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In order to keep global peace and sustain a safe world,
many heads of state would gather at the UN for summit meetings.
On the other hand, there are those who were never officially sent,
but who claim that they represent their own countries.
Such people have gathered for a Non Summit Meeting for the peace of world's youths.
(Episode 161)
We hereby open up the floor.
I'm Jeon Hyun-moo, the chairman of the borderless youth committee, Non-summit.
I'm Secretary General Yoo Se-yoon.
I'm Chairman Sung Si-kyung.
We're Jeon-yoo-sung!
(Welcome, Representatives!)
It was new and refreshing that you did it by yourself!
It was cute!
It's his first time in 3 years.
We're glad to see him back.
Very much so!
The old folk from India, Lucky!
(Big welcome!)
How have you been?
I've been very well, thank you.
I'm glad to see everyone here.
I've been working hard at selling sesame. (CEO at a sesame manufacturer)
I've been very well!
We do remember you crying as you were leaving.
But I'm back smiling!
(He cried when he said goodbye)
(But he's back smiling)
We do have a special representative from Korea.
She's Kim Min-ah, a weather forecaster from JTBC.
Welcome!
(Welcome!)
(Rain or or snow, she's consistent at her work)
(Kim Min-ah opens up the morning)
My name is Kim Min-ah, and I am the weather forecaster at JTBC morning news.
The weather's been so crazy lately.
Is it difficult when you do the weather forecast?
It's hard, right?
Yes, I report on the weather for the day in the morning.
Then I'd finish my time after saying, "No rain in Seoul, just in the south."
And as I'm driving home in Seoul after, I see rain drops falling.
It makes me feel terrible when that happens.
Just based on the numbers...
The weather service's prediction on rain is about 92% accurate.
But people feel that it's only accurate about 60% of the time, based on a survey.
It's a big impact when it's wrong.
It's because people are the most interested in weather during summer.
But that's when things are the most unpredictable.
People feel like the weather forecast is always wrong because of it.
That can happen.
There's a joke, since the weather is so hard to foresee, that it rains
on a day when the employees at the weather service have an outing.
I heard that it actually happened before.
"No one take pictures today!"
When I was in school, whenever they'd forecast that it'll rain, we'd go because
we'd believe that it won't rain then.
We'd think in the opposite.
Why don't you just always prepare an umbrella?
(Genius!) That's a very Japanese-way of thinking.
(Every country has a different way of dealing with it)
Next up is: We go through the inside stories of incidents from the world.
This is "Global Report: Is this a true story?"
You'll see right away why we invited these two guests here today.
The heat wave is raging on all over the country.
People can't believe this is truly happening.
It's so hot all over Korea.
The city of Daegu, the hottest city in Korea, calls itself "Dae-frica."
So clever!
Do you feel like the current weather is abnormal?
It is difficult to say that it's normal.
When I was little, reaching 35 degrees Celsius was considered really hot.
These days, we've been hitting 36, 37, even 38 degrees.
Daegu definitely is very hot, but there's a region that was even hotter recently.
Gyeongju had the third highest temperature ever recorded.
- Do you know how high? - Over 40?
No, not over 40.
But it hit 39.7 degrees Celsius.
(Highest record temperature: Daegu, Chupungnyeong, Gyeongju)
Highest since we earned our independence.
Yes, that's true.
When I tell people in Korea that I'm from India, they ask, "You're from India, so
this isn't hot at all for you, right?"
That's when I feel 2 degrees hotter.
I'm sweating right in front of them!
"Oh you're from India, you're not hot, right?"
No, it's hot for me too!
(Summer in Korea is hot for the Indians, too)
India is dry, so it's cool as long as there's shade.
But it's much more humid here.
Yes, Korea is very humid,
it can raise up the discomfort index very high.
In case of Seoul, the tropical night weather came 9 days earlier than last year.
This summer is especially hard because it's hard to sleep at night.
I'm sure other countries went through difficult time for strange weather?
In France... Have you heard of paprika?
Yes, I know paprika.
How Daegu became "Dae-frica," Paris also became "Pa-frica."
(Not so bad!)
In France, we call it "canicule" if it stays hot for more than a few days.
- Similar in Italian, right? - Yes, "canicula."
That's been happening very frequently these days.
In Paris, July of 2015,
the temperature went up as high as 40 degrees Celsius.
The weather's been crazy.
It was really hot in Italy this past spring.
It was the hottest spring ever, since Italy started to forecast weather.
So, the hottest in a few hundred years.
And what's really weird was that the temperature dropped to sub-zero
that April.
In Germany, it's harder to feel drastic changes.
It's usually a little cooler compared to other countries.
But it's evident that the sea level rose as high as 20 cm in the past century.
- That's a huge difference! - How scary!
If the temperature goes above 35 degrees, we call it "high temperature climate."
This year alone in Beijing, we already have 22 days with "high temperature climate."
A region called Xinjiang is one of the hottest regions in China.
It had the highest record of hitting 49.6 degrees.
(Hitting 49 degrees this year too)
It was so hot in Beijing that travelers from Africa had heat strokes.
It became a famous story on the Internet.
When I was in Qingdao, I noticed that the Chinese would wear shirts like...
- They'll show their stomach? - Yeah.
Does that just happen naturally?
The Chinese actually think it's like a tough guy look.
Very tough ones! Very tough.
It's just been too hot, honestly.
Mexico is famous for being hot, normally.
There's a region called "Sonora" in the northern side of Mexico.
It went up to 50 degrees in Sonora this year.
It's so serious that the experts say
if the current trend continues, there will be 20 days out of a year with heat wave
that can cause fatality by the year 2100.
20 days?
It's so hot that in Delhi, the capital of India,
it's hitting 45 to 47 degrees on an average summer day.
About 4,600 people have died in India due to heat stroke.
People may think that just a couple of degrees hotter won't be a big deal,
but they actually make a huge difference.
AC units won't work because it's so hot, that an AC manufacturer put out
an ad saying that their AC units work even at 54 degrees Celsius.
Because AC units don't work when it's above 50 degrees.
Pakistan had a record high in 2013 at 53.5 degrees.
There's a place called Turbat in Pakistan,
and it hit 53.5 degrees this year.
It's not that your machines broke?
(No!)
(Lucky is so funny!)
The desert area in the southern part of the US is called Death Valley.
It's that hot and dangerous there.
It reached a record high of 53 degrees this year in June.
(Jaw-dropping)
If the air temperature is 53 degrees, the temperature on the ground is 93.
You can fry an egg on the ground!
It's actually higher than the temperature you need to grill meat.
I've been there when I was little.
You can feel the heat through the bottom of your shoes.
Your shoes might melt!
It's so hot there.
And people live there?
There was a woman who lost her sandals in that heat.
So she had to walk in barefoot.
She suffered a third-degree burn, and was sent to a hospital.
We were thinking about how Korea is so hot, but now that we hear it...
- I can feel how scary this is. - It's a global phenomenon.
Many problems arise due to abnormal temperatures around the world.
What are some of those problems?
In Swiss, it snowed really late in the season.
It normally starts to snow around October,
but for the past few years, it started to snow around January.
The ski industry in Swiss suffered a lot.
From before, people can ski in Swiss about 40 days less.
People of Switzerland worry the most about glaciers' melting.
The glaciers are currently melting.
So people who had been lost in the mountains are turning up.
They found a body of a person who was lost in 1942.
His granddaughter, who is 79 years old now, did a funeral with his body.
I feel at peace now.
I was going to climb up the glacier August 15th this year again.
(A lost German hiker's body was found after 30 years, too)
It's a huge disaster in the southwest region in the United States.
American Airline had to cancel about 50 flights in the state of Arizona.
This was June of this year.
The air became much thinner as the temperature rose to 40, 50 degrees.
So the planes couldn't fly, it was just too hot.
Because of canicule last June,
there are many episodes related to it in France.
The bus drivers in a city called Nantes aren't supposed to wear shorts.
- Why not? - It's just policy.
They have to wear long pants.
So the male drivers decided to wear skirts because it was so hot.
Finally after this form of protest, they were allowed to wear shorts.
It must've been really hot!
"Fine! I'll wear a skirt instead!"
(How funny!)
Many people in Japan are also suffering from heat strokes.
From a survey done from July 10th to July 16th, just in a week,
about 7,600 people suffered from heatstroke and 6 of them died.
There's been a change in culture because of heat strokes.
Schools used to host "sports day" in September.
But it was so hot in September and many people had heat strokes, so
they changed sports days to May or June.
But it's still really hot in May and June.
The heat strokes would occur the same.
So they pushed up the date even sooner, like March or April.
It's sports day right after their first day of school then!
It might have to be during the winter break soon.
It's been a problem to consider.
There have been more sickness caused by heat in Korea too, right?
Ogi mentioned heat strokes, like illness caused by high temperature.
Heatstroke is one of the illnesses caused by hot temperature.
Double or triple number of people have been suffering from such illnesses.
Light symptoms include fever, vomiting, or feeling dizzy.
But for the elderly or children, and those who are in weak physical condition,
can even die from such illnesses.
Six people died as Ogi mentioned earlier.
Korea used to have a long monsoon season.
That used to lower the temperature and keep summer days cool.
But this year, the rainy season was very short.
Or it did rain a lot, but in less time.
As a result, more people have been suffering from illnesses related to
high temperature.
Not only that, the farming industry suffered as the climate changed
from a drought to flood so quickly.
(The farmers expect a huge damage this year)
Monsoon is supposed to accompany heat waves during summer.
But this year in Korea, the differences between precipitation rate were huge in
different regions.
And there have been heavy rain in small and focused areas.
It was unheard of before.
(Incheon was flooded, with 5,580 places underwater)
(Sudden, heavy rain up to 194mm in some parts of Gyeonggi)
(Korea is exposed to flood damages across the country)
City of Cheongju suffered a great deal from the recent flood.
I'm sure you've seen many pictures of the damages already.
(290mm of rain fell in just one day)
(Many houses, stores, and roads are underwater)
They'd find fish on the roads.
Cheongju College was totally flooded in front.
You can see firefighters on boats as they were saving people.
It wasn't even a typhoon.
Yet it rained 90mm ever hour.
To compare this amount,
we say that it's strong rain when it's about 10mm per hour.
We call it a heavy rain when it hits about 20mm per hour.
So think about how heavy 90mm of rain is per hour.
It's not just rain, it's more like someone pouring water over with a bucket.
Is this unprecedented in Korea?
We do suffer great damages with typhoons, but not from just rain like this.
Let's hear records of rain damages.
Because India is so big,
this type of damage occurs almost every year.
We're not even surprised when flood or rain damages get on the news.
We've seen such news so many times since we were little.
In the Guinness Book of Records, the most rain-damaged place in the world
is in India.
It's a place called Mawsynram in the state of Meghalaya.
It rains over 10,000 mm a year there.
It's about 30mm, everyday!
Yes, constant rain.
The name of the state, Meghalaya, means "a place of many clouds."
Ah, it's that type of a climate.
Just as there are places that never rain, there are places that always rain.
(2,000mm of monthly precipitation during rain season)
In Japan, we also call it "guerrilla torrent."
We've been getting more and more of heavy rain that's record-high in decades.
According to a research, they're expecting 7,000 of heavy rain until September.
It's getting more and more serious.
There was a recent heavy rain called "Kyushu Rain."
There was a lot of damage because of it.
It was so much rain that 34 people died.
There are still many refugees from that rain.
It brought a lot of damage.
There was a sudden rain that fell in Chongqing in China last July.
About 16,000 people suffered damages from it.
About 140,000 acres of farmed land were destroyed.
780 housing buildings were destroyed, too.
It rained so much in Berlin, too.
Every subway station was flooded.
You couldn't drive on the streets because the water was knee-high.
Even the busiest highway in Germany, Autobahn, was banned from being on it.
- Autobahn? - Yes.
Because of rain, one entire city came to a stop.
There was a big flood in Paris last year, and it became big news.
The Louvre and Musée d'Orsay had to shut down.
They had to protect the valuable cultural pieces inside.
Mona Lisa was kept underground previously, but it was moved above ground then.
People may think that Swiss wouldn't suffer much rain damage since
it's not very flat.
But flood happens often.
We are more worried about avalanches when it rains a lot though.
We have a website that tells us where there are high chances of avalanches.
It warns the public at dangerous times.
While the global temperature rose 0.6 degrees in the past century,
Korea's temperature rose by 1.5 degrees.
Twice the global average.
We're in a hurry for everything!
We want everything fast here.
The ecosystem is suffering from rapid changes because of this, too.
Are there such changes in other countries too?
There are many coral reefs found around Japan, and
the most northern coral reefs in the world are near Tsushima Island.
They found white coral reefs there.
White coral reefs?
They become white when there aren't enough plankton in water due to
rise in temperature.
If this continues, the coral reefs die.
As these coral reefs start to die, it is said that all coral reefs around Japan
will become extinct by 2070.
It's a very serious situation.
It's definitely a problem.
There are new bugs and bacteria found in France due to climate changes.
In Italy, there are new forms of bacteria that harm the potato crop.
So potatoes would turn out strangely.
Once infected, the entire crop needs to be destroyed.
It's a serious damage.
India suffers greatly from bugs, bacteria, and viruses.
If anyone asks me when's a good time to visit India,
I tell them to just avoid the monsoon season.
There are many bacteria and viruses during the monsoon season.
But they got stronger and stronger, now there is a sort of a super bug.
It's dangerous because anti-biotics people take won't affect it.
And people infected with this super bug can die from it.
This worries me greatly.
There are many new breeds of animals in the United States due to climate change.
It happened in such a short period of time.
Wolves and coyotes hybridized and formed a new type of animal.
People call it "coywolf."
What's scary is that this new type of animal possesses the strengths of
wolves and coyotes.
All the scary and strong parts together.
It's got big fangs,
and coyotes normally can't hunt in the forest, it needs to be out in the open.
But a coywolf can hunt in the forest and in the city.
It can eat plants and animals.
It spread so quickly, now millions of them are in the United States.
I wonder how that became possible.
It's because of the hot weather?
Imagine a coyote and a wolf meeting up.
I think the climate change is just an excuse they're using.
They liked each other since long time ago already.
They were afraid of how others might think.
What ecological problems are there in Korea?
Harmful insects have been breeding so much faster as the temperature
and humidity rose.
They found what's called "Asian mayfly," it's a type of mayfly.
These mayflies would gather around the city nights, especially in Gangnam.
But there would be so many of them stuck on windows and signs.
It was so serious that people would call the police.
- Because they like lights, right? - Yes.
Yeah, so many bugs would gather around lights so fast.
It's a disaster when I go to outdoor events.
There are spotlights on stage, and as I walk on the stage to its center,
I can hear...
Huge bugs are all over the stage!
The audience can't see, but for the performers on stage,
we're laughing as we're stepping on piles of bugs!
There's a type of octopus called "blue-ringed octopus" that live
in warm ocean water.
They were found recently in Korea, in the southern and eastern seas.
But it's poisonous, 1,000 times more potent than fugus.
If you see a blue-ringed octopus when you're out swimming in the sea,
make sure don't touch it!
It's very dangerous.
I'm sure many countries are coming up with plans to stop climate changes.
After the Paris Agreement, Germany announced long-term climate protection
plans to be implemented until 2050.
Main point is that it will gradually stop thermal power plants.
It'll also reduce CO2 emission to half the level now.
They also made a train that doesn't emit gas.
It only emits water.
There was a general vote in Swiss about energy usage.
Vote again?
Swiss voted to get rid of nuclear power plants by 2050.
It'll also promote more Eco-friendly energy.
About 58% of the Swiss population voted for it.
The Italian government has many plans for producing energy,
and Italy's already using a lot of recycled power.
Climate changes are a huge concern in Venice.
Some people say that it'll be underwater soon.
Sea level is on the rise continuously.
Venice is sinking 2mm a year.
Recently, Italy started to make a huge water gate to protect Venice.
It's made out of cement, and it'll be completed in a couple of years.
They'll move it in high tide to let water out.
It's similar to New York. Manhattan is an island at a low sea level.
It's sensitive to climate changes because of it.
Sea water can come into the city very easily.
It's a huge concern for many.
There was a big hurricane in 2012 called "Hurricane Sandy."
Even the high-rises were flooded, not to mention the parking lots.
When they drained out the water, they'd find fish on the floor.
You can find many photos like that.
But because it's a huge concern, the government is spending 200 million dollars
to build a wall so the city won't be underwater.
It's very cold in winter in Pakistan, especially in its northern side.
Most houses there are made out of clay to keep heat in.
But the roofs are made out of clay, too.
And when it'd rain so much like these days, water would go into the house.
So the government has been giving out plastic covers.
And the residents can cover the roofs with that when it rains a lot.
But in the southern part of Pakistan, it gets flooded often.
There were consecutive floods in Pakistan in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
People in that region suffered great damages.
The new prime minster after that time started a project called, "Green Pakistan."
Since then, they're planting many trees in Pakistan.
This can reduce damages from floods.
Global warming is something you cannot avoid, it'll happen no matter what.
But we can slow it down and reduce damage if we plant many trees.
I saw an interesting way to phrase something in an article.
"I am a tree."
"If I gave out wifi signals, many people would've planted me in many places."
"But I only give out oxygen, and this is why people don't bother to plant me."
I think we need to plant more trees.
It's a comment fitting for "the tree day."
"Announcement from the Forest Service..."
We can only hear this from Lucky, the elder of the group.
What kind of efforts is the Korean government making?
Starting in 2015, Korea implemented cap and trade system for CO2 emission.
A company is given a certain level of CO2 it can emit,
and a company that go below that amount can sell the rest to others.
But it needs to be actively used for the government's goal to be achieved.
It's only been used about 1% of what the government expected.
There are many reasons for it, but to say just a couple of them,
first, the government set the price too low for the companies to be enticed
enough to want to sell it.
The companies with leftover emission level don't bother to sell it.
Is that how they said it?
(She's getting really into it)
I was afraid what you might say next.
And...
Yes, one more! I was curious.
What a liar!
You were really curious about the cap and trade program?
How about "Trade Aurelien" program?
(Implemented August 7th, today!)
Aurelien wants to hear it, what's the other reason?
Government made it possible to carry forward or borrow this allowed amount.
So the companies would hold on to the amount until the prices increase later.
I hear that the government is considering other options to make it more active.
The mini portable fans have been very popular in Korea recently.
I'm sure some of you have some too.
Let's see what are some of the popular items in other countries.
There's a good one in Japan.
For those who wear dress shirts for work,
there's an item called "shirts-cool."
It uses chemicals to keep you cool.
It's a spray, and you spray it on your shirt.
It makes you cool, combined with your sweat.
The coolness lasts about an hour after you spray it.
(Not bad!)
Many people use motorcycles in India for transportation.
Imagine what would happen if you got on a motorcycle parked outside
in this heat?
- You'd get burned! - You get up right away!
You can't sit on it, it's too hot!
So someone made an umbrella specifically for motorcycles.
It's an umbrella on a bike!
This one's more like a cover.
You can cover the bike from the sun, and it'll block the rain, too.
It's a good idea.
A similar item has been popular in the States.
It's a parasol.
But it's got a mist system attached to it.
It emits mist underneath the parasol, like rain.
It makes it cool if you're sitting under it.
There's also the blanket fan.
It's fan designed to blow cool air between the sheets.
- A bed fan? - Yes, a bed fan.
It blows air between the sheets.
(I want it in my cart!)
Most floors in Pakistan are made out of cement or stone.
And they cool down when you pour water on them.
So many people pour water over their floors during the day.
And there are many people without refrigerators in the countryside.
So people who have refrigerators would go out and pass out ice.
When it's too hot, because some houses don't have ice at all.
This is my own method, but I recommend it to all the people of Korea.
Many people carry around the mini fans.
You can stick an ice pack behind the fan.
Then it becomes a mini AC!
Did you see that?
OK, I'll buy one, I'll buy one!
(What a great salesman!)
(Lucky acknowledges it)
Tie an ice pack like this.
Hold it up, and turn it on.
A mini AC!
I've heard from a teacher when I was in high school,
that the students who feel that it's hot is because they're not focused in studying.
(Sounds oddly familiar)
Whenever I feel hot, I take out a report card or my bank statement.
It really cools down my heart!
It makes me stressed out and I forget how hot it is.
Like it gives you the chills, right?
Like your heart just drops.
(I'll see it again tonight)
Your heart feels cold when you look at your bank account.
How about Mark? You'd get hotter if you look at your account?
You'd sweat from your head, even!
Do you have a way of beating the heat? Ms. Kim Min-ah?
When I get off work early after the morning news,
I take 2 cans of beer from the fridge to the freezer.
Is that around lunch time?
It'll be about 10 or 11 AM.
- Beer in the morning? Must be good. - Yes, it is.
I put them in the freezer, then take a shower, dry my hair.
And I have a projector in my room.
I set that up, and drink a couple of cans of beer, then fall asleep while
watching a movie.
And you don't wake up in the evening?
Oh, I do.
I get up and eat something to sober up.
Then in the evening when she gets up, she'd put soju in the freezer this time.
Non Summit Meeting that can cool down your sleepless nights!
We'll start our main discussion today.
Let's welcome our guest representative today.
She's an expert at bringing out the flavors in acting!
And in real life, she's an expert and wise housewife.
It's actress Yum Jung-ah!
(Yum Jung-ah from Korea, Actress)
(Won second place in Miss Korea in 1991)
(And she's now an actress every housewife wants to be)
(She's back with a film called "the Mimic")
(An intelligent actress, Yum Jung-ah!)
Please introduce yourself.
I'm an actress.
And my name is Yum Jung-ah.
It's nice to meet you today.
(Welcome!)
You said you're a Dongtan-mom?
Yes, I live in Dongtan.
I'm sure the housewives who live there follow the current trends closely,
and know who's hot and who's not.
Do you know anyone from here who's famous in your circle of friends?
The one I think the moms would like is...
(Who is the representative that captures the hearts of the moms?)
Alberto.
Moms would always love me, even when I was little.
He seems like a family man.
He is, in real life.
And I think among the single members...
I think it's Mark who's popular.
(The best candidate to be a husband!)
Capturing the hearts of the Dongtan-moms!
"Mom-k!"
Let me know if you know someone...
- You don't have a girlfriend? - No, I don't.
Yes, I'll look around.
(Hope it's a successful blind date!)
Please read us the topic for today's discussion.
I'm in a movie about a ghost story.
And I thought of something to bring here as a topic.
Am I abnormal for believing in urban legends?
Is there a story you believed recently?
Pretty much every ghost story.
- Ghost stories? - You believe them?
I do.
How about conspiracy theories?
I usually do, so I'm always cautious.
- How about supernatural things? - Mysteries?
Yes, I do.
I get scared easily.
Then why did you decide to be on a scary movie, a thriller?
It's different to be in a scary movie and watching it.
I'm making somebody scared, right?
To act that role is actually really fun.
But you can't just watch others' horror films?
Not really, I watch them like this.
I have a hard time sleeping alone, too.
When we shoot a movie on location, we're often put in hotels.
Then I make sure I share a room with a female staff member.
Ah, I see.
Fitting to make us forget about this heat, a thriller-special!
"Am I abnormal for believing in ghost stories?"
Let's open the main discussion.
Let's hear some scary ghost stories from different countries.
Please tell us horror movies that got famous in your countries.
There are several true stories in the US.
Namely, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
As you know, it's about an actual criminal named Edward Gein.
The movie is based on the crime he committed.
In the movie, 5 young people went to a small town and were killed.
What's even scarier is that when they arrested Ed Gein, they found
masks made with the murder victims' skin.
It was so shocking.
Yes, it's a true story.
And you've all heard of the Exorcist.
That's also based on a true story.
What's even scarier is that
staff and actors related to this film
all died in freakish ways.
There was a fire on the set, but only the bedroom of the main character
was not burned.
- See what happens with scary movies? - Don't scare me!
(The chairpersons are busy teasing Jung-ah)
As you brought up the Exorcist,
there was a movie that came out in 2005 called "Exorcism of Emily Rose."
(A movie about exorcism)
It happened in Germany, but the movie was made in the United States.
A 16-year-old girl named Anneliese Michel
started to have epileptic seizures.
And she'd respond in a strange way whenever she saw religious objects.
So the parents asked a priest to cast out the demon.
They asked him to perform exorcism.
So the priest did, 67 times in the following year.
Then he had her fast, too.
- All based on misunderstanding? - Yes, misunderstanding.
Ultimately, she died of starvation.
Then the priest and her two parents were indicted for murder.
You OK?
Yes.
You seem really nervous.
(We hope to finish shooting today's episode safely)
Here's a urban legend that every person in Beijing knows.
It's called "the urban legend of Bus 375."
They made a movie based on this story, too.
One late night, there were passengers in a bus numbered 375.
Then all of a sudden, 3 men got on the bus dressed in Qing jiangshi, vampires.
They got on the bus, and they looked pale in their faces, too.
An old lady in the bus told a passenger to get off on the next stop together.
After they got off, the passenger asked the old lady why they had to get off.
Then she said that she look at the legs of those men under their robes,
and they didn't have any legs.
They called the police and they found three old corpses in the bus.
So they were ghosts?
And the story goes that the bus' gas tank was filled with blood, not gasoline.
There was a movie that came out in 2006 in Mexico.
It's called, "Kilometer 31."
What?
Kilometer 31.
That sounds scary already!
It's mean 31 kilometers.
There was a ghost that'd appear exactly 31 kilometers away from Mexico City.
Because a child pops out of nowhere and stuff, there are a lot of accidents.
It's like the freeway ghost in Korea.
They made a movie based on that true story. And it became a hit.
I went to go watch it with my sister.
There's a scene where the character is walking towards a curtain.
You can sense that there's something behind the curtains.
And they always check it.
Right when the character grabbed the curtains, the screen went black.
Everyone was like this.
We thought the ghost was going to pop up.
But an employee came and said the electricity went out.
I see...
This is for real!
What a terrifying story.
They said they'd start the movie from the beginning.
The people were annoyed. We went from this to saying, "What the heck?"
It was annoying.
When they film a scary movie,
some mysterious things happen.
"A Tale of Two Sisters" and your new movie are both horror movies.
Did you experience anything like that?
It's not something I experienced.
Two of our staff members shared a room at the dorms.
And they saw a little girl under the bed in the middle of the day at the same time.
Really?
That girl kept saying, "One, one, one..."
She could only count to one.
In the middle of the day, two very normal people saw it at the same time.
They were so shocked. It wasn't a dream.
So they told us about it the next day.
And we were all shocked.
They switched rooms, and they were fine afterwards.
I was wondering if our movie is going to be a hit.
Maybe the girl was counting the audience.
(Getting hopeful)
One can become 10 million.
How many times did she say "one"?
I'll call and ask.
Mysterious things happen while filming a horror movie.
We talked about "The Exorcist" earlier.
What were some of them?
In France, there was...
You guys know about Roman Polanski, right?
You were checking.
Roman Polanski's first movie was a horror movie called "Rosemary's Baby."
In the movie, the bad guys are the devil worshippers.
(Evil devil worshippers appear)
(They make a pregnant lady fall into a conspiracy)
Two years after the movie was released,
Roman Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered
by a group that was like a devil worshiper.
- In real life? - Yes.
And at the time, she was pregnant like the character from "Rosemary's Baby."
I see.
I don't know why the characters from movies keep...
It's because this segment is about those things.
Dolls are very scary.
I don't know why they're so scary.
I love those kind of movies.
In Japan, there was a puppet show called "Thousand Years Jumong."
There was a fire at the puppet show's writer's home.
So they lost the script of the show.
And in the process of preparing for the puppet show,
all of the staff and almost all of the associates
hurt their right arms and right legs.
Why?
There was a girl doll that appears in the puppet show.
But that doll's right arm and right leg were twisted.
- The doll? - Yes.
So people think that happened because of the doll.
Bruce Lee's son was an actor. He was Brandon Lee.
Right.
While filming a gun firing scene in "The Crow,"
a real bullet was shot out of nowhere.
The bullet hit him, and he died.
The investigation showed that it was due to a mistake made by the staff.
How could they make that kind of mistake?
A lot of people say it wasn't a mistake.
There are a lot of conspiracy theories like that.
(A lot of controversies over his death like there were for his father's death)
In China, there's a ceremony people hold before they shoot a scary movie.
First, you have to light an incense.
After that...
Doesn't that call forth the ghosts?
No, you're asking the ghosts for consent.
Asking them for consent?
We have no choice. We have to make a living.
Could we please film a story about you?
Please enjoy the movie.
Second, you cover the camera with red cloth
and take it off while everyone is watching.
Third, you put money in a red envelope and give it
to the actors who will be filming a death scene.
It's praying for good luck.
After the filming is done, the director must shout "Cut" in a loud voice.
Don't they normally do that in all movies?
- But it must be in a loud voice. - It can't be quiet.
It's because we believe that there are a lot of ghosts on the scene.
It's to tell them that we're filming a movie, and it's not for real.
Because the ghost might be too engrossed in it.
Good work!
- And... - The camera is turning.
And after that, the actors need to laugh.
Since there are a lot of ghosts on the scene, they
need to make up for the lack of energy with laughter.
Even when they shoot a crying or sad scene?
Right when they're done...
If the director shouts, "Cut!"
they have to laugh?
That's what the Chinese believe.
And if there's an actor staring off into space and not moving,
they think that the ghost is entering the person.
If they're engrossed in the emotion?
So you have to wake them up quickly.
Are there superstitions in Korea when you're filming?
When you're filming...
- You hold a ritual. - Like a ceremony.
Yes, we always hold a ritual before we start filming.
What I experienced was...
I used to get sleep paralysis a lot.
- Normally? - Yes.
After filming "A Tale of Two Sisters," I didn't get it anymore.
I think that movie took away those things from me.
It might just be a superstition, but that's what I believe.
People started getting sleep paralysis because of that movie.
Did it come to me?
Is there such a thing in other countries?
- Yes. - What's it called?
We call it "subirse El muerto."
A dead person is pressing down .
- What about Japan? - It's called Kanasibari.
- What? - Kanasibari.
(Meaning: tied with metal chains)
- Kanasibari? - Kanasibari.
What about China?
It means that a ghost is pressing down on the bed.
- They all mean pressing down. - What about in English?
It's called sleep paralysis.
It sounds very scientific.
- It's a medical term. - It's a sleep disorder.
It's just called sleep paralysis.
Don't you look at yourself objectively when you're under it?
Out-of-body experience! That's an out-of-body experience!
- There's that too? - You look like you'd experience it.
I heard a story about someone who got sleep paralysis.
I guess the door was open half way.
He opened his eyes and looked.
And a grim reaper wearing a hat was standing in the door way.
He tried to come in, but his hat got stuck.
That sounds fake.
That's scary.
He said he started laughing.
And then the grim reaper started laughing too.
Then, he went...
(Come here)
(That's scary)
He came in like this.
He came in like this?
Because his hat kept getting stuck.
(Scared to death)
(That's funny)
There are ghosts based on historical backgrounds.
And there must be ghosts and monsters that became famous through movies.
Let's talk about the most famous ghosts and monsters from each country.
In China, we have Kangsi.
They were very popular when we were in elementary schools.
Yeah, they were dressed in clothes from the Qing dynasty
and jumped around with their arms stretched forward.
- With a talisman. - Right.
To explain why they do that...
Chinese people take pity on people who die in a foreign country.
So you have to bring the body back to the hometown.
But there was a war during the Qing dynasty,
so a lot of people died.
In order to move the countless bodies,
They attached the sleeves to a long pole all in one line.
Front and back.
I didn't know that.
That's how they carried them.
So from afar, the bodies looked like they were moving like this.
There was master Young-hwan.
- Right. - I saw him many times.
And they don't catch you if you just don't breathe.
When you put the talisman on them, they freeze.
You get caught if someone farts.
There were scary Kangsi movies and funny ones.
There was one called "Mr. Vampire."
All of the movies back then were named like that.
There was a movie with Shim Hyung-rae and Kangsis.
In Japan, a famous one is Bathroom Hanako-san.
A ghost called Hanako-san in the bathroom is the most famous.
Is she always in the bathroom?
- Yes. - Can't we use the bathroom in peace?
She's usually in the third floor girls' bathroom at a school.
She's in the third stall from the end.
They say it's a true story.
A woman tried to kill her family and herself.
But the daughter escaped from her and ran to the school.
She went to the public bathroom at the back of the school gym.
A security guard saw her going in there.
And he told her mother.
He told her that she's in the third stall from the end.
So the mom found her, took her back home, and killed her.
The girl's sorrow was left in that bathroom stall.
There's a way to call her.
(What is that?)
(A monster fell out of nowhere)
(Oh my)
(That was scary)
- It's too hairy. - That scared me!
(Taking out his anger)
It could've worn it if it had landed right.
(That's too bad)
That scared me a lot.
They put blood on the sculpture.
Don't do stuff like that.
How do you call the ghost in the bathroom?
He forgot.
It's okay.
Don't do it--
(French ghost's second attack)
That's our French ghost.
- I'm sorry. - It's okay.
- Back to Hanako-san. - How do you call her?
There's a way to call her.
You knock three times starting with the first stall.
And you say, "Hanako-san, let's play together."
- Play together? - Yes.
You do the same for the second stall, and so on and so forth.
At the third stall from the end,
when you knock 3 times and ask if Hanako-san is there, you hear "Yes."
When you open the door, Hanako-san pops out.
Why do you get so scared?
I'm so scared.
They say that you get dragged into the bathroom.
The Ko in Hanako means child.
One, one, one... (Hana means one in Korean)
He's having a lot of fun scaring Jung-ah.
The French ghost is very excited right now.
You're saying the girl was Hanako.
She came to Korea.
There's a famous monster in Mexico.
They're called Chupacabras.
- What? - Chupacabras.
That must be one playful monster.
We'll show you.
Please show us Chupacabras.
It means a monster that sucks on goats.
A goat?
He looks handsome.
He's cute but scary.
It's about 1 meter long and has wings.
You can think of it has a big bat.
It looks like a devil.
I know something that looks like that.
35 goats were found dead at a village in Mexico.
When they checked the goats, there wasn't any blood.
They had bite marks on their necks.
The people were shocked, and it was on the news.
And the same thing started happening in other countries.
So the people were very scared.
Some thought that the government put on a show to cover something up.
The government people are busy for unnecessary reasons.
Seriously. There has been no evidence that Chupacabras ever existed.
There are a lot of mountains on the east of the US and Canada.
There's an ice giant that lives in that area called Wendigo.
It's a monster from the legends.
The face is a skull and there's stuff like that on the head.
- He lives in the mountains. - He did a lot of ab exercises.
In order to kill him, you have to melt his heart.
He must've only eaten chicken breast.
He's 5 meters tall.
Since you can die if you go near the mountains, the natives
made up the legend so the children would stay away.
If he's 5 meters tall, he'd be as tall as that pole.
Right.
Similar to a troll.
There are 8 cursed areas in Pakistan.
One of them is Dalmia Street in Karachi.
A ghost bride in a red wedding dress always appears there.
She wears a red dress because our wedding dresses are traditionally red.
The woman died in a car accident on the day of her wedding.
Because she still holds a grudge, she takes revenge in the area.
People say that you shouldn't ever go there alone at night because it's that scary.
In Italy, the ghosts are in black.
We call them l'uomo Nero which means black person.
He kidnaps the children and eat them.
The mothers usually tell their children that
l'uomo Nero will come if they don't go to sleep.
We say that a tiger will come and get them.
Because it means black person, the moms these days think it's racist.
So things are changing since there are a lot of black people in Italy too.
That one exists in all of Europe, right?
Boogeyman?
When we were little, we'd play a game to get away from the black man.
It became banned because of racism issues.
Jung-ah, which ghost do you think is the most famous in Korea?
The virgin ghost.
A woman who dies before getting married when she's of age becomes a ghost.
And she sticks onto women her age.
That's a virgin ghost.
Didn't you play that role a lot?
I've never played one.
I'm sorry.
She looked really annoyed.
Didn't you come out on "Hometown Legends"?
How many horror films have you been in?
"A Tale of Two Sisters" and the new one.
Only two?
She looks like she has been in a lot.
Why do you thin people assume you've been in a lot of them?
Probably because it suits me.
That's right.
There are chilling ghosts and monsters, but there are some that don't harm people.
There's one in the US that's not scary at all.
It's Casper, the friendly ghost.
- It's a very kind ghost. - So cute.
Casper doesn't even know that he's a ghost or that he's scary.
He's very lonely and wants to make friends. So he approaches people very nicely.
But people always run away, so he's a lonely ghost with a funny problem.
In Italy, there's a sailor ghost.
It's an American sailor who died during WWII.
This ghost appears when he smells especially delicious fries.
- Because he's an American ghost? - He likes fries.
Maybe he appears when there's a cheeseburger.
He won't appear these days because the fries get soggy.
There's a one-eyed ghost in Japan.
It's called Shirime.
"Shiri" means butt and "me" means eye.
So there's an eye on the butt.
That doesn't look like a butt.
(How indecent...)
You can't have a stare contest.
Are you sure they didn't mistake something else for an eye?
- That ghost is in Japan? - Yes.
That ghost takes off all its clothes when it meets someone and becomes naked.
- Afterwards... - Is it a pervert?
I feel like there would be hair around its eye.
It threatens people by taking off all the clothes
and shows them its butt. And a light comes out of its eye.
It threatens people with that light.
Is it a brown light?
When it streams the light, people run away, right?
Wouldn't they run away even without the light?
Yeah, because it's weird.
Can you take down the picture?
I wonder who thought of that in the first place.
They had to put the eye there.
A very creative person.
Let's talk about scary things you guys have experienced.
This spring, I was returning home late at night.
And I saw four small poops on my dining table chair.
They weren't dry.
You took a picture of it?
I don't have a dog and the poop wasn't dry.
It doesn't look like human poop either.
It was small.
Only the surface was dry. It was half dry.
The top was darker.
Half dry poop.
I left the window open this much since it was spring, and it was hot.
It must've been really scary.
And I live on the 4th floor.
What grudge does someone have against you?
- That's really scary. - You live on the 4th floor.
- You live by yourself on the 4th floor. - The window was open this much.
And I found this when I went home.
- And you don't have a pet. - I don't have a balcony.
I think it might've been a cat.
A cat can leave through that gap.
Cats don't poop on places like that.
- He doesn't have a balcony. - You don't?!
I don't have a balcony.
- That's so scary! - Only the window was open.
I think someone came.
Why would someone poop on the chair?
I mean someone brought a puppy.
Isn't that too weird?
Or someone might've put it there because they don't like you.
- Maybe your roommate played a prank? - He was out at that time.
I had lived there without changing the password when I moved in.
I think someone who really hates me or wanted to surprise me did it.
With hated?
That's possible.
It happened after a year of living there.
When you had open house to put it on the market?
- Yeah. - That's possible.
It might be when the realtor came to look at the home.
You mean the realtor pooped there?
A lot of people visited to see the home.
I even let the realtor know my password.
No, someone put it there.
Who was it? Who would do that?
Someone who came to see the home.
They thought the home wasn't for them and pooped there.
It still being moist is the key point.
(The case is becoming a bigger mystery)
(Then there's only one answer)
Guillaume, you drank a lot the previous day, huh?
It wasn't me! What are you talking about?
You thought the chair was the toilet.
Jung-ah, what was the scariest moment in your life?
I still remember it.
In high school, I studied with the radio on a lot.
That's right.
It was when I was dozing off.
As the song was ending, I heard a girl cry.
- From the radio? - Yes.
When the song was ending...
It came from the radio.
It wasn't a technical error?
I heard it a lot.
- Which station was it? - Maybe the signal wasn't good.
There was one specific song, and I heard it every time I listened to it.
At night.
It might've been you because you were sick of studying.
Maybe.
More than the stories about ghosts or monsters that we can't see,
the repeating disasters and curses are more scary.
Is there a famous curse in your country?
In the US, there are a lot of famous musicians or singers who die at the age of 27.
There's a curse called "27 Club."
In 1930, there was a famous musician named Robert Johnson.
(Became a master at playing guitar and surprised everyone)
(Made history with 3 years of playing Blues and died of premature death)
He became successful at a young age.
People say that he made a deal with the devil
where he would die at age 27 if the devil helped him create a new style of music.
"You may bury my body down by the highway side so my"
"old evil spirit can get a Greyhound bus and ride"
He died at the age of 27.
Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Amy Winehouse.
Many people died at that age, so people keep talking about the 27 Club.
There are about 41 people in the club now.
And this is a rumor.
The 911 terror had a huge impact on our society.
After the terror happened, there was a rumor that it was prophesied on the $20 bill.
If you fold the bill in a certain way,
they say that you can see the twin towers on fire.
(As the bill gets larger, the World Trade Center disappears in the fire more and more)
We also said that if we turn out 10 cent coin upside down, the beard looks like hair.
- We did. - There was a lot like that.
You can make it into anything.
If you fold it in a different way, you can see the name Osama.
You gotta fold it right.
You can fold it in any way you like.
In Mexico, there's a curse called "El mal-de-ojo."
It's a curse where...
People believe that if someone with a bad energy looks at a baby,
the bad energy will be transferred to that baby.
So you have to get a raw egg.
After you get the egg,
you have to rub the body thinking that the bad energy is exiting the body.
Then you have to crack the egg into a cup of water.
And sometimes you see that the content gets dark.
That means all the bad energy got into the egg.
I told you that babies have the highest chance of getting the bad energy.
So we made a bracelet for babies.
It's to prevent them from getting the mal-de-ojo.
In Japan, there's a famous called Ushinokokomairi Curse.
It's the one where you put a nail into a straw doll.
It's a curse that has been traditionally passed down in Japan.
At 2 AM, you go behind a temple in white clothes
and you put a nail into the straw doll thinking of the person you hate.
Then that person will get the curse.
And because a lot of people do it, the kit is sold online.
They sell that?
If someone actually does that to the doll and
tell that person, then it's blackmailing.
So there are many cases where people actually get arrested.
Is there a known curse at a filming set?
People say that you'll be cursed for 3 years if
you touch prop food before filming the scene.
Do you think it's true?
Maybe the staff made that up so they can eat it.
That's possible.
I think that's possible, but I never touched the food just in case.
You're very thorough.
She has a lot of fears.
Rather than being a turn-off, fear is becoming a
rising business field of stimulating the five senses.
Are there related business items in your countries?
Last time, I told you that you should visit the Paris Sewer Museum if you go to Paris.
You said that out of nowhere.
This time, instead of the sewer, you should go to the Catacombe.
It's an underground cemetery.
An underground cemetery after the sewer...
It's an underground cemetery.
It's about 300 km long.
(Both walls are covered in skeletons.)
(Even from the opening, the skeletons are endless)
(Estimated to have about 6 million skeletons)
At the end of 18th century, the cemetery in Paris was moved underground.
So there are a lot of tourists who visit.
People line up to see it.
And in 2015, Airbnb had a special event during Halloween.
They offered a room with skeletons.
- They're real skeletons? - Yes.
You'll get sleep paralysis for sure.
People who like scary things will love that.
- Aurelien, do you want to go? - I do.
I've visited another cemetery called Père Lachaise.
Have you heard about it? You can see Jim Morrison's grave there.
I recommend this place too.
Can you recommend somewhere else?
The surrounding is very nice.
There are a lot of trees, and it's quiet.
You can see interesting graves.
Interesting graves?
You have to see Oscar Wilde's grave.
People write messages on his grave.
I want to go.
There are a lot of people in Venice who visit the cemetery there.
You have to take a boat to an island.
There are graves of famous people there too.
(San Michele, the whole island is a cemetery)
(Where you can take a break and learn the history of Venice as well)
Japan is famous for haunted houses.
That's the place I told you about. It's the scariest.
The scariest one is the Super Scary Labyrinth of Fear in Fuji Q Highland.
Wow.
The theme is an abandoned hospital.
It's super scary. It's supposed to be a hospital inside,
so it smells like chemicals, and you also hear sounds.
The scary part is that most haunted houses use machines to scare people,
but it's all done by humans at this place.
Actors.
They chase people.
(Checking again)
The distance you have to go to get away from the ghosts is 900 meters long.
I want to give you guys 2 tips.
You might pee yourself during it.
You can pee your pants.
So they sell underwear nearby.
They should sell diapers.
And there's a talisman.
If you buy the talisman, it glows white inside the haunted house.
So when the actors see the glow, they scare them less.
Because the people bought it.
You have to pay more to be scared less.
People who get scared easily will be okay if they buy that.
You should've told me sooner!
(Finds the talisman!)
We have professional haunted house producers.
They produce a story behind the haunted houses.
And there are also scary story tellers.
They always talk about ghost stories on TV in the summer.
They must make it sound so scary.
They make it really scary.
(The woman's face was crushed and had no shape...)
(But only her mouth was moving)
(Tells the story in various voices and expressions!)
There are a lot of haunted houses in America.
There's one called Mckamey Manor in San Diego.
It's real terror.
It's a place where you can experience terror for 8 hours.
They first kidnap you and take you inside the house.
They hit you and hurt you.
People faint and wake up covered in real blood.
You experience real terror.
But there hasn't been anyone who could last 8 hours yet.
Even soldiers have gone, but no one could stand it.
Maybe it's because they're hurt.
There must be a word they can shout to stop it.
Yes, and you have to sign papers saying that the company is not responsible.
They won't be held responsible.
I don't know why anyone would go to a place like that.
But there are more than 20,000 people on the waiting list.
Germans like haunted houses too.
So people used that format to make a museum where people can learn about history.
It's called Hamburg Dungeon, and there's a guide.
The guide plays a role of a doctor.
In one of the rooms, they cut open a corpse that looks real.
They make it look very realistic.
And they also teach people about Hamburg's history.
There's one in London too.
Yes, there's a similar one in London too.
There's a very popular app in Mexico right now.
It's a game.
I'm sure you guys remember Pokemon Go.
It uses the same technology.
Before you start the game,
you have to get the app to recognize your home.
So you turn off all the lights and turn on the flash on your phone.
And you press start.
It makes the ghosts appear in your home.
(I won't be able to use it)
Can you think of any items in our country that are related to fear?
We have scary movies every summer.
Which one are you looking forward to this year?
"The Mimic"?
(Professional actress for sure)
- What's it about? - There was a sighting.
There's a monster that appears in Busan.
It has white hair and incredibly fast.
And it's gigantic.
It mimics people's voices
to lure people in
and then eats them.
I've heard about that story.
Where is this monster?
In Busan, near Jangsan.
At the movie theater.
(I'll go watch it)
(Satisfied)
162th Non Summit Meeting discussed Yum Jung-ah's agenda,
"Am I abnormal for believing in ghost stories?"
We hope that our society doesn't have to deal with
misunderstandings or prejudice because of scary stories.
Scary stories are just stories.
Please don't have misunderstandings.
How do you feel about the episode?
Do you think you got tougher?
Was it scary in the beginning but boring at the end?
You were very nervous in the beginning.
If you keep talking after asking me a question...
You gotta break through their questions.
I can't help myself.
I was nervous and excited in the beginning, but I got so scared in the middle.
I've been out of it since then.
But this is something I'll remember for a long time.
Thank you for inviting me.
I have a question.
Say you have to film a scary movie with someone here.
- Good questions. - A scary movie?
- Someone who you think will help you. - I'm here too.
(Let's see...)
(The candidates are all bad...)
(Let's see...)
(The candidates are all bad...)
I think these two will protect me the best.
Aurelien likes to play pranks though!
No, I'm the traitor.
It suits you!
This was fun.
- I hope the movie becomes a hit. - Thank you.
We'll wrap up this week's Non Summit Meeting.
Until the day we all become normal.
For those who will have trouble sleeping from the scary stories,
I prepared a song from Yum Jung-ah's generation.
I'm scared of the dark tonight.
Meeting adjourned!
Two men who eat a lot but eat very deliciously,
Yu Min-sang and Kim Joon-hyun.
I'm worried that there won't be any food left in the future.
You're partly responsible for it.
Even after we have 2 to 3 plates of steak, we have to go home and eat rice.
Because of the weather, the price of garlic increased by 100 times.
They say that they might not be able to make wine.
They can't produce fries.
I've changed my opinion.
Since I'm worried there won't be food in the future, I should eat them first.
Food of the future that's receiving spotlight.
Spirulina.
Crawfish.
You eat the insect itself.
They're eating grasshoppers instead of popcorn at the theaters.
So they have a grasshopper combo?
Instead of fish, you use insects for sushi.
(Surprising food of the future are revealed)
(Non Summit Meeting every Monday)
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