Published 19:52 IST, September 26th 2019

North Korean Youtubers give a sneak peek into the isolated country

YouTubers from North Korea who are now refugees in South Korea are offering a peek of the country into the homeland of Seoul. 

Reported by: Manjiri Chitre
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YouTubers from rth Korea who are w refugees in South Korea are offering a peek of country into homeland of Seoul. YouTubers are talking about how rth Koreans live, eat and so on. Several YouTubers have launched ir own channels to tell ir stories from rth Korea or brocast culture and food with rest of world. While all mainstream outside media reports are talking about rth Korea's provocative measures like weapons, YouTubers are focusing on lighter subjects which mainly includes culture and thinking of rth Koreans. 

rth Korean refugees in South Korea

Reports suggest that more than 32,000 rth Koreans fled to South Korea and are living as refugees. main reason to flee country was to avoid political repression and poverty. Some of rth Koreans have started ir own YouTube channels in South Korea where y are offering a peek into lives of former. According to a news report, a rth Korean refugee YouTuber, Jang Myung-jin talks about rth Korean profanity, if y raise pet dogs, and wher re are any trans people in country. He has a two-year-old YouTube channel where he talks about rth Korea. According to reports, in one of his videos he says that " rth Koreans usually raise dogs, rabbits, pigs, and chickens, but to eir eat or sell to markets." He also said that calling someone a "baby born by a young female slave" is considered as a profanity in country. 

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About rth Korea

rth Korea is currently run by leer Kim Jong Un. government of country is run by a socialist constitution. country runs by within political system of rth Korea. Recently, rth Korea's leer  Kim Jong Un h me global helines with a provocative run of weapons tests and high-stakes nuclear diplomacy with President Donald Trump.

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Hate comments

Even though se YouTubers have a strong fan following across country and globe, y also receive a lot of hate messs. Some of comments re like "Go back to your own country". While some people are talking about ir escape stories from rth Korea, some people claim that se are just voices of South Koreans. People claim that se are "fake videos".

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Jaka Parker's Youtube channel

Jaka Parker, who is originally from Indonesia, is currently living in Pyongyang in rth Korea since 2012. Parker films rth Korea's culture, rare places, food and so on. He brocasts videos on his Instagram handle and YouTube channel. 

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09:45 IST, September 26th 2019