Can I Talk to North Koreans? (2020)

hello everybody so today we're going to talk about can I talk to your friends it's not Korea so I don't really know where this misconception came from that you can't interact with them alone through what I will say first is that it would be pretty difficult to go to a country and not have any interactions with you know called whether that be a smile or whether that be a full-on conversation both are ok so the first obstacle potentially stopping you from talking to local North Koreans is can you speak Korean this is something that I also struggle with in fact I've been learning Korean ever since I started working in the country but it's a very difficult language and I don't expect you to be able to speak it there are many people in North Korea especially in the city that can speak English and if they want to they will speak with you so you should not be entitled to think that they want to speak with you just like I don't think that everybody in the mountains to speak with me maybe you looking across a Korean when you're sitting in a local bar or a local restaurant sometimes I'm going before for example you could be sitting in a restaurant and there's a birthday party going on and I've been invited up to down everything in karaoke with the family and that always a really great experience however sometimes you'll be sitting on the other planning Metro of a subway and everyone singing songs you know he wants to talk to you that's just like when you're on the London Metro if I tried to speak to anybody on the run in the Metro they would look at me like you crazy you know sometimes people don't want to speak to you however there are many chances to interact with local Koreans one of the best times to do this and if you go on a national holiday for example the display no Koreans have the day off they look into the park for example if it's in summer they'll go to the park they'll have picnics they'll have a few beers they'll dance insane and one of my favorite moments it's a snap sitting with one of the old ladies who I've seen in the past a few times she'll remember their family dancing in the park and singing one of my favorite smoking songs with her so you can have interactions with local North Korean and the most important thing is if you will be with no three minutes as well don't forget that these are also Google Earth means but that English is great and they may be able to give you a good insight into the country these people are not there to be your government minders okay they're there to hope you have fun hope you enjoy your time in North Korea and also help you to understand the culture and that's why I think it's really important to chat with them and find out as much as you can about their lives about their country and they will be very happy to answer your questions so I hope that answers your question can you and try to live the North Koreans can you speak the answer is yes and especially so but it for today I need your question in the comment box below and I will see you next time [Music]