last month I showed you the most
depressing country I've been to North
Korea I show you their missiles their
soldiers and their people and that made
me five and many of you cry North Korea
is depressing
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but in the world there are two Koreas
not one so what about South Korea what
do people do there to answer that
question I visited South Korea and what
I saw there will make you unexpectedly
happy because it is unde oppressing just
look at the way they protest see if the
rest of the world protests get easily
violent they easily turn into riots and
clashes and weapons but not in Korea in
2018 I witnessed a rare Korean protest
and I was surprised by how peaceful it
was South Koreans went to the street in
the millions to protest against their
president using candles street parties
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flags and inflatable sharks not weapons
or violence and after a few weeks of
protests they succeeded
and the president was removed from
office peacefully this was a revolution
of handles to this day I am inspired by
their protests and I am even more
inspired by what they did 20 years ago
the following is another true story
in 1998 the Korean government was
running out of money they owed billions
of dollars in loans and the government
couldn't pay them back and that is when
the Korean people stepped in I kid you
not millions of citizens donated their
own money to the government they
collected their gold their necklaces
their rings and personal belongings and
gave them to the government voluntarily
so they could pay back national debt my
parents gave away three rings to save
the country from the national debt I
mean who would do such a thing for their
country not I not you but the Korean
people
they paid their national debt as a
community and 20 years later they've
built an amazing country with
world-class medical systems world-class
smart cities and world-class technology
companies that's why today there's a
little bit of Korean technology in your
pocket right now
at the end of the day North Korea is
still depressing but it can change and
it can become a country with peaceful
protests strong community and smart
technology one day
North Korea can be as good as South
Korea
see you next week
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you
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