North Korea and South Korea Compared

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Sign up for Brilliant FOR FREE by going to https://brilliant.org/MrBeat/ The first 200 people that go to that link will also get 20% off the annual Premium subscription. Thanks to Brilliant for sponsoring this video. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two Koreas. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Thanks to the AP Archive for use of additional footage. Also, a special shout out to Jacob Fridman for his help researching this episode. Helen's new channel about her dad (and mom)! Old Korean Dad Stories: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPaPk4cb0kCa8bWpSp49-aw Polymater North Korea statues video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHaILWPP33I Creative commons credits: Henrik Ishihara Globaljuggler Johannes Barre Michael Day Yeowatzup Kok Leng Yeo Uri Tours Republic of Korea Roman Harak TowerCard Joseph Ferris III Laika ac Clay Gilliland Sources/further reading: https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/north-korea.south-korea/demographics https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15292674 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15278612 https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-north https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-south/ https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/north-korea/south-korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea https://borgenproject.org/tag/poverty-in-north-korea/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0417-4 https://www.ft.com/content/0fd71f12-bf10-11e9-89e2-41e555e96722 https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/North-Korea/South-Korea/Environment https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/north-korea https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49346262 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17774210 https://borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-education-in-north-korea/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-southkorea-dmz-factbox/factbox-some-facts-about-the-dmz-separating-the-two-koreas-idUSKCN1TV071 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40273728 https://ourworldindata.org/covid-exemplar-south-korea I'm now on Cameo! https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. North Korea and South Korea Or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea Wait a second, North Korea is also called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea? Hahahaha that’s a good one. Anyway... Two East Asian countries on the Korean Peninsula that are opposite in so many ways. And yet, not that long ago, relatively speaking, they were just one country. Korea. Yeah this one’s gonna be lopsided, folks. I’ll start by showing you this, which many of you have probably seen before. One picture sums up so much, doesn’t it. Most already know South Koreans enjoy a much higher standard of living and much more freedoms, but in this video, let’s dig a bit deeper. That said, since North Korea is such a secretive country, there’s a lot we don’t know about it. But it’s difficult for North Korea to hide the fact that South Korea is doing so much better than it, based on a variety of factors. #northkorea #southkorea #geography