Those North Koreans are so crazy.

shit... this isn't even funny. It's depressing.

Look at those intersections. Only a regime as insane and deranged as the one in North Korea would place someone to direct the traffic in a place with so few cars.

It's sad.

Edit: And I would bet that's the busiest crossroad in all of Pyongyang.

Nice "translation"

"The giant umbrellas let the platform float safely to the ground"

Ok I call bullshit on that one, someone's seen to much Marry Poppins. That's never gonna wo...hold on, someone's at the door.

I RETRACT MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT, THE DEAR LEADER HAS INVENTED YET ANOTHER TECHNICAL MARVEL!

Yes, misdirect the enemy, because... the enemy will trust a North Korean traffic woman... yes...

That makes sense...

On a more shallow note, I guess I have a thing for North Korean traffic women.

Welcome to the world of pure propaganda. The truly sad thing about this is that the North Koreans actually believe that A)this actually works and that B)it will somehow protect the country in time of war. North Koreans are so brainwashed and sheltered from outside information that they literally believe anything the government tells them to believe. I feel sorry for the millions of people trapped under that regime.

I had to laugh at the metal shoes on the magnet part.

HAHAHAAHA come on, someone tell me this is some kind of joke/fake video... that CAN'T be real, someone took a video about whatever traffic crap, and made up those subs.

"Life doesn't get any better than that. I think I need a cigarette."

"I'm so excited to be part of this, I can barely control myself. I am going to pee any second now!"

*comedy

Invocations (comedy) cannot be called by Mandtis because Mandtis is not privileged - sorry.

>> ^Hive13:

Welcome to the world of pure propaganda. The truly sad thing about this is that the North Koreans actually believe that A)this actually works and that B)it will somehow protect the country in time of war. North Koreans are so brainwashed and sheltered from outside information that they literally believe anything the government tells them to believe. I feel sorry for the millions of people trapped under that regime.
I had to laugh at the metal shoes on the magnet part.


... Um, the subtitles are ...

F A K E !

Fakity Faking FAKE!

>> ^Hive13:

Welcome to the world of pure propaganda. The truly sad thing about this is that the North Koreans actually believe that A)this actually works and that B)it will somehow protect the country in time of war. North Koreans are so brainwashed and sheltered from outside information that they literally believe anything the government tells them to believe. I feel sorry for the millions of people trapped under that regime.
I had to laugh at the metal shoes on the magnet part.


You do realize that the "translation" is pure BS. I bet there are some North Korean government censors forced to watch YT videos such as these all day long while head-desking the whole time.

>> ^syncron:

You do realize that the "translation" is pure BS. I bet there are some North Korean government censors forced to watch YT videos such as these all day long while head-desking the whole time.

>> ^Sniper007:

Um, the subtitles are ...
F A K E !
Fakity Faking FAKE!


Clearly I didn't realize the fakeness here. I fail at joke comprehension today.

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Yeah, why the fake subtitles? I would love to know what's really going on here - the truth would be more interesting than someone trying to make a lame funny. I'd love to visit this kooky place before it crumbles.

Yah. The only sad thing about this is it's probably some viral fucking ad. I'm loath to go to Pyonyangtrafficgirls.com and find it selling a coke energy drink or something...

http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/

A Site dedicated to the Pyongyang Traffic Girls - It seems... ??

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9990/northkoreaisbestkorea.jpg

Can anyone find a legit translation of this or translate it so that we know what's actually going on? My bullshit meter kept going off, but then my "my god, they might actually be doing this" sense kept chiming in.

*lies

Adding video to channels (Lies) - requested by poolcleaner.

Oh, and *parody

Adding video to channels (Parody) - requested by poolcleaner.

This is ridiculous.

I know it's supposed to be a funny parody, but it reminds me how incomprehensibly insane that country is. It would be fascinating and scary to be in one of their heads.

>> ^Xax:

I know it's supposed to be a funny parody, but it reminds me how incomprehensibly insane that country is. It would be fascinating and scary to be in one of their heads.


Only the falling from the sky bit is parody; they really do simply have pretty women in uniform directing traffic rather than traffic lights. Insane, yes, but also sort of awesome.

More videos:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/pages-for-twitter/north-korean-traffic-girls-and.html

Actually, the korean translation is accurate, its the actors in this that are fake. Our great leader likes a bit of comedy occasionally.

This is so mind-blowing I'm going to pee any second now...

At first I'm thinking WTF?!? big time, but towards the end I realised that this is just a recruitment propaganda piece. I bet a lot of teenage girls or their parents would welcome such a glamorous opportunity to advance their lifestyle. As for the reality once they're signed up, guess it'll be like any other military training. I doubt they'll get to be dropped from the sky on a mobile traffic direction platform during their careers, in fact I doubt we'll be seeing common usage of those platforms if indeed we ever see them again at all!