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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 148)
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!
(Welcome representatives.)
Tomorrow's finally the election day where we vote for our 19th president.
As this is the first election after the impeachment of the previous president,
there has been a great surge of interest between the citizens.
Any Korean citizen who are 19 or above have the right to cast in their votes.
On the voting ballots, there is a list of candidates on the left.
After you stamp the candidate of your choice with your stamp,
you fold it in half and put it into the ballot box.
But other countries might have different methods.
I heard Japan has a very complicated voting system.
Japan's voting system is very outdated.
We have our voting ballots.
We have to write the candidate's name and party...
Do you have to write it in hiragana?
No, you can write it hiragana or kanji.
- But you have to write it out with a pencil. - That's so old fashioned.
What if you misspell their names?
For example, you wrote "Ooki" for "Oogi".
- The pronunciation changes if you put in an extra mark. - Yes.
If you leave out a mark, is your vote invalid?
If I'm Oogi and there is another candidate with a similar name, it gets confusing.
In that case, it's invalid.
- But if the other candidate's name is Christian... - Then, that's fine.
As long as they don't have similar names?
Whenever I hear about this, I don't understand why they make it so uncomfortable...
It's because so much money is spent during the elections.
If they print it out, it cost a lot of money.
That's why they use a pencil...
It'll probably cost more for people to go through those ballots.
Yes, getting them checked by machines would be a lot faster but...
There's a cheaper method.
You can just stamp it with your thumb.
- You stamp your fingerprint? - Yes. In Pakistan, candidates have their own symbols.
It's because there's a high level of illiterates back in Pakistan.
They won't be able to know who it is if they write their name.
So after they checked their ID, they're led into the booth where there's an ink pad.
All they have to do is stamp their fingerprints next to the symbol of their choice.
That's how we do it.
That's why it's crucial for each party to have their symbol.
If they don't have that, people don't know who they're voting for.
And because the system is like this, there are some...
who vote by the symbols rather than the candidates.
- They only look at the symbol. - Symbol?
In Canada, we check the box next to the name of the candidates.
But that vote could also be invalid.
- You have to check it right. - You have to put an "X", right?
You would think that's easy to do, but there has always been invalid votes.
- Yes. - You have to put an "X",
but there are cases where people do something else.
In France, we vote...
by picking the paper that has the candidate's name.
We put that into the ballot box and we're done.
You just put in the paper?
If there are 11 candidates, there are 11 different papers.
Since we get all the papers back home...
- They deliver the paper to your house? - Yes, they do.
- Really? - That's why...
- That's why you have to hide it on your way to the voting booths? - Yes.
But what if you bring in someone else's paper by accident?
(What if you bring in someone else's paper by accident?)
- "I'm sorry. I have to go back home again." - "Whatever."
(I'm lazy. Whatever.)
These are examples of what you shouldn't do.
But they also provide paper at the voting stations so...
if you don't bring it, they have an extra papers in the front.
The campaigning process of the candidates have been something else.
They would either use a popular trot song as their logo song...
or use blogs and other forms of social media to promote themselves.
Are there any unusual ways of campaigning in your countries?
Our campaigning process is similar to Korea. We also use an election car.
They drive that car around supporting their candidates.
- Do they dance too? - Yes.
- But... - They dance too.
But unlike Korea, we can't turn on any music.
So all they do repeat their candidate's name.
- Just their name? - Yes.
- How? - Oogi, Oogi...
(Please vote for Oogi Hitoshi.)
"Oogi. Oogi." That's how they do it.
- That sounds kind of familiar. - Oogi is here.
"I came to buy some eggs but..."
(It's Asano Takahiro from the NPD party.)
(It's Asano. It's Asano. It's Asano.)
(Sasaki. Sasaki. Sasaki.)
(It's Sasaki Katsumasa.)
(Taking responsibility for freedom, it's Sasaki Katsumasa.)
(Sasaki. Sasaki. Sasaki. It's Sasaki Katsumasa.)
But there has been research that shows this is effective.
You get used to hearing their names.
Yes. They had no choice of winning.
- But after everyone kept hearing his name... - They suddenly got interested?
It's very effective at getting people to get interested about you.
But in Japan, you're not allowed to be noisy.
- What? - You're not allowed to be noisy.
- That's noisy. - It's only for during that time...
- It's noisy during that time? - I'm sure they'll say sorry after.
(They'll solve it by saying sorry after.)
But it's really interesting how it's the complete opposite of Mexico.
If you do that there, it won't be effective at all.
Mexicans hate that.
Instead, they would take a popular song,
change the lyrics, and keep blaring it, asking them to vote for them.
(These people don't care what citizens think. They're just having fun.)
The people would curse at them. It was so bad.
Kids had to sleep but they would keep doing that.
Some people who hated it would yell they wouldn't vote for him.
But Mexico isn't really a quiet place.
That's true but...
don't you think being noisy after 10 is a little too much?
- I guess even Mexicans can't stand noise pollution. - Yes.
(Even the people of the country of passion can't stand noise pollution.)
Pakistan also has a lot of great singers during the elections.
In Korea, singers try not to show too much support for their candidates.
But in Pakistan, they follow after them.
Each candidate has their own logo song.
The singers sing that as if they were in a concert.
If the candidate dance the dance of their region, everyone follows his dance.
- Oh? - That's how they do it.
(They sing passionately in the plaza.)
(The place turns into a concert where people dance and sing to the song.)
The candidates, especially the politicians,
go to each house and ask them to vote for them.
That's how they campaign in our country.
In France, there's Mélenchon of the Left Party.
Mélenchon used a hologram...
to campaign in six different cities at the same time.
(Mélenchon enters the campaigning rally.)
(Let's start.)
(It garnered a lot of attention for it's never-before-seen method.)
- He came out as a hologram? - Yes.
That's practically like "Star Wars".
(He must really like sci-fi.)
- He must really like sci-fi. - They did that in "Back to the Future" too.
(He must really like sci-fi.)
It's illegal in Switzerland to campaign like that on TV.
So the most common method they campaign is by...
using posters and advertisements in newspapers.
But it's unusual in Switzerland...
how you don't need to show how much you spent on your campaign.
After all, it's Switzerland.
But in Switzerland,
if you see how the right party makes so much posters and advertisements,
- They spend a lot? - you can assume they spend a lot of money for their campaigns.
(You can assume the right party has a lot of money.)
Our method is a lot similar to Switzerland.
We don't sing. We just use posters.
But time to time, people use their heads to come up with creative ideas.
Recently, one candidate used the shape of his face...
to make a mask...
and gave it out to thousands of people at a soccer match.
- That's kind of scary. - At a soccer match?
But it was really effective.
- That went viral for several days. - It gives him great exposure.
But he didn't win.
That was a waste of money.
In America, the campaigning process lasts a long time.
They start two years before the election.
- For those two years, the candidates go through a lot. - It's super expensive.
Yes, it's also super expensive.
And it's kind of scary how...
as soon as Trump became president,
he already registered himself...
- for the election of 2020. - Already?
- He already registered himself. - He's already aiming for reelection?
Americans are kind of scared.
- They're... - That's crazy.
The campaigning process normally last two years.
But they're afraid it might be stretched out to four years...
It's probably because he has to gather money for it.
They have to register early to gather the funds for the campaign.
- Either way, that surprised me. - I see.
Can you tell us about some campaign slogans that were very popular?
I think the most famous slogan in America is what Trump made for this election.
It's the "Make America Great Again" slogan.
The reason why it became so famous...
Trump wore a red hat with that slogan on it.
His supporters would go around wearing that hat.
And Trump also used Twitter a lot.
Whenever he wrote something, he would put in a hash tag...
with MAGA, which was short for "Make America Great Again".
He'd attach the hash tag, MAGA.
But it became a controversy.
- I'm sure. - Did that mean America...
wasn't great now? There was that kind of nuance.
And when you say, "Make America Great Again",
it means you want America to go back to the past again.
Because there were those type of nuances, people didn't really like it.
In the PTI party of Pakistan,
there was this slogan that became really popular.
PTI is the name of one of our parties.
- Oh. - PTI stands for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
- There was a "maami phuppo chachi tai PTI" slogan. - What did you say?
Basically, it means...
"Wife of Uncle, Younger and Older Sister of Father, Aunt, don't vote for PTI."
In our country, we had a problem...
- where the older women didn't vote much. - They did that to make them vote?
Yes. The slogan was made for us...
so that we would bring all those people to vote.
After that slogan, the amount of voting older women...
increased drastically.
- Just by doing that? - Yes.
Wow.
In Germany, a party made a...
poster to appeal to the women voters.
The Left Party...
had a candidate called Wulf Gallert for the regional prime minister.
He would put his face on the posters...
with the slogan on the bottom saying,
"Someone who understands women."
But that slogan didn't match his expression.
It was kind of ridiculous.
People would criticize how ridiculous it was.
It is pretty unusual.
It didn't work out too well for him.
In Japan, there are no limits when it comes to making posters for the elections.
- There's no limits when it comes to... - Can't you start having some limits?
This is already making me nervous.
There are a lot of unusual ones.
One of that was a poster of them in nude without any slogan.
Another had just their name and a QR code.
And another one was a picture of them drawn by an elementary student.
- They asked a kid to draw them. - That's a good idea.
- Oh. - That's pretty cute.
It's really cute.
- This isn't bad. - I also saw a poster...
where it had a monk...
participating in the elections.
He was running as a candidate.
- A candidate? - Yes.
- Why... - I don't know why he wanted to run for office...
We had someone like that too once.
We also had a monk as a candidate too.
- You did? - Yes.
In the past elections in Mexico,
there was a candidate named Gabriel Quadria.
Normally, candidates would go to villages and shake hands with the people.
But he would go around doing love shots with the people.
He would ask them to vote for him and do a love shot with them.
Later on, he'd go, "Please vote for me."
"I bet at least ten of them will vote for me."
"Just one more vote."
(Just one more vote...)
It wasn't only alcohol. He also drank soda or juice too.
- He still must have gone to the bathroom a lot. - It was soda?
- Yes. - He must have gone to the bathroom a lot.
There was another candidate who was our former president named Vicente Fox.
There is the "V" sign.
He was famous for making the "V" sign.
After his speeches, he would end with a "V" sign like this.
Did he have a number?
No, he didn't. We don't have numbers for our candidates.
It's very dangerous to do that here since our candidates have numbers.
You will never see someone do this while they're Candidate Number One.
- They might confuse people. - We don't have numbers.
Also, when we take pictures of ourselves casting votes, we can't do this either...
because it might mean a candidate.
That's why celebrities...
are told to be careful with their fingers.
But it's fine for this election.
- It is? - That rule has been lifted.
You can do this or this.
- Really? - Yes.
- The rules changed. - What about this?
- That's a little... - That's too...
There might be people who like this pose.
Or you could try to be confusing and do this.
No one will be able to tell what number this is.
Like this?
Since there are 15 candidates...
Anyway, you're free to pose however you like.
The main focus of campaigns are to put forth promises that appeal to the citizens.
But there were instances where they got criticized for their outrageous claims too.
What were some examples where a candidate proposed something outrageous?
Berlusconi is the best at...
- making ridiculous promises. - Him again?
Yes. He did that a lot.
Once, during his campaign, he said something like this on TV.
"Companies that hire young people..."
"will be exempt from taxes 100 percent."
Did people really believe that?
There are a lot of elder people who believe that.
There are people who think that's great.
And when he campaigned in 2008,
he promised that if they voted for him, he would get rid of taxes for automobiles.
They believe that?
People would hear that and think it was great.
Weren't there any criticism about him not keeping his promise?
- Most people knew that what he was saying was ridiculous. - They did?
But there were some people who believed him and supported him.
In Quebec, Canada, there was a prime minister called Jacques Parizeau.
He said if they voted for him, he would make Quebec independent.
- What? - So they actually voted on it.
- Wow. - They really did.
During that time, Quebec was a pretty wealthy state.
(He really became prime minister and in 1995 made citizens vote on it.)
They got exactly 49.42 percent of the votes.
They lost by a small percentage.
They had to make up at least 50 percent for them to become independent.
But because it didn't work, he resigned from his position.
If they got 50.1 percent of the votes, would Quebec have been an independent state?
If only several more tens of thousands of people voted for that,
Quebec might have been able to do so.
- Aren't you from Quebec? - Yes.
Instead of Canadian, you could have been Québécois.
I guess so.
In France, there was a candidate named Jacques Cheminade.
During this election, he made some strange proposals during his campaign.
First off,
he wanted us to industrialize and develop the moon.
And second, to prepare for travels to Mars,
he suggested we use the moon.
He actually also ran for the 2012 election.
Even back then, he was all about making a colony on Mars.
- Eventually... - How many votes did he get?
- He got 0.25 percent of the votes. - That much?
He actually got a lot more than I thought he would.
I'm sure the Martians were against it.
(I'm sure the Martians were against it.)
In 2017, there was a candidate who ran for the position of Tokyo governor...
called Toyama Koichi. That person...
made no campaign promises.
He just went out there for fun.
- That's why... - Where'd he get the money?
he went all out saying Japan was trash and that it should be brought to ruins.
When he went on TV,
he would tell the viewers not to vote.
He would tell people that he had no campaign promises.
(Beloved voters!)
(I am Toyama Koichi.)
(This country is trash!)
(This country should be brought to ruins!)
(I have no plans whatsoever for the future of Japan!)
(The minority party doesn't expect anything back from this kind of country.)
He would say these kind of things. And at the end of the speech,
- he would show his middle finger... - What?
He showed his middle finger at the end.
(If I win this election,)
(the majority party will be afraid.)
(I'll also be afraid.)
(Please give your vote of malice to Toyama Koichi.)
(Please give your vote of despair to Toyama Koichi.)
(If you won't do that, don't vote at all!)
(After all, elections won't change a thing!)
(Cracks neck)
You sure that's Japan?
Did he say sorry after that?
- No, he didn't. - He didn't say that?
That's why he politely flipped off everyone.
- Sorry. - I'm very sorry.
That's how that person became legendary.
From what I've heard,
something similar happened during the election in Iceland?
A comedian also ran as a candidate for mayor.
I think it was back in 2010. He promised...
that he wouldn't keep his promises.
He promised he wouldn't keep any of his promises, but he won the election.
That's like a social commentary...
It's like saying the pledges politicians make hold no meaning.
- He was satirizing the politicians. - That's pretty interesting.
But he really didn't keep any of his promises.
That means he did keep his promises in the end.
- Wow. - That's very philosophical.
(Actual footage of his campaign videos)
(1. There must only be one Santa!)
(2. A polar bear will be brought into the city zoo!)
(3. Disneyland!)
(He made strange pledges and never kept any of them.)
(He actively communicated with the citizens.)
(He got great positive reviews from his citizens and is still active as the mayor.)
When Canadian prime minister Trudeau started working as a politician,
the fact that he was young became big news.
- In our country, you need to be at least 40 years old to run for president. - Oh?
- You can do it. - You can do it.
No, no, no.
I'm still 39 years old.
Unfortunately, I can't run as a candidate.
You're almost there.
You babies.
When can you start running for president? How many months do you have left?
Since my birthday is in November, if I endure six more months...
I'm rooting for you.
I don't have any plans to run for president though.
Anyway,
there's an age limit on who can run for office.
Let's talk about what you guys think about this issue.
Let's vote. Do you think there should be an age limit on who can run for office?
If you think we need it, please raise your hand.
(Need 4, Don't need 6)
Xinlin, Zahid, Mark, and Christian.
- There's four. - Why do you think we need an age limit, Xinlin?
You don't age for no reason.
I believe you can learn how to work better as you get older.
If you don't have experience, you can't lead the people.
That's just the way it is in life.
- It's just how it is in life? - Yes.
Then what's the difference between a 38 year old...
and a 40 year old?
That's a good question.
What's the difference?
Oogi, have you done a TV show two years ago? Did you know anything about shows?
But right now...
But this doesn't have anything to do with being on TV.
Look.
- Two years ago... - That made him speechless.
Think about how much you experienced in the past two years.
Before that, how old are you, Xinlin?
- I'm 29 years old. - Why are you getting so embarrassed?
- He's 29? - He's pretty young.
Are you that different now than when you were 27?
Yes. I'm very different from how I was back then.
But you're talking about experience being on TV.
- But that's... - I think Xinlin means...
In America, you can run for office starting from the age of 35.
But I think it's the same thing. In business, you just need your knowledge.
For example, Mark Zuckerberg was able to start his business from a young age.
And he was able to become CEO at the age of 30.
But that's different. Politics isn't about knowledge. It's about wisdom.
It's a wisdom that made from years of life experience.
I think that's what wisdom is.
Your head shouldn't be only filled with knowledge. You need wisdom too.
Trump needs some knowledge.
- That's true. - But...
(He brings up the American president.)
I'm not saying it's always the case...
but wisdom does come with life experience and age.
Citizens. It's all up to the citizens.
You think a twenty something year old could be elected as president?
They could be elected as president if the citizens want them.
- But... - They could.
But wait. Let's say...
someone in their twenties ran for president.
Will you vote for him? Or will you vote for someone older?
- I don't look at age. I look at what they stand for. - They might still...
- I think Aurélien meant... - Wait.
- How old do you have to be to run for office? - You have to be at least 18.
- Gosh. - That's why.
I don't understand why candidates have to be over 40 years old in Korea.
(Emmanuel Macron, the projected presidential winner, is only 39 years old.)
- Is the age restriction 18 in Germany as well? - Yes, it's 18 in Germany.
I don't believe you need a limit.
Before that person ran as a candidate,
the candidates put their name forward because they felt they could do the best.
The voters just need to pick the candidate who they believe will do the best.
Since they are voting for a political party, I don't think you need a restriction.
Personally for me, like what Aurélien said,
I believe it is contradictory for a democracy to impose an age limit.
You can't discriminate candidates based on age.
- You're limiting the opportunity. - Right.
- Secondly of course, candidates who are older have more experience,
- and they have a lot more wisdom. - Right.
We're not asking for romance advice. This is politics.
Let's say I needed to talk to someone about relationships,
I would talk to someone who is older and has more experience.
A politician is running a nation.
We need to vote for someone who has studied a lot and is very smart.
But as you just said Alberto,
let's say the 20th President of Korea was devastated because he broke up...
and he says that he won't work anymore.
- He decides that he is too depressed to work. - He doesn't want to work.
There are people in their 40s who are like that.
- You're right. It could be possible. - An immature president.
- Let's say the candidate is over 50 years old. - Okay.
And he doesn't want to run because he broke up with his girlfriend.
But when we look at the numbers, it's more likely a younger person will do this.
- No, that's not true. - You have to also take into consideration the culture.
In Western cultures,
it doesn't matter if you're older or younger.
- As long as you do your work well, people will follow you. - Right.
In Asian countries,
- the relationship between a senior and junior is important. - Right.
If a young person gets elected, they might not heed the advise of older people.
- Problems like this could arise. - I think you are right.
We believe that if you're young, you don't have the experience or wisdom.
- They look down on you. - We shouldn't do that.
When you put it like that, I think I can understand it.
- We can't just casually say, "Hey, John", to someone who is older. - Right.
I think, right now,
we need to consider who the voters are.
The voters are mostly made up of retired people.
The voter bloc with the biggest influence is...
the voters who are now retired.
That's why I believe it is a good thing when a young candidate is popular.
- The younger voters could become more engaged thanks to the politician. - Right.
- You're right. - He's right because...
if you are over 40 years old,
you'll have a harder time connecting with the people...
who are moving the world forward.
Their opinions and values might be different.
If you wanted to run for prime minister in Pakistan,
you can run for the position from the age of 25.
However, I still think the age limit is too low.
When a candidate is too young, there is a chance that they'll be influenced.
And if you're too old, you won't be able to adjust to the times.
- I believe the appropriate age is between 35 and 65 years old. - I see.
In truth, the age limit is from 35 in the US as well.
But in truth, we have never elected anyone who was 35 years old.
- Right. - Even if I try to imagine it,
- Is there anyone who is 35 here? - I...
- Among the members here. - They are the same age.
How old was Barack Obama?
He was over 40 years old.
- He was in his mid-forties. - Barack Obama was considered a young president.
- He was considered too young. - People thought he was too young.
- They worried about that. - Voters didn't think he was ready.
In Italy, Matteo Renzi was only 39 when he became prime minister.
When he was 29 years old,
he was the mayor of Florence. That was a very important position.
- When he was mayor, he did a really good job. - He did well.
I don't think age is important.
I also don't think gender and religion is important.
- I don't believe where you were born is important either. - Nationality?
Did you say nationality isn't important?
Then, I'd like to run.
Right. I think Korea will one day also have a white president and a black president.
In the US,
- they had a Canadian national... - Did you say nationality isn't important?
I mean where they were born.
- I see. Where you were born. - People with dual citizenship.
You have to be a citizen of that country.
- If the person was born in Canada... - You're saying it's possible for immigrants.
In the US, immigrants can't run.
- I see. - It's not possible for immigrants to run for president in the US.
- Right. - You have to be born in the US to run.
- Right. - It's not important where in the US you were born,
however there is a law that states you have to be born here to run.
Let's say I was born in Asia,
but if I have a US citizenship, it would be okay.
I didn't really put a lot of thought into this.
I'm curious to know why and who came up with that law.
Who decided that you have to be at least 40 years old.
I learned today that there are countries that allow you...
to run for the highest office as soon as you can vote.
All right. There are a lot of political leaders who were voted in fairly.
But there have been times when there have been outrage over rigged results.
Let's discuss controversies that happened due to rigged elections.
There was a scandal that we refer to as, robocall scandals".
Back in 2011, they accessed the information of the voters of the opposing party...
and called them to tell them that the voting venue had changed.
They called up the voters and told them this.
(This is an automated message from Election Canada.)
(The new voting location is at this area.)
People didn't know where to go to vote.
Did they call them up and lie about the voting venue?
- Yes. - To stop them?
- Yes. - Doesn't that call for a re-vote?
- Sorry? - Don't you have to do the vote again?
- It shouldn't have counted. - They didn't do a re-vote.
A lot of people were probably affected by this,
but there wasn't enough evidence, so only one person was convicted.
- I see. - Yes.
Back in the late '80s in Germany,
we got this suspicious feeling that the voting numbers had been fabricated.
The political party was called SED.
However, they would always received 98 or 99 percent of the votes.
- It seemed impossible to have such high turnout. - Right.
It's impossible to get numbers like that.
The voters discussed and talked about this.
The voters decided to vote for someone else.
All the voters went together and voted.
Some of the voters decided to count the ballots as well.
In the end, the SED party...
still won with their lowest voting percentage yet, 98 percent.
- Right. That's an outright lie. - It became evident that they were tampering.
( the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party, Erich Honecker)
(This was voted as the first incident that lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall.)
After it was revealed, the German people felt a sense of hope.
We revealed a voting tampering scandal with our own strength.
We started to believe that we could bring changes on our own.
During the 2013 elections in Pakistan,
this incident happened in a voting location in a certain city,
there should only have been 315 votes,
but they found over 1,000 votes inside the box.
- What? - How did that happen?
- They put in too many. - Goodness.
They had a voter turnout of 320 percent.
The problem is, the person who got the extra votes is still our prime minister.
That's too much.
Yes. We did a huge public protest, but it hasn't made a difference yet.
In Mexico, we have a political party called the PRI party.
The members of the party go around to people...
and give them voting ballots that already have their party ticked in.
They give it to people and have them put it in their inside pockets.
They get them to go to the voting booth like that.
- They'd receive a new voting sheet, right? - Yes.
They receive it and go into the booth.
They put the new sheet in their pocket and put in the one they brought in.
They put that one into the box.
After doing that, they go back to the people who gave them the sheet...
and receive 50 dollars after giving them the sheet they got at the voting booth.
How did they make the voting sheet?
Firstly, you only need one.
- They get their hands on it somehow. - Do you think that is a satisfactory answer?
- I mean... - They're always getting one sheet back.
- Right. - Right.
- If they want to fabricate 1 million votes, - They're not just doing it 1 village.
they'd need 50 million dollars.
This became controversial because it didn't just happen in one village.
We didn't find out about this through the press,
it became a community crime.
It was like a community secret.
If you get one and photocopy it,
- No, they wouldn't do that. - They'd get caught.
Are you going to photocopy 1 sheet and put in 1,000?
Let's not try it, okay?
Okay.
I'm sure there have been candidates that had to resign because of a mistake.
In Japan, we have someone called Shuntaro Torigoe.
He is a journalist.
In 2016, he ran for a political seat in Tokyo.
After he started to run, a scandal about him became newsworthy.
Apparently 14 years ago, he brought back a young woman...
to his place and forcefully kissed her.
This scandal became headline news.
After that, his image was tarnished and he didn't get elected.
He kept denying the scandal.
He sued the magazine that had made this claim about him.
He sued them for tampering with the election.
- Did he win? - But he lost.
I see.
In 2013, we had a candidate run.
He was a reporter and his name was Oscar Giannino.
He had a good image as an intellectual.
This person majored in economics in university.
He also claimed to have gotten his master's degree at the University of Chicago.
He had said this himself.
However, an Italian professor who was working at the University of Chicago...
checked to see if this was true.
He had never attended the University of Chicago.
This became public so the other journalists started to fact check this.
Not only did he lie about his master's degree,
but he had lied about his doctorate as well.
He claimed to have felt inferior compared to the other candidates.
- He apologized and stepped down. - He stepped down.
In Italy, your education isn't that important.
- Then, when did he do that? - There are many politicians...
who only graduated from high school.
- He wasn't a bad candidate either. - Right.
- He felt inferior and that's why he lied. - It happened in an instant.
I see.
There was a Canadian politician who was a repairman before he became a politician.
When he was a repairman,
he was secretly filmed on a broadcasting program.
They were seeing if he was a good repairman or not.
They were secretly filming him...
when he needed to pee while fixing things.
He peed in a cup.
He poured it into the sink.
He cleaned it for one second.
- And he put it back on the sink. - Was it the cup you used to rinse your mouth?
No, it was just an ordinary cup.
- It wasn't his house. - It was in the kitchen.
- They... - I see. It happened in the kitchen.
They caught him on film.
That's the dishwasher, right there.
- Leave it to me. - Okay.
Thank you very much.
(Working hard)
(The homeowner is also satisfied by the professional job.)
(Looking around)
(He looked at the closed door.)
(He takes the cup.)
(Peaceful time)
(He just peed in the cup.)
Then, he empties the cup in the sink.
(Washing)
Rinses it.
(He washes the cup for one second and puts it back down.)
(That's the cup I use to cook my teabag.)
(Laughing)
That's even weirder.
- Yes. He resigned after that. - That's fascinating.
For the candidate that the people want to get elected, approval rating is important.
- Right. - Who had the highest approval rating in your country?
US society feels like it is divided.
A candidate only gets around 50 percent.
People think that a candidate has a high approval rating if it's over 50 percent.
Many decades ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a very high approval rating.
He became president in 1933.
When he ran for his second term,
among the 48 states,
he won 46 of those states.
That is an outcome that we can't imagine.
It was an overwhelming victory.
- He was a savvy politician. - We can tell that he was popular.
He was president from 1933 to 1945.
He is the longest serving president in US history.
He ran as a presidential candidate 4 times and won all 4 races.
He was president until his death.
After his final term, a new law was approved.
A person can only be president for two terms.
- I see. - Just two times?
The Trudeau family is the most popular.
(Guillaume's love for Trudeau continues.)
Let me talk about the son first.
You can become prime minister with 50 percent of the votes.
Almost 4 years ago, the Liberal Party only had 34 seats.
- Justin Trudeau helped his party win 184 seats. - Goodness me.
It was an unpopular party...
but it gained so much support. It was hard to believe.
Now, his father,
was very popular among female voters. He was like an idol.
If you look at the photos, you'll see a lot of women reaching out to touch him.
- He was good-looking. - He was like an idol.
- Did he run? - That's how the term, Trudeaumania was invented.
In France, you always need to have two contestants in the final round, right?
Yes, in France we always have two rounds of voting.
- I see. - Is that so?
However, if you get more than 50 percent of the votes...
in the first votes, then they don't need a second round of voting.
They only do it if no one gets 50 percent.
In the second round, the two highest vote getter face each other.
The two highest receiving vote getter get to go to the final round.
It's a final voting round.
- Was there a candidate who had received 80 percent of the votes? - Yes.
Back in 2002, Jacques Chirac received 82.1 percent of the votes.
He was elected as the president.
In truth, back then, Jacques Chirac...
had a lot of legal issues.
The French people actually gave him a nickname.
- What was it? - It roughly translates to, "Super liar".
- Really? - Super liar.
- That's a cute name. - A super liar.
The problem was,
back in 2002, the two candidates who made it to the final round was...
Jacques Chirac and Jean-Marie Le Pen.
- We had to choose the lesser of the two evils. - They didn't want to vote for him.
- Yes. - They chose the lesser evil.
- Is Jean-Marie Le Pen the father of the current candidate? - Yes, he is.
(Like her father, she is in the final round.)
Like the saying, the flower of democracy is elections.
- Our election may possibly be the most important election so far. - Right.
Let's pray that Korea's democracy blooms.
We ask that you make a considerate decision with your vote tomorrow.
Let's invite our Korean representative onto the show.
They are rising stars who are well known for their sweet voices.
They are the singers, Jane Jang and PARC Jae-Jung.
(The 148 Korean representatives, Jane Jang and PARC Jae-Jung.)
- Welcome. - Welcome.
- Hello. - Hello,
(Jane Jang was the heroine of "Superstar K 2".)
(PARC Jae-Jung, the winner of "Superstar K 5", was the youngest winner.)
- They are two musicians that look good together. - Right.
Could you please introduce yourselves?
Hello. My name is Jane Jang. It's nice to meet you.
Okay.
(Happy)
Hello. It's nice to meet you. I'm Singer PARC Jae-Jung.
Okay.
It's been a long time since I last saw you, Jane.
Right. It has been a while since I came on TV.
During her break, she went and traveled a lot.
- Yes, I had a lot of good experiences. - Where did you go?
I went to Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam.
I actually filmed the music video in Paris.
(She has a voice that suits the city of Paris.)
I had such a good impression of Paris.
I actually learned a few phrases.
- What? - For example?
(I like you.)
What does that mean?
(I like you, too.)
What are you two doing?
Tous Les Jours!
- I know one more phrase. - Did you say the pastry store?
It was so interesting that I memorized the phrases.
- Okay. What about you Jae-Jung? - Right.
In my case, when I was in my sixth year of elementary school,
I went on a trip with my mother.
I did go to Europe back then.
- Did you go everywhere? - I remember Italy the best.
I went to an island in Italy.
You have to be carried up there.
- You have to get carried. - Was it Sicily?
Gosh. I don't know.
- You only told us you had to ride something. - That was back in elementary school.
- Are you sure it wasn't Tongyeong? - That's what he remembers.
I remember the beach. What do you call playing in the beach?
Do you mean playing in the water?
- Swimming. - Yes.
- Swimming at the beach. - That's what he wanted to say.
(Swimming at the beach)
- Is that all? - Yes.
(They end the interview with a speed quiz.)
- It's May 8th, which means it's Parents Day. - Right.
What was the nicest thing that you've done for your parents?
I went on an audition program called, "Superstar K" when I was 19 years old.
I won and received the prize money.
How much was it?
It was 50,000 dollars.
- Gosh. - But 20,000 was for the album.
So, 30,000 dollars was the prize money.
- Goodness. - Gosh!
I used that to buy a house for my parents.
You also have to pay back a lot of people, right?
- Right. - So, I did that for my parents.
- That was nice. What a nice son. - What a nice son.
(He's a considerate son.)
This is my first time talking about this.
You receive a lot of positive things from this, right?
My parents really liked that.
Their reaction is different from when I bought them make-up...
- and gave them money. - Right.
I think giving parents money is the best.
Do you have something similar in your country?
Let's say you worked hard and won prize money.
- Do you give half of the prize money to your parents? - No.
- Mark was the first to shake his head. - We don't give money to our parents.
It would make them feel even more uncomfortable.
Even if you did, they wouldn't accept it.
- That's with parents who have money. - Right.
- No... - No, he's right.
It's not because the parents have money.
In US culture, we have an unwritten rule,
- I can do it without my parents help. - It's your pride.
- It's your pride. - Yes. We liked to show our parents that we're independent.
(It's Barack Obama's famous saying.)
(They suddenly remember Barack Obama's famous line.)
(Parents, we can do it!)
Parents try not to accept money from their kids.
That's why we try to show our gratitude through presents.
- I see. - So, in the US, you don't give money as presents.
- Yes. - What about in Canada, Guillaume?
In Canada we don't give out material goods. We give gift cards.
When you open the gift card,
you don't see a mall voucher.
You'll hear music and a happy birthday song or something like that.
When you open the card, you see a pop-up building?
- Right. - And there's music too.
- Do they like it? - Are they satisfied with that?
They are satisfied with that present.
However if you forget their birthday,
they'll get angry and the night will end in tears.
- I see. - You have to remember their birthday.
They won't forgive you if you forget.
- You have to... - It was a very poetic way of saying it.
It happened to me a lot.
You have to remember your parents birthday no matter what.
I thought it was a song lyric.
- There is one present that Mexican parents really want. - What?
- It's a house. - Did you say a house?
- A house. - Did you say a house?
- They want a new house. - That's a lot of pressure.
There's also an established way that you have to give it to them.
When everyone gathers for a birthday, and they're doing the celebration,
that's when you announce it to your parents.
The son or daughter would come out...
and take out a box.
- Inside the box, there's a key. - Gosh.
(You can do it!)
The mothers know what is inside the box. They pretend not to know.
"Goodness me. What is this?"
They open the box and see a key inside it.
Hold on. Why would they say, "Goodness me"?
How do you say it in Spanish?
(Goodness me)
Isn't that what Japanese people say?
(Goodness me!)
It means, "What is this?"
When they open it, they see the key inside the box.
A house isn't cheap.
We don't know how big the house is.
- We don't know. - I mean...
It's a music box.
(When you open it, the music plays.)
For me, it's a trivial thing.
My mother has a similar body type to me.
- So, I took a masseuse course. - Goodness me.
I give my mom a massage every time I see her.
I give her a massage when my mother says her body hurts.
I massage her legs in the morning when she can't seem to get up.
A parent's feeling...
When I was in middle school, our family was struggling.
I saved my pocket money...
and on the morning of Parents Day, I gave them flowers, cake and wine.
But even after 10 years, they still can't forget that moment.
They always talk to me about it.
I think the thought is the most important thing.
Shall we do it now?
Let's officially begin the Non Summit Meeting now.
This is the issue brought forth by Jane Jang.
"After struggling with an illness,"
"this thought struck me."
"You only live once. I believe that the present is more important than the future."
"Am I abnormal"
- You were in pain. - Right.
Is that dystonia?
- Yes. - Dystonia?
It's where you can't control your muscles anymore. They get rigid.
- It doesn't move the way you want it to? - Yes.
You body starts to contract into itself.
Your body curls inward.
Are you better now?
This illness is something that's for life.
I just developed a way to relax more.
And I had to change my mindset. You only live life once.
I couldn't let this keep me down forever.
I thought you should enjoy life more and be happier.
You're a lot more different than when I met you in the past.
Yes. I got a lot more brave. I got a lot more fearless.
You seem better.
- Jae-Jung? - Yes?
- You look a little gloomy. - Was born this way.
Oh, you were born looking so gloomy?
Jae-Jung, do you agree with her? Do you think the present is more important?
Actually, for me, I'm at a stage where the future is more important for me.
- You think the future is more important? - Yes.
- He's getting thing prepared. - He's young.
- How old are you again? - I'm 23.
- Wow. - I see.
You'd think people around his age will want to enjoy the present.
But he's preparing for the future.
He's mature for his age.
In my case...
- That's just what I think. - I see.
(That's just what I think.)
I see. That's what you think?
- That was unexpected. - Yes.
I was wondering how he would answer that.
Our two guests have differing opinions. What do the representatives think?
Let's vote to see what everyone thinks.
Although it's really hard right now,
do you think it's better to prepare for the future?
Of do you think it's better to enjoy the present than think of the future?
If you think it's better to live for the future, please press the button.
In 1, 2, 3.
(Future 3, Present 9)
- Xinlin and Niklas... - Why?
I think it's better to live for the future.
The reason I'm working so hard to achieve my dream right now is so that...
I can enjoy the future by sacrificing my present.
- That's why I'm working so hard right now. - What's your goal?
For me, I don't know when I'll die.
- That's right. - I'm living for the present right now.
Actually, I just don't get the concept of living for the sake of future Tristan.
I live for the present.
I think it'll steadily get better.
There's an English phrase that I always say.
"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it."
- What does that mean? - It basically means...
I shouldn't worry about what might happen in the future.
I should just take care of the problem when it arises.
Also, I'm currently 28 years old.
- I'm also currently in my prime years. - I'm jealous.
These years...
- His prime years. - Where he's in the best physical state.
We're already done for.
- You can just be president. - I want to learn many different things.
- That's true. - If...
I didn't get to do all I wanted, I might regret it when I get older.
- Actually, Niklas... - Yes?
said he had a goal.
But if you have no goal or purpose,
you'll have to live for the present.
- I think Tristan doesn't have any life goals. - What do you mean I don't?
- What do you mean by that? - You have life goals?
Of course I do.
- I have a lot. - Tell me some.
I want to become fit,
buy a house, get married, have children...
You've been saying you'll get fit for three years now. When will you become fit?
- Shouldn't you invest more into the future? - When I arrive at the bridge?
- What did you say? - He's saying it's not time for him to cross that bridge yet.
Yes. I'm going to take it slow.
I'll be fit someday. Just watch.
My father gave me this advice.
If you only think of the present,
you're the same as those animals with eyes on the side of your head.
- What? - People have eyes in front of their heads.
It's so you can look ahead of you.
It's so that you can look towards the future.
It'd be unfair if you died before getting to spent the money you saved up.
But spending everything and being alive is much worse.
- That's why I... - Both those options sound pretty bad.
Both of them sound bad but...
you have to choose the on that's less worse.
But money is...
- something you can always earn. - You can't earn money forever.
How will you make money when you're old and sick?
That's true. I also think that when it comes to saving and spending,
you can't save when you spend it. But you can spend when you save it.
Basically,
if you save up money, you can also spend it.
You're saying that you have money to spend when you save it first?
- He's talking about the being able to spend that money some day. - Yes.
But let's say you have your dream house and...
places you want to go. If you keep pushing that back,
saying you can do it later,
- that chance might never come later. - Yes.
I think you should live well in the present.
And you shouldn't trust too much in your future.
Isn't "Carpe Diem" Italian?
(Carpe Diem became popular through "The Dead Poets Society".)
(It's a Latin phrase that means "Seize the day".)
Actually, most people only know the "carpe Diem" part.
That phrase means "seize the day".
But the full phrase is this.
(Horace, Roman poet)
It means "Don't trust the future too much."
- Don't trust the future? - You never know what might happen?
Seize the day and don't trust the future?
In Pakistan, we have this saying.
"The moonlight shines for four days."
"After that are dark nights."
A full moon shines for only several days.
After that, everything becomes dark.
- All right. - Today's topic is...
"I believe that the present is more important than the future. Am I abnormal?"
Let's start our main debate about this topic.
(Main debate)
The phrase, YOLO, has been trending for the people in their twenties and thirties.
It's short for "You only live once".
I means you should enjoy life since you only live once.
I think that kind of mindset started trending here last year too.
The youth culture has been getting popular lately.
You enjoy life like there's no tomorrow. Hipster culture has been always like that.
And I see that a lot in the messenger's cover photo.
- YOLO? - Yes. I only found out about it when I saw them there.
- I was wondering what YOLO was and looked it up. - I see.
How did the term YOLO start?
- Canada... - Was YOLO popular long ago?
There's a Canadian artist called Drake.
He kept using that phrase repetitively in his song, "The Motto".
(You only live once! That's my motto.)
That song came out around 2011.
It came out earlier in America.
It's true. Back in 2004, it came out on a reality show...
called "Average Joe". One of the participants...
said YOLO first.
It became popular again through Drake.
And even Obama used the word YOLO a lot.
Also, during one of his speeches...
Do you know about the mic drop?
He did the mic drop.
(YOLO, man.)
(I have two more words to say.)
(Obama out.)
I'm relieved. I was hoping it wasn't from Canada anyways. You can take it.
Why are you fighting over something like this?
That's fine with me.
I also first saw that term, YOLO,
in an American hip hop concert.
They had a poster with the word YOLO on it.
That's all.
(That's all.)
You sure you don't want to expand on it?
- I see. - He's precise.
In Mexico's case, that's very popular. It's really popular but...
it's recently being changed into something not that good.
It's being used as an excuse to do something very dangerous.
For example, "I can jump off the bridge."
"Why? Because YOLO!"
Or "I can steal that."
"Why? Because YOLO."
- They started to use it in that way. - That's bad.
(I'm going to get naked!)
(YOLO!)
(They risk their lives saying YOLO.)
There were so many incidents revolving this.
That's why they made a new word in Mexico.
YOLO Swag.
YOLO Swag?
It's YOLO Swag.
This term is used...
when they make up excuses to do dangerous things.
- I once ordered a buffalo wing set in America. - Yes?
There was medium large and extra large.
But there was also a YOLO size. It was this big.
Oh.
- They want you to die eating that? - Fries?
- That's... - You only live once.
You can eat yourself to death.
I was pretty surprised...
that the topic of YOLO didn't come out earlier.
It's already been a trend that passed in Germany.
They don't use YOLO anymore.
Then, what do they use now?
When YOLO became popular back in Germany a long time ago,
we would use it to do bad things.
We would do immature things like drugs,
writing #YOLO, #YOLO SWAG, and so on.
But nowadays, we don't really use that too much anymore.
It's outdated?
- Don't they use it to be sarcastic? - Yes.
French people also use YOLO sarcastically.
But nowadays, instead of using YOLO,
people use the term OKLM.
It's hash tag O, K, L, M.
Basically it means comfortably, leisurely.
It's...
It means with a calm heart.
- Slow life? - Yes.
This is how French people normally live. It's their culture.
Going to lounge around on the terrace or something is OKLM.
- Drinking coffee slowly while taking in the sun? - Yes.
Hygge?
- Is there something called "Hygge"? - Hygge?
That's not a French word.
- It's actually from Denmark. - It's a trending term used to describe a way of life.
- That's right. - Hygge.
A lot of people in Japan have started to focus on the present.
High schoolers use the term "Nowshika".
It's "now" plus "shika" which means "only".
It literally means "only now".
But that concept hasn't been getting only popular with the youths.
It's been getting popular with people in their sixties too.
They love the concept of YOLO.
There's also the term "jolhon".
- Jolhon? - Yes, jolhon.
It's a lifestyle where you don't divorce but enjoy separate lives.
- It's being considerate? - It's graduating from marriage?
As YOLO is trending, the way people spend money is also changing.
Out of those, there are things when people buy something on impulse.
Actually, there's a stronger term for this.
It's called "buying out of anger".
This kind of behavior has been trending for people in their twenties and thirties.
Do you also have something like this in your countries?
We have something similar too.
In English, it's called "FU Fund" or "FU Money".
It's kind of similar.
You use that term in these kind of situations. Let's say you're an employee.
When you can't handle it anymore,
you go, "I quit!"
You push your table over and storm out.
But you still have enough money...
to live off of for several months.
- You save up the FU money for those kind of situations. - They're funds?
Don't you have to compensate for breaking the desks?
You don't always have to do that.
- I see. - But the main thing...
is keeping enough money to live off of in case you do that.
In China, the "buying out of anger" concept...
is termed the "Moonlight Tribe".
- Moonlight Tribe? - Yes.
They go through their paycheck really fast,
having nothing left over. In Chinese,
that's called...
The character for that is the same as the character for "moonlight".
My parents also do that. When they're stressed or...
just had a fight with each other,
we would always have things from home shopping in our house the next day.
But when you start looking at it...
That's true.
I don't even cook but I even lost count of how many pots I have.
Yes, especially things like plates...
There's this pot where nothing sticks to it.
It doesn't matter what you put in it.
They fried rice in it but nothing stuck to the pot.
- You don't have to scrub it hard... - Have you tried using it?
- No, I haven't used it even once. - You're just keeping it.
- You know what I mean, right? - Yes.
Like Mark said, when you're stressed out at work and...
living the same life boring life you live everyday,
people want to fight against it.
They want to suddenly quit.
When that happens, they go to get a tattoo.
- Tattoo? - There are people like that.
- There are a lot of those people. - In Italy, a lot of women go to get them.
It's because they're not expensive.
- They're only 50 to 100 dollars. - It's for a change of pace.
But there are also problems with that. You got a tattoo to relieve stress...
but come to regret it later on. There are a lot of people like that.
- I'm sure. - Since it was on impulse.
In Japan, a lot of people play pachinko to relieve stress.
It's because that's legal there.
Yes. While casinos are illegal, things like pachinko are legal.
That's why a lot of people go there.
Even people on welfare go to play that.
They think they can win big?
Yes. The government has been cracking down on these parlors...
because our taxes go into them.
When Mexicans are stressed or get really angry,
they go to see the mariachi. Mariachi is our traditional band.
There's something like that.
They take out 50 dollars and give it to one of the bands,
requesting them to sing their favorite song for them.
- And they sing for them. - How many songs can you hear with 50 dollars?
- Just one. - What?
One song for 50 dollars?
There are mariachi bands with three people.
Some bands have more people than that.
It's because they all share the money.
That's expensive though.
Sometimes, you can go negotiate with them.
Oh.
Because everything's so expensive in Switzerland,
it's rare for people to make impulse buy.
If you buy things out of anger in Switzerland, you'll go bankrupt.
You'll lose all your money.
No one thinks about riding a taxi.
Even if it cross their mind,
they forget about doing it.
And Swiss people are very rational.
For example, let's say you're stressed out from studying too hard.
You curse and throw all your books saying you're not going to do it anymore.
But you immediately pick up your books and think about it again,
saying you have to pass the test.
- You throw your books so they don't break. - They're expensive.
So you throw them in a way that they don't get damaged.
In Pakistan, there's no "buying out of anger". There's a job for that.
- What? - A job for being angry?
You don't spend money. You change your jobs.
For example, let's say a man broke up with his girlfriend...
and couldn't get to marry her.
Then, he could change jobs into becoming a poet or writer.
- He'll be using that pain to... - I guess they can be a poet.
He could write the pain he felt into lyrics,
sing that song, and try to heal himself.
That's a very elegant way of healing himself.
A friend of mine was working very hard as an elite student.
But he broke up with his girlfriend and couldn't marry her.
Nowadays, he sings ghazals. He became a...
ghazal singer who sing sad songs.
These days, he goes to other people's wedding, clapping and singing for them.
That's so sad.
(In the midst of his pain, he's singing for other people on their wedding days.)
(The sad poets of Pakistan...)
If you keep buying things out of anger, you might end up losing all your money.
Let's take a vote to see what you think about this issue.
Do you save money?
Or do you spend money?
Raise your hand if you're in the saving group. In 1, 2, 3.
(Saving 4, Spending 8)
- One, two... - He's all about YOLO but he saves.
He's all about YOLO...
Well, this is a first.
You can spend it in the present...
and still have money left over to save for the future?
You only live once. Let's make a saving account.
That's awesome.
No one said you had to spend it all.
There is a slight difference.
I love living in the present, so I'm all about YOLO.
But that doesn't mean I'm not prepared for the future.
I think everyone should have some sort of future plans.
It's because you never know what might happen. I talked about FU Fund before.
There's also something called a rainy day fund.
There's always a possibility of me getting fired.
But because I have some buffer money for that situation,
I don't have to suffer too hard when that happens.
I think differently from Mark.
I think you should spend money when you want to spend it.
If your life. This is how I think.
Mothers usually have nice cups or glassware.
- Things they don't use. - Yes.
Cups that are exclusively used for guests.
- Yes. - My mother is also like that.
When I take out the wine glass to drink some wine,
she tells me not to touch that. It's for our guests.
Oh.
But when we do have guests, she forgets we ever had them.
- Then... - Why are you saying that about your mother?
- I understand that. - It only gathers dust.
- A lot of mothers do that. - Yes.
If something's pretty, I think you should just buy it...
instead of waiting to buy it later.
But in my opinion, if you keep spending when you have the money,
you can only buy the little things.
If you only buy the little things, their quality isn't very good.
Instead, you should save up money...
to buy a high quality product...
that could be used forever.
I think that's a better way to spend your money.
My grandmother used to always tell me this since I was a child.
A person can ruin the family by spending money like water.
That's why I got into a habit of saving since I was a little kid.
I have two accounts that I deposit money into without withdrawing anything.
When I get really stressed...
- Do you look at it? - You know the sound the ATM makes while it's printing?
(Beeping)
The longer that sound, the happier I get.
That means you have a lot of money.
You should deposit it10 dollars at a time.
- Yes. - No, that's...
And Korean money has a lot of zeros in its currency.
- Yes. - I'm really happy when I count all the zeros.
- It does. - You don't spend any of it. You just enjoy listening to it?
Yes. I never use any of my money.
If you only keep saving money now,
you'll only use your money for hospital bills when you get older.
- Wait... - No, that's not true.
If you don't spend it now, you won't be able to use it later.
I don't think you'll wait that long to use the money you saved up in your account.
- Yes. - Yes.
I tend to think of it as "pebbles making mountains".
He's really good at this.
I really think gathering something small can make something big too.
So, in my case,
I save up all the spare changes and use it to pay for my sibling's tuition.
I tend to think of things like that as a form of saving too.
I think spending money on family and friends is a form of investment too.
- Does your sibling think that way too? - I would hope so.
(I would hope so.)
He really has a unusual way of talking.
- Yes. - It's so refreshing.
I believe spending money is somehow also connected to saving money.
- He has a kind heart. - Yes.
But, although I understand what you're saying,
isn't living a life of saving money kind of hard and rigid?
- It is stressful. - You're always thinking you have to work to save.
You're talking about instances where you don't enjoy anything to save?
There's a story behind why I started thinking like this.
As I got more mature, I started listening more to the elders.
I asked them. I wanted to know what people who lived longer had to say about this.
But they replied, "If I had 10,000 dollars at your age, I'd spend it on traveling."
When I asked why, they said, "That'll give me experience to make better money."
I think spending money is also a very valuable thing.
I also think I'd spend it on experience.
Before, I used to save a lot.
But these days, I've been thinking a lot about this phrase.
"If you save it, it'll become poop."
- That saying... - I heard that a lot too.
Not that long ago, I recently bought myself a bicycle.
Me too.
I wanted to enjoy the YOLO lifestyle near Han River.
How many times did you ride it?
I still haven't taken it out of my car yet.
(I still haven't taken it out of my care yet.)
It's been three days.
Call me. I'll push you.
Make sure I don't fall over, okay?
Instead of spending money on high end luxury goods in this unstable economy,
there's been a trend where we try to get happiness from...
buying cheaper goods.
Do our representatives have anything like that?
They actually have a term for that in America called "lipstick effect".
When faced with financial or economic crisis,
people are more willing to spend money on smaller things.
They actually raise the demands for those goods.
Right after the 9/11 terrorist attack,
the CEO of Estee Lauder coined this phenomenon the "lipstick effect".
He was thinking of how to raise the lipstick sales.
Because a lot of people were depressed and sad during those times,
even though they didn't really need it,
they tended to buy things that would cheer them up a little bit.
You want to put on different colors based on your moods.
Men probably think they're all the same red color.
But women see it as being different shades of red.
- They put on different shades of lipsticks based on their moods. - Their lipsticks?
We also have something similar.
We call this phenomenon...
It means "petite extravagance".
It's the same item,
but it's a little more expensive than the ones you usually buy.
- It's more luxurious? - Yes.
For example, let's say you always get dessert at the convenience store.
But because it's Friday, you treat yourself...
to a dessert at the department store.
- This kind of thing is where you give yourself a little treat. - A small gift.
That makes you feel really happy.
That really does make you feel good.
- You too, Oogi? - What?
- Yes, me too. - What do you spend on?
What was something that you did recently?
(Oogi, what is something that you've done recently?)
I normally eat omurice for five dollars.
After filming, they wanted to thank me for my hard work.
They bought me a galbi-tang worth two dollars.
Do you buy food?
Do you buy it every Sunday?
- You must not have eaten galbi-tang when you didn't come. - Right.
You didn't work hard that day.
- He's a hard-working person. - Right.
"I need to be punished."
I have those thoughts and don't eat.
A small extravagance in Italy is...
There's a small cafe...
and they sell coffees and pastry.
When you go inside,
they sell these very small cakes.
It's not expensive. They're only cost about 1 to 4 dollars.
That's why people normally drink coffee.
When you get stressed by work or you want to reward yourself,
you order a small pastry along with the coffee.
Even if you try not to eat it, you can't help yourself.
You have to eat something sweet in order to relieve stress.
I went to Rome and noticed that this eating scene was well made.
You just order what ever ones you want to try.
You can try different flavors.
- It really does make you feel better. - Yes, it does.
- Mexicans, - Yes?
even when we don't have a lot of money,
there is something that we always buy.
We always buy a lottery.
Yes, we always buy a lottery ticket.
- It's a way to relieve stress. - You don't have to put a lot of effort into it.
It's one way to become a rich person.
That's why people buy into that hope.
- They buy it every week. - It's like an addiction.
When I lived with my family, my dad would always buy one.
If he didn't buy one, he'd buy a scratching one.
What was the biggest amount you won?
- The most? - Yes.
The most you won.
It was five dollars.
If you look at the probability, the chances of you winning is very low.
But people still buy it.
Canada is a big country, right? But when you get on a plane,
there's a chance that you'll get on an uncomfortable plane.
- That's why they made a premium economy seat. - Right.
This seat has more leg room.
You have more space for your legs.
You have more choices for your meals.
When my parents came to Korea recently, they came in this seat.
The difference is less than 100 euros when you compare it to an economy seat.
The food is nice.
- You also have more leg room. - That's so much better.
It's so much better.
I heard that Japanese men have a special way of releasing their stress.
What is that?
Well, this is a recent trend.
It's a brassiere for men.
Is there a brassiere for men?
- Yes. We call it, male bra. - A male bra.
- Yes, they say it makes you feel safe. - I'm sorry?
- What? - Does it make you feel safe?
- That's... - Does that make you feel safer?
- Are you sure? - When you look at the design...
When they first came out, they only came out in black.
- But the newer ones feel more feminine. - They have pink and mint colored ones.
- How does this make you feel safe? - How does it do that?
Is it because this is tight?
- When you wear it, - It supports you.
- The feeling of support they give... - I see.
Is that what you were talking about before?
Well...
- Is that it? - We should...
Let's say,
you became intimate with a woman.
- She'd be shocked. - Right.
- When she sees it. - "Your back is so nice."
- "Oh, my." - If that actually happened,
What is this?
(Doesn't want to think about it)
I don't understand this either.
- I think it's more of a personal preference. - It's personal preference.
I understand.
What is your luxury item?
For me, I really like jeans.
I have light, dark blue and black jeans.
I buy the brands that I like.
So, do you buy the same brands?
Yes, I buy the same brands.
And I wear the same thing.
When do you wear the light blue jeans?
I wear them on Monday.
(He wears a different colored jean every day.)
I wear dark blue jeans on Wednesday
What about on the weekends?
How about the black jeans
(How about wearing the black jeans on Friday?)
I don't care about the color to that extent.
I just wear the ones that I see.
- When the back part of the jeans rip, - Yes?
I find it more frustrating to get them repaired.
Okay. It's important to pursue your own happiness.
But there are incidents where this could lead you to endangering your life.
In Canada and Europe, the trending popular activity is...
ice speedway.
It originated from an event where you jumped over dirt hills on a motorbike.
(It originated from an event where you race on dirt tracks.)
However, in this event, you do it on ice tracks.
The track is similar to that of a short track course.
- Gosh. - Is that ice?
- Yes. - Look at the wheels.
- Gosh. What kinds of wheels do they have? - I feel like their legs will get hurt.
- Don't they get hurt? - Accidents do happen.
(However, dangerous accidents occur often.)
The trending thing among young people is...
standing on train tracks...
and taking a selfie when the train approaches.
- Goodness me. - Do they run after that?
They flee straight afterward.
What is that?
If you post it online, the photo will go viral.
- It's an incredible photo scene. - You could just photo shop it in.
- The problem is, a lot of people died doing that last year. - What are thy doing?
(Jumping over train platforms)
(This is very dangerous. Please do not try doing it.)
In France, we had an incident that related to train incidents.
A young English man died.
He tried surfing on the trains lines and died.
- Train surfing? - This is...
when you get on top of a train.
You get on top of a train.
(Jumping)
- You just stand on top of the train. - He's crazy.
- I see. They're on top. - Look at the view.
The view is beautiful, right?
- You could die. - But this is...
illegal. So,
- The view is beautiful. - the people have to run, so they don't get arrested.
- That's how this came out. As they fled, - The view was beautiful.
It really was.
It isn't good.
- I mean, - It was like a scene from a movie.
It'd be fun to watch as a film.
In Mexico, two young girls...
took a selfie on the runway.
The plane collided with them, and they died.
The plane was heading towards the two,
but they were only focused on the camera.
They didn't see or even hear the plane coming.
- Planes are really loud. - Don't people deliberately...
wait for the plane, so that it came be in the background?
They probably waited for the plane to get closer.
They must've wanted to take a photo with the plane in the background.
We can't know for certain. We can't interview them.
- You can't do that. - Right.
Have the two of you ever done anything that was dangerous?
I didn't do anything that risked my life. But I did quit high school.
- I did do that. - I see. You quit high school.
It wasn't a thrill, but I did do it for my own happiness.
I knew why it was necessary and I knew what I was gaining from it.
I knew what I wanted to do, so I wanted to put my all into it.
I had the confidence and belief that I could fulfill my dreams.
It was similar for me. That's the reason why I went on "Superstar K".
It was a big challenge for myself.
A lot of people were against me applying.
- Who? - My parents were against this.
I didn't have enough money to go to New York.
So, I didn't eat lunch and saved my lunch money.
I saved enough for a one-way ticket.
It was a one-way ticket. You were amazing.
I went there without telling my dad.
My dad received a big shock the next day.
- He couldn't find me. - He must've been really angry with you.
- Yes, but... - Does he support you now?
He's really happy for me now.
I had helped our family pay off all our debts.
- You need to see the results of your labor. - Right.
If you hadn't succeeded,
- your family would've had more debt. - Right.
- In the US... - It was an extreme case.
We are discussing about living our life to the fullest.
- Let's say you only had one week to live. - Don't ask questions like this.
What would you like to do?
- Let's say you only had one week to live. - Don't ask questions like this.
What would you like to do?
If I only had one week to live,
I'd go to Hawaii. I'd surf for a week.
I'd paddle.
- I'd just relax. - Let's go together.
- I like the plan. - If my friends and family want to see me,
I'd buy them a plane ticket.
- You wouldn't go to see them, rather you'd tell them to come. - Right.
I'd travel around the world.
First, I'd go and stand under the Statue of Liberty and take a selfie.
I would also scream in a loud voice, "Hello, America!"
- "Hello, America!" - "Hello, America!"
- It's the US... - The New York Tribune.
- He's cute. - He's innocent.
- He's cute. - I'm not joking.
I haven't been to the US before.
Next, I'd like to go to Switzerland and try skydiving.
I'm sorry to tell you this, but the US would take four days.
- You only have a week. - I don't know which dream to give up.
You could skydive and look down at the Statue of Liberty.
"Hello, America!"
The reason why I want to skydive is...
because during the descent from the sky to the earth,
I'd like to scream out all the people who treated me badly.
What if that person was next to you?
- "Did you say that about me?" - "What did he just say?"
- "What did you just say?" - That could happen.
Also, before I die, I'd like to go to a Burberry store and...
- shop. - Is that for your mother?
Yes. I want to do this because...
I had worked part-time at a Burberry store before.
It was hard because I had to treat customers with respect.
I want to know what it feels like to be a customer before I die.
- I see. - I also want to give the part-time worker a tip.
- I see. - Goodness me.
- That's nice. - I'd also like to give my remaining money to my cousins.
I'd ask them to buy my mother birthday presents for me.
I think I'd go to Switzerland before I die, too.
Before I die, I'd climb up a mountain...
and have my last glimpse of this beautiful scenery. That'd be nice.
Hello, Switzerland?
Instead of looking at a beautiful scenery, couldn't we have fun instead?
- How? - You could get a huge loan.
You'd get a huge loan,
- No, he's learning Japanese from Oogi. - With that money...
A Canadian is using a Japanese word.
No, I mean, I'd get a huge loan.
I'd buy a sports car and go racing.
I'd go somewhere like Yongin.
- That sounds like a good plan. - You should buy a formula one car.
That would be fun.
I'd give all my money to charity.
And I'd also take the collection...
of items from the Three Kingdoms period in Korea...
like the 30 tiles...
or the table from the Joseon period.
I have all of these things in my home.
I'd take those items...
and donate it to museums. I think it will make me feel good.
It's because...
- they'll have my name as the donator. - They'll have your name on it.
I think it will make me feel really good.
As for me,
I think I would use that time to reflect back on my life.
Our culture believes in the next life.
My father had also given a lot to poor people before he left.
He died praying on the pray mat in the morning.
- Gosh. - On his gravestone,
the engraving says, "He lived a kind life so his death was peaceful."
- That's engraved on his gravestone. - I understand.
Jane, what about you?
I actually looked up what happiness is.
I feel happy when I have accomplished something.
I want to create and compose music.
I'd like to create and compose everything I wanted to try.
I think I could die happily after I release all of that.
- What about you, Jae-Jung? - I haven't met a lot of people...
- but I'd like to call up all my ex-girlfriends and apologize. - Why?
You're not Kim Gun-mo.
- I'm sorry - I spent too much time fighting with them.
- I see. - I had thought of them as my whole world.
So, I...
- want to... - How many phone calls would you make?
I think maybe 4, no, 3 phone calls.
- I'd make three phone calls. - What color jeans would you wear?
- What color? - I'd wear all three.
I see. You'd wear the light blue, dark blue and black jeans.
He'd hang up and put on the other pair of jeans.
He'd put them on and make the call.
"Should I buy more jeans?"
If I really only have one week to live,
I'd live my life like the saying, "YOLO". My YOLO is...
You'd live your life to the fullest if you only had a week?
- Right. - There's no other choice.
- Right. - He wouldn't have a future.
I really like ballad songs.
So, I'd try and get songs from people I respect and make an album.
I'd get songs from you, Si-kyung, and people like Yoon Jong-shin.
I'd get songs from all the great ballad singers in our country...
and try and get complimented from you all.
I'd be happy if they pat my shoulder.
- You want to be acknowledged. - I'd feel like I'd lived a wonderful life.
Go and pat him on the shoulder.
"What is this?"
(The male brassier)
- What are you doing? - "What is this?"
Is this how you relieve stress?
(Are you wearing one?)
All right. The 148th issue from the Korean representative Jane was...
"You only live once. I believe that the present..."
"is more important than the future. Am I abnormal"
Won-bin, who lives a YOLO life said this.
- He said this memorable quote. - What did he say?
- Won-bin said... - It's a memorable YOLO quote.
"You only think of tomorrow as you live."
"People who only look towards the future..."
"will be killed by those who think about today."
"I only think about today."
(That was a great Won-bin impression.)
- That was good. - Nice.
That was great.
Even though your faces are different, it was a good impression.
- That was great acting. - This is what you call acting.
He's a great actor.
Your emotions...
helped cover for your face.
- It covered for your face. - Right.
I know what you mean.
- All right, how did you find today? - Yes.
I had a lot of fun.
Also, everyone here is from a different culture and they've lived different lives.
It was fun to hear a variety of different opinions and thoughts.
- I see. - What about you, Jae-Jung?
For me personally, there wasn't a lot of programs where I could say my opinions.
Even though I didn't know if my opinions were correct or not,
I'm very grateful that they heard my opinions until the end.
I feel that I did say some right things.
- So, I'm happy. - I understand.
I would now like to adjourn our Non Summit Meeting.
Until the day we all become normal.
May 8th is Parents' Day.
We did have a reason for talking about YOLO.
Well...
May 8th is Parents' Day. We did have a reason for talking about YOLO.
Well...
- In 1, 2, - In 1, 2,
My father told me
To enjoy my life
We will now adjourn.
(Is your country heading in the right direction?)
(Terror and employment)
(Cozy relationship between corporations and governments)
(Poverty)
(Environment)
(We're betting on the belief that the future is bright.)
(Let's talk about the future with the global members.)
(They ask the positive Guillaume how long he thinks he will live.)
(Until I'm 1,000?)
(This is for continued unlimited positivity in the world.)
(The representative from Ghana, Samuel Okyere)
(Time does fly.)
(He's the honorary ambassador for Ghana and Korea.)
(Samuel Okyere has constructed a school in Ghana.)
(It's the ambidextrous and smart, Sohn Mi-Na.)
(She's the editor for Huffingtonpost Korea.)
(The principal of The School of Life.)
(Wow!)
(I believe that adults need teachers, too.)
(A lot of adults have become lost.)
(This is making me nervous.)
(He left for France.)
(A school for lost adults)
(It's a place to develop yourself.)
(It's like a book of knowledge.)
(Not one was sold in Italy.)
(It gave me goosebumps.)
(I tried it and it was successful.)
(If you read books about sleep,)
(I always believe there is something to learn.)
(Even though I sleep really well.)
(If I could have fixed that,)
(I really felt people had evolved a lot.)
(Where in the world are adults heading?)
(Someone has appeared to save the adults.)
(It's the author, Alain de Botton)
(Adults need their own time to come up with their own success.)
(Heart-warming)
(Do you feel the Korean people are happy?)
(No, I didn't.)
(They know that they aren't happy.)
(Unlike Americans)
(Everyone needs a mentor every Monday night.)
(Non Summit Meeting airs every Monday night at 10:50pm.)
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