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🗓️ 15 August 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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There are few countries on earth as repressed or as militarised as North Korea. Under the military-first dictatorship of the Kim Dynasty, the Korean People's Army – or KPA - has become the central pillar of the country’s government and society. It’s believed that with 1.3 million active soldiers, a 5.8 million strong paramilitary force, and 200,000 reserve soldiers, it has the largest military of any country in the world. While its massive military parades show off super-disciplined men and women, a peek behind the hermit kingdom’s curtain reveals a more disturbing picture. From being forced to live in squalor to starving during their service, it’s time to take a look at the horrible things North Korea’s soldiers really have to go through.
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0:58.2 | slash GO. There are few countries on earth as repressed or as militarized as North Korea. Under the |
1:05.7 | military first dictatorship of the Kim Dynasty, the Korean People's Army, or KPA, has become the central |
1:13.5 | pillar of the country's government and society. It's believed that with 1.3 million active |
1:20.4 | soldiers, a 5.8 million strong paramilitary force and 200,000 reserve soldiers, it has the largest military of any country in the world. |
1:31.8 | While its massive military parades show off super-disciplined men and women, |
1:36.2 | a peek behind the Hermit Kingdom's curtain reveals a more disturbing picture. |
1:41.5 | From being forced to live in squalor to starving during their service, it's time to take a |
1:46.4 | look at the horrible things North Korea's soldiers really have to go through. |
2:03.6 | Housing more than a million people are listening. You're listening. You're listening to be amazed. Housing more than a million active military personnel isn't easy, so it's no surprise that their living conditions are horrific to say the least. |
2:12.6 | Based in small concrete barracks dotted all over the country, soldiers are expected to live |
2:18.5 | in teeny tiny rooms with more than 20 others. |
2:23.5 | In terms of storage, each soldier is only given a small set of drawers to store their uniforms |
2:28.6 | in. |
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