15 Changes In North and South Korea After Separation

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Published 2017-09-26
How big is Seoul compared to Pyongyang? What is the size of average salaries in these two countries? And why people in North Korea cannot buy cars?
People who study Korean culture seem to believe that "everyone likes talking about North Korea because you can say anything about it." However, news like Kim Jong-un using a flamethrower to burn one of his ministers or the announcement about the successful landing on the Sun can’t be proved.
Let's shed some light on the life of ordinary people from North Korea in comparison to South Korea. The division of Korea has had a huge impact on life in both countries for sure. At the end of this video, there is a little bonus waiting for you explaining why marijuana is legal in North Korea.

TIMESTAMPS
Pyongyang vs. Seoul 1:03
The common panorama 1:36
Downtown 2:05
Residential areas 2:28
Fashion 2:50
Education 3:25
Employment 4:06
Culture 4:49
Food 5:46
Public transport 6:35
Technology 7:05
Leisure 8:22
BONUS 9:31

SUMMARY
- The territory of Pyongyang is 1233 square miles, and the area of Seoul is 233 square miles. The population of the first is 3.2 million people, while the population of the latter is 9.86 million.
- Two cities share a common panorama on the Han River, and the views from the opposite riverbanks are pretty much the same. Although suicide rates are quite high in South Korea, and bridge jumping is not uncommon.
- Did you know that North Korea has the largest stadium in the world? It has 150,000 seats and is used for different kinds of sports. Also, it owns the world’s largest flagpole, which, of course, holds the North Korean flag.
- It is interesting to know that people in North Korea do not pay housing and communal services bills: apartments are given to them for free after their marriage registration.
- As for fashion, there are many false myths about it in North Korea: for example, a woman can’t wear pants, or there’s only a certain number of approved haircuts. Fairly fashionable clothes can be bought in the international supermarkets (for the rich people) or from sellers in China.
- Education in North Korea is based on one year of preparatory school and ten years of compulsory studying. After that, young geniuses and rich kids enter universities, and the rest of the students start looking for a job.
- As you can see, 70 years can’t erase old habits. What is the average salary that North Koreans make? You’ll be surprised, but it’s about $3 a day with tickets for food. Hmm, not much actually. The average salary in the south is about 1,000 times more. That is much better!
- The bright and energetic K-pop shocked defectors from the north as well as the rest of the world. K-pop, also known as Korean pop, is a music genre with many audiovisual elements. It is a mix of all world popular music genres with traditional Korean music roots on the top.
- There is no famine in North Korea, but a shortage of fruits and vegetables is obvious, which is why apples and cabbages are very popular. Obviously, not good news for those who can’t live without fruits. The lack of protein-rich foods influences the average person’s height in comparison to South Koreans what we have already spoken about.
- North Korea may be called the most closed and secretive country in the world, but you don’t have to believe every myth about it. We have all seen a photograph of the Korean Peninsula from space, where North Korea is a completely dark spot. However, if you have a closer look, you'll see Vladivostok (the Eastern Russian city) and several cities in China seem to be deleted, too.

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All Comments (21)
  • @diazwelling
    SADNESS is, the poor North Koren's doesn't even know that we r having a discussion about them now here in YouTube as they don't have any Internet... 😭
  • @sharmilasunar4173
    South Korea. And blackpink,bts,exo,txt,twice,gidle etc are also there plus it is fun
  • @oluwabukolaadekanbi2085
    This is serious, I can't believe people still live like this in this century, I feel bad for people in North Korea 😥😥😥 it more on less like slaving them..... Thanks for this video have learn alot 👍👍
  • @loverain95
    I liked that bicycle thing because these days traffic makes city polluted twice....
  • @sanvj3783
    I'm really so sad about north Korean people. the goverment should let the people to access Internet.. and they should have to know our world trend.
  • @vsenthil771
    Results:: South Korea is much better than North Korea Not to offend anyone
  • @alkaojha3845
    Even in India we have 6 days of work and only sunday is a leave day.
  • @idontneedname179
    On top of all South Koreans make best drama series and movies in the world ❤️
  • @roselyn2720
    South korea shines like diamond in nightlife and day life shows real nature😄
  • @suzannejoshua9836
    If there is one thing that I want to adapt from North Korea is remove all the unnecessary vehicles on the road, and use bicycle. Its not bad to use public transport. That's the one thing that I truly appreciate.