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(While top representatives from each country were convening at UN...)
(to discuss global peacekeeping and security,)
(despite the lack of any official recognition,)
(the self-appointed G's from around the world...)
(are convening for the peacekeeping and security of global youths,)
(hence the Non Summit Meeting.)
We shall begin the session.
I'm the Chairman of Non Summit Meeting, Jun Hyun-moo.
- I'm Secretary General Yoo Se-yoon. - I'm Chairman Sung Si-kyung.
We are Junyoosung!
(We welcome the group of representatives from each country.)
Various countries are participating...
in accordance with the topic for season two of Non Summit Meeting.
We welcome anyone who would like to participate in our debates, so please apply.
- Once again, we have new representatives on Non Summit today. - I'm excited.
This time, we have a representative from the continent of Africa.
This person is someone we know. The other person is a new person.
First, the representative of the Republic of South Africa. Please come in!
(He's Akeem Pedro, a visiting intern representative on Non Summit Meeting.)
- Long time no see. - It's been a while.
- Please introduce yourself. - Okay.
(Hello, my name is Akeem Pedro.)
(Right now, I'm a student at a university.)
(It is nice to meet everyone. Thank you.)
I am Akeem Pedro. I'm 28-year-old and I'm from Republic of South Africa.
Right now, I'm studying at Chung-ang university trying to get my Ph.D.
I'm studying construction management in the department of architectural engineering.
Everyone, let's all get along well.
- I don't usually look short next to a foreigner. - Yes.
- When I meet a foreigner, I confidently look into their eyes. - You look tiny.
- But as I look at him from the side, I really... - You want to lean on him, right?
We can't even lean on him because we don't reach his shoulders.
Stand next to him.
I only reach his armpit.
He can't even lean on his shoulder.
Why are you studying architecture?
Originally, I was interested in technological innovation.
- Technological innovation! - Yes, but construction safety is a huge global problem.
In order to solve that problem,
I am conducting research on technology.
So you came to study at our country, in which this field...
- is specialized and well-developed. - Yes.
- We will anticipate what you'll do. - Please take your seat.
It's a country we cannot leave out of Non Summit Meetings.
- China! - Please come out!
(He's Wang Xinlin, a Chinese visiting intern representative.)
(Hello, everyone. I'm Wang Shen-lin from China.)
(Currently, I'm in the Ph.D. course...)
(at Seoul National University's mechanical engineering department.)
(I'm very happy to meet all of you. Thank you, everyone.)
(Clapping)
- It was like there was no commas. - Now, please say it in Korean.
- My name is Wang Xinlin and I am 28 years old. - Wangsimni...
It's not 'Wangsimni' like the metro station.
- It's Wang Xinlin. - It's Xinlin.
It's Xinlin.
- But it is a name that people would want to make jokes out of. - Yes.
- It's a name you want to make fun of. - Yes.
- It's difficult to stop myself from making fun of it. - Wang Shen-lin.
I graduated from the department of electrical engineering...
at Dalian Jiaotong University in China.
Currently, I'm a student in the mechanical engineering department...
at Seoul National University.
- Wow, it's Seoul National University. - I'm in the Ph.D. course.
"I'm in the Ph.D. course, thank you."
(Congratulations on being in the Ph.D. course.)
Thank you. When I was a child, I loved talking so much...
that I entered the school's debate competition...
and even came in first place.
And so today, I'll show you what I got.
He studied Korean in China through self-study.
- He attained level six in TOPIK. - That's top level, right?
- That's amazing. - Level six is the highest you can get.
- How long did you study Korean by yourself? - It was one year.
- It was for only 1 year? - Yes, 1 year.
I like Korean dramas and music.
My favorite singer is Sung Si-kyung.
Didn't he talk like an AlphaGo just now?
- My favorite singer is... - Sung Si-kyung.
I shall say hello now.
He must have learned Korean through Google translator.
It's not easy for Chinese people to learn Korean, right?
- Right, it's not easy because the word order is different. - The order.
- It's way too fast. - And in Chinese, there are intonations.
That's why our sounds go up and down.
Then how did you get this good in one year? Did you just work very hard?
That's why I'm a student at Seoul National University.
- "I'm in the Ph.D. course, thank you." - Wow!
- Welcome. - Please take your seat. We'll be expecting a lot from you.
(Welcome)
(It's episode 106, and today's participating representatives countries are...)
(Guillaume Patry, Canada)
(Niklas Klabunde, Germany)
(Lucky, India)
(Mark Tetto, U.S.A.)
(Alex Mazzucchelli, Switzerland)
(Alberto Mondi, Italy)
(Aurélien Loubert, France)
(Zahid Hussain, Pakistan)
(Christian Burgus, Mexico)
(Wang Xinlin, China)
(Akeem Pedro, Republic of South Africa)
(Non Summit Meeting, a meeting of young men without borders)
This is Non Summit Meeting, which welcomes various opinions...
from all levels of society throughout the world.
- We now begin the official debate among G11. - Okay.
Now, it's time to hear the issues that Non-summit representatives...
- want to debate together. We'll hear various opinions on them. - Yes.
We'll debate on global issues as if they're side dishes we eat with our main dish.
Global Side Dishes Time! What's Important?
(Global Side Dishes Time)
Let's first hear what issue French representative Aurélien Loubert brought.
The labor reform bill recently became a big issue in France.
In a company with more than 50 employees,
sending e-mails outside of working hours...
must be negotiated between the management and employees.
The controversy is around this part of the bill.
What do you think about forbidding e-mails outside of working hours?
I introduce this topic for our debate.
To simplify this, it's saying don't send e-mails outside of work.
Everyone, what do you think? We'd like to hear your thoughts.
It's between "You can never send e-mails related to work outside of working hours."
Or "You cannot."
Press your button if you believe that employees should not.
Press your button in 1, 2, 3.
- "You can never send them..." - As expected, the French representative...
(For prohibition on e-mailing outside of work, 3 people agree and 8 disagree.)
You must rest on Sunday nights.
Right? If you don't rest, you won't work properly when you're at your job.
- You work well only when you're not too stressed. - Weekends are for rest.
If you have children, you must play and spend time with them.
If you don't do that, it can develop into a problem later on.
When this article was released, I immediately thought it must be from France.
The reason why Americans think this is typically French...
is because they insist on months of summer vacation and 40 hours of work per week.
However, employees in America don't end work according to the hours.
We believe we must work until the work is done.
- I mean, the job I have is the job I myself chose, right? - Yes.
- Right. - And each company has its own culture.
The working method is the company's own style.
If you don't like it, then you can just work at a different company.
- Mark, you're in the director position, right? - Yes.
Then you'll be the one sending e-mails, right?
- Let's say Director Mark sends an e-mail to an employee on the weekends. - Okay.
- But the employee didn't read it. - If he didn't...
"Director, it's Sunday. I'll check the e-mail on Monday."
I'd say, "Look for a different job."
(Director Mark the New Yorker is a heartless city man.)
(A different job? Or work?)
It's so scary. Just from not reading an e-mail he has to get a new job.
I'm only contacting him because it's an emergency, right? I'm also sorry as I do it.
- If it wasn't an absolute emergency, I wouldn't have contacted him. - Right.
But on very rare occasions, these things do happen.
Okay, let's ask Aurélien about this.
What would you do if this happened to you?
In my mind, since he is a good director...
and because he's a good boss, he would be nice about it.
- I'd say, "I'll do it for you just this once." It's an exception. - Not no?
"Just this one time, okay? I'll help you this once even though it's the weekend."
(He's shocked.)
- Actually... - But Mark's facial expression tells me he'd fire Aurélien right away.
Yes.
(Giggling)
For me, it's not that one should never send those e-mails...
but that it'd be better if they don't.
But isn't that something everyone would agree with?
- Preferably... - I'm saying, instead of making it a law...
it should be made into part of working culture and people can remember.
I think that would be much more effective.
- I don't think this should go so far as becoming a law. - It shouldn't be?
Of course, each company should have its own rules and regulations.
- Each director must also be sensible about it. - But they're not sensible about it.
It's a worse situation in Korea. But if I were to talk about France...
It's like this in Europe. It's the same in France and Italy. If a director...
called me or texted me on Friday night and ordered me to do a task...
most people would ignore it or not answer the phone.
Because if you did that, the director...
would see that and think, "Right, I shouldn't do that."
In Germany, if you send an e-mail related to work on the weekend...
- the employee doesn't have to read it. It's a law. - Oh, really?
- The law says you do not have to read the e-mail? - Yes.
- It's a human right to not read! - Yes.
- It's the right to not read and ignore it. - Yes, you have that right.
Anyways, it's not a problem at all even if an employee doesn't read it.
The boss also wouldn't ask the employee, "Why didn't you read it?"
- There's a car manufacturing company called "Daimler" in Germany. - Okay.
In this company, if a work e-mail is sent out during the weekend,
- there's a system that automatically deletes it. - Really?
- That's amazing. - Therefore, I don't think it needs to be prohibited by law.
- In Korea... - If all companies were like companies in Germany...
and treated this matter well, there'd be no need for such a law.
But there are so many people who are not like that. There's Mark, for instance.
- There's Mark! - To a junior employee...
And so, it's necessary for it to be a law.
What would happen if it became illegal? Would you have to pay a fee?
Let's say I accidentally sent an e-mail. And I think, "Oh no, it's the weekend!"
Come with me. Would that happen?
I'm sorry I sent that e-mail.
But just as you cannot force employees to work after they finished work,
I think you cannot send e-mails related to work during weekends.
But if there's an urgent emergency at the company,
it can be treated like overtime.
- Count it as overtime and give them more money. - Employees must be paid extra.
- E-mails outside of work is same as asking them to work more. - Right, it's work.
It should be made so that employees are not asked to work more for free.
If it's a laborer who works according to the number of hours,
that laborer can think, "Since I work by the hour, if I'm asked to work overtime."
- "I must be paid more." That's what's in the law as well. - Right.
But if I'm an executive who receives a monthly paycheck.
I should reply to the e-mails I received that are related to work.
China is similar to America in regards to this matter.
- What does our country have the most of? It's population. It's people. - Yes.
And so, there's a little bit of this mindset.
"The reason why I'm sending you this e-mail is because I need you."
"That's why I'm e-mailing you and so you should be grateful."
Could you remember to breathe as you speak?
- Calm down, calm down. - Breathe in through your nose.
So people should actually be grateful to receive an e-mail.
- Director, thank you for sending me an e-mail. - We have to feel grateful to him.
- I can't live without you, my employee. - It's a bit like a dating relationship.
If you don't want to do this,
just as it is in America, they'd say, "In a split second..."
"I can find a ton of people who'd do it instead of you."
There's this saying in China.
- What? - What did you say?
- Why is it so long? - It was way too fast.
- I only understood one part of the phrase. - What did you say? Say it again.
(Silence)
- Hyun-moo? - I didn't understand.
- What does that mean? This is what it means.
"It's difficult to find a frog with three legs..."
"but you can find a man with two legs anywhere."
- Wow! - So if you don't want to do this, I can fire you in a second.
- How in the world would you understand what he said? - It's impossible.
However, you could definitely say that to any ordinary person.
- But what if this person is a genius in his company? - Okay.
- There are employees that are essential to the company. - Sure.
- Would you say the same thing to such an employee? Tell him he's not needed? - Yes.
The employee would be told that without hesitation.
When you're born in such a huge country, you get used to this from a young age.
- The population is just so unbelievably huge. - Because it's so big...
your mindset is that there's always someone who could replace you.
This would differ according to whether you're an employee or businessman.
- It would also differ between mid-sized and major corporations. - It would differ.
It's because our country has businesses with Middle Eastern countries.
In those countries, their weekend is Friday and Saturday.
From our point of view, two weekdays...
are already spent without work. But if they also rest on Sunday,
- I don't know how people can earn money to live. - I see.
As I listened, I realized the situation is different for each country.
I think this is the problem.
The conclusion is that the working class...
receive a set amount of payment.
But if they are constantly asked to do work that's more than what they're paid,
- it causes discontent. - Right.
I don't know if it needs to go as far as creating a law for it.
I think the culture does need to change.
I think the director, on his own, should have the mindset...
- that he shouldn't ask his employees to work on weekends. - Yes?
- That's true. - But employees should also have the mindset...
- that they might have to work on weekends now and then. - Right, that'd be best.
- That's right. - It's true.
Actually, I don't think this is enough.
- Such a rule is necessary, but I also think... - Yes?
- that employees need to be guaranteed nap time during the day. - What?
In addition to resting during weekends?
It's just what one would expect from France!
(Happy)
This is what Aurélien is saying. And it's also the current trend.
Let's work with flexibility. In other words,
assign what they need to finish...
and then say, "Get it done in whatever way you choose."
If you do that, those who want to nap can nap.
Those who want to rest at night can rest at night.
Each person can work autonomously.
First of all, this became a controversy recently.
You cannot send instant messages to employees after they leave work.
It was proposed to be a bill and caused a controversy.
I think that would be the most problematic in group chat-rooms.
- Instant messages are the worst. - It's messaging about job tasks.
Research showed that this caused 11 hours of overtime per week.
- This... - With messages like, "Hey, could you please check this."
When I first began studying in Korea,
I was contacted several times by older students after I had finished work.
- I was also contacted late at night. - I see.
At first, I didn't feel good about this.
- You were contacted about work? - Yes.
A few months ago, my friend began the course for his Master's degree.
He was contacted by older students sometimes and worked into the morning.
He was so stressed from all this...
and he ultimately gave up studying for his Master's degree.
- Really? - Was he French?
For some people, if the time is not clearly established...
- they receive way too much stress. - It's true.
Do we have a group chat-room as well?
- Yes, we have one. - Why aren't we invited?
It's a chat-room made just for Lucky's messages. He texts constantly.
Lucky sends a message whenever he's bored. Last time,
he sent a message saying, "I didn't eat." After posting a picture,
When nobody answers after one minute he writes, "No one is answering".
(That's Mr. Lucky, the Boss.)
- I can imagine it. - Now...
But the reason why I say those things is...
- Were you lonely? - I...
- In the subway? - I mean...
I have a bed in one of the rooms in my office.
I also turned one of my rooms at home into an office.
- This is... - So you also work at home and...
- sleep in the office. - It's because it's so hard to make a living these days.
(Lucky...)
Even if my life isn't happy,
- I'm doing it to see if everyone else is happy. - I see.
- If you don't... - Why do you have to bother us?
- Exactly. - What does a selfie have to do with making a living?
Do you feel disappointed when nobody replies to what you post?
Well, no. I don't feel disappointed. I'm just saying...
- He's trailing off. - "I don't care."
Mark, I heard you always ignore the messages.
- You are famous for that. - Well, I...
Korean culture is... There are too many chat rooms.
- People type things too fast. - That's right.
There's nothing urgent. If it's an emergency people would call me.
And I believe this is the polite thing to do.
When I'm having a meal with someone, I just take out my phone and do this.
- To be respectful. - I want to focus on the person in front of me.
He does this for a woman. - Yes, so...
- A woman? - For a woman.
- Not just for woman... - Since we brought this up, I want to say something.
- In Korea, a chat room usually has about 10 or 20 people at most. - Right.
- In India, since the population is huge... - Oh!
I have a group of friends from middle school.
- Ring, ring. - How many are there?
- Ring, ring. - Ring, ring.
- One group chat room has like 150 people. - Oh my.
Then it's always...
- What do you people talk about? - The messages would keep piling up.
When I wake up in the morning, there are over 2,000 messages.
How can you check all of those?
In China, there are lots of people...
- and it's hard to type in Chinese. It takes a long time. - Yes.
So, I'm sure you must've seen it, too.
- In Myeongdong, Chinese people often share voice messages. - Voice messages, right.
Yes. So when there is a meeting, the messages just pile up.
But you can't tell what they're about by looking. You have to listen to them.
Oh, I see. If there are like 20 voice messages...
- Listening to voice messages. - You would have to listen in that order.
- Do you keep listening? - That must be hard.
I have a chat room with my high school friends.
People keep posting things like poems.
- It's so... - You have someone like that, too?
- Yes, a lot. - A poetry room.
- In Pakistan, poetry... - Someone posts poems...
(They share poems in the chat room.)
- I never had those things. - Pakistani poetry rooms.
But I heard people often post weird and useless rumors and things...
- in those group chat rooms about old school friends. - Rumors.
And your bosses often post thing like the 10 things to do.
- "The 10 things to do in life." - "A beautiful picture."
"How the traffic fine changed."
- They post things like those. - Acrostic poems.
- Outdated jokes. - Why do they like those?
I guess they want you to read them. "It's information I know, so read it."
- You know, I own an advertising company. - Right.
I also hold discussions in chat rooms often.
What's amazing is that, there are times...
when we hold meetings in the chat rooms.
When we do that, only the managers talk.
- The employees don't respond. - The employees?
We don't say anything to them about it, but...
- This is... - They don't need to.
- They feel like it's extra work. - Work.
Work hours are long in Korea. That's why this became an issue.
According to the OECD statistics in 2014,
the overall annual work hours of workers over age 15...
was 2,124 hours for Korea. Mexico was first place...
at 2,228 hours.
- Germany had the shortest work hours at 1,371 hours. - There's always a reason.
- Pardon? - When they work,
- German people work hard. - Do you think we don't?
- No, I mean... - We work hard and long.
- It's true. Hard and long. -But if you work hard for a long time,
you eventually lose your concentration.
Then the work takes longer and you don't have time to rest.
- And you'll be tired the next day. - Right.
- I wish the managers would think like him. - You lose concentration even more.
Working efficiently...
- like in German is better than working longer. - Right.
Well, then.
- I heard a similar law was proposed in Korea. - I see.
Whether it gets enacted or not isn't important. The fact that it was brought up...
would change the way people think.
The company and the employees need to work together to find an efficient way.
Let's talk about the topic from Canada. Guillaume?
- Okay. - Recently in Canada,
they passed a law allowing euthanasia.
Now, when a patient with an incurable disease...
finds the pain too much to bear,
the patient can get help from the doctor by expressing his or her will...
to get euthanasia. It's raising controversies.
So, everyone. What do you think...
about the euthanasia law? I would like to propose this topic.
Well, an euthanasia law that was passed in Canada.
If you are against it, press the button. In 1, 2, 3.
Press it. Stretch out your arms.
(Voting for and against Canada's euthanasia law)
Let's say my grandmother was sick.
Let's say, we decided on euthanasia a week ago...
because there was no cure.
Then 1 or 2 weeks later, a cure was found.
People are always researching, so it's possible.
- But... - Wouldn't that be so disappointing?
Then, if someone is in a coma...
If a person is in a coma for months, he or she is like a dead person.
What Nik is saying is that, if someone is in a coma...
and we just decided on mercy killing them.
- I think that's wrong. - But, for the person in pain...
if he or she has to keep living like that, wouldn't that be too painful?
But, maybe this is because of a cultural difference.
In Pakistan... You know, we believe in Islam.
Our religion teaches that if a person is sick,
God will forgive his or her sin.
So, no matter how much pain a person is in, if he or she tries hard until the end.
People don't give up because of this belief.
Not many people want euthanasia.
- Because it's like giving up your repentance. - Yes.
Religiously, they might say that it's not a natural death.
- But now... - But, if there was no cure...
and there were no hospitals, the person...
- would have naturally died. - But, now...
You know, mercy killing is called euthanasia in English.
In Greek, the word means...
"Good death". Like a good death.
It's the same in India. In Hinduism,
people believe in reincarnation. A person lives and dies.
He or she is supposed to die naturally. Choosing to die with the help of medicine...
or a doctor is religiously wrong.
But there was a legal case in 2011.
A woman was hospitalized for over 20 years.
She filed a suit, saying that she wants to die.
It wasn't legal,
but they listened to her story and consulted the doctors.
This is... In English,
there's this thing called a "slippery slope".
It literally means a slippery slope.
In this case, people might think it's okay to start from here.
But how far will we have to go before we can stop?
For example, let's say I'm sick.
Let's say it's okay if I'm very sick. But later, someone...
might say, "Because I'm so depressed." "Because I'm so emotionally hurt".
"So, I want to die". What I'm saying is...
- It's ambiguous. - That's...
(Netherlands is trying to allow euthanasia for people who are tired of living.)
(Netherlands recently allowed euthanasia for a victim of sexual abuse.)
I think that's committing suicide.
So, where to draw the line is very...
- ambiguous. - What about incurable diseases?
But, just like how nobody can live your life for you,
nobody can suffer my pain and sorrow for me.
- So I have to endure everything by myself. - Yes.
Then, why can't I just choose to stop living?
- That means it's okay to commit suicide. - No, suicide...
- Before you make the choice, medically... - If it's just up to you...
You need medical proof.
If the person doesn't have depression, but wants to die,
- then it's up to him or her. - You’re saying it's different from suicide.
I'm against euthanasia.
There is a difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide.
- What are the differences? - Right.
Assisted suicide means that the person wishes to die.
Euthanasia is, for example,
- the doctor chooses to kill. - Doctor decides.
Like when a person is unconscious and in a coma.
Like when the person cannot regain consciousness.
- The family might decide for him or her. That's... - That's euthanasia.
different from a person choosing for himself or herself.
- Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, right? - Yes, it is.
I heard lots of foreigners to there.
- Right. - To commit suicide?
To commit suicide... Yes.
- Assisted suicide. - It's assisted suicide.
(They even call it "Suicide tourism".)
Amongst Swiss organizations that can carry out assisted suicide...
is Dignitas. Foreigners often visit it.
Up until 2014,
a total of 1,900 people chose to die through assisted suicide.
Amongst those people, only 8% of them were Swiss.
The rest were all foreigners.
But most of the people actually came from Germany.
How can they allow foreigners to do it?
Dignitas' motto is, "Live with dignity, die with dignity."
- Their motto is? - Yes.
Assisted suicide...
isn't that easy. You need to follow the procedure.
- What kind of procedure? - It must be complicated.
Yes, it's very complicated. I looked into it.
You must have an incurable disease.
You have to write your will and choose the date for your death.
Choosing the date must be very stressful.
- And... - "Should we choose Thursday?" It's scary even to think about it.
And the person has to take the medication own his or her own.
- Oh, so it's not given by someone else. - Right.
- Nobody does it for you. You have to do it yourself. - By your choice.
That's why it's called assisted suicide.
In Switzerland, they even record you on video.
- The police... - Right, because it might become a murder.
- Right. - Yes.
The reason why they record it...
is to confirm that the patient took the medication on his or her own.
The police checks the video.
I heard the suicide rate dropped.
- On the contrary... - Yes, that's true.
According to a research by Dignitas,
amongst the people for whom the doctors approved assisted suicide,
- about 80% of them give up. - They give up.
I heard that you get punished if you get caught while attempting to commit suicide.
That's correct. Committing suicide is unfortunate, too.
But if someone fails while trying,
he or she might be sentenced to jail for up to one year.
If someone tried to commit suicide, shouldn't you try to comfort the person?
- You punish them? - Of course, lots of Indian laws...
were made by the British back in the 18th century.
So lots of things do need to change.
- This law was made 150 years ago. - Right.
So there are lots of political controversies over what to do with it.
You have to go to prison or pay a fine in Pakistan, too.
Because committing suicide...
Killing yourself is still killing someone.
So people think of it as a bad thing.
- Pakistani laws are similar to Indian laws. They're made by the British. - Right.
There is something much better than euthanasia.
- What is it? - If you're very sick with an incurable disease,
then you can freeze your body.
- If you freeze your body... - Cryonics?
You can freeze yourself. If you do that,
and if people find a cure a few years later...
or something, you might be cured.
The first person who wanted to freeze himself was an American.
That was Walt Disney. Disney... - The President of Disney.
He was the president.
- But he didn't write it in his will. - I see.
His relatives thought it was a joke.
- Oh, me. - So they just cremated him.
But one year after that, the first cryonaut appeared.
In the U.S.
It must have cost a lot.
- About $230,000. - It costs $230,000.
Money means nothing when you die.
- Should we talk about freezing yourself? - Yes.
Preserving your body by freezing even if it costs $230,000.
Will you do it or not? Will you freeze yourself or not?
Okay, those who would vote yes raise your hands. In 1, 2, 3.
(I'll choose cryonics even if it costs $230,000.)
- I'll freeze my body. - Just two people?
What would be your reasoning for this?
Is it because you're curious about the future?
Or because you're afraid of death?
I just don't want to die.
Afraid... I am afraid of it. Who wouldn't be?
Somehow, I can imagine Guillaume frozen naked body.
It's too... I think it'd be too painful.
If I don't have enough money,
I'll give up the body and just freeze my head.
Then later, they must be able to make me a new body.
What do you mean just your head?
- They have it. - It's possible.
They can just transplant the head.
They preserve your brain in a healthy state.
- That sounds possible. - A little...
There actually was a person who did that.
A very famous writer believed this.
They cut her from here to here, and this part is being preserved.
The rest of her body is in China.
- It's a head transplant. - Yes, later...
She left her body in China.
- Only her head is in the U.S. - But...
The head would know where her body is.
Yes, so when technology develops further in the future,
they can not only thaw her head,
but also make her a new body.
I... There are so many Chinese people.
But there is only one Wang Xinlin.
If I can preserve myself well,
I think I can contribute greatly to humanity.
- As data? - Yes, as data.
There's only one Wang Xinlin.
You have a great love for yourself. Wang Xinlin.
- "I'm doing my Ph.D." - Thank you.
- If so, which year do you want to be reawakened in? - Yes.
I want to be reawakened in a time when I don't have to learn foreign languages.
- When would that be? - Do you mean everyone would speak Chinese?
Yes, if...
So that's what he's imagining.
You're imagining that China is going to conquer the world!
It's their characteristic. It's Sinocentrism.
But that future might be a lot worse than now.
- Yes, right. - Isn't that scarier?
Then I'll choose again.
Wouldn't it be so sad to reawaken later?
It wouldn't be the world you remember.
- All your loved ones will be gone. - Right.
- They're gone. - Let's say you're reawakened.
It's a new world, there is nobody that you know, and you'll be an old man.
If you have time to worry about that, exercise instead. If you want to be healthy.
Hyun-moo, don't talk about exercising to someone else.
I'm good at talking about someone else.
(Who is he to tell me to exercise?_
Okay. There are still lots of controversies over euthanasia.
I think we need a cautious guideline for it.
We talked about many issues. We'll be back next week with "What is So Important?"
- Should we invite today's non-representative? - Yes.
This person can make people laugh by singing. He's like Kim Heung-gook in his 30's.
- Yes, he sings all the way to his head.- They look different.
- He's handsome. - Yes.
But he has videos of epic failures. He's the maker of singing puns.
The amazing SsamJa. Don't you know SsamJa? It's Min Kyung-hoon!
(The 106th Korean Non Representative is Min Kyung-hoon.)
(Confused)
He's not very sharp, is he?
- Hello. - Okay.
- Guillaume Patry. - Hello.
- Hello. I like Starcraft. - Thank you.
- Were you his fan? - Oh, yes I was.
- Is everyone not sitting down? - Let's sit down.
He's so distracted.
(Everyone sits down.)
(He's still confused.)
Recently... Actually, it wasn't recent.
I've never seen so many foreigners...
in the past 10 years.
- Go travel overseas. - Yesterday,
I was watching an American drama at home.
I thought you were the people from that drama.
(We guess that's a compliment.)
Well then, you need to introduce yourself.
Yes. Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Min Kyung-hoon. I'm in Buzz.
You need to explain about Buzz.
Oh, Buzz is a band. Yes. I'm in it.
- Does anybody know it? - The atmosphere is so...
I know "You Don't Know Man."
- Really? - Yes.
I saw soldiers singing it together.
- Yes. - Singing it together?
- Yes. - I see.
Is "Knowing Bros" funny? You manipulate Kang Ho-dong on the show.
- You were on it recently. - I was.
- You were? - I was completely destroyed.
- It must be a scary show. - It's not.
I was surprised because Min Kyung-hoon used to be uncomfortable with variety shows.
But he's the second-in-command of that show.
- He used to be quiet and shy. - I don't talk much.
He used to not say anything when he was on "Hidden Singer" with me.
- He didn't talk... - But I realized talking is fun.
Ho-dong changed him completely.
I think it helps to relieve stress...
a bit. It does help a little.
He manipulate Ho-dong.
To be honest, other people think about...
how they might run into Ho-dong on a different show.
- I don't think about that. - "I don't have to see him again."
- You don't have to meet him again. - And...
- We won't see each other. - He and I...
- won't do... - Other shows together?
- I never thought that I'd be on a different show with him. - So...
- You think of each day as the last day. - In a way, yes.
Anyway, as the Son of JTBC...
- Min Kyung-hoon, the rising star. - Of variety shows.
- We shall begin the 106th Non Summit Meeting. - Yes.
Min Kyung-hoon said he brought his own topic.
My topic is, "I want to have a new nickname."
"Am I abnormal?" That's the topic.
- Your nickname is SsamJa, right? - If so,
Let's make a nickname for Min Kyung-hoon.
We call it that too.
- Frogs? - Frogs.
When we make fun of Germans, we call them zucchinis.
(Fun blast)
Isn't that too harsh?
Do you have any past events you want to forget about?
(My eyes!)
(The embarrassing past are revealed!)
- What? - All the way.
Dark times in history. Things you want people to forget.
For 140 years, racial discrimination was severe in Canada.
Slavery. This is a shameful...
- The sexual assault in 2014. - That was shocking.
So it was shocking for the Indian people too, right?
Covering it up won't fix anything.
- Your nickname is SsamJa, right? - I don't know why it's SsamJa.
- Really? - There's a famous story behind it.
Some time ago, during a live broadcast,
the lyrics for the first verse was "You don't know man"...
and the lyrics for the last verse was "You don't know love".
But I ended up mixing those two up.
- So I said, "You don't know SsamJa". - "You don't Know SsamJa".
- That... - Let me show you.
(Playing the video that shows how he got the nickname.)
(Why don't you know Why can't you see the)
(Ssamja who will protect you)
That's more than 10 years ago.
You became the SsamJa.
- But... - I only did that once.
- What are you talking about? - Once?
That was the only time.
This says you made many mistakes on stage.
- Really? - Yes.
- In the past... - Here it is.
(When you regret it)
This is a famous song.
You and I... Gosh, I forgot it!
What is he doing?
Excuse me? Were you singing in a karaoke room?
- Was that in a karaoke? - No, but I was...
- There were so many live singing shows. - That's true.
Everything was broadcast live.
So I couldn't do anything about them.
- This is a refreshing topic. - Yes.
"I want to have a new nickname. Am I abnormal?" will be the topic of today.
(Starting debate)
But it's not something you can call abnormal.
"No, you are SsamJa!"
- If you think that... - "Just live with SsamJa."
- Should we press the button? - Yes.
If you think it's abnormal... If you think he should be SsamJa,
"You can't change your nickname. You will be SsamJa even when you turn 80."
- If that's what you think, press the button. In 1, 2, 3. - That's it.
They're being serious.
From the perspectives of your countries.
Switzerland and Mexico believe...
- he should be SsamJa forever. - SsamJa.
That's what they're saying.
- Alex, why did you press it? - I think most celebrities don't have nicknames.
- I think he should be proud. - It's rather...
- It's his characteristic. - Characteristic.
It's not something negative. I think it's cute, so he doesn't need to change it.
You don't make your own nickname.
Other people look at you and think of your characteristics...
to give you a nickname. I think it's very meaningful.
So, I think you shouldn't change it so easily.
- That's how people... - What does SsamJa mean for him?
- That he's dim-witted? - It means people care about you.
If it's okay to change your legal name,
why can't you change your nickname?
So I think you can change it.
Aren't you being too serious?
- Let's have a debate. - Yes.
And I think you can try and change your own impression.
- A different impression. - But it's like a stigma.
People don't call me by name often.
- It's SsamJa. - They just call me SsamJa.
But, when I was a professional gamer,
- I was called the Angel with Blue Eyes. - What?
- You mean Warrior with Blue Eyes. - Oh, Warrior with Blue Eyes.
- Warrior. - Now you're the Cryonaut.
- I thought you said Angel. - Angel?
But the thing is, my eyes aren't blue.
- It's because they're frozen. - In the past,
I hated people calling me like that.
But now that people don't, it's become a nice cute memory.
- Like that... - That's how it will become for you, too.
What was your nickname before it became SsamJa?
When I was young... I had this friend back in first grade.
He called me Paeng Hyeon-suk.
- Oh! I see why! - What do you mean?
- I see her in you. - No way.
- It's true! - She married Choi Yang-rak, right?
- Yes. - She was well known as a beautiful comedienne.
He called me Paeng Hyeon-suk.
- The way you talk... - Paeng Kyung-hoon!
Your expressions and the way you talk are similar to hers.
- How does she talk? - She talks like that!
- I mean it. - But she's pretty.
- Yes, she's really... - But when you're young,
people make nicknames for no reason.
We didn't know why. When you ask people why, they'd make fun of you more.
Okay, Paeng Hyeon-suk.
- That... - Let's hear nicknames from other countries.
You must have nicknames too. Let's share the pain.
My nickname is Abhishek.
- So, back in school, my friends used to say, - Abhishek.
"Man it's hot. Where is the Milkshake? Mangoshake?"
I was the Shake Expert of the school.
They first start by twisting...
- their real name to make your nicknames. - Yes.
People called me Han Moo, Im Chae-moo, and so on.
I see Im Chae-moo in you!
I did this a lot.
(Do they look similar?)
As for mine it was, Saewookkang.
That's so childish. People called me Endoscropy.
- What? - Endoscopy.
- Endoscopy. - Endoscopy, Ju Si-gyeong...
My other nickname was, "What time did you arrive?"
They would also say, "Someone from the city police station called for you."
In America, a lot of people change their names.
- My last name is Tetto. - Right, it's Mark Tetto.
And there's 'potato', right? So I was called "potetto".
- I was called that a lot. And you know the toy, teddy bears? - Yes.
- I was called a "Tetto bear". - Mark Tetto bear.
Back in America, and especially among guys...
calling each other by the last name counts as using nicknames.
- It's also used to give respect. For instance, I could call him 'Sir Patry'. - Yes.
It's the same for us. In order to seem mature, we'd call him Mr. Tetto like adults.
But in high school among ourselves, we'd be calling him Tetto.
- Oh, really? - Yes, we wanted to sound more mature.
In France, to call someone...
- by just the last name is offensive. - Really?
- Yes, it is. It's the same for us. - When I was young, if someone...
called me just "Loubert", I would have punched him.
- Really? - Yes, it's that offensive.
- Isn't that too much? - For us, it'd be...
- like saying, "Hey, Mr. Jun." - "Hey, Mr. Yoo."
But the addition of "Mr." makes it okay.
- But not if it's just, "Hey, Yoo!" - "Hey, Jun!"
But in America, it sounds cool and people like it.
"Tetto." Being called that makes me feel good.
But isn't it only for people who are close?
- Yes, it's only used by people who are close. - "Mondi"?
I absolutely hate it. Italy is similar to France.
Paeng! Paeng!
- Paeng? - Ssam!
Names are usually long in France.
So they made them a little shorter. The names are made into one syllable.
And it's repeated twice. For example, Guillaume would be called "Gigi".
- Ah, I hate it. - Oh, "Gi-gi".
Please never call me "Gi-gi". Never call me that.
- "Moo-moo"! - It sounds okay in English.
For you, it'd be "Kyung-kyung" or "Si-si".
"Ssam-ssam"!
- Find "Ssam-ssam". - "Paeng-paeng"!
You just got a new nickname.
Wow, "Gi-gi" is funny. It's cute.
And instead of saying it in front of the person,
other people have to make the nickname. It's a habit in France.
For instance, a friend of a friend could stink a little.
We would nickname him, "Febreze".
- You'd call him "Febreze"? - That's amazing.
- That's how nicknames come about. - That's right.
I see. What were your nicknames, Alberto?
To be honest, I'm embarrassed to say them myself.
You should say your own nicknames.
- It's because it's about the body. - What is it?
I used to play soccer so my leg muscles are pretty well developed.
And so, women in particular...
- Say it already. - It is embarrassing.
I was called "Golden Buttocks".
- You were called "Golden Buttocks"? - It's golden!
- "Golden Buttocks". It'd be "Goldttocks."
- Yes, "Goldttocks". - I see, so it was "Golden Buttocks".
And this is how I was in the past.
- My personality was that I'd always stay neutral. - Yes?
- So I was called Switzerland. That was my nickname. - Switzerland!
I also have a nickname after the Italian region called Napoli.
It's because ever since I was young, I always woke up late and slept a lot.
And Napoli is known as a city of lazy people.
- And so my father and my relatives always called me "Napoli". - Oh.
I'm so unfamiliar with nicknames being made after location names.
I guess they do that in Europe.
- They called a Swiss person "Napoli" because he's lazy. - Yes, "Napoli".
How about you, Nikolai?
My mum called me "angel".
- "Angel"? - Isn't that a fetus nickname?
- For me... - I can't believe he said that with his own mouth.
- This is almost at the same level as "Golden Buttocks" - Yes.
When you date someone in Germany, the boyfriend calls his girlfriend...
by the name of a small, cute animal.
And words become cuter when you add "Chen" at the end of them.
For instance, a mouse is "maus" in German.
And so, the name would be turned into "mauschen" instead of "maus".
- What would they do? - In France,
they would add "petit". They would add "peitit" before a word.
- It'd be "petit"... - It's similar to "Chen".
- I'm cringing. - Do you feel like cringing?
- My mom used to call me "baby mouse". - "You're my little mouse."
It's that feeling. Or like, "My little kitten."
- Must you make your voice like that? - And your facial expression like that?
In the past, my old girlfriend...
- called me "little kitten". - It doesn't suit you.
- We broke up. - She said that to "little buttocks"?
She called the "little buttocks" the "little kitten"?
In Italy, if you add at the end of a name the suffix...
- "-ino", it's very cute. - That's right.
- He'd be Albertino. - Albertino!
My grandfather still calls me Alexino.
- Alexino! - Alexino!
- Ssamjino! - Ssamjino.
- Ssamjino. - Anjino.
The word "ssam" is fun no matter which word you put with it.
Ssamjino is cute.
There is a ton of funny nicknames in Mexico.
This is how we make nicknames.
We pick out a weakness from a person's appearance or behavior.
We take them and then put them together.
For instance, people who have short necks or have barely any necks...
they would be called T-shirts. Because a T-shirt has no neck part at all.
That's one example. And the person everyone hates...
- would be called "Monday". - That's the worst.
- It doesn't even need an explanation. - "Look, there's 'Monday' coming this way."
Monday morning at eight o'clock is the worst.
A person you can't hold a conversation with...
is called "a diary wet with water".
- It's because you have no idea what it's saying. - You can't read it.
- It's difficult. - It's because it can't be figure out.
Isn't the nickname too long? To say, "a diary wet with water" every time...
What was Christian's nickname?
I had a nickname. My friends called me...
The "Bermuda Triangle".
You were a mysterious person?
That's a very scientific nickname.
- Were you "Myste-rian"? - Usually, when my friends lent me an things.
- I would lose it. - I see, because you'd lose it.
So I was called a "Bermuda triangle".
What is that in Spanish?
"Triangulo de las Bermudas".
It's a nickname and it's that long?
- Yes. Nicknames are usually long for us. - Wow.
- For Guillaume... - Yes?
I would call him the, "Rookie Pilot".
- "Rookie Pilot"? - Yes, "Rookie Pilot". A pilot.
- "Rookie"... - Why?
It's because he sings so badly he could tear eardrums apart. We can call him that.
- It's difficult. - There are two levels to his nicknames.
- It's way too difficult. It's philosophical. - Yes, it requires you to think again.
That's why foreigners call Mexicans...
geniuses of humor.
(Geniuses of humor?)
- It's because... - No, we don't get that at all.
- No, wait... - We just asked that question because it's so not true.
The nicknames are not creative.
Maybe they're making fun of you all by calling you that.
- No. - Maybe "genius of humor" has two layers of hidden meanings.
- It's hard to be this unfunny. - He will be a huge hit in entertainment shows.
- A huge hit in entertainment shows! - I think we need to quickly move on.
Now, each country has its own nicknames.
Shall we hear some?
Nikolai, what is Germany's nickname?
- You mean Germany's nickname? - Yes.
Germany is called "Europe's Wallet".
- Why? - I see, it's because of the economy.
Do I even need to explain this one?
Even within the EU, Germany has the most...
- Germany lends out money to a lot of countries. - Right.
- We just call Germany "potato". - "Potato"?
Italians call Germany "potato"? Is it because they eat a lot of potatoes?
That's all they eat.
It's because when you go to Germany, all you can eat are potatoes?
- There are only potatoes to eat? - They really do eat a lot of potatoes.
- When we make fun of Germans, we call them "zucchinis". - "Zucchini"?
This is why we call them "zucchinis". In the Italian language...
the word "zucca" means "zucchini".
- Zucchini. - But "zucca" also means the head.
And so, when we say someone is hard-headed...
it means that person is absolutely stubborn.
- In Korea, people call China a continent. - That's right.
We love being called a continent.
It's because the Chinese characters for "continent"....
doesn't only mean that the land is large.
It also means the "center".
"China is the center of this world."
Koreans don't call China a continent for that reason.
- But that's how we interpreted it. - We just meant "continent".
The meanings of "continent" in Chinese are "center", "intelligent"...
- and "persuasive". - That sounds like a person from Seoul National University.
Thank you.
- He's studying for a Ph.D. - Yes.
America also has a lot of nicknames it uses to show off.
- One of them is "Land of Opportunity". - Land of opportunity!
- And another nickname is "Uncle Sam". - Uncle Sam.
United States gets abbreviated into U.S., so it is sometimes called "Uncle Sam".
We also call the U.S. the "Trillion Dollars Country" or "Divine Help".
It's because the U.S. spends a trillion dollars on its national defense.
There are many insulting nicknames as well.
For instance, Iran really hates the U.S.
They call the U.S. the "Great Satan". It's very...
- "Great Satan"! - Yes, "Great Satan".
People call Mexico...
the world's biggest taco shop.
- It has a nickname like that? - A big taco shop?
- It does feel like that. It'd be delicious. - Right?
Republic of South Africa is called the "Rainbow nation".
- It has many cultures... - Yes, there are many cultures and races...
mixed altogether.
That's why we're called "Rainbow nation".
- It's similar with us. We're called "Masaics Nation" - You mean Canada?
- In France... - The British call France...
- a frog. - Frogs?
- They call France a "frog"? - It's "frogs" in English.
- Why? - When French people...
say, "What? What? What?" in French...
it's "Quoi? Quoi? Quoi?".
- When you repeat that, it sounds a like a croak. - It sounds like a frog.
- But that's not why... - Oh.
But doesn't it feel insulting to be called that? To be called a frog?
It's meant to be an insult.
(Is that so?)
There's something the French call the British.
- It's similar... - What is it?
No, we shouldn't. I shouldn't say this out loud.
- I feel like it'd be very bad. - Say it!
(It's a word forbidden on TV!)
So far, all the nicknames had insulting...
meanings or were based on external appearances.
Are there any nicknames that are based on a country's good traits?
Korea's nickname, "The Land of the Morning Calm", is probably from India.
From India, there's someone who...
won the Nobel Prize in 1937. It was poet named Tagore.
He said Korea is a country of morning calm.
- A country of morning calm. - Isn't it so cool even though it's so simple?
- It's very sophisticated and mysterious. - I'm so grateful for it.
But when I first arrived in Korea,
- I truly felt the morning calm. I thought, "This country is welcoming me in." - Oh.
- Our country can be quiet? - It's not quiet...
but it's very good in terms of the emotions that it makes me feel.
- Oh. - At a young age, to be in this country of the morning calm...
- it was good. - I see.
Among politicians and celebrities in each country...
are there any with a very famous nicknames? I think this will be fun.
- Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau is called "P.I.L.F.". - P.I.L.F.?
It's a variation of the word "M.I.L.F." from the U.S. film "American Pie".
- M.I.L.F. refers to mothers. If you change it, it becomes... - No, no, no.
- Prime Minister I'd like to... - Beep!
That's what we call them.
It means a Prime Minister you want to sleep with.
- It means a Prime Minister you want to sleep with? - Yes.
He's very good looking so people are just joking around.
- And there's another one. - What is it?
- It's "Trubama". It's because recently... - "Trubama!"
Trudeau visited the U.S. to meet with President Obama.
And the way our Prime Minister looked at President Obama...
- with so much affection. - Oh.
And so women said, "Before I die, I wish one person..."
- "would look at me the way Trudeau looked at Obama". - Oh.
But I heard people who dislike Obama call him by a different name?
People who really speak ill of Obama...
combine "Obama" with "Osama" and call him "Obsama".
- "Obsama"? - Obsama.
- You all know Mahatma Gandhi of India, right? - Yes.
His original name is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
- "Mahatma" is an affectionate name that the Indian people gave to him. - I see.
"Mahatma" means this.
"Maha" means great.
And "Atma" means soul. So together, the word means "Great Soul".
- But most people think his real name is Mahatma Gandhi. - I see.
I see, it means "Great Soul"?
From the past, The German people's nickname for Chancellor Merkel is "Mom".
- In German, the word is "Mutti". - "Mutti".
So, people nowadays call Merkel "Mutter Syrien".
It means "Syria's Mom".
- It means Syria's mom? - They're trying to insult her by calling her that.
- It's because Merkel alone was called that. - It's because they don't like her.
The president of Republic of South Africa is Jacob Zuma.
In order to say the name quickly, they call him Jay-Z.
- Jay-Z! - That's a good name.
Then is the first lady Beyoncé?
They're Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
In China, Xi Jinping is called "Uncle Xi".
- What it means... - "Uncle"?
is that he's like a middle-aged neighbor. It's about his friendly image.
And so, they call him by such a favorable nickname. But in China,
they think their leader needs to be a little scary.
- So you don't hear that nickname a lot on TV anymore. - Oh.
That's scary. To say to a broadcast station...
- "Stop using the term, 'Uncle Xi'". Okay, then. - Okay.
- The nickname you want to forget is "Ssam-ja". - Yes.
Do you have a past you want to erase as much as you want to forget this nickname?
It would probably be something like when my voice cracked during performances...
It's something that happens to all singers.
- That's right! When I was on "Hidden Singer"... - Yes, "Hidden Singer".
- I remember. - When I appeared on "Hidden Singer"...
- When I was talking about the past, I couldn't control my emotions. - Right.
I became teary-eyed.
It's just that when I look to my left...
(During the broadcast)
(Becoming teary-eyed, he drops his head.)
(Other members of Buzz, who had been watching him, also became teary-eyed.)
(Min Kyung-hoon shed tears for a very long time.)
I think of it as the most memorable moment in season four of "Hidden Singer".
You remember what you were talking about before you cried right?
I don't remember it perfectly because I never watched it.
The other members of Buzz came on the show to cheer for you.
At that time you were performing as a solo artist and you were about to sing,
but you saw the empty space next to you where your bandmates would normally be.
- You said that, and then began to cry. - That's right.
- You said you started to cry after noticing they weren't next to you. - Yes.
- It's because I could remember what I felt in that moment. - Right.
- Your nickname is "Crybaby"? - I only cried once.
- It should be "Ssambo"! - No way.
- "Crying Face"! - No, "Crying Face" is over there.
Alright.
There's also a picture you want to erase?
- It's when our band was at it's peak. - Yes?
There are so many. How many photos need to be erased?
- We were offered all sorts of commercials. For example... - Yes?
- I don't even hike but I was asked to advertise hiking equipment. - Okay.
- I was offered a chance to promote hiking equipment. - Okay.
Oh, is that it?
- Are you carrying someone on your back? - You look cool.
- It's that a raincoat? - Aren't you carrying someone?
I had to promote a raincoat. From the beginning, the CEO of the business...
said, "You'll be receiving a lot of money if you receive a part of the sales."
- I see, a percentage of the sales. - I said, "Okay, I agree," and we did it.
But to be honest, you don't want to buy that coat when you look at that picture.
- I honestly didn't receive a single cent. - I mean, when this happens...
- You don't receive anything. - You didn't receive a cent?
- I didn't even receive a cent. - They didn't sell a single coat?
So Kyung-hoon is voluntarily telling us his shameful past.
But in order to console him,
can some of you also reveal embarrassing memories?
In 2002, I appeared on "Gag Concert".
- Sim Hyun-seob played the character of Mang-gu a lot. - Right.
So I thought a lot about it on my own, and hung a radish from my neck.
"Teacher, my chest is a vegetables farm."
I thought people would laugh, but when I did that...
they said, "Oh, it's disgusting."
- I also showed my chest hair on the same stage once. - That's right.
I also did it for a laugh.
- But they screeched. - That's right.
They really hated it. People only screech like that when they're really disgusted.
- I saw that on the internet. - Okay.
- I saw Jun Hyun-moo do that online. - Right, the "Niggle Niggle" segment.
It was for a laugh.
Lucky, have you acted on a drama before?
Why are you trying to destroy me today?
- What is that? - Oh, my.
(Whittaker)
- The outfit suits him well. - He's a soldier.
- What drama was that? - It was "Rustic Period".
- "Rustic Period"! - Isn't that from a really long time ago?
Isn't that a really old drama?
What role did you play?
I was an American officer who was chasing after Kim Du-han. My line was in Korean.
Could you say your line?
It's what American soldiers said every day. I said, "Let's go!"
"Let's go!"
It's because I head to chase down Kim Du-han.
The moment in my life that I want to forget the most...
is when I sang the yodel on the first episode I appeared in.
- You mean on our show? - Yes.
(He doesn't even want to think about it.)
(Yodeling)
- I'm embarrassed. - I'm also embarrassed.
My mom asked me, "Why can't you yodel when you're from Switzerland?"
And then she retaught me how to sing a yodel.
- Can we hear you sing it again? - No, I will not do it again.
Everyone, clap!
(He has no choice.)
- He's shy. - Just do it.
Begin.
(Yodeling)
- Hey, you improved a little. - Oh!
- You just need to learn a little bit more. - I said just now...
- that it's the moment I most want to forget. - This is what usually happens.
(It's okay, embarrassing memories will heal as you share them.)
Alberto, you filmed an advertisement in the past?
No, not this one.
- I didn't film this. - I saw this.
What is this about?
Oh, that's just unacceptable.
What are you advertising?
(Zhang Yuan and Guillaume Patry filmed a commercial together.)
Oh, my.
- It's cute. - Gosh.
Is it an underwear commercial?
(What kind of commercial is this?)
There's a choreography.
(I'm thirsty all of the sudden.)
Are we going to watch this to the end? Why?
(It's a multi-lingual advertisement for globalized world.)
They're speaking in Italian and Chinese.
(Enthusiastic)
They're like typical middle-aged men in the neighborhood.
(The three models showed fantastic collaboration.)
- There... - What is this advertising?
What is it trying to sell?
It was for an electric mattress.
I didn't see an electric mattress even once!
- They danced on top of an electric mattress. - They're dancing on top of it.
It must mean that it's so warm they only need to wear underwear.
- So many things happen all around the world. - You guys looked cold.
When I was a 19-year-old...
(Christian's embarrassing moment)
I filmed a video to be on a Korean contest.
I uploaded that video on Youtube and I would like to erase it.
- Is it this? - Hey, he it filmed well.
Oh, this...
(On a certain rooftop in Mexico...)
He edited this video. It's edited.
It's not bad.
- Seriously, I... - Wow.
But it's good. It's good, though?
(As expected of Mexico, his dancing is passionate.)
This is in Mexico, right?
(Wow!)
It's way better than the advertisement for electric mattresses.
- And he filmed it by himself. - It's so much better.
(Laughter)
I see. Why don't we move onto Aurelia?
Wait, please let's just see and nothing more.
What is that? - Wow.
- This is seriously... - What is the meaning of the second pose?
I see, do you wear a skirt when you're home?
- This is my twin sister. - What?
She's my twin sister, O'Hailey.
- It's not me. - But your twin sister has a really thick beard.
(Laughter)
Do you like this sort of thing?
- It was for Halloween! - I see, Halloween.
- Mark? - Mark, do you also have a past you want to forget?
When I graduated from high school, I was the school's representative.
I had an interview with the local newspaper because they asked me to.
They asked, "Are you better at math or literature?"
I said, "I'm good at both. Of course I'm good at both." I was such a show-off.
What's embarrassing is that if you search my name on Google even now,
it's the first result you see.
- Show-off... - Yes, a show-off going overboard.
I'm embarrassed.
- It's all selfies. - Yes, they're all selfies.
I really like taking selfies.
I mean, you live your life only once.
I lived my 20's like this. I don't care what other people think.
It's what I personally like.
Even if it's just for yourself, It doesn't seem like you have a lot of followers.
There's only about 20 followers.
It's because Chinese people can't follow him.
Right, no Chinese person would have an account on this site.
- That's right. - I don't know why. Why?
- Instagram is forbidden in China. - Instagram is banned?
Most popular sites you know don't work in China.
- Google! - You can't do Twitter, Google, Facebook...
- Instagram, and Youtube. - You can't access Youtube?
- Yes, none of them work. - What about Kakao talk?
It sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't.
- LINE also doesn't work. - It's in a gray area because it's Korean.
From what I know, Twitter...
- can spread political news way too easily. - That's right.
And so, the Chinese government said it's dangerous and forbade it.
Aside from that, due to censorship issues, Google also became forbidden.
- But I'm curious about this. When you forbid social media... - Yes?
can you say whatever you want on Chinese social media sites?
If someone say too many unfavorable things, they get blocked.
All of a sudden, all your accounts would disappear.
- The account disappears? - Yes, they suddenly disappeared.
- They disappear if they speak against China? - Yes.
But for someone to prying into my personal life,
that would be very scary, isn't it?
But it already became habitual for us. Think about it like this.
There are so many people since it's a huge country.
How can it operate if it's not scary for citizens?
- But America is operating well. - America is huge.
What about India?
- But... - But America doesn't have as many people as China.
India has more than a billion people.
But India is a little smaller than China.
(They are smaller than us.)
People think they don't allow American companies...
to enter into China so that they can't observe users.
But in fact, this move helped grow a lot of domestic companies.
- That's right. - Companies like Tencent and Alibaba...
- They became huge. - They were small, but within a few years...
they became even bigger than American brands.
- Both are correct. - I think that was one of the objectives.
- You can interpret it as protection for the country's business. - That's possible.
Right now, France is fighting with Google.
In France, there civil rights related to personal information.
Personal information collected by each company...
can be seen and corrected by me as my right.
I also have a right to keep it from being searched online.
Because of that, Google is fighting with France.
- I see. - What's weird...
- Yes. - is that France has these rights, right?
However, when French people do online searching in France...
the links were kept from being shown.
But when I search the same thing in America, it's not hidden anymore.
So they are fighting over that as well.
But in America, they are actually very against this.
- It's because our government cares a lot about our liberty. - But...
But this is a problem for not only France but all of Europe.
Europe said to Google, "If people cannot delete their personal information..."
"Google cannot be used in Europe." They gave us those conditions.
But after that, they had the information deleted when they viewed it in Europe...
but it's still viewable in America. Doesn't that cause a sense of betrayal?
Why do Americans need to know what Europeans wrote?
But that's just unavoidable.
No, Google can just leave Europe.
(Oh!)
It's an American company, so it needs to abide by American laws.
It functions within American laws.
In the same way, even though Google is rarely used in China...
when Google entered China, it was the same.
The information you can find in China...
can't help but be different from what you find in America.
When Indian citizens search their names online,
and when the information pops up, it's a good thing.
Indians don't really feel a need for the civil rights regarding this.
If there's a camera at an accident site,
they wave their hands and show the victory sign.
There's a fun incident. In Canada, there's a website called Ashely Madison
It's a website for married people to get into extramarital affairs.
- It's a Canadian site? - Yes, it's from Canada.
When it was hacked and the information was revealed,
there were millions of members.
But for every 10,000 male members, there were only 30 female members.
- The ratio was absolutely drastic. - That's victory for the singles.
But there was another incident.
If you make an account on this website and ask for it to be deleted, they say no.
They ask you for money. And so what the company...
earns from those deleting their accounts...
is 1.7 billion won per year.
- Really? - Yes, and...
even if you pay money and delete your account,
the website still keeps your information.
So the website didn't delete all of your information.
Moving on from personal embarrassing history,
I think we need to talk about each country's embarrassing history.
What's an embarrassing past you'd like people to forget?
When I introduce myself as an Indian,
I've never once been embarrassed.
- But after the sexual assault case in the bus in 2012... - That shocked me.
(A female college student in India were raped in a night bus by four men...)
(and died from their injuries.)
After that, if I even go to a sauna...
people who I know well...
asked me, "Why do Indians do that? Why do Indians do this so much?"
I really want to forget about the incident, but...
Covering it up won't fix anything.
So it was shocking for the Indian people too, right?
It's not something that's been happening a lot.
There were similar incidents like this.
- Really? - But they weren't considered a big deal.
So the Indian people decided not to hold it back.
So many netizens took action and the incident was reported on the newspaper, too.
After that, the number of incidents like this decreased.
- I wish it wouldn't happen. - India is...
Many women go to travel in India alone.
But after that incident, people became so scared.
Even now, when I tell people that I'm from India,
people still ask me, "What's wrong with Indian men?"
"Why do you harass women so much?" But...
If committing a crime results in a severe punishment,
people obey the law.
People realized they need to deal with this legally and make laws for it.
I think that's why it became a big issue.
For 140 years, racial discrimination was severe in Canada.
The prime minister back then said something like this.
"Teaching the aboriginals English and making them write journals aren't enough."
"We need to eradicate their culture." He said that.
So, 150,000 aboriginal children were forced to attend residential schools.
The parents weren't allowed to visit them.
While the children attended those schools,
over 6,000 of them died from sickness.
And there were many more cases of child abuses...
and child sexual abuses.
They recorded the number of Canadian soldiers who died in World War II.
More children died in these residential schools than that.
But most Canadians...
don't know such things happened, because the government...
- never apologized properly. - They hid it.
But now they made somewhat of a sincere apology.
They made a committee to investigate.
- That's what I heard. - It came too late,
but they're making the efforts.
Last year, they made a committee to investigate...
- That's right. - the events that happened in the 1800's.
- It's so... - Everyone had forgotten about it.
The U.S. had an embarrassing history with slavery as well.
Another one is the atomic bomb drop in Hiroshima.
Those two things are... You know,
we want to forget about them, but we shouldn't.
"We will never forget." We strongly feel like that.
So recently, President Obama...
visited Hiroshima for the first time as a U.S. president.
Did he say it? He didn't apologize, right?
- He didn't apologize. - It wasn't an apology. But he said, "We understand".
(President Obama's speech in Hiroshima)
A 100,000 Japanese men...
Thousands of Koreans...
Technological progress, without an equivalent progress in human institutions...
can doom us.
It was something that happened for the first time.
No U.S. president admitted something like that before.
In China, in 2004,
many people lost their babies because of unsanitary baby formula.
- Their brains were enlarged. - Macroencephaly.
Yes, they suffered from macroencephaly.
These kinds of things happen often in China. Even now,
people make rice with paper to sell in the markets.
- They can even make fake eggs. - Really?
As a Chinese person, these things make me angry.
I'm not sure who to hold responsible for things like this.
Of course, people who make these things are bad, too.
But what are the government officials doing with our tax money?
For those things to enter the market...
I'm not sure who to hold responsible.
- It ruins the country's reputation. - Yes.
- It produces a very bad reputation. - It really...
There was a national airline called Swiss Air.
They were very successful. It was an international renowned airline.
But they had poor managements and had run out of money.
So, they couldn't pay for the fuel.
So, the planes couldn't fly.
- They couldn't fly the planes. - Yes.
The airline went bankrupt, and the German Lufthansa airline...
bought the Swiss national airline.
So, the Swiss national airline belongs to Germany, not us.
- Oh, the national airline belongs to Germany. It was sold. - You must be sad.
- It's like the Korean national airline belonging to China. - China, right.
- That would feel weird. - Yes.
You know, there was that Volkswagen incident last year.
To the German people, that was really...
an embarrassing incident that they want to forget about.
Volkswagen is Germany's national automobile brand.
- The name itself means that. - Yes, Volkswagen.
Yes. "Volks" means people and "wagen" means car.
So, "Volkswagen" means people's car.
To be honest, when you ask people from other countries...
about what they think of German cars,
- they think German cars are sturdy and reliable. - That's right.
But, because of that incident, the reputation is gone.
- It was a huge economic blow. - That's right.
Many German people, including myself, were very disappointed.
- Okay then. Let's move away from bad memories... - Yes.
and talk about things you want to brag about.
Things you want people to remember.
- "Please remember this." - In 2006, as a member of Buzz,
we sang the cheer song for the World Cup called "Reds Go Together".
Some 50,000 to 60,000 people wearing red T-shirts...
came out to sing along together.
- The crowd did a wave. - It must've been a moving sight.
So, we thought the song...
- played an important role in the World Cup. - I see.
But it was a momentary thing.
You know, the famous song we think of as the World Cup is this other song.
- But we were very popular back then, too. - Right.
But nobody sings it now.
- So I feel disappointed. - I think it's because of this.
- Buzz's song was a major hit. - Right.
Lee Soo-geun kept singing this song at "No High Notes".
It's... Right, he shot a commercial with it, too.
- What were the lyrics? - You're my champion, our champion
He's sing it like, "You're my champion".
So, I wish many people would remember the song.
The World Cup is coming soon.
That was the dream of kings or generals.
They made songs that would be remembered. To live forever in people's memories.
Since they couldn't live forever, they wanted to be remembered through songs.
- You can do it now. It's the digital era. - Right.
- So, I'm going to leave the songs and erase everything else. - Just the songs.
So, let's say in 100 years from now,
- people would still talk about me. - That would be nice.
Everything about me would be glorified.
"Back in the early 2000,"
- "There was an amazing singer." - "There was that amazing one."
- And... - "His name was SsamJa."
"His nickname was Paeng Hyeon-suk."
"But nobody knows why it's SsamJa."
- Anyway, like that... - People won't remember his name.
- If that... - Does it mean Triple High-Pitch?
- I think it would become glorified. - Divine SsamJa.
- You know, people add that word. - Divine SsamJa.
- Divine SsamJa. - Divine SsamJa.
- Okay. You know, the topic you brought today... - Yes?
I think it didn't help at all. I think it backfired.
People who didn't know about SsamJa now know about it.
- I saw the video for the first time, too. - Right.
- He's one of the people who just learned about it. - If so...
- Yes? - Let's make a nickname for you.
- Something to replace SsamJa. - for Min Kyung-hoon.
- Do you have any ideas? - Yes, Lucky?
- I watch "Knowing Bros" often. - Okay.
- Recently, you were very good at one-legged fights. - One-legged fights?
(They had a one-legged fight in "Knowing Bros".)
(There!)
(SsamJa's skills even brought down the Korean Wrestling Champion.)
- I won! I won! - What was that?
- One-legged fight. - So, how does Chicken Foot sound?
- Chicken Foot? - From SsamJa to Chicken Foot.
- That sounds good. - With bones? Or boneless?
- It would be the boneless one. - I...
I didn't actually end up dong it,
but a chicken delivery company called me.
- You're amazing. - I just got an inquiry.
If you end up shooting a chicken commercial for being good at one-legged fights...
I actually thought of "Street Fighter".
Amongst those... You're somewhat pretty,
so there's a character named Gon-Li.
- It's Chun-Li. - Chun-Li?
- You do look like her. - Yes, you do.
- How do I... - You have the same vibe.
I think SsamJa is better than Chun-Li.
Your nickname is SsamJa.
So, if you want a new nickname, how about New SsamJa?
- New SSam... - New SsamJa?
- New SsamJa. - New SsamJa.
- What's New SsamJa? - New SsamJa.
- The new... - It's New SsamJa.
There was a New SsamJa
Let's remove a word and make it, Ssaja.
- Oh, Ssaja. - Ssaja?
- But that sounds a bit... - It's...
- Ssaja is... - Ssaja is...
- It sounds like some... - Right.
I was wondering if there would be a new nickname for me or something.
Was there nothing you liked today?
- There was Chicken Foot. - I prefer SsamJa.
- I think it's the best one. - SsamJa is?
- Yes. - Okay.
Well, the topic for the 106th Non Summit Meeting by Min Kyung-hoon...
was "I want to have a new nickname. Am I abnormal?"
Since people have called you by this nickname for 10 years,
and getting a new nickname is also up to their creativity.
- Therefore, we will leave the decision to the netizens. - Wait, is this over?
- Yes. - It's over.
Oh, good.
You know, the outcome was predetermined.
- So, you never meant to make a nickname for me. - Not at all.
- Isn't it a cute nickname? - Of course, it's nice.
How was it to be here today?
You have lots of knowledge about a given field...
and debated about it.
- I felt that I didn't prepare enough. - They're smart, right?
Yes, they're very...
(Staring)
If you stare at me like that...
- It feels awkward. - It's a bit...
I will get going now.
What was that? That was refreshing.
I've never seen a closing remark like this one.
"I will get going now."
I would now like to adjourn our Non Summit Meeting.
- Today's last song... - We will dedicate it to Divine SsamJa.
Until the day we all become normal!
You are my abnormal
Our abnormal
Let's go abnormal
We will adjourn now!
At last, we have female non-summit representative!
(For the first time in 107 episodes)
We finally have female members after two years.
(Wow!)
(The male non-summit representatives are really excited.)
I think German hooligans are more serious than Polish Hooligans.
- Polish hooligans use knives and axes. - Is that true?
- It's something that is related to politics. - Politics.
We didn't really lose the penalty shoot-out. It's just...
That's just luck. It's not about skills.
(Will the male non-summit representatives lose like this?)
It's Han Hye-jin!
"Only foreigners say that I'm beautiful. Am I abnormal?"
I think there are a few reasons why people don't say that you're pretty.
- What? - There are a few?
You mean, her appearance isn't what people currently think is pretty?
I'm sorry, but the current Korean trend is...
There's something I definitely hear in India.
People say I have a good body.
- You need to grow beard like me. - Beard?
In Korea, it's really...
- I was told that I'm handsome a few times. - In Korea?
I heard that in Korea a few times. It's...
- He... - Han Hye-jin just...
She was pressing the microphone.
Why is everyone doing this? What's wrong with you?
It wasn't just 1 or 2 people. 50 of them all came in at once. I liked it.
You're completely my type.
I came here to find love.
Do you believe that?
Welcome. I'm Kim Gu-ra and I'm single.
(It's not easy to find love.)
Help me.
- It's so cruel. - Good luck, survivors.
(It's not easy to survive.)
("Solo Wars" first episode airing on July 15th, 11pm)
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