She Escaped North Korea to Live in South Korea
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WONDER WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ESCAPE FROM NORTH KOREA?
We've all heard stories about people escaping North Korea for a better life... and today in Seoul (South Korea), I was able to sit down with one ambitious North Korean girl named Nara, to hear the struggles that she went through.
Long story short, Nara escaped North Korea in 2015 by swimming over the river into China. Then, she illegally entered Thailand without a passport, where she was thrown in jail for 1 month. After getting in touch with the South Korean embassy, they granted her citizenship and allowed her to move to Seoul.
While it was difficult for her to adjust to South Korean culture at first, she now lives a great life as an actress on TV and making videos for her KZhead and Instagram accounts (@kang_naraa)
This has been a special story for me to create because I spent 4 days in North Korea in 2017 and I got a glance at what society she grew up in... We chatted about everything from her thoughts on Kim Jong-un to the struggles that she faces adjusting to life in South Korea today.
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The moment she said she paid 10k USD I knew she was rich, no way a regular North Korean would have that much!
10,000 usd is expensive for most middle class families around the world, even in the West. She’s super rich!
@@artman7780 10k to make the best decision of your life isn't expensive to the middle class of the west...
Yair how did you know? how much they earn per month?
how.can she laugh? if what they say is true, then her whole clan will be executed.
@@kamayigk4518 because it's not exactly how the west shows you the country
The subtitles are really good: “(speaks korean)”
Zang Gaming lmaooo
yea but he doesn't know what she's saying
SoupBenji 555 doesn’t he have a translator? So, he could just put what the translator said in the subtitles instead of him saying the her words
@armni- verse I'm not sure why there was a war , they are different because they are both opposites of each other , north Korea is like the most depressing county and south Korea is the the most not depressing country
💀😂😂😂
Why is kim Jong un cruel Because he dosnt have Seoul
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Bruh
Best comment ever
Stolen
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Thanks Vinsky ❤️
@Camellia Loughland yes.
@Camellia Loughland Yes She Is
Lucky gril 😘😘😘😘
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@@noyotoyo it's the Korean version of binsky. You should search more
She came from an extremely privileged background in North Korea, the average. Individual there would no way in hell have 10k on them.
Yeah normal N-Korean gets something like 5$ a month it's extremely poor there
@@F7YUBVlogs don't self promote
Exactly, North Korea is extremely poor! For a comparison, the GDP per capita of South Korea is $29,742, while the North Korean one is $1,300!
F7YUB Vlogs That is never going to happen you only have 4K
@@Bitrey hey man,please dont worry everything you see.You have just seen western propaganda.As North Korea is closed country for informations,you cant know informations about GDP and stuff!
Luckily, she was from rich family. Average North Koreans wouldn't be able to save up 10k in their entire life!
What are you going to buy with 10k when your culture isn’t based on buying expensive items with no actual use?
@@ProdbyPicassoPazzo Food? Shelter? Y'know, the basic essentials of life?
@MiG-23 they never get any money for working in their home country, but only food rations, housing, and clothing. That’s why many of them are enticed to be sent over to work in Russia for a term. There they work for up to 20 hours per day, for which the Russians pay a RUB 500 ($7) daily wage. Out of this, half is paid directly to the North Korean government and a half to the worker. With this little money, they can afterwards afford to provide something other than necessary for their families. But they most likely will buy food with the money bc the food rations given are very small and most people living there are starving
@MiG-23 yes which is why starvation in the DPRK doesn't exist
Umar Yuldashov average north korean gets $3-5 PER MONTH!!! that is $60 per year
Nara: in 2015 she escaped north korea Me: in 2015 i escaped iraq ( thats a true fact )
im happy for you idk whats life like there but i imagine it as a prison, i hope you live a happy life from now on
Jada Amolato not really just some bombing sounds and stuff like that yaknow pretty normal and scary for them
My mom also did it in 1991
yess!! congratulations!! i’m happy for you
Why did u escape Iraq?
So much respect for her. I’d love to learn more about how people escape North Korea and their experiences integrating in to new cultures.
I Cant Even Swim 5 meters and She Could A River
Oh i cant even swim 1 meter
@@ji276 🤣😂
I can't even swim
I swim 14 meters
I swim 100 meters (swimming competition)
Kim Jong Un officially disliked this video
😂
TheBluePC 5 I have 1 big dream, that’s to reach 1million subscribers. Become part of my journey and turn on 🔔
I actually loved this video
Hey stop u fake Kim
@@F7YUBVlogs can you stop fucking promoting your channel
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You're right sir, it's obvious a lot of people remain poor due to ignorance It's better to take risk and make sacrifices than to remain poor.
It's not ignorance but due to some unprofessional expert in the market.
Just joined you last week. Thanks to you, it seems like I will be able to travel to every country in the world. It is nice to see things through your perspective, Drew. I really enjoyed your videos a lot. Keep doing an amazing job!
I Like North Korean People But not their government 😠
👍
duh
Sure
Wrong
@J C At Least American Government is better than North Korea Government Capitalism > Communism
I love how South Korea's government and people accept north koreans in their country, and give freedom to live
@@lalalund5515 it's completely different world. They basically have relearn everything. But there are many NK refugees who are very successful.
But kim no haha
why not?they are the same people in different worlds..same nationality same language
It´s like east and west Germany, back in the days.
@@lalalund5515 is it
I wanted to hear more about the family she left behind.
She said she was in contact with them, which surprised me. I thought if someone escaped, the rest of the family would be sent to a labor camp. Maybe the $10,000 she paid covers getting the authorities to look the other way?
@@wasabista1613 yes if you escape you family would be sent to labor camp and be torured and killed, but not messeseraly cause if you escape un noticed goverment Will never know i gues.
She's so beautiful ❤️
Ok and?
Beautiful without surgery.
Imagine Kim Jong Un searching on KZhead "Escape from North Korea"
To bring them back 😂😂, but it's actually sad and he is not allowed cuz the ppl who escaped are now south koreans
Ahhhhh lol
@@drop9930 But what if he catched the families of those who escaped🤷♀️There's jail for them keeping it a secret
@@k-al2655 Actually, there are over 30,000 NK defactors so they can't kill their family otherwise there'll be no people left in NK. Also, it's impossible to find out which family since there are too many defactors. And most defactors have changed their names so their old names are unknown. Nobody knows it so it would be hard to find their family.
@Shimmy Shai oh yes lulz
Subtitles : (Speaking Korean) Me : Ah shit That's Deep
Lol
Lol
Lmao
찬방 you korean?
@@AhmedAlJammali nah my guy he/she is just a 14 year old k-pop stan or someshit like that
I'm so proud of such great people
She’s beautiful and courageous! I’m glad that she was able to escape to live more freely.
She was so brave to escape the country 😱 swimming in a river???!!!! I am sure she is happier in South Korea because we all need money to have more freedom
erm my grandpa swam in the sea like between the shenzhen and hong kong sea i was liek wow but dis like oml i thoght nobody will ever escape northkorea to deahanmingook(south korea)
River is Only way escape that country or if you have a daring heart You can escape like that soldier who ran from international border
Honestly she had it much easier than most because she had the wealth to pay to be able to cross the average person from north korea would literally be put in jail and starved and if they tried multiple times they would be killed and sometimes even killed in front of their community I mean it’s still brave for sure but nothing compared to what most escapees from NK have been through
Travel With Mansoureh Did you know in North Korea if you escape your family for example you mom,dad,sister they will go to jail forever she is not s hero but still
It is brave for her to let her family die or stay in jail forever
Why is that.. When she's speaking in Korean there's no subtitle... But there's subtitle when they're speaking English 🙄
Turn on ur captions 😑
@@stef4516 they dont understand her
Lisa Ariyosa maybe because the editor doesn’t speak Korean you fucking idiot?
Elijah Mckenzie maybe there’s a thing called translator you fucking idiot?
The editor probably doesn’t understand either
Look at her smiles and laughs. I could say she's really happy now to have her own freedom
When she said "(Speaking Korean)" I felt that
She's a spy from division 11 (kdrama addict can relate to this😂)
Crash landing on you, yeaaaa
I watch it too😂
HHAHAHA😂
Hahahahahahha. Must be crash landing on you
I work there... My boyfriend is a Captain...
She had access to 10k, gets away, possibly killing all her family but they can just call back home? And says she feels more free in the North. Weird
Collin Likely from a privileged family. She said she worked less in North Korea, which likely means she lead a luxurious life, plus she had 10000$ in the pocket to pay, which are a lot in North Korea.
10k usd is HUUUGE in North Korea and she’s from a very rich and noble family. Ofc her family has no problems
She is from some very top richest families in North bc alot of families there work 20h a day and get only 60$ a month. Some people don't get paid money at all just one serving of food a day.
@@inksuu1D how do you know that?
She's rich in North Korea, but more of a normal person in South Korea.
Recently discovered your channel and have been binge watching it and the episode with Yoemi came on. This is the most horrible and best (bittersweet) thing I have ever seen in my entire life and I am so happy for Yoemi! I am horrified with what she went through but I am so happy that she made it. I am crying with happiness that she can tell her story with so much conviction and strengrh. What a strong and intelligent woman with absolute determination and NO FEAR!
Imagine having $10 000 USD in North Korea. Sounds like their 0.1%
Not really
Yes she is rich.
I’m imagining having $10k in Australia...
@@FlatTire lol. Imagine having $10k in America
The cost is money provided by the Korean government. Everyone is coming to Korea like that.
So Kim is basically like Voldemort
Lol I was thinking the same. " You cant say his name"
but...but kim jong un have nose
MAKCIK BAWANG lmao
Hahaha really man ...
@@makcikbawang798 So he's Voldemort before trying to kill Harry
She has such a beautiful smile!
she is very kind it seems!
Not long until she got killed by north korea kidnapper
And rest of his family starve in prison
@@YugoGTI95 there a chance
@Blessica M no
The translator messed up at 2:53 when he says that Nara thinks that South Korea is really hard and she moves fast when what she was trying to say was that in South Korea there is more of a hustle-bustle type of lifestyle and in North Korea there isn't that much of that hustle going on in the cities. Get your facts right, translator.
She's so brave girl.... Salute you and enjoy your rest of the life 💜❤️💙
the way the subs are (speaking korean) when she speaks instead of putting the translations directly when she speaks SENDS LMAOOOO
IKR. It was super annoying. Especially the guy wasnt speaking proper english anyway so whats the point
The translator needed screen time.
Excatly
@@tejmandal6644 he's not doing a good job at it too though, some important bits were lost in translation
*Kim Jong Un would like to know your location.*
Tilted Pepe I know everybody location at all times
@@kimjongun7257 *PREACH*
You’re stupid Kim
Yes pleae
@@kimjoungun3015 spell it correctly!
It’s good to hear from an escapee that was from a rich North Korean family after hearing many from the poor family ones. It just makes this video special
Very courageous young lady God richly bless her abundantly & God willing one day she can meet her family and friends again
Says a lot about North Korea when someone has money and leaves.
23 likes
Yup
She said she left because she longed for freedom.
Jocelyne Tejada yeah but is it illegal to escape north korea, like is kim john un gonna any thing bout it
well rich north koreans are the most ware of how it is in south korea so of course some want liberty, but imagine just a normal citizen , he would not want to have "liberty" cause he doesn't know what it's like
Exactly 1000 views, balanced as all things should be
Thanos says
Keeping things balanced didn't work out. Will have to eliminate everything and build a new on the ashes.
Haha xD
Lol
The force of the Ying and the Yang.
Very inspiring story
It's glad to see her being happy
who is here after crash landing on you?
Lol is it that bad? 😅
Wat
@@ges105sb6 it's a korean drama about a girl accidentally going into North Korea
I am planning to watch it. How is it? I am new to kdramas. My favorites are Are you human too and W-Two World's but I don't like My Father is Strange.
my parents watch it
Hi Drew Binsky! I love your videos so much
His vids are epic
( Writing in korean )
Nara is so cute, and Hope her will keep going then has a colorful life in South Korea.
I hope her family is safe!!
2019: Nada escaped North Korea.. 2035: Jung un's children escapes North Korea
2040 Jung Un kills his children
She's Nara
Evan Leong did you get your profile pic from theodd2sout
@@jirivalenta6382 shikamaru
3000: *THE END*
The good thing is Nara wasn’t hurt or injured.
They probably jailed all of her family tho
Except all her family are most likely in prison. But you know
@@diocanaja idk if it's just me but she didn't seem to be worried about her family that much..
DBA ye either her family has no worries because they have close ties which make them rich (maybe they thought, why would we get rid of a useful asset for a useless citizen) , or she is selfish and cruel because she said North Korea was easy and didn’t require as much work
Spartan Qwop she said she calls them so I don’t think they’re in prison. Maybe they’re rich enough to escape imprisonment/death
Woww.... Brave girl ❤️❤️❣️ lots of love to her
I understood every word she said, Thankyou SUBTITLES
She's beautiful naturally beautiful 😍
Urmm r u sure after live at south korea, she not do any surgery? Because she rich
pe gra yes
the black swan mv had me dead thank you yes but not all of u are handsome n beautiful.. every country got own beautiful face
She has not tainted her face with make-up which takes it’s toll on many women.
Para Bamba she’s wearing a lot of makeup in this though?
I bet shes considered as epitome of beauty in South korea now
Probably not. The type of jaw that she has is considered to be very beautiful in the west, but is very disliked in South Korea. I personally think she's gorgeous though ❤️
Haha.. Her beauty is still not at the korean standard
I'm basically simping again😶
@@rl381 So, plastic surgery beauties are more beautiful according to beauty standard of South korea. Did your comment mean this?.
I’m a 24 male from south korea and I think she is pretty.
Wow the captions are really helpfull (Speaking Korean)
Glad you made it girl
Good for her hopes she lives a long life and enjoys it
Justin Y. Anotha One
Cricket Lagan shut up that means ur everywhere too idiot!
I just saw you in a PewDiePie video.
Her family : you little piece of sh-
Why do I get a feeling that she's a North Korean spy.
Yea what average N. Korean has 10k with them
What is wrong with you? These people coming from there are scared and risk their life and family to leave that country just to come here meeting prejudice like these ! NK is a very very poor country and obviously she came from a very rich background which allowed her to go that far as leaving her country. She was privileged and used that to save her and he rmother from that terrible destiny and you are here insulting her. Good job
@@MrsYouAnni it's just some of the things in her story just doesn't add up I hope that I'm wrong.
ItsMe Annika while leaving North Korea with her mother she leave the rest of the family to suffer how it’s that any good?
Same feeling here
This is really inspiring ❤️
Bless Nara
Additional translation : 0:46 : And why did you leave North Korea? Nara : I was living well when I was in North Korea, but I just wanted to enjoy freedom. (So that's why I did decide myself to escape from North Korea)
Did you escape too?😯
@@coolguy3848 No. I think that guy's from S.Korea
These are some great subtitles especially the part where it says “Talking in Korean” that part was very well put together
True 😂
Congrats nara
Great video and experience
To all the people who are like "She left her family to die" you can't drag your whole family. I'm pretty sure the rest of the family want the best for her. You need to make sacrifices in order to survive.
She escaped North Korea Me: finds it hard escaping my classroom
I just walk out of the class giving no fcks lel 😂
Her smile is charismatic n cute☺️
She's very brave..and inspiring.. That's nice..
The translator's leaving somewhat crucial parts out of her explanations....like how they're supposed to add a title to the leader's name instead of just mentioning it... What's the point of writing "speaking Korean" and having a translator if her words aren't being translated accurately? It was still interesting listening to her story though.
Yeah, her words are not well conveyed
Maybe because those titles don't really matter in English?
And that's a *FACT!*
The only word I understood is Annehasaeo which is Hello.
the person who edited the video doesn’t know korean
North Korean: we cant even mention his name (Kim Jong un) Other people: UPS, to late, there is million of Memes about him. This is one of the meme.
😁😁
Donald Trump: His people loves him (Kim Jong Un)🥴 Trump is so dumb to be a US President
@@technicalgaming6062 where is your 95 million subs go ?? Haha JK
Brave, resourceful - and drop dead gorgeous!!
Beautiful human this woman. Glad she made out. God Bless.
Such a pretty young lady. I'm glad she's happy and safe now.
TexasProud she didt think about her family tho
Her all family and kin are suffering now in North Korea
True. That bitch also used $10k just to escape, might as well help others there.
These people are paid by the South Korean government. They have an entire ministry dedicated to this
Suffering. More like publicly executed.
@@planetkc god, youre so naive
@@planetkc is whats down there truly in heat? OK. Good logic
Nara love you .. you really amazing
Interesting take
Wish you interviewed her with a professional interpreter actually interpreting what she is saying not the guy telling her story in his own words.
agreed
I know.. I can make Better subtitles than that and my English is not even that great.
It was amazing meeting her. Such an incredible story of her escaping North Korea! Very brave woman!
mr. phantom hey, I actually film with Drew a lot.
Hi Drew, I always watch your videos as I try to find as much info as possible before making any decisions of traveling to certain places. There was a time I wanted to visit North Korea to produce content for my channel as I do travel and adventures, but after watching many testimonials from defectors and people who got hurt by them, I totally and completely changed my mind. Keep up with the great content, this channel is awesome!
Good video 👍
aren't translators are supposed to work behind the cameras like the translation part is meant to be edited?-- so that Nara could speak like a normal human being with actual subtitles written below instead of *(speaking korean)* lmao it's confusing with the translator clips being added in. this isn't live so it's weird to see the 'speaking korean' title captions back to back 😂😭😭
idk, probably becaude the editor isnt korean.
Um if she speaks korean it dosent mean she isent a normel person
U r mad foolish 😑
DexSter Mapper editor is drew
The editor is lazy
She is brave, Indeed. I can’t even imagine doing what she did. She is special 👍
Awww her smile is really cute 3:50
I m happy for her ... Finally she is enjoying her life😊
Wow... thank you for editing so beautifully.🥰
놀새나라TV how are you rich? 😮 happy for you though
arar I'm not rich. I'm just working hard on the air.
놀새나라TV good to know. hope youre enjoying in SoKor
You are fake
@@canwegetsubswithnovideos8651 shes not fake lol
Nara thanking you for sharing your story. You are an inspiration to all! Drew, you are inspiring so many people by sharing inspirational stories.
She is doing her best👑
Nice job 👍👍
Drew based on your travel to north korea and stories what is your hones opinion on the country ps never stop making vids.
2020: Raid North Korea, we must save all those people
But we said that since North Korea existed
@Ashura_ but we already did it. . .
Area 51 memes are so irrelavent and unoriginal
They can't nuke us all
First of, they can't go on war. Second of all, we already have so many problems to solve for the global, for example, Australia wild fire, climate changes, how about solving them first?
"She wasn't happy with her life" Everybody else in NK are?
kim jong un and hher sister
Yes, indeed they are...
Me, now I'm living in Thailand after those hard time N I was adopted by one of the family in Southern Thai where the people mostly are from Malay descent.Thank Goodness.
@@faisonwaloh6912 I'm so happy for you
Salute to her courage
She’s so pretty haha ♥️♥️
3:54 that smile made my day
Power to you, Nara. Enjoy your life of freedom in South Korea.
Drew - Is fluent in Korean. Also Drew - Needs a translator and adds (Speaking Korean) on the subtitles.
강나라♡♡♡♡ Eyy haha I swear she's on every channel these days
She really was determined to live a new life
these defectors are amazing, they know their family are also at risk because of her escape. Admiration and the best of luck
Very brave girl .
I wonder when did she recognise that didn't have liberty.
What nationality are you? I am asking you because English is apparently not your mother-tongue.
Esther Rogers f Bmgjykyyy
Tom Conradson why do you care?
@@franklindameonbailey801 he wants the p*s*y i guess
Trust me if u are rich and powerful enough, all liberty and freedom are bullshit to u...
Drew more interview like this please, and longer!
Anneyong Haseyo, Wishes to Nara and her Family. Stay Safe...