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While top representatives from each country...
were convening at the UN to discuss global peace-keeping and security,
despite the lack of any official recognition,
the self-appointed G's from around the world...
are convening for the peace-keeping and security of global youths,
hence the Non-Summit Meeting.
(Episode 135)
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 are Junyoosung!)
(Welcome representatives.)
The set has completely been redecorated.
We've redecorated the set.
The set has gotten larger as well.
- It has become brighter, too. - Right.
- Do you like it? - I'm glad the set changed and not the people in it.
You were all worried about being replaced.
- We just redecorated the set. - I think it is a great idea.
As I see it, before...
it felt like we are filming inside the house of a rich person.
Now, the set feels...
like it has become a more political meeting.
- It does feel like a conference room. - Yes, it does.
It does feel like that.
More than that, I'm more curious about the seating arrangements.
- That's true. - All the young representatives are sitting on that side.
And we have all the middle-aged men on this side.
- Why did you arrange the seating like this? - Don't I look younger than Guillaume?
I think Guillaume and I should switch seats.
You're a father, so you have to be on that side.
You are now a middle-aged man.
Who should Guillaume trade seats with?
He should change seats with me.
- He should switch seats with me. - It should be Zahid.
I think they decided this by our appearances on our photo.
They decided the seating by your photos?
(Someone decided the seating through the photos.)
- That was funny. - Take a look at the seating arrangement.
The staff made a mistake.
- A month has already passed in 2017. - Time flies.
Would someone care to share how they have been?
Last semester I failed a test.
I have to take the test again in February.
So, I stopped watching a drama that I had been following.
And I have to spend at least an hour before I go to bed to study my major.
Goodness me. What drama have you stopped watching?
I've been watching, "Dear My Friends".
- That finished a long time ago. - What is it called?
Are you re-watching it?
I always watch dramas after everyone else has.
I thought it would be "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God".
That's...
Watch "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God" next year.
(Watch "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God" next year.)
- Watch it a year later? - He's saving it...
I'm going to be working at a language academy...
as a Japanese language instructor.
- That's great. - Congratulations.
Are you going to be a teacher now?
Yes, I'm going to work as a teacher. I like teaching.
(We hope you become a popular instructor.)
Alex, how are you doing these days?
My parents are going to be moving to Tokyo this July.
My father is going to be working at the Swiss Embassy in Tokyo.
While my parents were living in Korea,
I didn't have to pay rent and it was comfortable.
I do regret losing those comforts, but I am looking forward to living on my own.
- Alex, the photo of the house you uploaded last year was your house, right? - Yes.
I thought it was a palace.
His house looks similar to this studio set.
- That's true. - Alex, does your living room look like this?
- That's old... - We were inspired by your living room.
- Okay... - All right.
I feel like everyone is standing in front of the doorway to change.
Change is never an easy thing.
But there are times when it is needed.
- That's right. - Yes.
Like Korea's willingness to start over after being part of such a dark period.
A new creed, "Reset Korea" has appeared and it has been passionately accepted.
Through a reset, how have other countries...
changed to the country they are today? Let's discuss this topic.
How do you feel about your country's image from the past to now?
Who thinks there country was better to live in the past?
Or do you believe your country is a better to place to live in now?
If you think the past was better.
Please press the button. In 1, 2 and 3.
If you think the past was better, press the button.
Christian says Mexico was better in the past.
The representatives of France, Pakistan and Italy agree.
The representative from Germany agrees, too.
The reason I say that it was better to live in the past is because...
the social welfare system and education system is great.
But we've forgotten something very important.
- There are no opportunities. - Are there no opportunities?
There's not a lot you can choose.
You don't receive a lot of support and there are no opportunities for young people.
This has become very difficult.
In the past, after the Second World War,
there were a lot of jobs.
When you tried to start a new business, the chances of you succeeding was high.
My grandfather said this to me,
"Although life has gotten better today,"
"life in the past was happier."
I think that is something that we can relate to.
- "Although life has gotten better today," - There are no opportunities.
For us as well, after the Second World War,
Italy's standard of living in the 60s and 70s were amazing.
I'm not certain because it is something I had heard.
Back then, Italy was a very economically competitive country.
The real estate market was booming. It was a great place to live in.
So, when we studied at school, this period was called...
the Italian economic miracle.
It was also called the Italian economic boom.
Life has gotten better today, but as Nik pointed out, there are a lot of problems.
The employment rate of young people and the immigration problem.
I do feel that there is less opportunities for young people.
In France,
the word decline is very French.
The last time France was a prosperous country was...
from after the Second World War to the 1970s.
We call this period, The Glorious Thirty.
- The Glorious Thirty? - Yes.
- The miracle lasted for 30 years. - It is very similar.
- It is similar to us. - Yes.
During my parent's era, people could find a job very easily.
- They got paid a lot more as well. - Right.
However it has become difficult for their children's generation to find employment.
And they don't get paid a lot either.
- They feel like the future is very bleak. - Right.
We have a saying in France,
this roughly translates to, "The social ladder is broken."
- People can't climb up. - Right.
- People should be able to move up easily. - Right.
It's almost impossible to move up.
I think all countries are going through something similar.
Pakistan is a country like Europe that started off with nothing.
The country was established in 1947. So from 1960 to 1965,
the country experienced a huge period of economic growth.
We were prosperous enough to lend money to Germany.
Also the civil rights for both men and women were better.
In 1965, the war with India began.
That would have been a tough time.
After that, we had another war in 1971 and in 1999.
We had a lot of problems that were related to the war.
We are working hard to try and experience that level of prosperity again.
After a few years, I'm sure that I'll be able to say that life is better now.
- We also... - Life is better for the US Now?
I also understand how our European representatives feel.
I know there a lot of problems, and people say the past was better.
I know a lot of people in the US also feel that way, too.
The reason I feel life is better now is...
because there is a lot more freedom of choice now than in the past.
It has been less than 100 years since women have been allowed to vote.
It's the same with black people receiving the same level of rights.
In the 60s and 70s, we had a lot of discrimination against different races.
Although discrimination still exists today,
the number of opportunities has grown as well.
For black people as well.
So I believe there are more opportunities today.
It seems all the countries here are going through similar problems.
All the countries who thought the past was better...
are saying that for economical reasons.
When I was young, there was only one TV channel.
And it only aired in the morning as well.
It would only air for 2 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the evening.
Also India is really big, right?
We didn't have planes that made domestic flights,
so it took 30 hours to see our relatives in the countryside.
Lucky, were there no planes when you were young?
- No, that's not it. - He's very old.
How old is he?
He's turning 130 years old this year.
(The plane was invented before Lucky was born.)
- There was a time like that. - Really?
- Planes today are more advanced than the ones in the past, right? - Right.
- Back then, planes would fly from Delhi to the big cities. - International flights.
McDonalds and Coca-Cola arrived in India during the late 90s.
So, food and medical science is a lot better now than it was in the past.
The average life expectancy for a person living in India has gone up, too.
When I consider all of that, life today is a lot better.
People who want to return to the past...
are people who have regrets and attachments to the past.
- They still have those attachments. - Yes, they do.
I sympathize with what Lucky had said.
Even during the mid to late 90s,
we didn't have a bus that went from my home to my school.
Whether it was summer or winter,
I had to walk an hour and a half every day.
However, today, I can find a bus to go anywhere I'd like.
There are also buses that go to the countryside, too.
When I was young, I saw a US film.
The main character said this,
"I'm going to China."
The other person said, "Are you going there to farm?"
It was a line that was disparaging.
I still remember that line even now.
But these days when I say I come from China.
I can say this proudly.
When I was in China 10 years ago,
there was so many things that China lacked.
I think China is now more prosperous than Italy now.
People looked down on me for majoring in Chinese.
- My friends made fun of me. - They didn't know why you took it.
They used to look down on me, but they don't now.
Why did you major in it?
- Why did you major in Chinese? - He had foresight.
I thought the students who could speak Chinese looked really cool.
- Alberto, - That's when I decided to learn.
was it because there were more females in the class?
Like how students who majored in Japanese...
(That makes sense.)
That makes sense.
- It's always because of girls. - That's why.
No, there were only 20 students back then.
When I was a student, people said the prettiest students studied French.
- That's what language classes are like. - It's full of pretty female students.
All the students would be male in the German classes.
- That's right. - That's right.
So to become a Japanese language instructor,
people comment on how Chinese is popular but Japanese isn't.
- I do receive that kind of reaction. - Good luck.
- Japanese is still popular. - Good luck.
In your country,
have there been any cities successful with their reset?
Actually, Switzerland was a very poor country 150 years ago.
Back 150 years ago?
Yes. Our country was known as the country of farmers.
The present Switzerland was made back in 1848...
when we adapted the American government system and Constitution.
That's when Switzerland developed rapidly into what it is today.
Like Korea, Switzerland...
doesn't have a lot of natural resources.
That's why it put emphasis on the education system...
and took a neutral stance to everything for the sake of development.
That's why after the civil war of 1847,
Switzerland didn't involve itself in any more wars.
It was able to continue to develop all the way to the present.
I think Germany is one of the happiest countries with their reset.
When we were united into one country after being separated,
most Germans were very happy.
But because each side came from different conditions,
there were a lot of problems.
But we were able to overcome it.
That gave a lot of hope for the people.
Were there strong feelings of regionalism?
- I'm sure there were some in the past. - Yes, there were.
But everyone worked hard to get rid of those feelings.
That's why it was a progressive era.
I think the social turning point for the US was...
during World War Two.
Before that, America was set on isolationism.
It was proud of being independent.
It changed from being an arrogant country to a hardworking one.
When World War Two started,
our military started to become more powerful...
and our economy started to grow stronger.
Looking back on it now, that's when the US...
started taking on the roles of being a superpower country.
But it's currently reverting back to isolationism.
- Yes. - Good luck.
Yes, we'll need luck.
For Japan, I think the recent...
earthquake was a big turning point in Japan.
Especially in terms to safety...
Actually, we were struck with the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995.
But unlike that time, one of our nuclear reactors exploded this time.
What we thought as being safe was revealed...
to be not safe.
Ever since then, we made a law stating a nuclear reactor can only be run...
after being thoroughly examined twice.
There's also a strict building code for tall buildings.
On top of that, there are various safety measures in place in case...
we're hit again with a big earthquake.
Nowadays, even when we have a light tremor, we feel like we have to evacuate.
It's been drilled into us.
In 1991, a lecturer in Alberta College named Delwin Vriend...
was fired due to being a homosexual.
He got angry...
and went to complain...
to the Human Rights Commission.
But they didn't investigate it. Back then,
there were no laws to protect homosexuals from discrimination.
He got so angry that he took it all the way...
to Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court agreed that discrimination against homosexuals were also illegal.
Eventually, that was able to change everyone's perspective.
- On homosexuals? - They had the rights.
In 1991?
Yes, it hasn't been that long.
Canada was also one of the first countries...
to recognize gay marriage in 2005.
(One of the first to legalize gay marriage)
On the other hand, there were countries that tried to reset but failed.
In 2006, in Mexico...
The president at that time had too many problems with the mafia.
So he declared a war on the mafia.
But because the mafia already had connections with some politicians,
they were able to know what the government was planning.
They would escape first when they were notified of their plans.
Also, to threaten the government,
the mafia started to kill innocent people.
It was pretty bad back then.
Eventually, the president formally came out and apologized,
saying he would cancel the war.
- Cancel the war? - Yes.
- The drug war? - "We'll be canceling our war with the criminals."
- "We surrender." - He surrendered and came out to apologize.
But it was too late.
- It was too late. - Cancel a war?
It sounds difficult.
I think Japan isn't too great with resetting itself either.
The Liberal Democratic party had always held power in our country.
But in 2009, everyone worked really hard to vote for the Democratic party and won.
We had so many great expectations for the new party.
We voted for the Democratic party, thinking everything would be great from now on.
But in 3 years, the prime minister has changed 3 times.
Basically, there has been a new prime minister every year.
- They weren't able to fulfill their terms. - No.
We lost faith in the Democratic party.
We thought it was because they haven't held political power for so long.
People would often say they were inexperienced.
Those three years were called the lost three years.
Stop losing things already.
You really like that word.
We lost too many things.
If you add them up, it'll be a lot.
The lost 100 years?
So for now, the Liberal Democratic party will continue to hold power?
Yes. Currently, Prime Minister Abe has the power.
- He's been holding on to it for a long time. - Yes.
But one of the reasons he's able to keep his power...
- is because the other party... - They have no candidate?
- There's no one to run against him. - No one to challenge him.
For America, the failed reset was Obamacare.
Originally, there were so many US citizens without health insurance.
It was an opportunity to give cheaper health care.
That's why President Obama made Obamacare.
But as time went by, 40 percent of the US citizens...
wanted to get rid of Obamacare.
They wanted to reform it.
I'm sure they'll get rid of it now.
One of their reasons for wanting to get rid of it...
It was originally created to give people an alternative, cheaper health insurance.
But every year, the price went up.
The poor would have a harder time paying for their medical fees.
And many people believed the government should stay out of their health care.
That's why, I think it might be repealed soon.
What's your opinion on Obamacare?
I think it was all right.
I'm sorry to see it go.
Do you like it right now? Do you like the US?
- Do you still... - Do you still like the US?
- Right now... - Are we interrogating Mark?
(Conducting a hearing about Obamacare)
Do you still like it? Yes or no?
- Like what? - Do you like the US?
- Do you? - Why isn't he answering?
It's okay. I'm sure there will be a Trumpcare soon.
(The birth of Trumpcare)
Trumpcare will leave the people to fend for themselves.
Personally, I don't want it to be repealed. I agree changes need to be made.
Since it's getting more expensive. But I don't want it to disappear.
(Change is needed but he will be sad to see it go.)
India has a population of about 1.2 billion people.
But you'll be surprised to hear...
that those 1.2 billion people don't have a resident registration card.
- Even now? - In 2010,
the Indian government launched a project to make ID cards.
They were called Aadhar Card.
To make an Aadhar Card,
they needed to scan your iris and take your fingerprints.
With that, you could create a bank account and buy real estates.
But there were some issues with this.
They should have made that law after everyone made their ID card.
But they made that law before anyone made their cards.
So the citizen encountered a lot of trouble.
I also tried making one, too.
But there was something wrong with the scanner,
- so they told me to come back a month later. - A month?
Yes, because of these inconveniences,
even the Supreme Court ruled that...
we didn't need to make an Aadhar card if we didn't have to.
Normally, we tell people to come back tomorrow. But in India, it takes a month?
A month if everything goes smoothly.
If everything goes smoothly?
(Oh dear)
In Pakistan, President Sharif wanted Pakistan...
to be a country with the most Ph. D graduates.
He sent a lot of students abroad.
But the next president, President Zadari, said they didn't have enough funds...
and stopped the program.
But those students who were already abroad weren't paid...
and many of them were put in very difficult positions.
He didn't send them any money?
No. Those students were already there before he ended it.
They weren't able to receive money from him.
They were able to get it eventually but...
they weren't getting the required funds for some time.
They were forced to work more to make money.
Now, they're trying to revive that program and do what they were doing before.
When a country requires change,
there are various obstacles that hinder the resetting process.
What kind of obstacles are there?
I always think this but I think Italy is a very lucky country.
It has natural resources, history, and everything.
But there are great issues regarding corruption and waste of budget.
- There's a lot of that? - Italy has a lot of that.
For example, back in 1992, we had Mani Pulite,
a "clean hands" scandal.
We sent a lot of corrupt politicians to prison.
But even then, there would continue to be other scandals involving corruption.
We also waste a lot of money. Recently,
there's even a website, www.government wasted expenses.com.
Government wasted expenses.com?
- They record their expenses? - Yes, they do.
Whenever the government announces their plan and projects,
we can see how much they wasted.
I saw something really funny recently.
Recently, they spent about 500 thousand dollars to...
make a website and app where they could communicate with the citizens.
Although it's been two years now, whenever I try to access the site, it's down.
- It's down? - It doesn't work.
It's a platform to communicate with the citizen but it doesn't work.
- Where did they spend the money? - If they're going to raise taxes,
- they should spend it on something more worthwhile. - Yes.
In Mexico's case, even if there were corruptions,
the government would work hard...
to hide the corruptions back in the days.
But now, the government...
blatantly shows how corrupted it is in front of everyone.
That's why from my perspective,
I believe things were better in the past.
There was a time when Xi Jinping announced his reformation plans for China.
He stated the obstacles to our progress were our fixation towards profit.
Basically, it's about how people inherit their wealth.
If your father's rich, you don't have to work hard.
You'll still be rich anyways.
He stated these were the obstacles to reformation.
In Japan,
people are not too fond of changes. That's why change is hard.
Last week, Nikolai also talked about how...
people hated changes. We really just hate change for no reason.
Especially when you enter the work force,
there are a lot of old people in very high positions...
who really despise change.
For example, if we talk about how the US is trying something new...
and suggest we try it out too, they immediately reject it.
The reason they reject it is because they don't know anything about it.
- They just say no? - Yes.
- It's just no. - There are people like that.
Do that. Call me.
- Mr. Chairman... - No.
There are people like this. I said no.
- Wait, I... - No. Stop.
- Okay. - Stay still.
No, don't stay still.
- Don't stay still? - No.
What? Don't even talk.
Mexico is always trying to prevent itself from changing.
People there don't have the motivation to compete with each other.
It's a big problem. For example,
if you make a competition where you give the winner a prize...
Let's say Wang Xinlin was a student.
He's always prepared for everything.
- That's why he always wins. - He answers everything first.
- Yes, he's always first place. - Yes.
Anyway, one day, the teacher...
is about to ask a question when he says,
"This question is for everyone except Wang Xinlin."
- Because he gets everything right? - "You take a rest."
"You're always answering. Let's give the other students a chance to answer too."
That sounds like a good teacher.
Wait, that's...
That's a good thing to do.
It's important to give everyone a chance...
- but it's more important to motivate them. - Oh, motivation.
This friend is doing so well because he puts in a lot of effort.
But everyone can do great if they tried too.
That's what we should be taught.
I feel like they need to have that kind of mindset.
Alex thinks a little differently.
I think Switzerland's prosperous environment...
Besides prosperity, is there anything else?
- You only talk about it being wealthy... - You're bragging.
- There's no reason for a reset. - It's a wealthy country.
But there are some bad points as well.
Compared to all the other European countries,
the suicide rates in Switzerland are alarmingly high.
According to some research,
suicide rates are pretty high among people...
who are educated and live in a wealthy neighborhood.
Looking at these facts, you can see how money doesn't equate to happiness.
From my perspective,
the biggest obstacle for a reset in the US is...
the social division.
After the election, our country has been separated in half.
I know Korea is having a tough time as well but...
I think it's great...
how everyone's united as one here.
Everyone agrees there needs to be a change.
Everyone shares their desire for a reform.
But the US is divided.
I think it should try to get together and unite like Korea.
There's a saying that says, "When you think it's late, it's already too late."
We need to have more courage to reset thing before it's too late.
So that we can reset Korea in a better way,
the Non Summit Meeting without borders...
It will start now.
(Please leave us your opinion on Reset Korea on www.peoplemic.com.)
Let's welcome in our Korean representatives.
A girl group known for having that pretty girl next to that pretty girl.
But those people only go...
(Singing)
They're on a whole different level. Please welcome Seul-gi and Wendy of Red Velvet.
(The 135th Korean representatives are Seul-gi and Wendy..)
Oh my...
(Seul-gi, Wendy)
- Hello. - Hello.
The atmosphere feels different.
It feels brighter in here.
- Take a seat. - Yes.
- Hello. - Hello.
Please introduce yourselves.
Yes, of course.
- In 3, 2 and 1. Happiness. Hello. - Happiness. Hello.
- We're Seul-gi... - And Wendy of Red Velvet.
Wow.
(Welcome)
- Happiness? - Yes, happiness.
He really loves that, doesn't he?
Seul-gi, from your perspective, what sets Red Velvet...
apart from all the other girl groups?
When we first got our group concept,
I wasn't sure if we would be able to be successful.
Our very first concept was...
- having two tone hair. - That's right.
- Two tone hair. - Yes.
We thought people would look at us strangely. It felt really weird.
But people saw that as unique and started to like us.
Your youngest, Ye-ri, is only 17 years old?
- Well... - She's...
He's a girl group specialist.
- What? - He knows everything.
He's a professor specializing in girl groups.
(Professor specializing in girl groups)
She was 17 when we made our debut. Right now, she's 19 years old.
She's really pretty.
Maybe, Ye-ri should have come out here today.
(So cute)
I heard Wendy...
- received an award from President Obama. - Yes.
- You received an award while you were studying in a US high school? - Yes.
You could have applied for one of the Ivy League schools but you didn't.
How do you get that award anyways?
They give that award to one student every year.
They look at your leadership skills,
look at your grades, and everything else.
But I was able to obtain it.
How good were your grades?
My GPA was 3.93.
Is that a good grade, Mark?
It's pretty high. It's out of 4.0.
- Out of 4.0? - Yes.
What was your GPA, Mark?
I had a 3.9 GPA.
Princeton is a prestigious school.
- He graduated from Princeton. - Wow.
- Wow. - Wow.
Have you ever received an award from a President?
I'm a little too old to have received one from Obama.
Then, did you get one from Reagan?
Did you just say Reagan?
There's Clinton award, Carter award,
and the Bush Sr. award.
- Bush Sr. award? - Yes.
- Did you get one? - Yes, a long time ago.
- Wow. - Wow.
Normally, those awards are for US citizens. This is the first time I heard of...
- an international student getting one. - Wendy is...
- It's impressive. - Thank you.
- Anyway, we're off to a good start today. - Yes.
- Let's see which girl group is popular within each respective country. - Yes.
The US doesn't really have a lot of girl groups.
But a group called Fifth Harmony has been getting really popular lately.
In 2012, those girls all appeared on an audition program.
But after being rejected, they decided to make their own group.
Their first hit song was a song called, "Worth It".
That song, "Worth It" made it to Billboard's Top Five...
and ranked top 10 in 13 other countries.
They sold a huge amount of albums.
Their image is very different from Red Velvet.
I'm sure one day, we'll also be able to become sexier...
Don't you think so?
I'm not sure if we'll get to their level but...
Japan is completely the opposite.
The Japanese likes cute idols. They like to grow up with their idols.
- Us too. - Right now, the most popular idol group is...
Momoiro Clover Z. They're really popular.
- Each member has their own color, like Power Rangers. - They're so cute.
Because they each have their own color, they have their own set of personalities.
The reason people love them is because they...
always do their best. They run around and give it their all during their concerts.
- You can see them sweating... - They work so hard.
They give us hope to try harder.
Mexico doesn't have any girl groups.
But Mexicans really love Girl's Generation..
and Girl's Day. They are really popular.
- Even now. - You'll become like that too.
When we take the bus,
- we can see their music videos play on the screen. - Still? Even now?
And in terms of Girl's Day, they came to Mexico to perform...
not that long ago.
But when they performed, they memorized their song...
- in Spanish and sang it for us. - They did?
- Wow. - It was a hard song.
- But it made a great impression on us. - That's impressive.
They sang a fast song.
In Canada, all the girl groups failed.
I don't know any of them.
But we normally like solo singers.
Canadians like Justin Bieber,
Avril Lavigne, and so on.
Italy doesn't have any idols.
We don't have anything like girl group or boy group.
The only group that was popular was the Spice Girls.
They're one of the first girl groups.
They were the first and last girl group.
- The first and last? - Even I knew them.
- Spice Girls. - They were really popular.
Do you have any artists you like? Any celebrities?
I used to really like Beyoncé ever since I was little.
I would see her performances and take a lot of notes.
I was amazed at how her presence could fill the whole stage.
I really respect her in terms of her performance.
(Beyoncé Knowles is Seul-gi's idol.)
- Beyoncé also started from a girl group. - Yes, she did?
She started singing in Destiny's Child.
If you don't mind, can you sing us one of her songs?
- I don't know if I can sing it very well... - Let's clap for her.
(Expectant)
- About this much? - Wow!
- Wow. - That wasn't bad.
- I really like her. - We can see that you really do.
- What about you, Wendy? - I like Jessie J.
- Jessie J? - Yes. During my training period, I would always listen to her songs.
She was the best.
(Jessie J inspired Wendy to become a singer.)
- Jessie J? - Yes.
Come on.
- Jessie J. - Jessie J.
- That's it. - Wow.
That was amazing!
For the 135th Non Summit Meeting,
we'll hear Seul-gi and Wendy's topic.
"Being a member of a girl band,"
"dieting is something we can't escape from."
"That's why we prepared this topic."
"I like to eat what I want, however much I want. Am I abnormal?"
Why would that be abnormal?
Are there foods you can't resist?
I really like spicy foods like tteokbokki.
I can't eat it before a show because I'll get bloated,
even though I love spicy foods.
- That's why I try not to eat them before a show. - Flour cakes or rice cakes?
- I prefer rice cakes. - I see.
- The chewy kind. - Right.
- What do you like, Wendy? - My favorite is also tteok.
- You both love tteok. - I love tteok so much...
that when I was in training, I found a specialty store...
- that received the President's Award. - A specialty tteok store.
- Receiving the President's Award... - Yes.
automatically makes...
the tteok store the recipient of the award?
- Well, among mothers... - Was it a tteok house that received an award from Obama?
I heard it was that good.
People said the tteok there was that good.
- You must also like tteokbokki. - Yes, of course.
- When you two get together? - That's right.
(They're tteokbokki soul mates.)
Me three!
- Why did you just do that? - I like tteokbokki, too.
- You don't eat spicy foods! - I eat spicy foods!
- Did you that you like spicy foods? - I wanted to high-five too, you know!
- I thought you hated spicy foods. - You did?
Aurélien, I can't believe you.
Where is this going?
We all eat it well.
My Taekwondo master from when I was a kid...
- was Korean. He'd give me raw peppers to eat, and I ate them well. - Peppers?
- Peppers flakes? - You mean...
- spicy peppers. - I see.
It could look like a pepper.
It would be a very slim pepper.
(Whatever it was, it was spicy.)
The green-colored pepper.
It's time for us to imagine some delicious foods in...
"The High-calorie Battle. What is more fattening?"
(The High-calorie Battle. What is more fattening?)
We're going to talk about foods that boast devilishly high calories.
There are macarons.
- That's right! - Macarons!
They're small, but there are...
more than 100 calories in 1 macaron.
- Eating four of them is equal to a large bowl of rice. - Really?
In Switzerland, it would be cheese fondue.
- That looks delicious. - A single serving is 500g,
and it can easily go over 1,000 calories.
Many different kinds of cheeses are used.
The kind called emmental cheese...
was one that my senior Kim Jong-un..
He's talking about Chairman Kim Jong-un.
They went to the same school.
- Really? - My senior, Kim Jong-un...
(Look at how shocked they are!)
Really?
You have similar hairstyles.
You're right.
They say that Kim Jong-un's excessive consumption of...
emmental cheese is the cause of his obesity.
(The cause of Kim Jong-un's obesity)
Right, fondue is very high in calories.
We've had fondue win the calorie battle over macarons.
- Do we have a challenger? - Raise your hand.
- Zahid. - In Pakistan, on holidays and celebrations,
we eat something called mithai.
It's made from sugar and milk.
There's so much sugar that there's a candy-like texture to it,
kind of like a jawbreaker.
There's that much sugar.
One of those contains up to 140 calories.
- If you eat 3, that's enough for a meal. - We normally eat 3 to 4 of them.
- It's really high in calories. - Is there anything similar in India?
Mithai is actually from India.
- Zahid, didn't you know? - Really?
You should leave this to me.
Indian people really like sweet foods.
That's why there are rumors of India having the highest number of diabetics.
- In China, we have moon cakes, a must for Chinese Thanksgiving. - No way.
Why not? Even when kneading the dough,
- they put in a lot of oil and sugar, so it's high in calorie. - It's filling.
That's why the Chinese drink tea when they eat moon cakes.
- It helps to draw out the oil. - How many calories are there?
Normally, the duck egg moon cakes are 180g...
and have around 800 calories.
- Really? - Yes, 800.
- That's so much sugar. - Is it too low?
- No. - It's too high.
In Japan, you'd think it's ramen,
- but ramen... - It's high calorie.
has many varieties.
Among them, there's a franchise called Ramen Zero.
Their ramen bowls are so large that they have incredible amounts of calorie in them.
That's a normal size at the franchise.
A normal size there would have three bowls of your average ramen.
That looks appetizing.
Why don't they just use a basin for their bowl?
The biggest one is a large size and has around 2,300 calories.
As you know, people normally get cravings for ramen at night.
- It's a good late-night snack. - It's so good,
but it's very high in calories.
This would be a good time for Alberto to speak.
In Italy, we'd make a pan of pizza with...
- cheese, ham, and other things and fold it. - A calzone.
- Calzone. - Yes. It is already high in calorie, right?
- Yes. - They then fry it.
- They fry it? - What?
That's a winner. You win.
Wow.
On calzone has about 2,000 calories.
Do you eat this often?
I'll die if I do.
It'll cause something fatal.
In Canada, a representative food is the poutine.
It's not the name of the Russian president.
Right, the poutine has so much calories.
It's the name of a food.
You have french fries, cheese,
with the high calorie gravy sauce poured over it.
The sauce solidifies in cold temperatures.
- That's how much fat there is. - This one wins.
In some restaurants, a small-sized poutine has 1,440 calories.
A small size has 1,440 calories?
- You can't not have it when you go to Canada. - The gravy...
is made by putting beef broth into oil, right?
That's right. And it's salty.
- It's tasty, though. - We can't skip the US when speaking of high-calorie foods.
Yes. The US can beat everyone when it comes to fattening foods.
Come on, then! Come on!
Yes!
- We agree. - Come on!
There's a restaurant called The Cheesecake Factory.
The restaurant was selected as being the least healthy restaurant for consumers.
- Oh my gosh. - If you go there, they have french toast...
that has around 2,700 calories.
- French toast? - There's another hamburger restaurant...
called Red Robins.
They have a Monster Set that has...
more than 3,500 calories.
That's incredible.
It doesn't look that high in calories.
There's another restaurant that serves burgers that are this big,
but instead of the bun, they have Krispy Kreme's donuts.
- That's the Luther Burger. - There's that.
They cut half a glazed doughnut and use it as a hamburger bun.
- That's explosive. - Also,
they would take Twinkies or Snickers...
and fry them.
- That's so wrong. - Goodness me.
- I tried fried Oreos. - They're good.
Have you tried them?
- No. - They have them in Korea.
- They even sprinkle sugar power on top. - That looks good.
Seul-gi and Wendy, what is your favorite...
- high calorie food? - I had mine yesterday.
- What's that? - Nutella.
That's the devil's jam.
- They call it that. - How did you eat it?
I didn't have any bread, so I ate them with strawberries.
(The perfect combination)
- That's amazing. - I ate all the strawberries...
and had some Nutella left. Eating the Nutella alone was so good.
No wonder the jar was almost empty when I opened it later.
- After you ate it once. - You were eating it like Winnie the Pooh.
(Like Winnie the Pooh)
- Nutella brings even stale bread back to life. - I know.
- Seriously. - Yes.
Even bread that taste like sponges become so delicious with Nutella.
- It's good with newspapers as well. - Right.
You have to fry the newspapers first.
If you ask people what religion they believe in,
they say the Church of Nutella.
- The Church of Nutella. - It's like a deity.
It's internationally loved.
I believe the next segment will be of help to Wendy.
We'll be talking about diets and eating habits from around the world.
Let's start with diet trends.
In Germany, a nutritionist made a German-style diet.
It became famous because people could...
- lose up to 7kg in 2 weeks. - Really? How?
- It's actually... - Are you still interested in that?
(Hyun-moo listens with piqued interest.)
It's actually not that hard.
You just eat the diet a nutritionist plans for you.
Instead, you eat very little portions.
For breakfast, you'd have a coffee and a piece of bread.
- Then, - That's the worst.
for lunch, you'd have two eggs and a salad.
For dinner, you'd have some chicken breasts and this.
- It's a starving diet. - People think it wouldn't be tasty,
but there are many who think it's worth doing if it gets you those results.
It's not that different from the everyday meals in Germany.
(Foodie MC Hyun-moo disses German food.)
It's that plus beer.
(Niklas self-detonates.)
One diet that's been in vogue in the US,
is the Paleo Diet, or the Caveman Diet.
The Caveman Diet.
The word Paleo comes from the word...
- Paleolithic age. - Right.
They eat the same way the paleolithic era people ate food.
- They eat vegetables and meat. - Can you eat pan-fried foods?
With very little seasoning, you just...
- lightly saute in over a grill and eat. - That wouldn't taste good.
- There's another... - Eat it saying, "Wooga! Wooga!"
Over an open flame?
With a stone axe?
Did you say there's another that's even more grueling?
For those who want a more intense diet,
they would go on a raw food diet.
- The food isn't cooked in a fire. - You just eat them raw?
They eat it raw?
Like yukhoe?
Raw food.
They're going farther back in time.
- We have the T Diet. - T?
Yes. They are tacos, tamales, tortas, and tortillas.
- Aren't they high in calories? - They all start with "t".
They're foods that start with "t".
- Tequila? - That's allowed.
- It's a drink. - These are restricted foods.
- You can't foods that have start with a "t"? - That's right.
If it starts with a "t"...
- I was surprised. - You can't eat it.
That's because Mexican foods that start with "t"...
are too oily or made from flour, so these foods need to be...
restricted.
There's the Gyoza Diet in Japan.
- You eat gyoza? - I'll try that.
That's right up my alley.
- I'm sure it's not yaki goyza. - Even yaki gyoza are okay.
The diet is based on yaki gyoza because...
- Listen carefully. - Okay.
Many people think gyoza is high in calories.
However, it's not that high. One gyoza has about 34 to 40 calories.
That's why, even if you eat 10, it adds to about 400 calories.
- It's a little more than a bowl of rice. - Right.
If you eat about 10 gyoza for each meal,
the skin has carbohydrates...
and the filling has meat and vegetables, so it's highly nutritious.
It would be better to eat North Korean dumplings because gyoza has...
high sodium. Sodium is bad for dieting.
However, North Korean dumplings are really bland.
However, they have thick skins.
Just enjoy it.
I'll just eat the filling.
You said you want to eat whatever you like. In Japan,
there's diet that a diet that allows you to eat anything within eight hours.
- Eight hours? - Yes.
Does that mean you shouldn't eat for 16 hours?
That's right.
- It will allow you to eat as much as you like. - I've heard that before.
- I think it's pretty good. - That makes sense.
Guillaume likes it.
I'm usually not hungry when I wake up in the morning,
- so I can wait a little and eat a lot later. - What if you eat too much?
He said it's allowed.
That's what they say. You should try it.
From the age of 15, people in Pakistan...
- have to fast and become a food fighter. - That's right.
There is the month-long period of Ramadan each year,
during that period, people don't eat anything while the sun is up.
Fasting for long periods improves the intestines.
One physician and researcher in the US...
recommended the Islamic diet to his patients.
It's a fast that has become widely recognized.
- Wow. - It's really incredible.
Do our guests have any weight loss methods that you know of or tried?
My friend tried this diet where she only drank Americano coffee.
- It sounds unhealthy. - I know what that is.
- However... - Drink it on an empty stomach?
Yes. It really helped her shed so much weight.
- Right. - You have to drink just that three times a day.
- Without any food. - Don't you get tremors?
Seriously, that happens if you drink too much coffee.
I'm sure it wasn't very healthy,
- but it's effective... - Right.
- and fast working. - That's too much.
The American actor, Christian Bale, reduced his weight...
to 57kg for the movie "Machinist" before he shot "Batman".
He lost the weight by drinking Americano coffee...
and an apple a day, but it was effective.
He became like this.
I tried so many different diets.
I think I did all sorts of one-food diets.
I tried the Lemon Detox Diet, the Soup Diet,
the Water Diet, and the Cabbage Diet.
The Cabbage Diet is the worst.
Also, I tried Whee-sung's Deadly 13 Diet.
The Deadly 13 Diet?
It's a very famous diet. In the morning, you eat half an apple...
and run 40 laps around the track.
You have to skip 2,000 jump ropes a day, and eat barely next to nothing.
If you exercise that much, you should be able to eat gopchang.
- He did lose a lot of weight. - They say you can lose 7kg in a short time.
- It's very effective. - I see.
There are so many different and unbelievable diets.
There are so many.
In 1990s Mexico, there was a very famous diet...
called the Blood-type Diet.
- It sounds familiar. - People of different blood types had to eat specific foods.
- For example, those with Type O... - Me.
Type O people should only eat meat.
- I'm jealous. - That's all you can eat.
Wait a second.
- It might get better. - Any Type A people?
I'm Type A.
Those with Type A can't eat meat at all.
- That's too bad. - Meat is my favorite!
You can't eat it.
What about Type B?
- I don't remember Type B. - What?
(Unverified information)
- Don't do that. - How about Type B's diet?
- They'd eat this and that. - The diet was ultimately a failure.
(The baffling diet fell into disrepute.)
Starting this May, a restaurant in Switzerland will start serving edible insects.
- Yes. - What?
What kind of insects?
I think they'll sell a variety of insects.
In order to preserve the environment,
it's become known as a replacement food source for the future.
In fact, it's very suitable for weight loss...
because insects are high in protein.
Grasshoppers have the same amount of protein as beef.
Because eating insects is rather gross,
there are powder forms you can eat.
Insect powder?
Insect powder!
- Bug powder. - The actress, Selma Hayek,
is apparently on a diet of insects.
There is the Tape-worm Diet in China.
- Many celebrities... - That's just wrong.
were on this diet, and it became a controversy.
They would use tape worms to lower the body's ability to absorb nutrients.
Once they achieve the body weight they desire,
they would eat an anthelmintic...
to kill the tape worm.
These tape worms were sold on the internet for 100 dollars an egg.
For an egg?
In Japan, there's a woman who tried 250 different kinds of diets.
She even created a ranking...
of all the baffling weight-loss methods.
The first ranking diet was the most shocking.
It's called the Air Diet. On this diet,
you would prepare the food you want to eat...
- and bring the food up to your mouth. Then, do this. - It can't be.
(Pretend you're eating.)
It's like you're eating when you're not.
- You're eating the air. - What that?
I think I'll be good at it.
(Slurping)
- I think your stomach will get upset. - What about the smell?
- Your stomach will secrete acids. - Isn't Madonna on this diet?
- Really? - Yes. Madonna is actually on this diet.
It became very famous.
There are some people who put the food in their mouth,
chew, and spit it back out.
- Like the Roman Emperor. - In Italy, a professional nutritionist...
- made a ranking of crazy diets. - Crazy.
The top-ranking crazy diet is the gelato diet.
Ice-cream?
All day, you have to eat nothing but ice-cream.
You have to...
eat 3kg of ice-cream a day.
What is that a sherbet party?
You get to eat ice-cream and lose weight.
- It's unhealthy. - Yes. You'll get problems from lack of proper nutrition.
The second one is called the Sponge Diet.
- What's that? - I've heard of it.
The Sponge Diet?
You can eat whatever you want, like a frappe, ice-cream, or lemonade,
by soaking a sponge into the food and sucking on the liquids.
So you'd eat less?
- You know the sponge inside dolls? - Right.
I see.
- Do you eat the sponge too? - Yes.
There are some who do.
- Why? - Some eat the sponge.
This also causes problems for the stomach as well.
Another a very popular diet of late was called the Baby-food Diet,
where you eat 16 cans of baby food a day.
- You know the cans of baby food? - Do you have to suck on the food?
You can eat whichever way you want.
Mom has to feed it.
Do you have to wear a bib?
This is one of the most crazy diets.
It's not effective and useless.
These are all one-food diets that aren't good for your health.
When I was in college, I did the Naengmyeon Diet.
- That'll make you gain weight. - I lost so much weight.
- Really? - All I did was eat naengmyeon.
In school cafeterias, naengmyeon portions are very small.
I ate that with added noodles.
Added noodles?
You ate more?
- The portions are this small. - It was a small portion.
After eating just that, I lost so much weight.
It was all water naengmyeon. However, it's not healthy.
- There's a quick yo-yo effect. - One-food diets are dangerous.
- They're very dangerous. - In our society, one's body is the hallmark of self-care.
It's safe to say that many are one diets 365 days a year.
Let's vote on what the panel thinks.
"Would you give up your figure and eat what you want...
"or refrain from eating what you like to maintain your shape?"
Please press if you would give up your figure.
In 1, 2 and 3.
Give up or refrain.
Our master of diets, who's been dieting for 20 years,
Guillaume Patry, was the first to press.
I'm always on a diet, but if there's food in front of me, I can't resist.
That's why I don't keep food in the house because...
I know I'll eat it.
It's harder to not eat.
I don't even have to try not to eat because...
- I don't have any cravings. - Don't you?
I just don't get the desire to eat.
- I don't know if I'm jealous or not. - I never have the drive to eat.
- I'm jealous. - Germans don't usually get cravings.
- It's true. - There's nothing good to eat?
That's why they don't get cravings.
- It's okay. - Guillaume, can you completely let go of your looks for food?
When the food is in front of me, I can't help myself.
When there's food, I eat.
I eat and when I get home,
I remind myself of what I had eaten...
- and eat less. - You let yourself go and regain yourself.
I'd exercise for 10 minutes.
That's not giving up.
I'm the type to eat to live and live to eat.
I believe eating the things I want...
is very important for my mental health.
If you eat whatever you want, you'll be prone to diabetes, obesity,
and other health problems.
It will shorten your life span.
- What's the point? - Do something about it after.
You can exercise afterward.
You can exercise.
That's easy to say that you can exercise after you eat.
Why don't you try? You'll still get fat.
- You don't get fat. - Some people get fat even on water.
(The panel is divided.)
What if you don't want to exercise? Some people...
lose weight with even light exercise.
However, some people don't lose weight...
no matter how much they exercise.
- It depends on the person. - Most importantly,
When you're young, you can digest anything.
But your body's not the same when you get older.
- It gets harder to lose weight. - I worked really hard to lose weight so I know...
what it's like when you reach your goal weight.
No one else can understand that happiness...
of being able to wear any of the clothes in the department store.
- Oh. - And no one will ever...
whisper behind my back about how fat I am. Not everyone can understand that feeling.
- How much did you weigh? - I...
I weighed 100kg.
- Wow. - Is that true?
- Is that true? - What about now?
I weigh 68kg now.
- Wow. - Wow.
- That's amazing. - Do you have a picture?
- Yes, I do. - I saw that.
- Wow. - That's really him.
I was in high school.
- How'd you lose weight? - In high school,
before you take your college entrance exam,
they do a health examination.
They said I was too fat to be eligible for any of the majors I wanted.
I worked so hard to lose weight...
and get to this point. That's why I understand.
Also, just before I go to sleep,
I would want to eat so many things.
During those times, I would get so depressed. But I would ask myself...
if I was willing to risk everything for something like food.
It's true.
- You would ask yourself that? - That's amazing.
She said you were amazing.
- She did? - It's a little...
similar to what Xinlin said.
When you're tempted to eat food,
instead of thinking about how your body is now,
you should think about the body you want tomorrow.
That kind of thinking really helps.
Think for my future self.
When I joined this program, I weighed 90kg.
But last December, I was able to weigh in at 79kg.
I probably ate over 100 fish during that time.
- You did lose weight. - If I maintain my weight...
My body is like an idol's body back in India.
(What did you say?)
- He's saying he has the body of an idol... - Oh.
You did get thinner.
I can relate to that. In the US,
- I'm normal... - Please don't say you're an idol.
- I... - He never said that.
You don't have the body of an American idol.
No, I don't. From US standards, I have a normal body weight.
But I started to think I should work out when I came to Korea.
Our standards are very different. I'm the thinnest one in my family.
It's funny but my grandmother gave me a nickname.
Senza culo.
- Senza culo? - What does it mean?
- It means he has no buttocks. - No buttocks.
- I have no buttocks. - He doesn't?
It means I have no buttocks. But when I came to Korea,
people would tell me I have big buttocks.
I started to develop a complex about it.
That's why I thought I should start to work out more.
Italians eat a lot.
There's this saying...
Men without a belly...
is like a starless night sky.
That's a great saying.
Don't you think so?
- It's a wonderful saying. - I think so, too.
But if the sky is drowned out by the stars...
I have all the constellations here.
But they eat healthy ingredients.
Because everyone likes to eat,
everyone works out...
- after eating a lot. - You two have differing opinions.
- Yes. - Yes.
I think I'm more happy when I'm able to maintain my weight.
Just like what he said, I really like dressing up.
- You need to be skinny. - Yes.
Even if there was very tasty tteokbokki, you'd give them up for clothes?
If there was very tasty tteokbokki, I wouldn't eat the whole thing.
I'd eat only half.
- You can control that? - Yes, I can control myself.
When I eat tteokbokki, I only start to realize I'm eating it...
when the plate is empty.
This is kind of spicy? Oh, it's...
- That's me. - What about you, Wendy?
I think that when I'm 40, I'm going to eat...
- without any restraint. - Without any restraint?
Yes. My parents would always say this to me.
"You only live life once."
"You should do what you want, eat what you want,"
"travel wherever you want, and be happy."
- "If you do that, that's a good life." - They're right.
That's what they told me.
I also tried to go on a diet numerous times recently.
But as I get older, I'm starting to realize both sides have merit.
The happiness of eating however much you want to eat is...
really great, just like how the happiness of achieving a great body is great.
- Yes. - It's a choice that's up to the individual.
As long as it doesn't affect your health negatively,
you shouldn't let others dictate your way of life.
Lately, there are many countries declaring war against obesity.
I'm sure each country has their own set of policies revolving around obesity.
Just like America, the issue of obesity in Mexico is really severe.
I'm sure we take the first and second place in obesity.
I think the problem lies in how Mexican food is so salty.
It's salty but people add more salt.
(They add salt to salty food.)
They add more salt to their food.
That's why people get so obese.
So the government made a regulation...
that there couldn't be any salt shakers on the tables in restaurants.
- They got rid of them all. - That's great.
- They got rid of everything... - People who want it can ask for it?
Even if people ask for it, they're not allowed to give it to them.
- What? - They're not allowed.
They have to bring some from home?
(That's right.)
For example, my brother...
(My brother...)
Did you say brother?
(Did he just use a feminine word?)
- You're a man, right? - Yes, I'm a man.
I meant to say my dad. My dad was always...
putting salt on his food.
When they made this new law, my dad would...
carry around a mini salt shaker in his pocket.
In 2009, the state of Ohio made a law regarding the obesity in police.
You know how the police has to run after the criminals, right?
Obesity is a huge problem. But because of that law,
about eleven officers were fired for being overweight.
But that become a big issue. The police union...
thought that being fired for being overweight...
was another form of discrimination.
So they kept fighting until they reached a settlement.
In 2014, in the Taiwanese military, it was mandatory for soldiers...
to state their weight before eating.
If a soldier's BMI was over 30,
they would have to eat wearing this name tag saying they were overweight.
- Their BMI? - Yes.
My BMI is over 30. I would have to do that?
That's so humiliating.
- It is. - Yes.
In 2015, there was another incident in China.
One airline stated that if a woman was below 45kg and...
a man was below 60kg,
they were eligible to check in their baggage for free.
If you were over, you had to pay.
As soon as they announced this regulation,
people started criticizing it, so they got rid of it.
In 2009, one of India's airline...
put 125 stewardesses to work on land for being overweight.
On top of that, nine of them were fired.
And recently, the same airline stated...
to 50 stewardesses that if they didn't lose weight...
within the given three months, they would be transferred to other divisions.
Europe also had an issue similar to that.
If a passenger weighed too much, he or she had to buy two tickets.
They didn't want the overweight people to cause discomfort to the...
people sitting next to them. It was a huge issue.
They say that...
if you can't put on your seat belt or put down your armrests,
it could be dangerous. That's why you need to buy two seats.
It's still an ongoing issue.
But I think Netherlands was able to find a good solution.
Netherlands stated that although you have to buy the two tickets,
if there are a lot of empty seats left during lift off,
you're eligible to to receive a refund.
There was an incident last September.
An Italian lawyer got on a plane to go to Dubai.
The person sitting next to him was so fat that...
the nine hour flight was excruciatingly painful for him.
- I would have sued them. - So he sued him.
- The lawyer? - He sued him for seven million dollars.
- Did you say seven million dollars? - I saw that.
- It's funny how he looks so sad in that picture. - Yes.
He looks so sad.
- He looks so pitiful. - There are many new diet products. Let's have a look.
In Japan, there are these diet glasses.
- What? - Diet glasses?
Basically, it's a VR system.
When you look through the headset,
everything looks 1.5 times bigger.
(It makes you think you ate more.)
It tricks you into thinking you ate a lot?
If you look at a cookie, it looks 1.5 times bigger...
when you hold it in your hand.
- A soju cup would look as big as a beer mug. - I feel drunk already.
For people who need to eat more,
they can adjust it so everything looks 30 percent smaller.
- They're free to adjust it. - I see.
Also, in men's case, the goal of dieting is to...
make a six pack.
It's really hard for people like me to develop muscles.
There's a really good product...
where you can get in shape by just wearing it.
- Oh? - Like prosthetic?
- Oh. - Oh, that?
- That's... - That's kind of cool.
I like the picture on the left.
- You can't really tell that you're wearing one. - If you wear those with a T-shirt,
- it looks like you have muscles here. - That's great.
- It's pretty cool. - It is.
If you wear it, we'll know.
(Caught)
- Next? - We have a diet insurance.
Some students came up with this idea in Shanghai.
You can get a membership by paying around three dollars.
If you lose over 4.5kg after 2 months,
you can get back 16 dollars.
- Wow. - That's a good idea.
Didn't Mexico have something similar?
The subway? That's right.
- Oh, the subway... - If you do 20 squats, you can get on the train for free.
For free?
We had something similar during the Sochi Olympics.
- It was originally from Russia. - Yes, it was.
Mexico copied Russia.
Those who want to pay can and ride the subway.
If you don't want to pay, then you can do it in front of the machine.
You'll get a free ticket.
It's a great idea.
- Wouldn't someone be paid to do squats in front of it? - In front of the machine.
(That's a good idea.)
There is a similar machine in Dubai.
If everyone in the family loses one kilogram,
- they will give the family gold. - They'll give them gold?
They give out gold?
Yes, they can do this because they are a rich country.
They will give you gold if you lose weight.
- I think Korea should do that, too. - Let's go to Dubai.
(If only we had oil...)
I would like that, too.
In the US, they combined a bicycle...
with a bathtub...
to create a new exercise machine.
- This is a nice idea. - If it was just a bicycle,
than you'd lose 400 calories every hour.
But with this, you can burn 800 calories in an hour.
If you heat the water for a lower-body bathing,
- You'd lose so much weight. - That looks great.
All right. Everyone agrees the healthiest diet is exercise.
Could you tell us about an exercise or diet that is popular in your country?
In Italy, we invented the Olympic event,
walking.
- Walking. - This sport was invented by the Romans.
They didn't invent this sport to lose weight.
They invented this for the army.
Soldiers have to move fast, but they would get tired quickly if they ran.
- It wouldn't be good if they were tired. - Do they move their hips when they walk?
So, they created this walk...
because the soldiers could move quickly and they wouldn't get tired.
I think we did that in the army.
I didn't know Pilates was from Germany.
Since this is very popular in Asia,
I thought Pilates was invented in China, Japan or Korea.
As soon as I saw the Pilates reformer, it reminded me of Germany.
I heard that Pilates is a person's name.
- His name was Joseph Pilates. - Is that so?
The Pilates exercise was created for soldiers as well.
During World War One,
this exercise was created to help injured people recover.
It was an exercise designed to improve flexibility.
When Joseph Pilates moved to New York,
a lot of female dancers started to become interested in this exercise,
and it became a very feminine form of exercise.
This happened because it became popular with women.
- All health clubs have gym balls, right? - Yes.
In English they are called a Swiss Ball.
In the 80s, some US physical therapists went to Switzerland...
and learned physical therapy and remedial exercises during their time.
They went back and introduced this to the US and it became popular.
That's why they are still referred to as Swiss Balls.
I'm sorry to say this, but the person who made the gym balls was an Italian.
This was created in 1960 by an Italian.
He invented this as an exercise equipment.
- An English doctor who was living in Switzerland... - Right.
saw the gym ball and thought it would be great to use it as a treatment exercise.
He invented it after getting the idea.
So, an English person invented it.
The person who made the gym ball was Italian,
but the person who thought of using it for that purpose was English.
- It was invented in Switzerland. - The doctor was working in Switzerland.
It was invented in Switzerland.
The inventor was English and the tool was invented in Italy.
- This is complicated. - If I'm being honest,
it sounds odd to call it an Italian Ball.
It was originally called a Pezzi ball.
- Pezzi ball. - But, Swiss Ball sounds better than Italian Ball.
I feel like they'll take a neutral position and help me out.
The ball isn't biased.
- In France, we invented parkour. Have you heard of it?
- That's really cool. - Was that French?
- Yes, it was invented by a French person. - Is that so?
That's...
(Oh, that!)
(Inspired by African indigenous tribes)
- What is he doing? - You have to do it without equipment.
- People really do get injured from doing this. - Goodness me.
(This was designed to help people get through complex environments quickly.)
(This training discipline is often called the art of moving.)
(This sport pushes the human body's physical limits.)
It's like freerunning.
It's a little different to freerunning.
- Is it different? - The same person did invent the two.
In freerunning you can add some unnecessary motions into it.
You could add unnecessary flips into the movement.
(These motions looked unnecessary to Aurélien.)
I'm impressed by the person who shot this. They would have had to run with them.
- To be honest... - It is impressive, right?
I think the camera operator is the most impressive out of those three.
(The weight of the camera forces him to go on a diet.)
In Pakistan, we pray five times a day.
We kowtow as we pray.
It's similar to the 108 bows a Buddhist monk does.
You've seen it, right?
We gather together at the mosque when we wake up and pray together.
This is a great exercise.
My parents also did the 108 bows.
- They bought a cushion and the two of them did it. - A sitting mat.
The next day, they started to doze off during the middle of the prayers.
(They started to doze off and fell into a deep sleep during the bows.)
Did they sleep like this?
(Sleeping)
I saw my dad and he was sleeping like this.
"Dad!" "How many have I done?"
It's very good for your health though.
- They say it is really good for your health. And you do lose weight. - It is.
In Japan we have a very funny form of exercise.
It's called Otonamaki. This is...
Did you say okonomiyaki?
No, Otonamaki.
You're referring to a way to gain weight.
- Did you say Otonamaki? - Yes, it's called Otonamaki.
Yes, it's called Otonamaki. Your whole body is wrapped up in a cloth.
You are wrapped up and you move around.
What is that?
- What is that? - Is that a person?
- I think I've seen this. - When you cradle a baby to sleep,
or to help the baby's development, we used a big cloth...
to wrap the baby and cradle the baby. We used to call this Otonamaki.
But a person took this idea...
and thought about trying it on adults, too.
- She came up with this idea and it became a real exercise. - Where does it help?
- It is apparently therapeutic. - Did you say therapeutic?
We do this form of movement to help babies sleep.
So it is therapeutic. It also helps with posture problems and stiffness.
- It helps to correct bad posture. - Yes, it does.
Are you stuck until someone gets you out?
Yes, however...
when you're wrapped up you have to move from side to side.
- They say it is very difficult. - It would be.
Is there any exercises that the two of you would recommend?
- I've tried Pilates. - How was it?
What's good about Pilates is...
that it helps to strengthen the inner muscles and makes your body look attractive.
I did try it for a little bit as well.
I tried it and I stopped.
You tried it? You must've learned a little bit though.
- The reason I did it was... - I think you've trained your inner muscles too much.
I learned it because it didn't look hard.
It's not about strengthening your muscles.
- But I realized it was harder. - It is harder.
You sweat a lot as well.
I think I gave up after a week.
I've worked with a personal trainer, tried Pilates and jumping rope 10,000 times.
However I feel if you are Korean,
I think you should try aerobics.
- Did you say aerobics? - Yes.
I think the music for aerobics is different.
(Singing)
- You know the music, right? - It is stimulating music.
They do something like this.
- It's really hard. - You do lose a lot of weight.
The hardest part about aerobics is that you have to keep the same expression.
You actually do lose a lot of fat on your face.
- I tried... - It's really exhausting.
I heard in the US Zumba which is similar to this is popular.
- Yes, Zumba. - I heard it is all the rage.
Wendy and Seul-gi, among the celebrities,
who do you think takes care of their body well?
When I watch TV, I always think So-you takes great care of herself.
- I felt like she really takes care of her body. - Right.
Recently, I also felt that way about Uhm Jung-hwa.
- You felt that way when you saw her, right? - She made her comeback.
- She looked amazing. - She really does take care of herself.
I would like to know how she takes care of herself.
I think that the artists at my agency really take care of themselves.
Especially, the members of SHINee.
Even if their schedule finishes around 4:00am,
- they go to exercise. - Really?
We'd go out for a drink at that time.
They do almost everything.
They won't drink soft drink a month before a concert.
They really do exercise constantly.
But when they see us, they'll say "You're not overdoing your diet, right?"
"You can't hurt yourself."
- They always worry about us. - They are like professional trainers.
I heard that some of the members here changed their lives after going on a diet.
We'd like to hear your thoughts about dieting.
For me, until I was in high school,
I never attended my school's sports day.
So my friends didn't call me Wang Xinlin,
instead they called my Wang Piggy.
I really do believe that I changed my life through dieting.
I always told myself, behind the fat there is a really cool Wang Xinlin.
So, when I meet someone who are on a diet...
or want to. I want to tell them, you can do it.
We are pretty. We are cool. We can do it.
This is how I truly feel.
(After the fat disappeared, a handsome man stood there instead.)
I've never been on a diet.
My thoughts about dieting is...
that it is only for appearance sake.
I do feel regrettable towards them. Firstly, I think...
Korean's viewpoint on beauty is not that diverse.
Right? If you compare it to what French and Europeans consider beautiful,
so I think it would be better if you moved to France.
I think if you go to France, you can eat what you want.
I think if you are going on a diet for your health, then it is fine.
But in Korea, due to societal pressure,
people don't go on a diet for themselves.
- They are doing it to appeal to other people. - Societal pressure.
They go on a diet because they don't want people to think badly of them.
- I feel that is not a good thing. - Right.
You should go on a diet for yourself.
After having tried various different diets,
for me it's not about trying to lose weight.
As long as you believe that you are pretty,
then I believe that I look attractive to anyone no matter who it is.
- It's not about losing weight. - I think what you said just now is very important.
All right. The issue that our 135th Korean representative Red Velvet brought to us,
"I want to eat whatever I want, however much I want."
How did you find Non Summit Meeting?
Even though each country is different, the dieting,
and the worries that comes with dieting,
all seem very similar with Korea.
I feel like I've learned a lot more about how to think about dieting...
and I feel like I learned a lot. So, I want to thank you for that.
Okay. Thank you.
(We will cheer for a world where people aren't judged for their weight.)
I would now like to adjourn our Non Summit Meeting.
Until the day we all become normal.
The hardest part about dieting is overcoming the temptation to eat sweet things.
Don't eat sweet food and instead sate your sweetness with this song.
I can't stand it
(Laughing)
Please help him out.
I can't stand it
- I can't stand it - I can't stand it
I scream You scream Give me that Ice cream
- Yes! - Thank you for your hard work.
(President Trump has started to act.)
(He's placed a travel ban on citizens from seven countries.)
(Our Iranian representative has come on the show.)
(I have a lot to say to the US.)
None of those countries had anything to do with the September 11 attacks.
Iran is also thinking of banning all US citizens from entering the country.
(The problem isn't with the seven countries.)
(They have similar skin tones.)
(Will they really build a wall between the US and Mexico?)
(We'll build a ladder.)
(Everyone takes a plane into the country.)
(Why do you need a wall in the 21st century?)
(Who will be the Korean representative for today?)
(It is the Illusion Artist Lee Eun-gyeol)
(He believes magic and supernatural powers are fiction.)
(If you say it is true,)
(then you are a con artist.)
(There are some things that science can't explain.)
(I believe that supernatural powers are real.)
(Is the only supernatural power...)
(love?)
(Is that the theme of your next performance?)
(The Love Illusionist Artist Lee Eun-gyeol?)
(Magic will be cast on Monday night.)
(Non Summit Meeting airs every Monday night at 10:50pm.)
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