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North Korea, which is becoming more isolated due to nuclear development, continues to try to improve its image through YouTube.
Recently, a new North Korean YouTuber has appeared, and Ahn Jung-sik, a reporter specializing in North Korea, delivers.
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Who do North Koreans like more, Ronaldo or Messi?
[North Korean: I like Messi.
Despite her age, her soccer skills are impeccable.]
This girl, who loves soccer, describes the daily lives of North Koreans with her fluent English skills.
[Yumi/North Korean YouTuber: I can't play soccer, but I love watching.]
This is a North Korean YouTuber who has been uploading vlog-type videos since June of last year under the title of 'Yumi's Space'.
Exercising at a gym in Pyongyang,
[Yumi/North Korean YouTuber: I'm out of breath even though it's not high speed.
I don't think I've been exercising for too long.]
I enjoy fishing,
[Yumi/North Korean YouTuber: Oh, it's fantastic.
It's the first fish I've caught since I was born.] I
also ride rides at an amusement park.
[Yumi/North Korean YouTuber: I'm going to ride this ride.
To be honest, I'm a coward.]
Through YouTube, which is familiar to people, daily life in Pyongyang is advertised as if it were like this.
North Korea is steadily strengthening external propaganda using YouTube, such as using child YouTubers.
[Li Su-jin/North Korean YouTuber: There were many happy things during the year, but there was a dream that I couldn't achieve.]
Because North Koreans cannot access the Internet, these YouTube channels are strictly for external propaganda.
It is far from the daily life of North Koreans who focus on self-reliance in isolation from the outside world, but it is a strategy to improve the image of North Korea in line with the new media era.
(Video editing: Oh No-young)