This statistic saddens me. Imagine having to feed a family for four!

En Los Luceros

5 months ago (edited)

I'm angry that journalists when interviewing people that fear for their life somehow manage to show part of their hair and clothing and that can put them in serious danger. It's not a game for God's sake I know people want to see more but just film the floor

112 Chapters

10 months ago

You will see them in qatar

Peter Heinz

8 months ago

How could his son and wife follow

Him a few years later? What happened to “if you escape they capture or kill 3 generations of your family”?

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GARYINLEEDS

10 months ago

Here in the, UK. We are ever so fortunate for everything like free healthcare, Dentistry,

and just being allowed to afford in feeding the local, Birds, mainly: Sparrows! From, my

stuck on plastic window feeding boxes. My pleasures of the day are, watching Birds.

Including, Crows, Jackdaws, Pigeons, and the odd, Robin. So Happy, to be herein. 2022.

I thought it was strange and funny, how despite the wars, football continues! Maybe?

The World is a stage? Depending entirely on the news channel you decide to tune into, yes?

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Anirudh

10 months ago

Sad story, but good documentary

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Amit Kundu

5 months ago

Outstanding coverage. Great job.

George McCarten

10 months ago

Not only Russia but in several Gulf Arab countries as well.

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Raymond Parnell

5 months ago (edited)

These are human beings we must put a stop to this I agree with the Japanese on this

uncontrollable343

5 months ago

1 dollar a month yes, I bet a loaf of bread there doesn’t cost 2 dollars like mine does

Fùhrer SHINBET

10 months ago

ask china how it is happening?

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xia en Gao

5 months ago

Slavery in North Korea is no secret. That's how kleptocracies operate. North Koreans working overseas should be given diplomatic immunity and direct paychecks.

365daysabroad

10 months ago

imagine living in the country where everything is corrupt- welcome to Russia

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Shane Halpin

10 months ago

Excellent journalism ere

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Oncle Sam

5 months ago

So, this is what real socialism looks like...

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Opportunity Knox

5 months ago

Brave people speaking up. These monsters need to be brought down for treating human beings like this. 😱

Perth Pickers

5 months ago

Sadly, yet another documentary, confirming the levels of depravity, man has exercised in exploiting the vulnerable, for personal gain. The more insight I acquire through this type of exposure, the more my faith in mankind dwindles. It's becoming overwhelmingly depressing watching the true underbelly of society, and leaves me with little hope for social redemption!

Blode Kont

8 months ago

34:18 the wealthiest Family hires the cheapest laboureres... Red Shield.. ROTSCHIELD...

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THEGREATSAGE OFENLIGHTENMENT

6 months ago

Ive long suspected this but no proof

THANK YOU FOR SHEDDING SOME LIGHT THAT I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG 💗💗💗

Liat Marmur

6 months ago

It's a really informative documentary however I have a suggestions of improving the size and colour of the translation text. White text on white or grey background is almost impossible to read. Also if the size could get a little bit bigger it would make it easier to read from devices like mobiles

Rudy Santoso

2 years ago

Great documentary👍🏻

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Nicolas Rose

7 months ago

I love living in Australia so much, no despotism, no civil unrest, no draconian enforcement, no intolerance of multicultural diversity, no threats of incarceration for speaking out against the Government, no anti-social paranoiac incursion into your personal life by "Stasi" elements, no dictatorial subjugation, I can stand in the street and openly laugh at my local Government officials policies, no imbicile "Trump" wankers, no-one walking around with assault rifles, seriously, I laugh at the shit happening in places like the US even, with their endless mindless conceit and chest beating bravado while they shoot the absolute living shit out of each-other, "the constitution says I can so I will", I live in absolutely THE best country in the World !!!!.

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dupont george

10 months ago

my mum work twelve hours per day at night 25 years in france its slavery to my dad to

Mary Smith

4 weeks ago

North Korean embassies should be turned into museums of North Korean horrors lest we forget.

ilovelife&lifelovesme

5 months ago (edited)

its grupe identity. Ashe`s theory of conformity has proven theres 65 % chance a person will torture and kill another person, if they are told to do so by person they consider an authority. thats because they dont want to be different from others. And when they have tortured and killed, they will blame it on the authority instead of them selves.

Illazahl

5 months ago

It'll be so easy to recognise the person by the authorities even if they are blurred in the video.

Riri

5 months ago

These Russians are so in it! They basically enforce monitoring of these North Korean slave workers. See how NK watchers were able to immediately tip Russian security agents of the that very brief incident. They move so quick. Extremely disgusting how these gov'ts not only consent to human trafficking but are also partner in crimes.

Ingeborg Swieten

5 months ago

Now i seen this i am really angry about opening the eu borders.

Kerstin. Jitschin

5 months ago

Thanks for sharing,appreciate it and learned lots of new information 😢😢😢

Daryl Hays

5 months ago

the problem is with us human being ourselves. This soldiers are human being too, those police that are monitoring too. Awareness should be created for them to know they are being ordered wrongly. They should be able to make right and wide decisions

P T

5 months ago

Economic agression, aka sanctions, should be label as a crime against humanity

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10 months ago

Jesus is returning soon! Turn away from your sins and your past and receive Him as your LORD and Saviour. The Bible says that if you confess with your mouth the LORD Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. I pray that you may receive the Lord Jesus and that you may know Him.

Here is a prayer of salvation:

Dear Lord Jesus

I believe that You are the Son of God

I believe that You came to earth and died on the cross for my sins

I believe that You shed Your blood for my redemption

And I believe that You were buried and that You rose from the dead on the third day, and that You are now seated at the right hand of the throne of God

I am a sinner and I need You Lord

I ask that You may forgive my sins and wash me with Your blood

I repent of my ways, of my sin, and of the world

And turn whole to You today

I give You my life

I surrender all that I am and all that I have to You right now

Come into my heart Lord

Save my soul

Make me whole

Fill me with Your Holy Spirit

And enable me to live the Christian life victoriously and in its fullness

In Jesus name, amen

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Dan Tunno

6 months ago

I can understand the Russians and Chinese being complicit but shame on you Poland and EU.

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A Costa

5 months ago

It is sad to know that even Poland that suffered from communism is complicit in this type of slavery. Not only did it help North Korea to continue its dictatorial regime against its citizens, it also helped North Korea to become a global threat.

George Donnelly

5 months ago

Amazing that NATO ally Poland is tolerating this. Outstanding documentary. Thank you.

rswpt

9 months ago

poor workers, those company ceo's should be in jail

Russian Princess

9 months ago

Kim is beloved by the masses. NO DRUG GANGS NO CRIME SAFE 24/7 EVERYWHERE NORTH KOREANS ARE MORE HEALTHY THAN AMERICANS AS THEY ONLY EAT ONE MEAL A DAY. PRAISE RUSSIAN & NORKOR FRIENDSHIP 💋

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APKBRAHHH

10 months ago

Yoooo is he dead? 25:57

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edward lewandowski

10 days ago (edited)

Wolność i Pokój 🕊 narodowi👪✋(pozdrawia Poland🌹)

Tarquinius999

3 weeks ago

UNSC Resolution 2371, passed in August 2017 imposed new restrictions on North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank and prohibited any increase in the number of North Koreans working in foreign countries.

UNSC Resolution 2397, passed on 22 December 2017 after the launch of a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile called for the repatriation of all North Korean nationals earning income abroad within 24 months.

Accountant234

10 months ago

A routine immigration check. Mmmmkay.

P C

1 month ago

Great informative documentary.

bbpetrov

3 months ago

Q: what caused the Roman empire collapse?

A: The pandemics, corruption, wars, slavery, inflation,... WAIT A MINUTE...!

Aurora Rose

1 month ago

Showing a site where they are building is very dangerous for them. Because even if theif faces are covered their supervisors know the sites and will definately be able to identify the workers

KEMEK

1 month ago

I feel sick to know some people see others like machines and not as human beings

liberal ass

5 months ago (edited)

I seriously wonder how cruel someone can be!!! Kim jong UN man you are curse to the world. Whatever scripture talk about hell it's very much here on Earth in north Korea!!! I feel so bad for these ppl even in Poland how that manager talked about them... They can work without a break, without paid leaves without food ! It's not even communism , it's worse than that! My heart goes out to ppl of north Korea. Just unbelievable.

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zalde chiu

2 months ago

Always remember we will all stand in front of the Lord on Judgment day. Amen

Ninu G

5 months ago

In Romania country part of NATO is full of North Koreans dollar heroes

Tynan Draper

4 months ago

These companies are responsible for funding the north Korean nuclear regime and the the governments that encourage or turn a blind eye to N. Korean laborers are also liable and guilty.

urnutsout

5 months ago

The irony is that the left wing party in South Korea praises DPRK and KimJungUn as being a wise and benevolent leader😂

Eric Ty

5 months ago

The British introduces slavery first but the world silence about it, how are they treated? Any better?

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χΧЅℓєαzуχЅυανι¢ιтσχ420Χχ

5 months ago

Their weary faces, make my heart smile.

TheTroLLinator2

5 months ago

I think this is sad can't we all live together and save the world just think what mankind could achieve we we all got together.

John Francis

3 months ago (edited)

Most of the North Korean workforce earns 1 dollar a month ,so wonder if it's the same wage a month to make mobile phones as look at the price of a mobile phone that probably costs less than 1 cent to manufacture ,but costs hundreds of dollars etc on the retail shelves for the customer while you slave away for 1 dollar a month for the corrupt manufacturers and corrupt retailers etc .

Chris H

5 months ago

what an incredible man that guy is.

ARGUMENT

6 months ago

UK in less than 7 years

Kritik

8 months ago

EU EU EU. The promoter of human rights and the one who violates it under the table. Got no shame at all.

nmd d

9 months ago

Just look at the condition of Indian immigrant workers in UAE,workers from SEA in Singapore,same sht.

Orc Computers

10 months ago

as people starve on American streets we do nothing accept point out it happens in other country's to.

Carmen Minca

10 months ago

Same life as the emigrants working in Italy ,Holland or englad ..

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Sonia Chlopecka

10 months ago

A gdzie jest Państwa Inspekcja Pracy,ZUS itd???

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Sua Ega

10 months ago (edited)

I don't understand what's different these foreign labour their skills to earn money to support families back home, then Asian labour in Golf states do the same. On other hand does not every pay amount of money from wages they earn call Tax or duty-bound to government to run the basic functions every citizen so that people sustain the basic needs including update on defence.

Skilled people does go wherever they can earn higher wages even people from developing countries

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pl topper

10 months ago

not a secret, its on youtube

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Jon Burgmann

10 months ago

Follow the destination’s China Russia something in common

정대현

9 months ago

봐주셔서 감사합니다!!

Aaron Burge

10 months ago

Why do people have babies there. Stop the cycle of misery.

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Budget King

10 months ago (edited)

They are also found in Poland ( EU country) fucking discusting that Poland let this happen

ankita yadav

11 months ago

nice work

Esosa Iyamu

10 months ago

Western propaganda bs

4 replies

3 months ago

True journalism

Hellton Werrmann

3 months ago

Always the same lies, poor and poor !!! How rich is Skid Row, Kesington avenue, 7 miles road Detroit, México, Brazil, Nicarágua, Venezuela, Argentina and so on ? Stop fake news

2 replies

Matovu Abdullah

4 months ago

It's like some sne Lock you in A room and again say Ur not going out of place WHAT ANSER CAN TOU GIVE!??

Matovu Abdullah

4 months ago

What can they do when you put sanctions on then?

EIDAFNEDIAFEM ABOOBKER

5 months ago

EIDAFNEDIADEMABOOBKER✌🔥🔥✌🌎🌎🌎

TANUJ AADITYA

5 months ago

Slavery is also everywhere my friend

Slaves of money and night

Nothing to worry

For new slavery

Morning light

And no money

Work will be culture my friend

And human made very well

Steve Jeffries

5 months ago

Yes but the US Has nuclear weapons

Folkenstal

5 months ago

Disgusting… all of it.

Crazy Clown

5 months ago

Haha The Arabs are also good at this

Alex N

5 months ago

He burnt himself to escape and to also change his looks so no one iwill recognise him, a painfull tactic but a good one

Jenny Palmer

5 months ago (edited)

What a horror for these people. I have some Korean neighbours and they are just lovely .

Bart Vlayen

5 months ago

Secret?

Ronald Maburu

5 months ago

Imposing sanctions on countries no longer working and inhuman aswell. They thinking doing a good thing.

Ankit

5 months ago

Risk of life for real journalism

Shrewd fc

5 months ago

هذا بلاغ لناس ليعلموا واينذرو إنما هو اله واحد وليذكر اوللالباب⭐

Sterlix Ster

6 months ago

14:35.... the evidence .... ha haahhahaha hah ahhah ah ha ha ha ah ahah haaa

Game Addictgonewild

6 months ago

Joke is on us. We lost 1/3 of our national currency

Annette Challinor

7 months ago

Wow, slaves 👎👎👎👎👎

Aor Jar's Relaxing Video's

7 months ago

Haha ... ask the people of Ukraine how there country going ? at least NK can defend itself !

DeBoerKan Eric de Boer

8 months ago

And the world does nothing…

John Foley

9 months ago

Just don't give them the money and tell the people how to work abroad they can become citizens in that country except Russia and China

Peter Kavanagh

9 months ago

Hello bear 🐻

April Smith

9 months ago

For goodness sake...

Yet another eye opening evil...

Wicked people certainly have a different thought process...

🐕

Jhon Drick Toshi Silvio

10 months ago

#northkorea

Gonzales Frederic

10 months ago (edited)

We see them as slave, but they see themselves as valorous servants of their beloved guru...

Dick Plummer

10 months ago

I have nothing but LMFAO at 46:21. She cannot scare my cat!

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Adan Edward Spencer68

10 months ago

I don't know why the world would want to know Kim Jon un

Daniel Jönsson

9 months ago

I was very disappointed by Poland. I did not think they would take part in these kind of things. China and Russia dont surprise me at all.

Siyanda Mazwi

10 months ago

Dont just say Africa:"there is evidence of them working in Africa", Africa is a very big continent, please be specific with countries.

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sam

10 months ago

God shall have vengeance on those who maltreat others- His vengeance is eternal

Edward Brady

10 months ago

Kim must be so disappointed with their disloyalty. Ungrateful slaves, given their freedom to work and travel and this is their gratitude.

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Kartik Padmanabhan

5 months ago

The Irony of North Korean Workers working in Polish Shipyards.

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Sloopy Cat

9 months ago

If they know their going to get exploited, used and abused, why moan afterwards, why not go in the first place, I know desperation makes people do strange things, but it's the fact they know what will be expected of them. Sad situation all round I suppose. Best of luck to poor people everywhere. Peace

Daniel Arevalo

10 months ago

NK is truly a workers paradise

Texas Ray

10 months ago

Koreans have it bad, but not the worst.

That one official said that Czechs are regularly carried out.

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GULAG BEACH

2 years ago

we wrote a song about the topic! https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VaVGLkgj7Jo&feature=share

الحركة الشعبية التقدمية

10 months ago

American agenda propaganda

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NAVEEN :

21 hours ago

This is one of the most absurd act by the clown

laurie radford

13 days ago

I realise its not the labourers or even north koreans.. but to my point...

i with many get pissed/angry/annoyed at scammers from their third world or dictatorship or wtf it maybe.. but when u see what they come from n what they have to work with,, it makes it harder to hate them for it... just wish they chose their targets at very least n lay of the oldies

DianaRoss L.M.

2 weeks ago

Ojalá caiga algún día la familia kin y este vive para verlo

dwarf planet

1 month ago

I want to see Kim Jung un eating habit he's very inspiring

aloe vera

1 month ago

Man again a dark documentary, there is nothing good about that country?

Goldilocks.

1 month ago

Called workers in Canada.

Milan Zawadi

1 month ago

😭😭😭

Lena Bryce

1 month ago

How do people manage to flee from North Korea? Just interesting to find out.

1 month ago

"Modern" slavery. And it's allowed to continue🤐

hopefully

1 month ago

Imagine being born there. Escaping and then finding out the world knows how you live and never helped.

Olive Roberts

2 months ago

Why are they going there if there's no money for them who feeds there family

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Olive Roberts

2 months ago

Russia and and North Korea are one with the same intentions Blaah

Lemon Acid Rounds

2 months ago

1:57 Samsung are building trucks? Didn't know that.

Magda Wszeborowska

2 months ago

Ok the fact that I understand 4 languages in ths video (I speak Polish, German, English, Korean) is a flex

Phillip Albert

2 months ago

1.5 billion people lost of income for one week.... network....

nyima danny

2 months ago

Partially blurred face? You kidding me?

Warmonger87

2 months ago

trophy-yellow-smilingtrophy-yellow-smilingtrophy-yellow-smiling

Ana Line Ellis

2 months ago (edited)

Slavery in our modern world is such a sad thing what a human can do to another one for greed!

Alpha Wu

2 months ago

It's the workers who feed the elites

Pete

3 months ago

How; they traffic methamphetamine throughout the world

3 months ago

Ayas kadit kaynab uat gnatnet ini

Dzokerova sestra od tetke

3 months ago

DISGUSTING!!!THIS WORLD SHOULD END

Carlos Chew

3 months ago

Ia it actually true? Can you actually go there? Will you get stuck there forever?

George win

3 months ago

its sad to know that other countries are tolerating it!

Lazy Scorpion

4 months ago (edited)

Life is hard. Please protect the people after interviews. It's too risky and easy to recognize them. If I can easily recognize these witnesses, what of Kim jong UN and Russians. 😢 My heart is heavy ❣️

Lark Alfen

4 months ago (edited)

this is whatt happens in rampant globalism

Khan

4 months ago

chrismartintaylor69

4 months ago

too many adds boo

danh nguyen

4 months ago

Happy to help NK finance and buy our parts to build their missiles but angry when they launch them, well pocket 1st!!!!

Andac Esgel

5 months ago

security guy was really nice guy

-they are from Korea

-which one south or nort

-THE BAD ONE

janet Blanc

5 months ago

Remember what happened to the Ceaucescus in Romania? They oppressed their people for so long but finally the people rebelled. You live by the sword, you die by the sword.

VioletSkye19

5 months ago

God, but our species is so fucking heartless…

Everything has to be buying this that & the other as cheap as possible, without any care about where it came from.

Someone who does this sort of thing, take away their money, their family, keep them like this, and made to understand what it’s like.

I’m talking about kidnapping or something like it so they REALLY understand this is for real. See the way they feel after a few months.

Scotty Einmahl

5 months ago (edited)

At the end of the day the two Korea's will be united, just like east and west Germany, maby we fight war first like brothers but there will be peace...I hope🇳🇱🇰🇷🇺🇲

Shiny T

5 months ago

My sister used work with them, they can make best kimchi!

What a world...

5 months ago

Mind your own Business!

Abubakar Aminu

5 months ago

OOO!!! Allah, change the mindset of North Korea leaders so that they can have human feeling to their follower's

What a world...

5 months ago

🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵

NORTH KOREA HAS NO OIL.... THAT IS WHY THE WEST NEVER MIND IT....

James Smith

5 months ago

50,000 rubles is not 1.5 times the average russian worker salary, you are taking average salary overall, but it differs for hard labor or service/sales. For skilled hard labor you can make 100,000 rubles easily, without working 12 hours shifts. If Russians were less expensive to hire there would be no reason to hire Koreans, turn on your brain.

nick paloubas

5 months ago

To many lies

tirzha prinsloo

5 months ago

Redshield is using that location address to regigister but in the meantime the real owners are sitting in North Korea's

Government getting huge contracts from Germany sending their people in at low cost those Mafia are taking the money

were these contracts should have been going to the Germany companies.

Kul Kul kulklas

5 months ago

Sad sad sad!

Carolina B

5 months ago (edited)

What about the UN?

Wazza Zone

5 months ago

Change your government!

Unbreakable The bear

5 months ago

Not hard to make money when your entire country is a cartel

I will not eat ze bugs

5 months ago

10:17 lmao that ringtone

Alex N

5 months ago

Its a fair deal, they agreed that if they defect their family will pay the price, no body put a gun to thier head. They chose it willingly and freely. some says it is becuase they are poor in North Korea blah blah all excuse. as long as you are not dying or in direct pain, making this decision is all them.

attiy

5 months ago

Why slavery??... Because it's fon to due!

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χΧЅℓєαzуχЅυανι¢ιтσχ420Χχ

5 months ago

I was the Ontario delegate for NKPR, for Canada. I have the emails.

2 replies

Slavomir Šebesta

5 months ago (edited)

in shortcut poland and other countries is contributing with kim kong nuclear shayt

Henriette McPartlin

5 months ago

Insane!

Ordy Horizon rivière du nord

10 months ago

⚖Everywhere in the world, a man has to think before he goes to the job 🎏🧧🎗🥁🎪

4 replies

Elena E

4 months ago (edited)

"For the upright are the ones who WILL RESIDE in the Earth... As regards the wicked, they will

be cut off from the very Earth, and as for the treacherous, they will be torn away from it.

Proverbs 2:21,22 READ this 📖"You can LIVE FOREVER in Paradise on Earth." and LEARN

who your neighbor is, as taught by the GREAT TEACHER Jesus Christ, to a certain man

versed in the Law [of Moses] LUKE 10:25 -- 37

Please read this other book 📕to see who the RULER of this world 🌏really is.

"PARADISE LOST" John Milton Audiobookstayhomestayhomestayhome

MED 63

8 months ago

The documentary is very interesting! (The intrusion of the advertisements is not!!!)🥸🥸🥸

Crazy Clown

5 months ago

Haha The Arabs are also good at this

Johnketes54

5 months ago

This is Russian practice during the 1930s "collective farming" farmers get the basic to live on the rest goes mother Russia

Backsgins l

5 months ago

Ofcourse it hsd to be the germans financing this

daz beal

5 months ago

10 or 11 hrs without a break" lmao cya bro

gary Baltiejus

5 months ago

North Korea can't afford $1 a day what's going on here ?

janna johannam

5 months ago

the world is zero free and normal for the first time share plz to all

janna johannam

5 months ago

you delete

Joe Bidet

6 months ago (edited)

@37:30

From the bad one

😆😅🤣😂

Joe Bidet

6 months ago (edited)

How horrible their life

Thank god the philippines isn't like this

The philippines is a wealthy prosperous country where people dont need to work as maids for 400 dollars a month in other countries

😆😅🤣😂

Bala Mohammed Saidu

6 months ago

💛💛💛💛💛🌹BISMINLAHI 💛RAHMAN💛 RAHIM💛 ALAHUMMA SOLLY💛💛💛💛💛💛🌹 ALASAIDINA MUHAMMAD💛 ANUR💛 SIRAJUL💛 MUNIR💛 RASHID 💛MUHAMMAD💛 RASULLILAH 💛PBUH 🌍🌎🌏🌟🌟🌟💛💛💛🌹

Bala Mohammed Saidu

6 months ago

🗺planets places 🌎🌍🌏

Colin Robertson

6 months ago

Everyone in North Korea is a prisoner, there isn't a day goes by when your not told to stay at home when your not on parade stay at home. There is no social life for a North Korean, can't go out can't go the the opera, all television channels which are 3.. when there working is all about the leaders, I once heard a story about a man who was in North Korea and was so bored as he couldn't do anything so he decided to visit the local zoo, and sure there were animals starved hungry but were there he came across the parotts and the bird said the words... LONG LIVE THE GREAT LEADER KIM.. now I can't prove this but I certainly don't disprove it... Its a horrible place. Children marching to school every morning with pictures of the leader..

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zee

6 months ago

The people are cowards that's why

Susan Gillaco

6 months ago

Karma is coming to kim jong un now people of north Korea is pity no freedom😭😭😭

andrew

6 months ago

So sad

William Bradley

6 months ago

Please look AT pSEUDO DEMOCRA,,,,,,,,

romystumpy

6 months ago

It's sad to see there accomodation

conny nielson

7 months ago

@28.42 another deadbeat dad lol

Proinseas O'Kiellig

7 months ago

DuhMuri'Qah111111111111111!

MYSTERIES INC

7 months ago

Blow them All up!!!!

Nakatei

8 months ago

Шанс сбежать через Рашку.

Sanket Nawale

8 months ago

Tooo many disturbing ads 😔😔😔

Chino De Camisa

8 months ago

Legit or scripted

Lone Browncoat

8 months ago

George Orwell's nightmare, here and now.

MC K

8 months ago

OMG human cruelty!

lo op

9 months ago

Its proofed: Sanctions are papertigers.

noname

9 months ago

horror...

proud to be human.......

Peter Kavanagh

9 months ago

The cub has like to repost the way out is released . The food is contaminated water etc . The valleys aneed time. Unable to being a lorry or corrections . The metals are the ballance .q the arms need to revitalise the eartah there is the need of all sto make the thoughts sing . I arrive soon to visit . Not a graves but a hands and thank you. Shields.

Peter Kavanagh

9 months ago

Me to he

Undercover Asia: Black Markets and Slave Trade

Season 1, Ep. 2 North Korean Slaves

Friday, March 24, 2023

[23조] 협동농장은 어떻게 운영하나

[23조] 협동농장은 어떻게 운영하나:

NK투데이/헌법으로 보는 북한

2023. 3. 24.

[23조] 협동농장은 어떻게 운영하나
군협동농장경영위원회, 노력일, 북한, 북한농업, 북한헌법, 분조관리제, 작업반우대제, 포전담당제, 협동경리, 협동농장

북한 사회를 깊이 이해하기 위해서는 북한 사회 구조와 작동 원리를 알아야 한다.
이를 위한 가장 좋은 교재는 북한 헌법이다.
헌법을 분석하다보면 북한 사회의 기본 이념과 국가 정체성, 사회 구조와 작동 원리, 국가 정책과 노선을 잘 알 수 있다.
이에 nk투데이 편집부는 북한 헌법을 하나하나 파헤쳐보는 연재를 기획하였다.
분석할 북한 헌법은 현재 한국에서 입수할 수 있는 가장 최신판인 2019년 8월 29일 최고인민회의 제14기 제2차 회의에서 수정보충한 헌법을 기준으로 한다.
또한 표기법은 한국의 맞춤법을 따르되 불가피한 경우 북한 표기를 그대로 두었다.
북한 헌법은 통일부, 법무부, 법제처가 공동 운영하는 통일법제 데이터베이스(https://unilaw.go.kr)에서 누구나 열람할 수 있다.

농촌에서 ‘협동적 소유’를 ‘전 인민적 소유’로 만든다는 것은 쉽게 말해 협동농장을 국영농장으로 바꾸는 것이다.

북한은 협동농장을 국영농장으로 전환하기 위한 세 가지 과제를 제시한다.

북한 헌법 23조에 명시된 세 번째 과제를 살펴본다.

③ 협동경리에 대한 지도와 관리를 개선하여 사회주의적 협동경리 제도를 공고·발전시키기

군 협동농장 경영위원회 중심의 농업지도 체계

북한의 협동농장은 리 단위로 존재한다.

협동농장 경영은 협동농장 관리위원회에서 한다.

군 단위에는 군 협동농장 경영위원회가 있어 이들 협동농장 관리위원회를 지도한다.

더 위로 올라가면 도 농촌 경리위원회가 있고 내각에 가면 농업위원회가 있다.

북한의 농업지도 체계는 농촌경리를 행정적 방법이 아니라 기업적 방법으로 지도하는 전문 농업지도기관 체계로서 군 협동농장 경영위원회를 기본으로 하고 도 농촌 경리위원회와 농업위원회로 이루어져 있다고 한다.

여기서 ‘기업적 방법’이란 공업 부문에 적용되는 선진적인 기업관리 방법으로 기술 지도를 강화해 모든 경영을 계획화, 조직화한다는 것을 말한다.

여기서 계획화란 협동농장에서 국가 과제를 수행하기 위한 구체적인 계획을 세우고 그에 따라 생산과 경영을 하며 계획 과제를 질·양적으로, 지표별로 수행하고 최대한의 실리를 얻는 것을 중요한 내용으로 한다.

또 조직화란 협동농장에서 계획 수행을 위해 농민을 대상으로 사업을 하고 평가를 실속 있게 하며 생산 단위들 사이의 연관과 영농 공정의 진행 순서와 질서, 경영의 모든 측면별 사업들 사이의 연관과 사업 진행 절차를 빈틈없이 맞물리는 실무 사업을 중요한 내용으로 한다.

북한은 국가가 협동농장의 생산과 경영을 통일적, 계획적으로 지도한다.

자본주의 농업은 어떤 작물을 누가 어떤 방식으로 재배하여 어떻게 판매할지 개별 농장이 직접 결정하기 때문에 생산에서 무정부성이 나타난다.

이에 따라 특정 농산물 가격이 폭락하거나 폭등하는 농산물 파동이 끊이지 않는다.

이는 식량 안보 문제로까지 이어진다.

북한은 이를 막기 위해 정부에서 농업 계획을 세워 어떤 작물을 누가 어떻게 재배해 어떻게 유통할지를 결정한다.

여기서 특히 중요한 것은 주먹구구식 농사가 아니라 과학기술에 따른 농사를 지어 생산량을 보장하는 것이다.

이를 위해서는 농기계사업소 등을 갖추고 협동농장에 과학기술 지도까지 하는 군 협동농장 경영위원회가 핵심적인 역할을 해야 한다.

국가 차원에서 농업을 지원할 때도 농기계, 농업 기술, 농자재 등을 주로 지원하기에 이런 시설을 갖추고 있는 군 협동농장 경영위원회가 중요하다.

군 협동농장 경영위원회는 농기구공장, 종자관리소, 관개관리소, 농기계사업소, 자재공급소 등의 국가기업소를 운영하며 군 단위 농업 발전계획을 세우고 집행하는 하나의 농업종합기업소의 역할을 한다. (김영훈, 「북한 농업농촌의 변화」, 『KREI 북한농업동향』 제12권 제3호, 한국농촌경제연구원, 2010.11.11.)

작업반 우대제, 분조관리제, 포전담당제

한편 협동농장 내부의 조직 형태를 보면 협동농장 관리위원장 밑에 생산조직과 관리조직이 있고, 생산조직에는 농산작업반, 채소작업반 같은 작업반들이 있으며, 각 작업반은 작업 분조로 구성된다.

10~30명 규모의 분조를 기본 생산 단위, 생활 단위로 운영하는 제도를 분조관리제라 한다.

각 분조에는 일정한 농지와 농기구, 소 등을 배정하며 소출에 따라 분배받는다.

북한은 분조관리제가 농민을 집단경리 관리 운영에 적극 참여시켜 협동농장에 대한 주인의식을 높이고 집단주의 정신, 공산주의 사상을 키우는 제도라고 한다.

한편 협동농장 농민의 보수는 노력일 평가제로 결정된다.

노동자는 계약에 따라 일한 만큼 정해진 생활비를 받지만 협동농장의 농민은 그렇게 받을 수 없다.

한 해 농사가 잘되면 협동농장의 수입이 늘어나고, 반대로 농사가 안 되면 수입이 줄어들며 협동농장의 수입에 따라 소속 농민이 받는 보수가 정해진다.

한편 국영농장의 농민은 노동자와 같이 생활비를 받는다.

협동농장은 수입의 일부분을 농민에게 분배하는데 모든 농민이 동일한 보수를 받는 게 아니라 기준에 따라 노동의 양과 질을 종합적으로 평가해 그것에 맞게 분배한다.

이 기준을 노력일이라 부른다.

북한의 노력일 평가제는 소련의 집단농장(콜호스)에서 문제가 된 ‘평균주의’를 극복하기 위한 제도다.

즉, 모든 농민에게 동일하게 분배하는 평균주의가 아닌 ‘능력에 따라 일하고, 일한 만큼 분배받는’ 제도를 세운 것이다.

협동농장 초기에는 작업반 단위로 분배에 차등을 주었고 1990년대 중반에 분조 단위로 차등을 주었으며 2000년대 중반에는 분조를 더 나눠 소규모 분조(2~3개 농가) 단위로 차등을 주다가 2010년대 중반 들어 북한은 포전담당제를 전면화하였다.

(장경호, 「포전(圃田)담당제 바로 알기」, 한국농정신문, 2018.3.2.)

이전 기사 : [헌법으로 보는 북한-23조] ② 농업과 공업이 유기적으로 결합하는 방식
관련기사 [헌법으로 보는 북한-23조] ② 농업과 공업이 유기적으로 결합하는 방식
[23조] 노동자와 농민 사이에 사상·기술·문화 수준의 차이가 발생하는 이유
[21·22조] 사회주의 사회에도 노동자, 농민은 계급적 차이가 있다
[20조] 사적 소유와 사회적 소유의 2가지 근본적 차이

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Perhaps if more Americans learned about the history of the Korean War and its barbarism, they might show some empathy for North Koreans and try and better understand the country’s policies; or perhaps, if more foreign exchanges are established, they might press their government to end the brutal sanctions and to pursue a formal end to the Korean War.
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Sunday, March 5, 2023

Meeting with a delegation from the "Council for Neutral Unified Korea"

Fwd: Rencontre avec une délégation du "Council for Neutral Unified Korea" (Meeting with a delegation from the "Council for Neutral Unified Korea")

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Vana Kim Hansen

Mar 3, 2023, 2:27 AM (3 days ago)

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Hi family,

I just wanted to give you a heads-up with good news about our Swiss Tour.

Our trip to Swiss is set for June 13-20, as we are granted a 1.5-hour meeting on June 16 with a Swiss parliament member focusing on Swiss-Korea relations. Many other meetings will be arranged around that meeting. I attached my communication with Mrs. Chantal Chetelat Komagata, who is championing our cause.

I have a one-way ticket to Korea on April 2, another from Seoul-Geneva, and another from Geneva-LA.

Vana

Begin forwarded message:

From: Vana Kim Hansen < vanakim777@gmail.com >

Subject: Re: Meeting with a delegation from the "Council for Neutral Unified Korea"

Date: March 2, 2023 at 7:39:59 AM PST

To: Chantal Chetelat Komagata < chkomagata@sunrise.ch >

Cc: Melanie Komagata < melkoma27@gmail.com >

Dear Chantal,

Thanks for the good news. This is our highly anticipated response from the Swiss.

We will prepare for the historic meetings with Mr. Wasserfell and others in the Swiss Parliament.

And we will look into booking airline tickets from Seoul to Geneva on June 13 and 16.

Vana K Hansen, Ed.D.

co-chair,

Council for Neutral Unified Korea

On Mar 2, 2023, at 2:25 AM, Chantal Chételat Komagata < chkomagata@sunrise.ch > wrote:

I just got an answer from the parliamentarian Wasserfallen. He can organize a meeting on June 16, 10:30 to 11:30!

sent from my Iphone

Chantal Chetelat Komagata

+41 76 400 43 85 tel & WhatsApp

Beginning of transferred message :

Of: Christian Wasserfallen < christian@wasserfallen.news >

Date: March 2, 2023 at 10:47:47 UTC+1

AT: Chantal Chetelat Komagata <chkomagata@sunrise.ch >

Object: AW: Meeting with a delegation from the "Council for Neutral Unified Korea"

Dear Madam Chetelat Komagata,

I could only arrange one other appointment:

It would be Friday, June 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Would that be possible ?

Cordially

Christian Wasserfallen

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Dipl. Masch.-Ing. FH // Nationalrat // www.wasserfallen.news // vertraulich

Will: Chantal Chetelat Komagata <chkomagata@sunrise.ch >

Date: Mittwoch, 1. March 2023 um 22:24

Year: Christian Wasserfallen < christian@wasserfallen.news >

Betreff: Re: Meeting with a delegation from the "Council for Neutral Unified Korea"

Dear National Councillor,

Even if I understand that you are in the middle of a session and that essential discussions for Switzerland are being dealt with, I allow myself to insist on receiving an answer to my request:

Could you invite the delegation to meet you for about an hour in the parliament and answer their questions relating to our model of neutrality and a strong army? Would it be possible, for example, on the last Friday afternoon of the session or just after, since they would be in Switzerland until June 20?

If this is not possible in the Federal Palace, what about in a nearby room? I will of course take care of arranging meetings with them and sending you their questions in advance.

Good evening and cordial greetings,

Chantal Chetelat Komagata

On 25 Feb. 2023 at 06:54, Chantal Chételat Komagata <chkomagata@sunrise.ch > wrote:

Dear Mr. Wasserfallen,

Thank you for your reply.

Here is what I expect from you: Could you invite the delegation to meet you for about an hour in the parliament and answer their questions relating to our model of neutrality and a strong army? Would it be possible, for example, on the last Friday afternoon of the session or just after, since they would be in Switzerland until June 20?

Our country is a model for many citizens of the world and in particular for Koreans, since Switzerland plays a special role there through the NNSC in the demilitarized zone. This delegation from the Council for a Neutral Korea will benefit from your experience and continue to encourage the two Korean governments to move forward in a peaceful and cooperative direction.

And of course, I understand that parliamentary sessions take a lot of energy and time, with heavy responsibilities, also as chairman of the Swiss-Korean parliamentary group.

I am grateful to you to see what it is possible for you to do and to tell me to what extent I can on my side facilitate this meeting.

Have a great weekend and warm regards,

Chantal Chetelat Komagata

On 24 Feb. 2023 at 17:22, Christian Wasserfallen < christian@wasserfallen.news > wrote:

Dear Madam Chetelat Komagata,

Thank you for your request.

In June, the session of Parliament will take place. It will be a great challenge for me to participate in this meeting. What exactly do you expect from me?

Cordially

Christian Wasserfallen

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Dipl. Masch.-Ing. FH // Nationalrat // www.wasserfallen.news // vertraulich

Will: Chantal Chetelat Komagata <chkomagata@sunrise.ch >

Date: Freitag, 24. February 2023 at 11:07

Year: Christian Wasserfallen < christian@wasserfallen.news >

CC: Claude Béglé < claude.begle@symbioswiss.ch >, Mélanie Komagata < melkoma27@gmail.com >

Betreff: Meeting with a delegation from the "Council for Neutral Unified Korea"

Dear National Councilor Wasserfallen,

Just before the start of the spring session, I am writing to you about the Korean peninsula. We had already exchanged messages about this in the past. Claude Béglé, who has supported numerous peace initiatives on the Korean peninsula, is in Cc.

In June, from June 6 to 13 or from June 13 to 21, depending on your availability, the Council for a Unified Neutral Korea is planning a visit to Switzerland. It will be made up of a dozen international Koreans and are particularly interested in learning more about Swiss neutrality and its military. She adds: "The Korean people will be most interested in seeing what the Swiss neutral state is doing on a day-to-day and ongoing basis to keep its permanent neutrality intact from neighboring countries". As long as you are the president of the Swiss-Korean parliamentary group, please organize a meeting in parliament with this delegation that I will be accompanying. I am convinced that this exchange will open up new horizons of cooperation and contribute, through good offices, to a peninsula at peace. Below is the explanation given to me by Ms. Vana Kim Hansen ( vanakim777@gmail.com ), residing in California, who is organizing the tour.

Since UPF is an NGO with general consultative status with ECOSOC of the UN, I also intend to organize, with the UPF and IAYSP team, a "side-event" at the UN.

Finally, my daughter, Mélanie Komagata, who has just defended her Master's thesis at the University of Geneva on "The Neutralization of Korea Based on the Swiss Model of Neutrality: A Solution for Security and Peace on the Peninsula and in Northeast Asia" will also be interested in the exchanges and the result of this meeting (also in Cc)

Message from Ms. Kim Hansen:

Our delegation is composed of international Koreans (scholars and peace activists). One highlight will be the meeting with the North Korean Ambassador to Switzerland, Han Tae-song, to engage in a dialogue about the Neutralization of the Korean Peninsula and its benefits for both North Korea and South Korea, as well as for East Asia and the whole world. Another highlight is our visit to locations that show Switzerland's strongly militarized neutral state. The Korean people will be most interested in seeing what the Swiss neutral state is doing on a day-to-day and ongoing basis to keep its permanent neutrality intact from neighboring countries.

Council for Neutral Unified Korea is a non-profit organization (NPO) authorized by the Ministry of Unification of Korea. It was established in 2001 and has been active for over twenty years. It is the center for studies about the neutralization and unification of the Korean Peninsula.

Dr. Kang Jong-il is the founder and executive director since his inception. He obtained his Ph.D. in International relations from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His doctoral dissertation was on King Gojong's declaration of neutralization (1904). He works on a shoestring budget, without an assistant, and sends monthly newsletters to 300+ mailing list members. He published dozens of articles and several books on the subject, including the history of the NPO.

I became a co-chair of the NPO three years ago as an international Korean and American citizen. I have dual citizenship and can travel freely to Pyongyang with my Canadian passport when entry to North Korea is closed to American citizens. I obtained my doctoral degree from Harvard University in Education.

My family left Korea in 1964 to be free from the country that condemned the descendants of those who moved to North Korea. My grandfather, Lee Jong-Man, went to North Korea when he lost hope for the future of South Korea going under US military rule after Japan surrendered. He was a Daedong socialist thinker and labor activist while he was the owner of the Daedong enterprise, the largest of its kind at that time. He set out to transform the agricultural sector of Joseon(Korea) in the 30s with his vision to create a nation where all who work can live well together. During the 28 years of his life in North Korea, among other things, he served as the Chairman of the United Front of DPRK and held a vision of a permanent neutral unified Korea until he died in 1977. My mother and I inherited his vision. He was awarded a medal for the unification of the fatherland and is buried in the Patriots Cemetery in Pyongyang.

I came up with the idea of the Swiss Tour from the wide-open international perspective I have cultivated as a longtime (58 years) immigrant in the west. And Kang Jong-il quickly joined me. Now a number of scholars are paying attention to what we are doing. We will cap the delegation to under twelve people, including a documentarist. Korea becoming a neutral state like Switzerland is still an impossible and unreachable goal and an unrealistic dream for the Koreans. So I have been writing articles on the neutralization of Korea for a major left-leaning online newspaper in South Korea: Hanion.

I've attached the two English articles by Kang Jong-il.

Looking forward to receiving favorable news from you, I send you my most cordial greetings,

Chantal Chetelat Komagata

Secretary General UPF Switzerland

Coordinator for UPF Europe

MS El. Eng. EPFL

MA rel. Ed.UTS, USA

+41 76 400 4385 (cellular & WhatsApp)

chkomagata@sunrise.ch

eume.upf.org

Of: Chantal Komagata <chkomagata@sunrise.ch >

Date: June 10, 2021 at 08:39:17 UTC+2

AT: Christian Wasserfallen < christian@wasserfallen.news >

Object: Webinar on the Korean Peninsula with Divisionaire Gauchat: June 10, 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Dear National Councilor Wasserfallen,

You have already heard about the video conferences on the Korean peninsula organized by UPF. Attached is today's flyer.

You will probably be too busy in Bern, but as chairman of the Swiss-Korean parliamentary group, the series might interest you. You will find the reports of the previous conferences in these links: ILC 2021 or here . I will send you the report of this one if you are interested.

I wish you an excellent day contributing to making the right decisions for an exemplary Switzerland and send you my most cordial greetings,

Chantal Chetelat Komagata

Secretary General UPF Switzerland

Coordinator for UPF Europe

+41 76 400 4385 (cellular & WhatsApp)

chkomagata@sunrise.ch

eume.upf.org

On March 2, 2021 at 9:51 PM, Christian Wasserfallen < christian@wasserfallen.news > wrote:

Guten Tag,

Ich danke herzlich für die Einladung. Ich muss allerdings um diese Zeit eine digital Versammlung leiten. Bitte entschuldigen Sie mich und grüssen Sie Herrn Beglé freundlich von mir. Danke vielmals.

Viele Grüsse // Sincerely // Kind regards

Christian Wasserfallen

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Dipl. Masch.-Ing. FH // Nationalrat // www.wasserfallen.news // vertraulich

Will: Chantal Komagata <chkomagata@sunrise.ch >

Date: Dienstag, 2. March 2021 at 21:44

Year: Christian Wasserfallen < christian@wasserfallen.news >

Betreff: Fwd: Korean Peninsula Webinar: March 5, 2021, 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Begin forwarded message :

Of: Chantal Komagata <chkomagata@sunrise.ch >

Subject: Korean Peninsula Webinar: March 5, 2021, 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Date: March 2, 2021 at 9:39:20 PM UTC+1

AT: christian.wasserfallen@parl.ch

Mr. National Councillor,

As chairman of the Swiss-Korean parliamentary group, here is, in a series of webinars organized by the Universal Peace Federation on peace and security in North-East Asia, an event that might interest you and to which I would like invite you:

March 5, 2021, 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Registration : https://eume.upf.org/webinar-5-3-2021

What economic model would help North Korea develop while ensuring a peace process on the Korean Peninsula?

I hope you will find the time to participate.

Great night,

Chantal Chetelat Komagata

Coordinator for UPF Europe

+41 76 400 4385 (cellular & WhatsApp)

chkomagata@sunrise.ch

eume.upf.org

Thursday, February 2, 2023

The Real North Korea: in its Multiplicity of Origins, Dynamics, and Futures | SOAS

The Real North Korea: in its Multiplicity of Origins, Dynamics, and Futures | SOAS:

Date

11 February 2023

Time

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Key information

11 FEBRUARY 2023

TheReal NorthKorea: in its

Multiplicity of Origins, Dynamics,

and Futures

Venue

Russell Square: College Buildings

Room

Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT)

Event type

Conference

Aboutthis event

Speakers: Andrei Lankov, Park Hyung-jung, Tatiana

Gabroussenko, Balazs Szalontai, Kevin Gray,

Charlotte Webb, Camilo Aguirre, Peter Ward

Summary

This special one-day symposium on North Korea's history, society and

economy will be co-hosted by the SOAS Centre of Korean Studies and

the AKS Korean Studies Laboratory: 'The Real North Korea'. It will be an

opportunity to hear and discuss cutting edge research in a number of

areas, including media and labour history, North Korea's international

relations with the global south, and recent economic changes within the

DPRK. The event is open to all, but registration is required.

Programme

Time Description

9:00am9:30am

Arrival, registration, tea and coffee

9:30am9:40am

Welcoming remarks

9:40am12:40am

First panel session

Tatiana Gabroussenko (Korea University) - North

Korean culture of the 1980s: the delayed 'thaw'

Discussant: Xiaoning Lu (SOAS)

Andrei Lankov / Peter Ward (Kookmin University)

- The Political (dis-)Embeddedness and Autonomy

of North Korean Markets and Firms

Discussant: Yoram Gorlizki (University of

Manchester)

Charlotte Webb (SOAS) - Protecting the health of

production: healthcare and the stratification of the

North Korean industrial working class

Discussant: Donald Filtzer (University of East

London)

12:40pm1:30pm

Lunch break

1:30pm3:30pm

Second panel session

Camilo Aguirre Torrini (University of Sussex)

- “People’s Diplomacy”: Chile- (North)Korea

Friendship Association and the Building of Bilateral

Relations, 1958-1973

Discussant: Owen Miller (SOAS)

Time Description

3:50pm4:50pm

Park Hyeong-jung (Korea Institute for National

Unification) - The Political Economy of the “Military

First Politics” under Kim Jong-il’s Reign, 1995-2011

Discussant: Kevin Gray (University of Sussex)

3:30pm3:50pm

Tea and coffee

Second panel session continued

Balazs Szalontai (Korea University) - North Korea

Discovers the Maghreb: Propaganda Narratives in

the Formative Phase of Pyongyang’s Northwest

African Diplomacy

Discussant: TBC

4:50pm5:00pm

Closing remarks and wrap up

Registration

This event is free and open to public. Please note that this event will be

held both on campus and online.

If you would like to attend in person, please register via Microsoft

Forms.

If you would like to attend online, please register via Zoom.

Contact: centres@soas.ac.uk

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