12 Shocking Facts About North Korean Soldiers
You’ve probably heard scary stories about the lives of the 25 million people in the reclusive and isolated nation of North Korea. If things are so rough for ordinary people, imagine how hard it must be for those serving in the military! Let’s see what it’s like to be a soldier in the North Korean army.
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You’ve probably heard scary stories about the lives of the 25 million people in the reclusive and isolated nation of North Korea. If things are so rough for ordinary people, imagine how hard it must be for those serving in the military! Let’s see what it’s like to be a soldier in the North Korean army.
Terrible nutrition, uniforms that injure soldiers, no way to escape and even worse conditions for women who suffer emotionally and physically - things get really tough and even more horrible you could imagine.
TIMESTAMPS
North Korea has compulsory military service for everyone. 0:52
Their paramilitary force includes teenagers. 1:57
The nutrition is so terrible that many soldiers can barely walk. 2:53
The uniforms injure the soldiers. 4:20
Things are even worse for female soldiers. 4:58
They have to throw landmines into the Yellow Sea. 6:20
Soldiers are brainwashed. 7:10
The military hospitals are dangerous. 8:08
Soldiers’ personalities change. 8:58
There’s no way to escape. 9:43
North Korea has the same number of submarines as the US. 10:40
They spent almost half of their budget on the army. 11:18
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In this Saturday, May 17, 2014 photo, families of victims of an accident at an apartment construction site in Pyongyang, North Korea grieve during a gathering in the capital where senior officials apologized and took responsibility. The word of the collapse in the secretive nation's capital was reported Sunday morning by the North's official Korean Central News Agency, which gave no death toll but said that the accident was "serious" and upset North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un: By Jon Chol Jin/Associated Press/FOTOLINK/EAST NEWS, https://www.eastnews.ru/pictures/pict...
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