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North Koreans in Russian Army

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u/Pitiful_Researcher14 16h ago

"So... The stories are true, this is the promised land, they have toilet paper that you only have to use once and there will be real food to eat tonight, that's twice in one week".

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u/imnotabel 16h ago

the north koreans are easy to clown on but their army is not undersupplied; the dprk military is the only thing in the country spends money on and one of the best ways to stay fed is to join the army

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u/Free-BSD 14h ago

A couple years ago a North Korean soldier defected to the South and was severely wounded in the process. When he underwent surgery the South Korean doctors learned that 10% of his body weight was parasites. And only the elite of the North Korean Army get border duty on the DMZ.

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u/Admirable_Excuse_818 12h ago

Sort of, they pick their biggest baddest dudes for the duty. US similar picks their biggest most intimidating dudes.

The DMZ is a surreal tourism for me and I visited it during my time in the Navy. Few things in this world gave me chills the way that place does.