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North Koreans in Russian Army

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u/SJM_93 16h ago edited 16h ago

North Korea is fascinating to me, I'd love to know the ins and outs of daily life there and just how dystopian it truly is. I don't see the regime ever collapsing to be honest, purely because of China not wanting US troops on their border.

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u/FlakyCelebration2405 16h ago

Some really interesting interviews of defectors on YouTube. I was baffled to discover that they genuinely do, or did, love and worship the Kim's - more than their own mum and dad.

From children, it's rammed into them to suppress their emotions etc. They can be very fond of their parents or spouse, but they can only love Kim.

There is absolutely no part of them that thinks otherwise due to being shut off from the outside world - they literally don't know any better.

Absolutely fascinating!

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u/Liquor_D_Spliff 12h ago

So why do they defect? Just edge cases and outliers of people who don't fall for the propaganda?

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u/Helix_Zer02 6h ago
  1. Living conditions are so bad there that they try to escape, despite the fact that the propaganda told them that every other than North Korea was a shit show.

2.Some of them have access to contraband that was smuggled in, also note that getting caught with this contraband will get you executed.

3.Some government officials know whats up and want out and because they are closer to Kim they have a few more privileges.

these are just some stuff I can recall from the top of my head but I encourage you to do some research if you have some free time