This is Un A. The young woman shows in YouTube videos what life in Pyongyang looks like.
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It is intended to emphasize the advantages of the communist regime and culture.
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The young North Korean speaks English fluently.
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Kim Jong Un is always praised.
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She even recorded a song for all corona sufferers.
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Kim Jong Un modernizes his propaganda machinery and relies on YouTube vlogs. For a long time, state television news anchors were the only ones who advertised the communist regime extremely stiffly. Now the 36-year-old wants to make the ideal world in North Korea palatable to the West with the help of a relaxed and unexcited Youtuber.
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The channel is called Echo DPRK (DPRK stands for the official English name of the country: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) and has 8,210 subscribers. Since the launch in August 2017, the number of video views has mostly been in the four-digit range.
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Un A visits fertilizer factory and jogs through Pyongyang
The YouTube page has had a facelift since November. A young woman named Un A, who speaks fluent English and, unlike the TVwomen with hair-dryer hairstyles, looks relatively authentic in traditional costumes. In a video series, she moves through Pyongyang and presents the advantages of the city and the communist regime.
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No matter if a rice field, the fertilizer factory, that Kim had recently visited or a clothes shop with traditional costumes – Un A is everywhere. She jogs happily through the city and talks to students who are allowed to go back to campus after the semester break, which was extended due to lockdown.
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Song of hope in Corona times
The topic of coronavirus should not be missing either. In February, the Youtuber explained what measures Kim Jong Un had taken to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic. According to official figures, the Asian country counts zero confirmed cases.
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In another post, she dedicated a song to sufferers around the world. “The fact that we’re free of Covid-19 doesn’t mean we don’t see or hear the pain of others,” she said before singing the song into the microphone.
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Full stores are said to counteract Western reports
The videos are also intended to help “unmask” the Western media. In April the young woman visited a department store to check whether there was still enough food. This was after western media reported on panic buying in the country.
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The apparently hidden camera first leads through the aisles of a luxury supermarket. The full shelves are intended to convince viewers that everything is in perfect order in North Korea. Then she asks a customer if the prices have recently increased. “No, I didn’t notice,” replies the woman. “We always have enough stocks in stock,” says one employee.
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“I think fake news is the last thing we need in such a bitter struggle with Covid-19, and that’s another reason why we should stay vigilant,” concludes Un A. So far the video has been clicked over 25,000 times. (one)