‘Three bullets, mouldy rice’: North Korean soldiers endure shortages, dire conditions
One defector said soldiers were given just three bullets each during the rare shooting drills. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A former soldier in North Korea's army says he was restricted to firing 3 bullets a year
Constant propaganda as well as limited access to ammunition — or even toilet paper — were the stark realities of being in North Korea's army ... It was a grueling life — one in which there were no ...
North Korea’s Kim slams US-South Korea-Japan partnership and vows to boost his nuclear program
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave ...
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North Korea’s suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia
“Self-detonation and suicides: that’s the reality about North Korea,” said Kim, a 32-year-old former North Korean soldier who defected to the South in 2022, requesting he only be identified ...
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Andrei Lankov, The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist ... and tacitly imagines himself living under such heavy restrictions. But he does not tell the reader that these ...
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COLUMN: Threat of war in Korea rising? It’s a way of life
You may wonder why the South Korean people are not as worried about the military threats from North Korea as we in America and Europe seem to be. Many Koreans have a long view of history and ...
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Plagued by eerie broadcasts, South Korean border residents hope Trump’s return will ease tensions with the North
GANGHWA COUNTY, South Korea: For South Koreans living close to the North, life has been unbearable for months. Every day since July last year, loudspeakers on the other side of the inter-Korean ...
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A four-day exercise being held in South Korea involves South Korean FA-50 fighter ... Videos of captured North Korean troops posted online by Ukrainian President Zelensky show them admitting ...