North Korea Party Rock Anthem ft. Kim Jong Il

Author: Y. Peter Kang
Posted: September 19th, 2011
Filed Under: Video of the Week

Here’s a pretty funny video of those wacky North Koreans set to the summer’s hottest dance anthem! Yes, watch soldiers goose-step 25 abreast to LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem.”

Some guy on YouTube named error606 did a bang-up job of editing the scenes from various North Korean clips to coincide with the beats. As error606 says, “Ain’t no party like a Pyongyang party, ’cause a Pyongyang party is ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY.”

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Just ‘Cause: The North Korean Party Rock Anthem « a-Tunes says:

2011-09-20 at 2:02 AM

[...] ‘Cause time! Saw this over at KoreAm the other day. It’s equally ridiculous as it is entertaining with a pinch of creepiness. Some [...]
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eugene says:

2011-09-20 at 12:31 AM

most clever comment in the comments section of that video: “every day i’m sufferin”
sad but true.

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