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To ensure global peace and security,
while top representatives from each country
were convening at the UN for discussions,
despite the lack of any official recognition,
the self-appointed G-men around the world,
are convening to ensure global peace and
security for youth around the world,
and so, the Non-summit Meeting.
(Declaration of the meeting)
I am Chairman Jun Hyun-moo of the Non-summit Meeting.
- I am Secretary-General Yoo Se-yoon. - I am Chairman Sung Si-kyung.
We're Jun. Yoo. Sung.
(Welcome, representatives)
- Daniel is back. - Yes, I'm back.
Your beard is a bit...
Yes, it's popular these days.
German men these days like to look very manly.
(He grew a beard first) Welcome.
He has to act like he visited Germany.
- Not bad. - Is it?
You look good with a beard.
- How was the trip? - It was a little rough.
- Why? - Three of my Korean friends came along.
So for about a week, it was really hard--
Are they the ones you met in Busan?
Yes, they are.
- Are they girls? - No, they're guys. But...
They're very pleasant people, and they really want to be funny.
(No-fun birds of a feather...)
Who's the funniest out of the four?
But still whenever Daniel says something, they tell him he's not funny.
It was their first time in Germany.
- It must've been nice to eat home cooked meals. - It was nice.
So this is our first episode in May.
May is the month of family. We have Children's Day and Parents' Day.
Do you have month of family in your countries?
We don't have Parents' Day, but
we have Father's Day and Mother's Day.
In Korea, you give carnation flowers to your parents,
but there's a theory that says it originated in the United States.
We don't do that. We don't give them carnation.
- You don't? - No, we don't.
I think it was in 1910. A long time ago...
a Christian lady, to cherish the memory of her dead mother,
gave out carnations to her church members, and
people understood it as an expression of her love for her mother.
That's how it started, according to this theory.
(I see)
Like Parents' Day in Korea, we have Mother's Day on March 21st every year.
We have national best mother contest...
and the president gives the best mothers prizes.
What do you have to do to win best mother?
- Is it about the looks? - It's--
(Hahaha)
We have that in Italy. The prettiest mother contest.
(Their children sometimes perform with them)
(A beauty pageant only for mothers)
(Oh, they really do have it)
- Miss Mother. - That's Italy.
(Should I go? Miss Mother... How funny.)
In Egypt, they all have touching stories.
For example, she lost her husband at an early age,
and she raised her children to be successful, then she wins best mother.
It's the day where the children give their mothers presents.
To reflect on how thankful we are for all they do.
Mother's Day in Brazil is the second Sunday of May.
It's the day where you give your mother a very nice present.
It's the second biggest shopping weekend next to Christmas.
- Next to Christmas? - Yes.
The most common presents students give
is a white T-shirt with a drawing or a personalized message for their mothers.
Father's Day is not as important as Mother's Day.
(Tsk, tsk)
Are we going to be like that when we raise a family later?
If fathers are not important at all...
You're already worried, huh?
I am. Fathers are underappreciated!
(We support all the fathers in the world)
My parents were always sad because they don't get letters from me.
But now I can write a letter online and have it shipped to my home in Canada.
- So... - You're telling us to use the flower delivery, right?
- That's not... - It's simple, so do it?
Those things only cost like a dollar. So it's doable.
For example, if they know you're busy, and you send them something, they'd be touched.
Why do you hate flower delivery so much?
I don't hate-- I like it.
I'm a flower delivery mania!
I ordered one this morning, too!
All right. We hope you make lots of happy memories with your families this May.
Why don't we get started?
First, let's find out about people's pride in their countries,
and dispel stereotypes in,
"What Country? Neighboring Country!"
Today's guest representative is from the center of trade and the silk road.
He's from Iran, where the ancient Persian politics remains.
Please welcome Mosen Shapiyi.
(Guest representative: Mosen Shapiyi)
(Mosen Shapiyi, Age 37, Iran, Occupation: Chef)
(The glory of Persia)
(The mystical county of Iran)
Hello, I'm from the good country of Iran. I'm here to speak about my country today.
Hello, I'm Mosen, and I'm from Iran.
When I heard the Korean saying "A man should be manly,"
I thought Korean culture resembles Iranian culture.
So I moved to this country and I'm still living here now.
Okay, let's find out how similar we are...
"A man should be manly."
A man is a man only if he's manly.
What is it in Iranian?
You have a saying like that?
- We don't really say that these days... - I haven't heard that in so long.
Only in Fly to the Sky's song...
- "Like a Man?" - Yes.
- By "FTTS?" - Yeah.
What do people think of Iran in your countries?
In the U.S., we tend to be kind of hostile toward Iran,
and recently there has been an agreement regarding nuclear weapons,
and there's a lot of political dispute about it right now.
We're very confused.
You know, they provoked us.
(The anger runs deep)
"You guys always provoke us!"
Why can't we make nuclear weapons when the U.S. can?
And they tried to take our oil for free so we didn't let them.
- They tried to take your oil for free? - Yes.
That was really blunt.
He's like Yuan 2 years ago.
(He used to be blunt)
China has a good relationship with Iran.
- You have a good relationship with China? - Yes, we're really close.
So you're really close with China.
Is this an anti-U.S. alliance?
(Unexpected alliance)
Nikolai, you travel a lot. Have you been to Iran?
- Yes, I have. - Really?
(Our official traveler)
I was there two years ago.
Before I went, I thought it'd be a very conservative country,
but I found out that only the government is conservative
and a lot of the ordinary citizens are not so conservative.
They're having fun, and...
You had fun in Iran?
Yes.
(Culture shock)
- I heard they drink a lot in Iran. - The Iranian people?
But it's illegal. So not a lot of people drink.
But if you still want to drink, there are of course ways...
Of course.
There are ways to drink all over the world.
What was the most impressive thing in Iran?
There are cool buildings...
like the buildings from 1,000 years ago...
and in the market, there are paintings from 500 years ago
that look exactly like the present.
That was very impressive.
The buildings like in Aladdin--
- Right. - Like the ones in the movie.
What was really impressive was that they're building one right now...
They're building a tomb for the revolutionary leader Ruhollah Khomeini.
He died in 1989 and they've been building his tomb since then.
- Did you know this? - Yes.
It's going to be the biggest tomb in the world.
When is it going to be completed?
We're curious too.
(I see)
We're really curious too. It would've been nice to know.
You said it's the biggest tomb in the world?
Is it going to be bigger than a pyramid?
It's getting bigger.
- Yes, it is much bigger than a pyramid. - Bigger than Taj Mahal?
- He says it's much bigger. - Really?
They're still building it.
Much bigger. Much bigger.
Much bigger!
(Shock)
(There's a tomb that's much bigger than a pyramid?)
(I must be dreaming)
(Cheer up)
All right. Why don't you ask Mosen questions you have about Iran?
Was the Tehran Street in Seoul named after the Iranian capital?
Tehran is the capital of Iran. And we have Tehran Street in Seoul.
In 1977, Seoul and Tehran established a sisterhood relationship with each other
and that's when the street was named that.
Like there are trade centers and expensive buildings and stores on Tehran Street,
we have trade centers and expensive buildings on Seoul Street in Iran.
- You have a street named after Seoul? - Seoul Street?
Is it Seoul Road? What's it called?
- The street of Seoul? - Yes.
- The street of Seoul. - Yes.
And Tehran Street is the only street in Korea named after a foreign place.
- You're right. - Yes.
Tehran Street is the only one.
But we have other streets.
For example, France Street, Pakistan Street,
- Oh. - A lot of different foreign countries...
But we-- I know there have been proposals.
But we just did that one street with Iran.
And you have Brazil Street, France Street, Africa Street...
I guess we cheated on you.
We wouldn't have done it if we'd known.
They cheated on us.
It's worse than cheating.
You played us.
I'll talk to them.
When I was little, I wondered why the street was named Tehran.
Right. I just found out today.
(Knowledge +1)
But in another country-- I'm not sure which one, but they should see this.
This country kept asking Korea to change the street name.
But Korea kept saying they had an agreement with Iran so they couldn't.
- We were faithful. - Right.
But who was it?
Excuse me, you can't be filming a different show.
It's like you're filming a drama. "Who was it?"
- Mosen, you're now a regular panel. - Who was it?
I don't know who it is, but they're trying to break us up.
Apparently, when Tehran Street became the center of trade,
other foreign organizations made proposals to change the street name.
Who's that punk?
(Embarrassed)
He should've explained the context. He just said "who is it?"
When I was in Iran, I saw a lot of cool things.
But I didn't get a chance to see Persepolis.
A lot of people told me I really should've visited Persepolis while I was in Iran.
Could you explain what Persepolis is?
The old name of Iran was Persia.
And Persia fought many wars against Greece.
We had 11 wars, and we won 8 of them.
We tied once, and we lost twice.
Oh, so you won most of the wars.
- Greece? - Greece.
8 times.
I have to talk about the good things first about Persepolis. And!
And--
Aren't you being way too manly?
(Charisma)
- You're scaring me. - I told you earlier.
Persepolis was the capital. It was the capital of Persia.
It's called "Takht-e-Jamshid," and Jamshid is the name of our king.
- It lasted 700 years... - The name of the Persian King.
It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it's also in the Guinness World Records.
And there are 111 stairs on each side.
- There's a sculpture at the entrance-- - This one?
No, there's another photo. Show us that one.
Not this one.
Yes, sir!
(Oh so funny)
Is it this one?
(Mosen's charisma controls Jun Hyun-moo)
The sculpture has a face of a person and the wings of an eagle.
The wings symbolize the power of heaven.
And the body of an ox symbolizes the power of land.
And the face of a person symbolizes the wisdom of humans.
(I'll visit there again)
Even just a rock in Persepolis is worth tens of thousands of dollars--
Right. There are police officers there and you can't take anything.
Because even a rock is worth tens of thousands of dollars.
If they catch you, you're dead.
Oh, they kill you?
- No, they'll say "why did you take it?" - You mean you'll get in trouble, right?
Can you refine your language a little?
- I thought they really kill people. - No, they don't.
All right.
Another photo. Hurry up.
Yes, sir!
Hyun-moo! Show us the photo.
Yes, I will show you the photo.
(A tough day for Hyun-moo)
- You have to explain. - That's the one!
Explain it to us.
This has the head of an eagle and the ears of an ox.
And the picture of it is on all the airplanes.
- Oh, an airline of Iran? - Yes.
This is a symbol that is believed to bring you happiness in Iran.
- It's an imaginary bird. - An imaginary bird.
There's a mountain called the Alps of Iran, and
I heard there's a village called Masuleh in the mountain.
I heard it's a village with a 1,500-year-old history. Could you introduce it to us?
It's a remote village which is about a 5-hour drive from Tehran.
It's located at about 1,100m in the mountain.
The houses are built with dirt and wood, and
what's interesting is the yard of the building above is the roof of the building below.
- Oh, so they overlap. - Right.
And it's beautiful when it snows in winter.
Also, they make everything by hand.
- Especially the things used for farming. - Farming equipment.
And the people there are very friendly and nice. They're very hospitable.
- It's a famous tourist spot. - Right.
I think of kebab when I think of Middle Eastern food.
In Greece, we call kebab "gyros."
- Why? - Gyros?
- But they taste different. - They look the same.
You should call kebab kebab.
(Whimper)
Isn't Turkish kebab the most famous?
In Korea, they think kebab is from Turkey, but
that's not true.
Different Middle Eastern countries have different kebabs, but we call them all kebab.
For example, we have Chelow kabab, Jujeh kabab, and Mahi kebab.
Yes.
Great timing.
(I was good, right?)
This is Chelow kabab.
It's ground lamb, onion, salt, and pepper.
And it's put on a skewer like this.
You can eat it with rice or bread.
I've never seen lamb look that good.
I always see dry--
- Kebab in Korea is usually dry, right? - Look at how juicy it is.
We eat a lot of kebab in Ghana, too, but
when I came to Korea, I saw Turkish kebab for the first time.
Kebab means to grill, like barbecue.
- Right. - Yes.
Seeing how juicy the lamb looks, I think it'd be really good.
Is this the oil from the lamb?
I think they put something on it.
To make it look good in the photo.
(Disappointed, But still good, Too honest, Which filter is it)
No, but the oil gets drained when you barbecue the meat, right?
Show me the next photo and I'll tell you.
Oh, I missed the timing! I should've been quicker!
You're getting there.
Not this one.
He says that's not the one.
- That was the right one. - That's the right one.
There's no more photos. And--
(Circuit stopped)
And-- No, just stay still.
(Extreme job)
(I want to go home)
We have Jujeh kabab. It's made with chicken, like the spicy chicken stew.
You chop it and put it on skewers and
eat it with bread or rice.
And there's fish. Mahi kebab.
- Fish kebab. - Yes, we barbecue it and eat it with rice.
But since Iran is a big country, it's popular in the cities near the ocean.
- I see. - Can we take it out now?
- Yes. - Khoresh.
It's like the Korean jjigae.
We put in lamb, onion, carrot,
dried peach, and we eat it with rice.
- Is it like lamb stew? - We do lamb and beef.
- Looks good. - Yes.
My question is, because religious laws are very strong in Iran,
I heard women and men are separated.
For example, there are separate public transportation for men and women.
- What? - I heard--
Separate cars for women and men?
That's what I heard. Is it true?
Just for buses, we have separate doors.
Men in the front, women in the back.
It's the same with subway trains.
Let's say a married couple is on the bus. What happens?
They should ride separately.
The man says to his wife, "I'll see you later!"
(Culture shock)
And you have separate swimming pools and gyms.
Men and women shouldn't be together there.
Are they being considerate for women or--
- Religious reasons. - Oh.
It's fun to swim with women.
(Let's swim together)
Traditionally, they have separate door knobs for men and women.
Yes, please show us.
Sure. Here it is.
In the old days. We don't have these now.
In the old days, the straight one is for men,
- This is for men? - And the round one is for women.
So they sound different.
(Fascinating)
(For men)
(For women)
If a man knocks, a man answers the door.
If a woman knocks, a woman answers the door.
Weird. Shouldn't like five guys answer when you use this one?
Again, this was a long time ago. We don't have these anymore.
Even in movies, they don't allow physical contact, so they cast real married couples.
The actors.
Because, in movies, there might be parts where they hold hands or make out,
they must be married.
Unlike in Egypt, women can't get out of the house without wearing a hijab.
From an Islamic point of view,
I think requiring women to wear hijab by law is going too far...
- Do you have a law like that in Iran? - Yes.
You have to wear it to go out?
You must wear a hijab whenever you go out of the house.
- But not in Egypt? - We don't have a law like that in Egypt.
In Iran, if you don't wear it when you go out, what happens? A fine?
If you get caught, yes. There's a fine.
- Oh. - Yes.
But a lot of women don't like that.
There's a woman named Masih Alinejad,
and she posted a photo of her without her hijab on Facebook, and
750,000 people liked it.
Honestly, there are people who are religious and who are not religious.
And there are a lot of people who would rather not wear the hijab.
- Women must not like it. - No, they don't like it.
What do you think, Mosen?
They should be free. What is that?
You think they should be able to choose.
- But the government wouldn't... - The government still...
But we're...
really different from Saudi Arabia.
They cover their whole body, their face, everything.
But not in Iran. We just have the hijab to cover their heads.
Do foreign women need to wear it too?
If they come to our country, they have to wear it too.
They just need to cover their heads. As for their outfit...
It doesn't matter what color they wear. They can wear whatever.
According to this law, women must wear hijabs when they play sports.
In 2007 in Canada, an 11-year-old girl
was playing soccer with her hijab on, and the referee
told her to take it off because she shouldn't be wearing it.
But the girl refused, so she was ejected.
So it was an issue in Canada.
The referee was Muslim.
The referee was Muslim and--
The referee was Muslim, but she could get injured during the game.
If it gets pulled on, she could choke on it and so...
she was asked to take it off, but
in the Muslim countries, it was a big issue.
But do you have to wear a hijab during a sports game?
That's the law in Iran, so they must wear it outside of the country too.
The referee kept telling them to take them off but they said no.
And again in 2012, they went to the Asia preliminaries for the Olympics,
but FIFA said no. They were told to take off the hijabs.
But since it's the law in Iran, they get punished if they take it off.
So they refused to take them off. And they couldn't even touch the ball once.
So they lost 3-0.
The sports women play in Iran-- There's soccer, volley ball... not many.
- They play volley ball wearing hijabs? - Yes.
Can I ask you this?
Like in Egypt, are you not allowed to have a girlfriend before marriage?
Girlfriends-- Now, we're allowed to.
We had it a long time ago.
Can you show us the photo? Right there.
First tell me which photo it is...
(Sorry)
Show us that one.
- This one? - Yes.
This was Iran a long time ago.
- 37 years ago. - It's like an old movie.
Back then, women in Korea weren't allowed to wear miniskirts.
-That was how Iran was. - I see.
Back then, in 1935 we had a king named Reza Shah.
He said everybody should study, and
Iran was developing fast and he wanted to make Iran like the U.S.
And he said women can wear miniskirts and they don't have to wear hijabs.
He gave women freedom.
It was like that until 1978, when
the government changed again and the religious laws became strict.
It was only 30 something years ago.
When it changed, was there any resistance?
At first, women didn't believe it.
Having to wear hijabs whenever they went out and everything.
How was that possible?
A conservative society can become open.
But you're enjoying freedom and then the government takes it away.
That's going backward.
How do the schools teach about the past?
Do they tell kids those were bad times or...
They tend not to talk about the bad things.
But the older generation talks about the old days.
About how they had freedom and stuff. And we hear it from them...
It's funny, because older people in Korea say "we didn't have miniskirts back then."
"The world is coming to an end."
But in Iran, they'd say "you know how short the skirts were in my time?"
It's the other way around.
"The world was coming to an end back then, grandpa."
(The Iranian society was very open 37 years ago)
In Asia, a high nose bridge is considered attractive, but
I heard in Iran, a low nose bridge and a small nose is considered attractive.
And I heard they even get surgery.
- To make the nose bridge lower? - Yes, that's correct.
To make the nose smaller.
- They usually have big noses, right? - Yes.
I was wondering if that was true.
The surgery to make the nose smaller is popular.
And people think smaller noses are more attractive.
So in Iran, it costs about $3,000 to get a plastic surgery on the nose.
People save for five months to get the surgery.
- For the nose? - Yes.
Especially as foreign TV dramas, including Korean ones, are imported...
- Jumong, Dae Jang Geum... - Dae Jang Geum was a big hit.
Dae Jang Geum was really popular.
- And Sang-joon's dad... - Who?
- The triplet's father. - Song Il-gook?
(Song Il-gook is very popular in Iran)
Whenever there's an important event in Iran-- They love him in Iran.
So he's a star in Iran.
Are they trying to be like Koreans because we have smaller noses?
Well, we originally preferred small noses, but some were influenced by Korean dramas.
- Trying to look like Koreans? - Yes.
There's a preconception that we shouldn't believe what Iranians say.
Can you tell us what caused that preconception and how Iranians talk?
That's because we don't say what the other person wouldn't like to hear.
In Iranian, we call it "taarof." In Korean, it would be "gochilae."
- Geotchirae. - Insachirae.
For example, let's say I rode a taxi.
I go "how much?" and the taxi driver would say "It's fine. You don't have to pay."
The driver would say "It's enough that you rode my taxi."
- The taxi driver would? - Yes.
It happens.
"You don't have to pay. Bye."
It's like eating $120 worth of food at a restaurant
and the owner says "you don't have to pay."
Does that make sense?
- That's strange. - Don't foreigners get confused?
I took a taxi from the airport to the hotel, and I paid the driver in advance.
But when we got to the hotel, the driver said we got there sooner than he thought, and
gave me back half the money I gave him.
So I said "thank you" and took the money.
Should I not have taken that money?
Wasn't the driver glaring at you?
- Is that okay? - That's okay.
It's fine? I don't get it.
For example, in what situation--
For example, I have a watch and he says he likes my watch.
- I'd say "it's okay, take it." - Really?
- But he shouldn't take it. - What if he takes it?
Then I'd go "damn it" in my head.
(You shouldn't believe what people say in Iran?!)
Mosen, I like your ring.
I'm all Korean now. No.
He's the Iranian representative...
Like when we give spending money to our parents on holidays...
Oh, you don't have to...
- It's not much. - Don't do this. I couldn't take this.
Oh, okay.
(Wait...)
- You have to keep offering. - Until they take it.
I have a question about manners...
I heard that it's the worst manners to fart in front of people in Iran.
You're not supposed to fart in front of your family.
I heard there are people who have never farted in front of other people.
In my country, when you have elders or family members gathered,
you should never fart.
It's like using a curse word.
What about yawning?
- Yawning? - No, yawning is--
When you yawn, you have to cover your mouth.
Because we have an old saying that "a ghost will spit in your mouth."
- So cover your mouth. - Like "a fly will go in your mouth."
But what about when it accidentally comes out when everybody's around?
(What if you fart by accident?)
Honestly-- One time I was in my house
and my uncle, aunt, and my little brother was there.
All of a sudden I farted, and
my little brother was next to me.
And everybody looked at me, so I
turned to my brother and went "you punk, come here!"
That's just like us.
Because I was old enough and he was 3, 4 years younger than me.
So he's okay. But I can't fart.
You pronounced "punk" the best so far.
- You sounded like a native speaker. - Like a Korean.
That's funny.
Do you get scolded for farting by accident?
- Do you get yelled at? - It's possible.
- Because they think it's rude? - Yes.
Okay.
I heard you don't have official marason events--
- You mean marathon? - Marathon.
Is that because of the history with Greece?
Why don't you have marathons? Is it because it's from Greece?
It's because of the war with Greece--
Like I said in the beginning, we had 11 wars.
- We won 8 of them. - Right.
- We were tied once and lost twice-- - I remember it because I heard it so many times.
And one of the lost wars was in a town named "Marathon."
- Oh, the neighborhood? - The town where you lost?
It's called the "Battle of Marathon."
Yes, so
the Greek soldier had to relay that information to another one--
- To let them know they won. - So he had to run fast.
He ran for a long time and told everyone that they won.
So we've talked with them many times
that we'd like to have the name changed because we don't like it--
We don't call it marathon. We call it long-distance running.
We have it in elementary schools. Long-distance running.
Wait, do you have a movie like "300"?
That's-- Nonsense!
- That's a documentary! - No, no.
(Everybody laughs)
(Is "300" a war documentary?)
If I see the director, I'll teach him a lesson.
(Sorry...)
Anyway, so you don't do marathons?
We do, but we don't have a lot of good runners.
Not like Korea, where you have many good runners.
And I don't think the Iranian people would be happy if you did, either.
By the way, you don't have good marathon runners in Greece.
They don't.
That's right. I don't know any Greek marathon runners...
We don't run. We walk.
(Winner's smile)
- We were glad to have an Iranian rep... - Yes.
If you'd like to say something to Koreans about how you'd like us to think of Iran.
Right. There hasn't been much economic relationship between Iran and the world, but
it's now easier to get a visa to visit Iran from 120 different countries.
If you come to visit, it's a great country,
and the people are really nice to foreigners.
- All right. - Come visit us in Iran!
Thank you.
That was Mosen who joined us for today's "What Country? Neighboring Country!"
(It was fun)
Now our Korean representative for today.
- Well... - It's been a while.
- I'm so happy.
Now our Korean representative for today.
- Well... - It's been a while.
- I'm so happy.
- Okay. - Is it a woman?
Yes. You'll like her.
Even her knock will sound different.
(Can't wait)
It's the first idol girl group since Wonder Girls were on the show.
(First time in 8 months, these men are excited)
Don't be sad, no, no, no
To me you're always
A shining light--
- How does it go? - You're wrong.
Please welcome Jung Eun-ji!
(Korean representative for Episode 96, Jung Eun-ji from APink)
To me you're always a shining light
(Jung Eun-ji, Age 24, Korean, Occupation: Singer)
(Can't help but look)
(He's being overly friendly)
- Have a seat. - May I?
Yuan, follow through.
(Shy)
Yuan's happy.
(Yes!)
Okay, who doesn't know Eun-ji?
(Who's Jung Eun-ji? Alberto, Carlos, Andreas, Nikolai)
- Today's the day-- - I don't know girl groups.
Don't you know APink?
I'm sorry, I don't...
You know Songolmae and--
(Of course)
(Strange)
I didn't even know Sistar.
Oh, you mean how could you know APink when you don't know Sistar?
(What was that, Alberto?)
(I didn't know Sistar, either)
(You too, Brutus?)
So that's how it is.
I don't know anybody, so I can't compare.
Eun-ji, do you know Alberto?
No, I don't know him.
- Hi. Nice to meet you. - Hi.
What was your name?
We can get to know each other from now on.
(Okay)
(Poor guy)
- Can you introduce yourself? - To our members.
Hi, I'm the Korean representative for today, and I'm Jung Eun-ji from APink.
Nice to meet you.
(We welcome you enthusiastically)
Have you been to any of their countries?
I've been to Italy once...
Alberto's country.
I'll be listening carefully.
I went to a small city in the countryside called Aosta,
and everyone was so friendly.
I know Italian men are famous for being friendly, but
the women there were also very friendly.
So it made me feel good to see them smile and say hi.
- Didn't the men tell you you're pretty? - No.
(No way...)
They didn't come talk to you? Try to give you directions? Asking you where you're going?
They did say hi to me. Both the men and the women.
So I thought that was their culture.
- Yes. - That's how they start.
Oh, really?
Be careful.
You start talking and you realize he's got his arm around your waist.
(A bella)
Albe--espresso.
(What is he saying...)
You're here alone?
Yes, it's been 5 years since we debuted, and my first solo album was released, so...
I heard the concept of your album is song that heal your mind.
And you want to sing it for one of our members here?
- There is one person. - Who is it?
- Tyler. - Me?
I think he's overworking his brain, so...
- Is he burned out? - Yes, a little...
You overwork your brain too!
I pretend to overwork my brain.
- You overwork your mouth... - Yes, my tongue hurts.
(He's just happy)
So I wanted to sing this song for him to help his brain relax a little.
How does it heal your mind?
Rather than heal, the lyrics--
Sometimes just thinking about family or hometown gives you comfort, right?
I hope when you listen to my song lyrics,
you can feel comforted.
- You can feel the music and-- - To relax and listen.
Yes. When I was little, my dream was to make people feel good with my songs.
- Her voice does make us feel good. - And she's a good singer.
So are you going to give us a little taste of your new song?
Your song comes out at midnight tonight, right?
Yes, it hasn't been released yet.
You're my first audience!
(The first live on "Non-summit Meeting")
Let's hear it.
The title is "Hopefully Sky."
(Can't wait to hear it)
("Hopefully Sky" by Jung Eun-ji)
Thank you.
(Just listening to it makes you feel toasty inside)
(Applause won't stop)
Sam, what were you doing?
Samy, what were you doing?
These two were completely out of it.
Hey, don't say that.
- Tyler's really happy. - Tyler was out of it too.
(Me?)
Oh, I just like the song so much...
(We've never seen Tyler like this)
Were the lyrics delivered properly?
(It was perfect)
I don't think anyone understood the lyrics.
(Look at that fellow)
Thank you.
Let's officially begin the 96th "Non-summit Meeting" with Eun-ji.
- Eun-ji, could you read the agenda? - Sure.
I'm in my 20s and I'm full of curiosity and tenacity.
I have to have all my questions answered, and
once I'm interested in something I go all the way.
Recently I'm really into all kinds of conspiracy theories that cannot be proved.
"Global warming" was made up by people who want to
make money by regulating carbon emission."
"NASA made up Apollo 11's moon landing"
And more recently, the theory that the match between AlphaGo and Lee Se-dol
was already determined.
I even stayed up all night to find proof, although I had a test the next day.
People around me tell me it's absurd, but I think there has to be a reason
that there's so much convincing evidence.
I believe most conspiracy theories are true. Am I abnormal?
Okay. Conspiracy theory means...
when the cause of a big event in society can't be explained clearly,
interpreting it as there being a big power or a secret intention behind it.
Generally these conspiracy theories tend to spread
in turbulent eras, when it's difficult to collect accurate information.
Do you believe in conspiracy theories?
I really believe that there is no smoke without fire.
- Really? - Yes.
I kind of believe that there can be no smoke when there is a fire.
There can be no... What?
(What does that mean?)
I mean information can be blocked or hidden.
Everything happens for a reason, but the reason sometimes isn't revealed.
So people believe in conspiracy theories more...
Even in movies or dramas,
there are always reasons, right?
The reason why the main characters act the way they do...
I think people are getting more imaginative as they watch more stuff like that.
We'll have a discussion on conspiracy theories with our representatives and Eun-ji.
I believe most conspiracy theories are true. Am I abnormal?
(First round of votes)
This person believes that most conspiracy theories are true.
If you think this person is abnormal, please press the button.
One, two, three. Go ahead.
(Normal: 5 vs. Abnormal: 8)
Basically, they're interesting. People like--
- It's stimulating. - It is. So people like it.
I was reminded of Dan Brown's book about the Illuminati, "The Da Vinci Code."
I don't know about it Korea, but it was
very popular in Germany and it was very stimulating.
And people aren't just accepting it as something interesting.
They're actually doing a lot of research too.
In general. So, I don't think we should call them abnormal.
I think it is very healthy to have a skeptical attitude.
- Being critical? - Yes, critical thinking is very good.
But it's also really important how credible the evidence or the stories are.
So I think it's a bit difficult to just trust any reference materials or information out there
and be completely convinced by them.
But a long time ago, some scholars weren't acknowledged, and
some of their thoughts were proved to be true, right?
So I think conspiracy theories shouldn't be ignored.
To determine whether or not conspiracy theories are true,
we have to check a lot of things, but
if we're just checking one or two things and say it's true,
and if we believe most conspiracy theories are true,
later it might lead to distrust of
the world we live in.
It's difficult to find evidence for conspiracy theories, but
everything happens for a reason.
In China, we have this saying.
It means a fly won't sit on an egg that's not cracked.
What does that tell us?
If the egg is not cracked, it doesn't smell, right?
- There has to be a crack-- - Oh, the smell?
Yes, so the fly comes.
So it means you need a cause.
There's a cause for everything. We just don't know them yet.
So we have to believe them first and later...
How do I say this?
Laa... what was it... Laager mentality?
Yes, that kind of...
- Did Yuan just say that phrase? - Laager mentality?
You looked it up online, didn't you?
- People can feel that way... - Is it a Chinese word?
We can give stress to the government.
That is what the problem is.
There's always a cause for everything, but we don't know it.
So we can easily come up with conspiracy theories.
For instance, they say there are aliens in Area 51 in the U.S.
But if you ask the government, they say there's
nothing there or they can't tell us what's there.
Then you use that as a reason to believe that it's aliens.
But that might not be true. It might be something completely different.
- We can't assume the government always tells the truth. - Right.
Looking back at the history so far, they've told a lot of lies.
And we've found a lot of facts they hid from us.
In my country, the biggest case was--
One politician said the U.S. brought the Taliban and
watched and interviewed them.
But the media and the government made him out to be a fool.
He ended up committing suicide.
And later it was found that he was telling the truth, and the CIA...
said they had a secret base in the mountain where they did all those things.
So, even if it sounds ridiculous,
sometimes it can be true, and
believing isn't a bad thing.
When I spoke in the beginning,
I said I can't believe anything until it's confirmed, but
after listening to Yuan and Przemysław, I think
pressuring our governments to tell us the truth
by believing or pretending to believe in conspiracy theories
sounds like a reasonable thing to do.
So I change my vote.
(Samy changes his vote to "Normal")
(No, it's okay. Just go back....)
My opinion lost.
Okay, Alberto.
(Feels betrayed)
If you don't believe what the government says officially,
rather than conspiracy theories, I think you should try to improve the law.
There are a lot of people who try to become popular by creating conspiracy theories.
Exactly.
And especially when it's conspiracy theories about people, like celebrities--
They might suffer a great damage.
So I wanted to say this to Yuan--
People can create a conspiracy theory about you, Yuan.
There are tons of Chinese people who speak good Korean,
so why did they choose Yuan?
(Why did they choose Yuan?)
(Chills)
People might suffer for no reason.
There was a conspiracy theory about Yuan.
"He actually speaks really good Korean."
"But he's just pretending he doesn't."
"He's trying to get us to sympathize--"
Daniel, too. "He's actually funny, but--"
I don't think that's true.
(The earth is round and Daniel is not funny)
All right. Let's talk about some interesting conspiracy theories in your countries.
- I think it'd be fun. - Yes.
There's a new conspiracy theory about Trump and his assets.
- Really? - Trump?
Trump is originally not a politician.
He used to be on TV shows and he's from New York, right?
But actually, he's not totally unrelated to the Clinton family.
So some people are saying...
So that Hilary can win no matter what,
Trump became the Republican candidate
to let her win, or
- Or if he doesn't become a candidate, - That's worth believing.
he was going to run as an independent candidate
and split the Republican votes.
To break up the votes?
There's a theory that that's why he's running for president.
He says outrageous things and he's becoming more popular.
Hilary should call him and say "What are you doing right now?"
"This wasn't the deal."
"Why don't I just be president?"
"I'm popular."
- There's even that kind of theory. - Even that kind of theory.
There's a lot of them related to politics.
- Interesting. - That's interesting.
What a lot of people believe right now is
a conspiracy theory about the Chinese government's stock multiplication.
It's about time.
Stock manipulation.
It's the most difficult one since the time he couldn't pronounce "trifle."
- Stock manipul-- Stock manip-- - Slowly.
- Stock. - Stock.
Stock manipulation.
(I did it! It's nothing.)
One more time.
There's that conspiracy theory...
Oh, he's acting!
- He's so good. - And?
Yes, a few years ago, Chinese stock prices went up suddenly and
people believe that the Chinese government is doing it on purpose.
Originally the government created an atmosphere where people can invest a lot,
but now the Chinese government has a lot of debt.
So they needed to collect a lot of money in short time.
And now they are making the stock prices drop on purpose.
To achieve national growth in a short period of time,
they're leading people to invest?
When there's an economic crisis, people criticize the government.
To do that on purpose is... It's impossible.
They can't do that.
I think because it's not something the government can easily do,
it is a conspiracy theory.
You don't believe it.
But a lot of people believe it.
I don't blame them because recently, Chinese stock prices dropped significantly.
Because it happened so suddenly.
It used to be really good, but now people are just losing their money overnight.
And there's a lot of people who can't understand why this happened.
So I think that might be why.
(Aha)
I think Polish people really enjoy having conspiracy theories.
The reason is because there's no communication between the government and the people.
So people come up with a lot of conspiracy theories.
For example, recently, the conspiracy theory about a vaccine is becoming a hot topic.
There is a vaccine that doctors recommend, but
people don't believe it and they're skeptical, because
some of the children-- the number is increasing--
there are many children who got narcolepsy.
- Because of the vaccine? - Yes.
The vaccine did stop an epidemic, but
it gives you other diseases.
The side effects are very severe.
That's a very dangerous thought.
We have people like that in Norway, too.
They believe that they should never get vaccines.
You're correcting everyone's conspiracy theory.
But children got sick. They die because they didn't get the vaccine.
This is dangerous. We have to do proper research.
So we have different kinds of vaccines,
and there are cases where the government gets a bribe from
a certain company so they have to use that company's vaccines.
That's right.
I think there are lots of conspiracy theories about medicine.
What else?
- The swine flu... - Oh, yes. That...
- A hand sanitizer company-- - On purpose?
So the virus spread somehow.
Also LASIK and LASEK surgery...
- Doctors don't get those. - That's right.
- Or their children. - Because...
- They don't know for sure. - Right.
- That one was famous. - It was famous.
We're not saying it's true.
- Right. I don't-- - We don't know.
I don't believe it.
Trying to protect yourself?
Well, I don't believe it.
In Brazil, we have a lot of conspiracy theories.
Some said that the zika virus was spread on purpose to control the population.
(Scary)
- So they won't have babies, right? - Yes.
There is this foundation in the U.S. that
does a lot of campaigns for population control.
And this foundation made an efficient plan to do that,
which was to scare people with the zika virus.
(Horrible)
In 2014, a vaccine that has never been used
became a required vaccine for pregnant women.
And strangely, after 1 year,
the zika virus started in the region where a lot of people were vaccinated.
And then babies with microcephaly were born.
In the same region.
If they really wanted to control the population that way,
why Brazil?
There's no reason-- Shouldn't they go to India or China?
(The Chinese man is startled)
Yuan is flustered. He was just sitting there.
In China, there's the one-child policy, so...
Right.
Because countries like us have weak governments,
they could start with these countries and later go to China or India.
So people can't help but become skeptical.
Actually, the American government has done a lot of medical experiment on people.
Right.
However, they were not carried out in such a ridiculous way.
I mean, if you create a virus and spread it,
there's a very good chance that it will come back.
And there's a considerable amount of exchange going on between the U.S. and Brazil.
Almost 10,000,000 of them live in my country.
- Brazilians. - Okay.
In 41 states, the zika virus has spread already.
- Oh. - Since we know it could spread easily,
we probably didn't approach it that easily.
It can be done with an evil intention, but--
But they'd want to make the issue big so that
they can make a vaccine and sell the vaccine later.
If it's just a small disease in Africa,
there's no reason to make vaccines,
and there wouldn't be a lot of people buying vaccines.
- So-- - There are many different stories.
This is a motive people can come up with if they're trying to come up with a reason.
- We're not saying it's true. - Right.
We're saying there's such suspicion in Brazil.
There's a lot of conspiracy theories about soccer.
Oh, the truth behind the 7:0.
(Bring it on)
- Did you lose on purpose? - I'll explain.
(Brazilian conspiracy theory: Financial help for Germany?)
Okay. That's interesting.
That's... Um...
He's all excited.
A team who wins the World Cup three times
wins the World Cup again after 24 years.
For example, when Brazil won the World Cup for the third time,
- it was in 1970, right? - Yeah.
We won in 1970, and the fourth time we won was in 1994.
- That's 24 years later. - Right.
When did Italy win for the third time?
1982.
They won for the third time in 1982 in Spain.
And the fourth time was 2006 in Germany.
That's 24 years later.
This is like "Mystic TV Surprise."
Parallel universe?
Germany won their third World Cup in 1990 in Italy.
They win their fourth one in 2014 in Brazil.
(Chills)
We didn't lose because we're not good.
It was predetermined.
Yes, we call it coincidence.
- We couldn't help it. - It was a coincidence.
We call it an interesting story.
It wasn't because we're not good.
- But it is really interesting. - Yes.
So Brazil didn't have a choice.
So were they trying to make the theory true?
That's...
Then why didn't they lose 2:1 instead of 7:0?
The players--
- If you're going to lose anyway-- - By a landslide.
(Let them win by a landslide?)
Conspiracy theories are usually about celebrities and politicians...
Do you hear anything, Eun-ji?
- Hear anything? - Yes.
"An APink member is being bullied."
- I've heard that one. - Right here.
- Yes. - Who? - Me.
I guess everything's bound to come out in the open.
I guess.
Oh, hence the solo album?
People might think that.
Is that why your song is titled "Hopefully Sky"?
(She didn't hear it)
(Likes his own joke)
(Dad jokes...)
We can just edit it like this and air it.
I love you.
I mean, each of our members had a rumor about them that they're being bullied.
They do that intentionally.
In a certain situation, if I'm like this alone...
and they capture that moment
and take photos and say I'm being bullied.
It's not like everyone's always together in everything--
Right.
Sometimes I'm not there, and
if they look at it like that,
people just believe that that's true and edit everything.
That's interesting.
When I see those false rumors spread about idol singers, I feel bad for them.
If they just stay as rumors online, it's fine, but
a lot of them actually get published as articles.
That makes it difficult to deal with.
It happened to you, too.
- What? - The backpack.
- But-- - I'm a backpack mania.
This is how we should think about it.
- Only Hyun-moo knows the truth. - Right.
- No matter what we do-- - And the owner of the backpack.
We can never know who the owner is.
(Stares)
Okay, so...
(Good luck)
I'm sure you've heard conspiracy theories about Korea--
- Can you share some-- - About Korea.
There are conspiracy theories about North Korea because
there's no way to find out.
For example, about 2 years ago, we didn't see
Kim Jong-un in the media for about a month
and there were rumors that said he died, or there was a coup in North Korea--
But actually he just injured his leg and he's back now, right?
- Yes. - So information that isn't confirmed
shouldn't be trusted right away--
But since North Korea is a very closed society, those rumors appeal to us.
In Korea, whenever there's an important negative political incident happens
I always see a huge celebrity scandal in the news.
Before there's a huge political issue, the celebrity news comes up--
Right. Almost always on January 1st, there's a celebrity scandal, and
In the beginning of a year, they try to divert the attention to politics
and make people pay more attention to celebrities.
There are lots of movies about that.
Movies like "The Unjust" but...
we don't know if it's accurate information.
But there have been instances that made us suspect that.
And it does divert our attention.
Because it's so sensational.
But one improvement is when there's a scandal, there are comments online
that say "they're trying to cover something up"
that try to keep our focus on the political issues.
I think those comments are good.
It means that netizens are smarter now.
When I was in my teens, there was one about Valentine's Day.
That stationery store owners started it.
So that they can sell more candy and chocolate.
It was just chocolate at first, but
candy store owners got jealous and
came up with White Day. That was the theory.
And later Chinese restaurant owners
- came up with Jajangmyun Day. - Black Day.
And the florists came up with Rose Day.
And pork belly restaurant owners came up with Pork Belly Day.
As a result, the people are getting fat.
(An innocent victim)
That's right.
The people are so nice. They just eat.
"We have to eat..."
(They came up with it, so we have to eat)
A few years ago, The Economist, an English weekly news magazine,
introduced the 10 most discussed conspiracy theories in the world.
- Top 10 conspiracy theories. - Top 10 conspiracy theories.
Oh, right. There was one about Princess Diana.
About how the British royal family was involved.
There are rumors about how Michael Jackson and Elvis are still alive.
(1. 9/11 was planned)
(2. Aliens in Area 51)
(3. Moon landing is fake)
(4. Elvis is alive)
(5. Reptilian humanoids run the world)
(6. JFK assassination)
(7. Shakespeare didn't exist)
(8. Jesus was married)
(9. AIDS is man-made)
(10. Princess Diana was murdered)
One that's worth talking about is
the one about moon landing in 1969.
As far as we know, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon
In 1974 for the first time,
a book titled "We Never Went to the Moon" and
that's when people started talking about how it was fake.
Following that, an organization called "Flat Earth Society"--
It's an organization that claims that earth is not round but it's flat.
- Oh, really? - Yes.
And they said the moon landing was a fake video.
I heard a rumor that it was recorded on a set.
The evidence that "Flat Earth Society" has
for example, Neil Armstrong isn't in the picture.
- We only see his reflection on the helmet. - Right.
Also, there are no stars.
That's the most suspicious.
- No stars. - You can't see stars.
There's no way you can see stars.
He's a NASA follower.
Have you taken pictures of stars with your phone?
- Have you? - What did I do?
With your phone in 2016?
When do you think we went to the moon?
Old phones were not high-tech.
Okay, we got that. Please continue.
Please list all of your points.
I'm on Guillaume's side.
There's no wind, but the flag is fluttering.
- Right. - That's right.
- How do you explain that? - That's because...
When you put it down, there's a movement, right?
But there's no air in space, so the movement continues.
Not for hours, but for several minutes, it keeps moving.
- Because there's no gravity? - Oh, there's no air.
With zero gravity--
(Are you watching this, NASA?)
- What else? - I have more.
- The shade is wrong. - Yes, that's right.
- What? - The shade is wrong. The shades.
When he gets off of the spaceship, he's in the shade
but we can see his spacesuit.
He's in the shade, so we shouldn't be able to see it.
We see the white color in the shade.
What do you think?
I.. I don't have anything prepared.
- Originally-- - I don't really know...
That's interesting.
But can't we see white clothes even in the shade?
- We can. - So people say that...
That's actually okay. That one was not--
Wow, if I hadn't said anything he'd have moved on!
What was that?
- He figured it out. - There's more.
- He has more. - I have one more.
If you look at the old photos, you see the rocks...
and one of the rocks have a "c" shaped mark on it.
But if you see the photo in high definition, the "c" is gone.
So people say that the photo is fake.
When they copy the photo--
So they put a fake "c" on it?
What they still can't properly explain is
when they landed on the moon,
there are still footprints they made when they walked on the moon
but there's no marks left by the spaceship when it came back.
That's right! Where are those marks?
But if you turn the boosters on and all, the dust would fly away.
(Bye, dust, Boosters?, It's a conspiracy, We went, No we didn't)
This is so interesting.
He's into conspiracy theories now.
(Hehe)
There's one about 9/11.
- There were a lot. - That one's a famous one.
There's a theory that says the American government was behind that attack,
and right after the attack, President Bush started the war in Iraq
and he attacked Iraq and he attacked Afghanistan
And Michael Moore made the movie "Fahrenheit 911"
The movie suggests that the Bush family, the Bin Laden
family, and the Saudi royal family are business partners.
I think the possibility is not zero.
Isn't that too scary, though?
I was shocked when I watched that movie. It's very scary.
It's not something a human being should do.
It's really scary if that was real.
There are people who believe in the conspiracy theory about 9/11.
There are people who believe it.
To say that it was to make an excuse for invading Iraq and Afghanistan,
and that's why they attacked the World Trade Center--
That's not the only way to make an excuse.
Right.
They could've claimed that it was ideological because of Saddam Hussain's dictatorship.
If you synthesize things, there are things that seem believable.
But... I don't think it's that...
So, would they really have gone that far?
But that's why it's even more suspicious.
Because they wouldn't do something so understandable.
Do you think there was a bomb inside the World Trade Center or not?
- A bomb? - A bomb.
In the video, you see an explosion.
Was that fake?
The building collapsed too quickly--
But there's evidence regarding that.
You know the steel inside the building? It was all melted.
So later--
- The top part melted, so... - it collapsed after a few minutes.
There was a lot of weight on the top, so...
the top part collapsed first, right?
It was the kind of structure where the force causes the bottom to also collapse.
When people think about the conspiracy theory about 9/11,
they only think about New York.
But it wasn't just New York that suffered 9/11.
The Pentagon... A plane slammed into the building--
- That's our Department of Defense. - Right.
That's really--
(It's hard to believe they'd attack their own Department of Defense)
I'm personally curious about the Pentagon--
- I don't know how to explain the Pentagon incident. - What?
They say it was a plane, but the hole is too small.
So there are people who are saying it was a missile, not a plane--
What?
And the Pentagon's radar wasn't able to detect the plane? That's...
- That's right. - Yeah.
It's their Department of Defense. And they couldn't detect the plane--
- They had no idea-- - The planes--
Actually, there is a big airport in that area.
Right next to it. Near Virginia.
Dulles International Airport. And there's Reagan International Airport.
So there were lots of airplanes near Washington D.C.
And there was no manual for when something like that happens.
Because they weren't expecting an attack like that.
So after something like that happened,
now they know to shoot something suspicious that flies too close to them.
- Before that, none of this. - I see.
Why don't we talk about aliens? Area 51.
- Come on, talk about Area 51. - Area 51--
I could describe Area 51 as a secret military base in Nevada.
It's known that they do a lot of research there.
Actually, because there's a desert in Nevada, they've
been doing a lot of nuclear bomb experiments and things.
A long time ago, a flying object crashed there,
and it was an alien spaceship and there were aliens there, and so on...
There was a video and everything, but
it turned out that it was made up by a movie production company, and it was fake.
But anyway...
Civilians are not allowed to enter Area 51, and the government
has been keeping it secret about what they do in Area 51.
So obviously, people are wondering what the heck they're doing in Area 51.
- Why is it a secret? - Are there aliens?
I don't know what it is, but they're keeping it secret.
Hilary Clinton is running for president, right?
One of her pledges was
to reveal as much as she can about Area 51.
That's ambiguous.
Anyway, because people are interested, she's using it politically.
- That's how much they're interested. - Yes.
Using the stimulating--
What we talked about isn't accurate information.
- It's just what we've heard. - Yes.
I hope our viewers won't misunderstand.
In 1972, Nixon, the former president of the U.S.,
was said to have bugged the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
And that rumor was found to be true, so he resigned.
Why don't we talk about conspiracy theories that turned out to be true?
Do you have anything?
There was a rumor that the American government is
bugging the leaders of different countries around the world.
That's actually true.
Actually, in 2013, Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency employee
revealed that the rumor is true.
In the various documents that Edward Snowden leaked
there was Dilma Rousseff, the Brazilian president.
Oh.
It was found to be true that the American government
bugged Dilma Rousseff's cell phone, hacked the email, and spying on everything.
Wasn't Germany also...
I don't know who wasn't.
Dilma Rousseff had plans to visit the U.S., but
after that incident, the trip was canceled, and
the relationship between Brazil and the U.S.
There is another country, which is Germany.
- Germany too-- - Merkel.
We were actually very shocked.
We were friends and allies, so...
we were wondering how they could do that to a friend.
And it turns out that the U.S. has different circles of friends.
The English speaking countries are in the closest circle.
And I guess they didn't think of Germany as close a friend as we thought.
So we were disappointed.
Tyler, I saw you saying stuff to yourself. What were you saying?
- A spell? - Well, it's all true.
(At a loss for words)
In international relations studies in the U.S.,
the first thing you learn is this thing called "Color-coded war plans".
Even if the country is an ally,
if we go to war with that country,
we have a planned strategy for the war.
That's the kind of world view we have, so...
When I hear these things--
Canada, too?
They think Canada is a part of the U.S.
Are we the 51st state?
(Hahaha)
- So... - Right, so just...
And do you think other countries don't do that? It's just not revealed yet.
Oh, so other countries-- You don't think it's a problem?
Of course I think it's a problem. Ordinary citizens were being monitored.
I just don't trust the government to begin with. That's why--
It can happen.
But Merkel looks like an innocent person--
(Looking innocent)
They shouldn't spy on her because she looks innocent?
(Oh boy)
Anyway, I'm just saying...
(Cheer up)
In international relations, things like good intentions--
- Don't exist. - Right.
(Recovered)
In Italy-- You know what Freemasons are, right?
Oh, yeah.
Freemasonry began in the 17th century
and it's a secret society.
People with power come together in secret
and they get involved in politics
and control how the countries are run.
For example, in Italy, from the 70s to 90s,
a political party named Christian Democracy
had power even though the approval rating was low.
Then a conspiracy theory begins, right?
People start thinking they're related to them.
And in 1981,
the list of Freemasons was disclosed.
Oh.
There were about 1,000 names,
including politicians, celebrities, generals,
- all the influential people. - Mafias too, probably.
- They're helping each other out. - Yeah, entrepreneurs...
As expected, Berlusconi too...
(That man)
He's in there too?
(Again?)
- Berlusconi... - His name gets mentioned every week.
In 1981, he wasn't a politician yet.
And he was already a member of Freemasonry.
And there's a former president named Cossiga
who was a member of Gladio, which was a part of Freemasonry.
And Gladio was receiving support from the CIA
(Oh...)
Because they were scared of Russia during the Cold War.
They're fighting Russia, but the approval rating for the socialist party was high.
So the U.S. made this Freemasonry to oppose it.
- Oh... - It's really scary.
The U.S. must be busy.
(Well...)
There's so many countries in the world...
This is like a special episode for the U.S.
Actually, I am a CIA--
Hey, why are you here?
(Monitoring)
Are you on TV shows to dominate the Korean people's thoughts?
Is that why his Korean is so good?
(Evil laugh)
Maybe he's a machine!
(AI sent by the U.S.?)
(Squeak)
Like AlphaGo.
It's possible.
What do you mean, it's possible?
There's an alien who looks just like you.
I think Hyun-moo looks more like an alien.
Not the looks.
I'm a foolish alien.
Why did you come to earth?
To wear a backpack.
(Welcome)
(He traveled a billion light years to...)
To find a house in Hannamdong.
(This is how a joke turns into a conspiracy theory)
Looking down from the other star, you liked Keumhodong.
(Everyone, this is how dangerous conspiracy theories are)
So we've talked about a lot of things. It's time for our last vote.
"I think conspiracy theories are true."
If you think this is abnormal, press the button.
It's time for our last vote.
"I think conspiracy theories are true."
If you think this is abnormal, press the button.
One, two, three. Go ahead.
(Normal: 6 vs. Abnormal: 7)
I changed my vote.
Samy changed his mind.
- It's abnormal. - All right!
(We hope our society to be transparent with no conspiracy theories)
Our guest from Iran, how was it?
It was interesting, and I had fun.
Okay. (Manly)
He sounds like he just woke up.
He's manly.
I have to look handsome.
- Will you stay in Korea? - Yes.
Can I ask you what you do for a living?
- Glass... - Glass business?
Cook. He's a cook.
(Oops)
(Oh no...)
You should try glass business too. It's not bad.
I'm the Sunday glass maker!
(I'm the Sunday glass maker!)
- So I'm cooking food. - I see.
And thank you for coming today.
(Thank you Mosen for introducing Iran to us)
How was it, Eun-ji?
Honestly I was nervous.
I was afraid I might not be able to participate in the debate.
But listening to them was fun, and talking with them was fun too.
I had a lot of fun today.
Okay. We hope your new song will be a bit hit.
(We hope your solo album will be a hit)
That's our show for today.
Until the day we all become normal.
(Sing it)
Thank you.
It's a U.S. special!
(Guest representatives: Guy, Jonathan, Gabe, Michael)
(The most powerful nation in the world)
Is Tyler a good representative of the U.S. or is he unique?
He's smart--
He's straightforward. I like that.
(Happy)
What do you think, Gabe?
I don't have any thoughts.
(Tyler feels defeated)
This person is the average American.
(Yo, bro)
Guy, what's your favorite food?
(Don't miss the U.S. special!)
- Ms. Yoon Yeo-jeong! - Wow!
- I heard you watch our show. - Yes.
Sam, Samy, Yuan...
Someone's name is too hard. Pu--
Przemysław.
(Wow)
What's so amazing about reading Korean?
(She's sassy)
"I find myself acting like the old rude guys I used to hate when I was young."
They do that to check the young people's revolutionary tendency.
They've lived longer and they have more experience.
(A heated debate about old generations)
Have you ever thought "Am I the old rude guy?"
- Is that why you called me? - No, no.
(Monday night Non Summit Meeting)
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