Post by haemjjji on May 17, 2020 14:44:13 GMT
Here's some background: "SBS TV Animal Farm" or in Korean, "SBS TV동물농장" is a popular series that began in 2001 from South Korea. They focus on cute videos of animals like cats, dogs, birds, etc. Here's their official youtube: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐. The channel is pretty cute and funny. All the videos have english subtitles if you want to watch! They also tackle more serious topics and help animals in need. They also have a second channel for longer videos called Kritter Klub, which you can find here: Kritter Klub
I'm a huge fan of Animal Farm. I remember there being an episode where they visited North Korea. They did an episode focusing on how dogs live in North Korea and how pets are different there. It was nothing bad. They interviewed a couple of people and their dogs and showed some pretty good footage of how parks look in NK! The only thing out of the ordinary was that a man yelled at them to stop filming and to put the cameras down. This was like in the beginning or middle of the video so it didn't really affect the rest of the video. Overall, it was a pretty normal episode but I can't seem to find anything about it online. I can't find the original video and I can't find any news on it. I can only assume it was taken down by the North Korean government. SBS is the Seoul Broadcasting System and it's a huge broadcasting network. I think North Korea wasn't happy with any footage of them being taken and threatened the company or even the South Korean government. I don't think any youtube upload would exist still but maybe a re-upload or maybe a copy of the full episode from the official broadcasting. Actually, I'm not sure if Animal Farm is still broadcasted on the air or if it's just now a strictly youtube series because I don't live in Korea and I don't watch the SBS, only the youtube channel.
Not really interesting as someone might think but it's pretty interesting to see the lives of North Korean citizens and their animals.