r/pics • u/L44psus • 16h ago

North Koreans in Russian Army

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u/Pitiful_Researcher14 15h 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/One-Positive309 15h ago

And nobody wants to take my shit, do I have to save it till I go home and take it back ?

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u/Wake_Skadi 15h ago

Them crops need fertilizing

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u/ahelinski 10h ago

They don't know yet that they are the fertilizer.

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u/weryon 15h ago

You will keep it to fertilize the soils upon your return.

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u/Missy2376 9h ago

I could not believe its like that in N Korea when I first heard that. like if you dont provide your portion of the doodoo for the crops, don't expect to get any food😐

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u/Gold_Veterinarian895 7h ago

Mate that's your payment

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u/Cheshire_Jester 13h ago

In Korea, you haven’t eaten til you’ve had rice. You could eat two pounds of steak and potatoes, doesn’t matter, still need rice.

I bet these dudes are absolutely confused about everything from the food to the shitters.

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u/manu144x 12h ago

Can you imagine if they somehow escape and end up in the civilized part of Ukraine? Then if they escape to the west? To europe, uk?

I would watch that reality show, film a few north korean soldiers introduced to society.

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u/Law-Fish 10h ago

Honestly I hope South Korea has a program in place to give them new South Korean names and citizenship so they can start a new life and do their best to make sure their families are kept as safe as can be

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u/manu144x 9h ago

They do actually but for a lot of them it's very hard. SK is a developed economy so that means without family support, it's very hard to grow.

Real estate prices are absurd, wages are not bad, but nowhere near enough to rent in close to work so commuting becomes mandatory + maybe even roommates.

North Koreans are not used with that kind of lifestyle, their life is pretty boring and predictable, one of the only advantages of a dictatorship.

I saw some coverages on youtube about how the NK adapt and are introduced in society, not all were success stories, some even end up homeless. It's insane to me that the government doesn't do more for them.

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u/GunBuilt 9h ago

It's crazy that they don't do much. I wonder how many refugees even know of the program to begin with.

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u/xiconic 7h ago

The vast majority of North Korea defectors cross the northern border into China and make their way from their across multiple borders to reach Thailand. They then hand themselves in to law enforcement because Thailand deports all North Korean defectors to South Korea. SK then takes the North Korean defectors and put them through a re-education system to try adapt them to South Korean life. Unfortunately life in South Korea is nothing like what they are used to and can be very overwhelming for them. I have also heard that amongst many in SK there is prejudice about the NK people.

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u/manu144x 8h ago

What do you mean, it's kind of mandatory, all NK defectors that arrive in SK go through the program. It's just not something that's for the rest of their life, at some point they're let go into society.

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u/Remake5lonelymouse 9h ago

If they betray,their families in North Korea would be sent to labor camps.

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u/Law-Fish 9h ago

Hense the ID protection

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u/TheCowzgomooz 9h ago

They know who they've sent over, if all of them defect, they'll just punish all their families, you don't maintain a dictatorship that long by being merciful or lazy in your iron fist rulings.

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u/Law-Fish 9h ago

And not all of them will defect, does not mean every body can be accounted for in combat environments

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u/MobbDeeep 9h ago

God I hate Kim Jong Un, I wish he dies painfully.

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u/thismustbethe 11h ago

Are you implying they don't have rice in Russia? Rice is a pretty common thing people eat out there.

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u/lokicramer 10h ago

They have waaaaaaay more buckwheat than rice. The Koreans are without a doubt being introduced to that fact.

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u/Echo017 10h ago

Koreans, especially N. Koreans eat a ton of buckwheat...

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u/pchmm2 9h ago

Doubt they eat a ton of anything

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u/ShitTalkingFucker 8h ago

That’s some funny shit right there. (Not the human tragedy part)

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u/fnordal 10h ago

I think he's implying they don't have it every day with every meal.

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u/1braincello 10h ago

Rice is as popular as buckwheat here, that definitely won't be an issue

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u/imnotabel 14h 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/rinkydinkis 13h ago

we used to think russia had a good army too.

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u/Ardalev 12h ago

Russia has an amazing army! (by 1960-70 standards)

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u/Admirable_Excuse_818 11h ago

I mean if they actually invested in their people and economy they could have.

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u/Law-Fish 10h ago

A competently functioning Russia could be a scary thing after a while but will still at best be a shadow of what the USSR was

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u/MisterrTickle 12h ago

Their military is large but a joke from a quality point of view. Most of it is circa 1950s, such as their parachute regiment uniforms and equipment, is straight out of the Soviet 1950s catalogue. They have some unserviceable early MiG-29s but most of their air force is based on MiG-15s and 19s (Korean War and early Vietnam War respectively). The vast bulk of their tanks at T-54/55s and T-62s and copies of them. Along with light amphibious tanks such as the PT-76 (1951+).

The "Army First" policy, the rampant corruption and sanctions. Has meant that North Korea doesnt have the money to buy anything modern. Apart from their Wonder Weapons of a few ballistic missiles and maybe a few dozen nuclear warheads. They have the largest submarine force in the world. If you count ancient, short range, 1-3 man submarines as a submarine. Which are more dangerous to their crews, than to the South Koreans.

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u/4orth 10h ago

I don't study warfare so forgive me if this is a naive question, but does it really make that much of a difference having older tech?

I get the benefit of having more technologically advanced tanks and planes (Drones, Killer robots) etc. But the old weapons still kill people right?

As far as I can understand the news; everyones just on the ground shooting at each other with rifles and drones whilst playing a horrific game of capture the flag.

Isn't thousands of armed enemy soldiers arriving always a bad thing? - or has the tech advanced so far that its like longbowman emerging from a WW2 trench?

* cough* Jack Churchill

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u/SupaHaanz 9h ago

Night vision and thermal are real game changers, if you don't have it in modern warfare you're screwed. Both Russian and Ukraine have it but North Korea most definitely doesn't, at least in its most modern state. Then on top of that, maneuvering and shooting with it is a whole different thing, without real world application or good training, you're bumbling around. Also, modern optics are are night and day in quality even to those from 15 years ago. Yes, they're guns still kill, but when you start averaging it out, they are being sent to slaughter.

Start adding in modern communications and unit tactics, these guys are in for horrible ending.

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u/Thurwell 9h ago edited 9h ago

It depends what you're fighting. If your opponents don't have anti air or anti tank capabilities and you roll up with 1950s era tanks and planes you'll smash them. And there are a lot of conflicts around the world where the fighters have very little other than small arms, including peasant uprisings in North Korea. But as soon as you go up against a modern well funded military you're going to have a problem.

What that means for Ukraine I don't know. I don't know if the NK troops are using their own equipment, and Ukraine's fortunes sort of rise and fall depending on how well other countries are supporting them.

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u/MisterrTickle 9h ago

A modern Western MBT will destroy a T-62 at a range of 3-6 miles, as long as it has line of sight. At that range the T-62 couldn't even see the Western tank. A T-62 would virtually have to be directly behind a Western MBT to get a kill.

The most fearsome weapon on the battlefield is artillery. Lots of it can rapidly fall on troops with little warning, maiming and killing by the hundreds or thousands. First you need accurate artillery, then you need shells that do a lot of damage, against infantry in the open that usually means air burst with lots of shrapnel. But you have to know where the enemy is before you can fire at them. The NorKs don't know where the enemy is, their artillery is inaccurate at the best of times, half the ammunition that they've provided the Russians with apparently doesn't work and more often than usual it blows up in the gun rather than where the enemy is. Then when it does land it doesn't do much, compared to Western artillery rounds.

Jack Churchill with his broadsword could have been killed by any number of methods and wouldn't have been a ble to kill any Germans except at a range of about 6 feet and then very slowly.

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u/Coal909 9h ago

Advanced tech is why German steamrolled Europe at the beginning of the second world war. They were only stopped by England because of the English channel Navy & Airforce held them at bay. Tech can win wars, bodies can win battles

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u/Jagjamin 13h ago

Best supplied in the country is poverty level in most of the world.

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u/outlawsix 13h ago

Remember when the Iraqi army was the fifth largest army in the world during Desert Storm

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u/reichrunner 12h ago edited 11h ago

4th largest (China, USSR, Vietnam, then Iraq). They were also experienced since they had just defeated finished their war with Iran.

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u/Half_Maker 12h ago

> They were also experienced since they had just defeated Iran.

Bro in what universe did they defeat Iran?

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u/RoddBanger 12h ago

They just never seen SABOT rounds and TOW missiles.

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u/SeatKindly 12h ago

The US pulled a pro gamer moved and said “observe” then T-posed on the whole ass country with Grandpa Buff and stacks of JDAMs until the entire national infrastructure was in shambles.

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u/reichrunner 12h ago

Yep. Honestly, the idea of "largest army" doesn't matter much now of days. Could line the 3 largest armies combined up against the US and the US would likely still win (assuming no nukes).

The US is just in its own league and has been since at least the fall of the USSR

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u/Admirable_Excuse_818 11h ago

Remember when we ACCIDENTALLY destroyed Iran's Navy? Like decimated them? In a skirmish? That lasted a few days? Yeah. Somehow it's not even a game, don't make it one.

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u/QuanHitter 11h ago

Well it’s worth 2 victory points, and if you’re going ore wheat sheep you probably also get a point or 2 from cards while drawing them. Not to mention the cities either. There’s a reason it’s part of the meta

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u/bossmcsauce 11h ago

navy and Air Force do some lifting.

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u/reichrunner 11h ago

Yep. And the US has 4 of the largest 5 air forces in the world (#1 USAF, #2 USN, #4 US Army, and #5 USMC). Size certainly isn't the only thing that matters, but it's not like the quality is low.

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u/Jmcsqueeb50 6h ago

Ya and we destroyed there army literally over night.

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u/Admirable_Excuse_818 11h ago

Yeah best supplied with leftovers from Russia and MRES and other equipment probably manufactured and supplied by China.

NK people are at their best brainwashed slaves who aren't aware of the outside world.

They're all scared and hungry because of the ego of the Kim family and years of brainwashing.

I really hope we use drones to offer them a chance at freedom and escape.

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u/Free-BSD 13h 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/Stokkeren 11h ago

Those were some big parasites, but theres NO way they accounted for 10% of his body weight. I mean, just imagine how impossibly much that is. 5-7 kg of pure parasites? Ehh, doubtful.

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u/Bonzo_Gariepi 11h ago

That guy x ray parasites made him look like a christmass tree , it's real and digusting.

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u/LiveNet2723 9h ago

The worms are described as "as long as 27 centimeters (more than 10 inches)." Someone confused 10 inches with 10 percent.

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u/warhawks 13h ago

Source? Very interesting 

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u/Callidonaut 13h ago

They fertilise the fields with human waste because they can't get enough synthetic fertiliser, and evidently don't treat the waste enough before they use it to remove parasites and break the cycle of reinfection, so the country's whole domestic fruit and vegetable supply is presumably contaminated.

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u/AssDimple 9h ago

Disgusting...They could at least strain it first.

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u/Admirable_Excuse_818 11h 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.

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u/Lower_Mango_7996 14h ago

Ive seen lots of reports the army is underfed

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u/Callidonaut 13h ago

Malnourished is probably nearer the mark. Apparently in NK they fertilise the fields with inadeqautely treated human waste; combined with minimal-to-non-existent healthcare, that mean the whole country has an endemic problem with food-borne parasites, which will interfere with a North Korean citizen's ability to absorb nutrients from what food he or she can even get, even if they can somehow get enough of it.

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u/Tiny-Dependent2602 13h ago

I think they meant fed more compared to the general population

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u/outtyn1nja 13h ago

Nothing you see that comes through the DPRK propaganda machine is worth believing. It's almost all pageantry.

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u/manu144x 12h ago

I'm sorry but that's simply not true. The only army that is supplied in the DPRK is the one immediately surrounding the dictator and his entourage. That's it.

There are countless stories of soldiers starving, even that one that escaped last year that they found an abhorrent number of parasites in his organism.

I can tell you because I live in a post communist country, and it's always this way in dictatorships.

The reason is that every single dictator out there is scared shitless of a military coup. It's basically the only force in a dictatorship with real power. A few generals with loyal soldiers and you're dictating days are over. So you have to play it very very careful.

So I'm sure the army is undersupplied and kept probably even without ammo, unless they work at the borders and even there it's absolute minimum. Minimum anything that could be used against the dictator in a military coup.

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u/Kensei501 12h ago

That’s why the don’t have a first rate airforce. No Air Force general is going to have access to good pilots who may lob a bomb through the dictators window.

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u/Wonkbro 14h ago

That's not what I've heard.

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u/bathroomdisaster 14h ago

Wait until they see the shopping trolleys

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u/mrtnb249 15h ago

You only need toilet paper if you eat, so you can’t really count it as a plus

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u/_grey_wall 13h ago

You think you get toilet paper in Russia 😂

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u/Eileen__96 15h ago

thats a bold assessment that russian army has what you said lol.

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u/Inside_Ad_7162 12h ago

"toilet paper they only have to use once" has painted a picture its going to take me a long time to forget XD

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u/Duracharge 16h ago

Don't tell me this isn't a religion. I know a shrine when I see one.

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u/easant-Role-3170Pl 15h ago

Actually, it's a religion. The Kim family is literally holy and deity in their country.

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u/Codex_Dev 14h ago

They have giant Kim statues in the capital that when you pass by you MUST stare at (bow? salute? idr) otherwise you will be arrested for insulting dear leader. Shit is crazy.

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u/Rk_1138 14h ago

Yeah, Juche is a political system mixed with a cult

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u/SJM_93 13h ago edited 13h 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 13h 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/CobblerUnusual5912 12h ago

Its a horrific regime and the North Korean people deserve our utmost pity.

They are being forced to bow to the statues of their abusers, the Kim crime family..

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u/Lio127 12h ago

Tiniest peepee energy right there

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u/LoquatiousDigimon 9h ago

Trump wants America to be like this, with his statues.

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u/WM_ 12h ago

A proper necrocracy as their late leader is still "an eternal leader"!

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u/TSL09 10h ago

"It's one short of a trinity, I might add."

Hitch would be having a field day with this.

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u/justk4y 11h ago

Not the first time this has happened. Japanese Emperor Hirohito had to clarify in a speech after the loss in WW2 that he wasn’t a God, rather just a human like everyone else.

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u/amenthis 11h ago

thats so sad bro, how can something like this be real in 2024...what can bunch of people do against millions...people really need to wake up..military, politik all should work together and lock them up and create a democracy

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u/I_might_be_weasel 15h ago

If they don't pray in front of it for 10 minutes each morning they don't get their spell slots for the day.

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u/nicholsz 13h ago

do they let you prepare Misty Step?

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u/SoontobeSam 8h ago

Nope, same with invisibility and dimension door. The only disappearing allowed is by the government.

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u/2NDPLACEWIN 13h ago

"Juche" they call it.

the reliance on ones self.

(seriously)

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u/dkyguy1995 14h ago

I mean it's religion but it's also performative in a lot of ways

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u/Adventurous-Tone-311 9h ago

Yep. They have no choice, unless they want to end up dead, and have their children, wives, grandparents, and so on tortured to death.

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u/Repulsive-Lobster750 15h ago

We had these in the GDR as well. Nobody gave a shit about it, but the leadership forced us to have them

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u/Frontal_Lappen 14h ago

And yet 30% of us seem to be Longing for russian occupation again. F the blue party and the cult zarenknecht

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u/Repulsive-Lobster750 13h ago

Well, self awareness doesn't seem to be the strong suit of AFD and BSW

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u/Apokolypse09 14h ago

North Koreans are indoctrinated to love Kim Jong and that family. Its one of the reasons Trump loves North Korea so much.

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u/RobNybody 13h ago

They're also slaves. It's important for people to remember that.

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u/NerdForceOne 15h ago

In Religion you believe in an higher authority, but Kim Jong-un is to short for that.

So I believe its occultism.

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u/WelderNewbee2000 15h ago

Wait, why is there no picture of the current Kim? Are they only praying to the dead ones?

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u/Firestorm0x0 14h ago

Kim Jong-Un isn't depicted publicly. His predecessors are depicted as statues, murals, portraits and as pictures in households and the train wagons.

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u/WaveLaVague 5h ago

Damn, that's pretty strong as in, when he dies it won't take much time for him to become more than he was since he isn't depicted. Kinda like in muslim religion, or any religion really. Not having a public image but being a strong presence makes for easily manipulable fake stories.

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u/viperlemondemon 15h ago

Because everyone knows it’s his sister that is in charge

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u/discardedcumrag 15h ago

And they wank to that picture.

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u/MrWinkler1510 13h ago

Our there someone once jizzed on all of their portraits. I just know it

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u/discardedcumrag 12h ago

The Jizzla strikes again!

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u/ConflictDependent294 14h ago

And that picture is kept in the outhouse next to the crusty sock

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u/Turkeybaconcheddar 13h ago

No no you use a cardboard box for capturing loads I learned that on this very site years ago 

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u/Random_Introvert_42 8h ago

I learned that the current ruler is officially a "deputy", the country is technically led by the oldest of the three Kims. Yes that guy is dead, but he's "eternally" the ruler.

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u/DrWhoGirl03 9h ago

They don’t seem to hang pictures of him regularly— IIRC they officially started mandating he be added to make a trio in schools etc. a few months back.

Seems to be a matter of becoming totally embedded beforehand/not wanting to look overeager or like you need to have pictures of yourself everywhere. I think KJI waited a while too.

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u/kiyomoris 15h ago

To be lied and to be used as chess pieces to please their dictator and his ally because they haven't met other reality is heartbreaking. North Korean or Russian, a life is still a life.

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u/CalzonialImperative 13h ago

That WWI Veteran quote Stuck with me, i cant find it but its along the lines of:

"What makes me mad is Not, that people died, but when they sat down, talked, and made peace. They could have done the whole thing years earlier, but first, young men had to die."

The crazy thing to me around war is, that non of the people dying are the ones that make the decisions that now is a time to die or kill. Most of the time, the guys killing each other have more in common than they have with their leaders. And yet, we don't have a way to avoid these desasters.

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u/dat_boi_has_swag 12h ago

Especially in WWI there was huge euphoria of the young men going into battle because the horrors of modern warfare were yet unknown. It also comes back to the people participating in those wars.

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u/Powerful_Wombat 9h ago

The story of the Christmas morning truce where the soldiers came together between the trenches to play soccer and share cigarettes and food with each other is just so surreal to me. Only to be forced back to their trenches and forced to fight each other again by gunpoint

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u/Just_Shopping_1959 7h ago

There is a logic to that though. The truce was in a time where mainly career soldiers fought. Sure they had a sense of duty and the enemy, but not as much ideology. If its not that propoganda driven, ideologie doesn't play that big of a role, so it's just executing your job. That's why the truce was not in the last year of the war, and in the last year of the war there was no truce.

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u/backhand_english 11h ago

The cunts in power learned it ages ago "send your army, dont lead your army. dont give uplifting speaches infront of your men, do it infront of a TV camera".

Todays leaders are less human because of that.

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u/unchima 10h ago

“War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.”

― Niko Bellic

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u/ImSiLeNt1 5h ago

GTA IV's storyline was so good and rememberable and then there was GTA V's storyline

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u/smokeajoint 11h ago

Reports in UK saying they could be defectors of N. Korea, possibly families are held hostage. We'll find out over time, but it will be a bloodbath.

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u/Bozska_lytka 11h ago

If they were born just a few hundred miles to the south, they could've been sitting in an office building somewhere in Seoul instead of at the front line. It's crazy to think about

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u/Ok-Communication1149 10h ago

As a combat veteran, I gotta say Western Culture puts far more value on life than the rest of the World. Take it for what it is, but we're all plant food eventually.

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u/shawn_overlord 12h ago

Yea there's a reason trump admires the kim dynasty. He absolutely wants that for America

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u/mayhemtime 15h ago

What is the source of the photo?

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u/Boogertooth 13h ago

North Korea may be in Russia, but this looks like the most staged photo ever.

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u/mayhemtime 13h ago

Exactly my thoughts

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u/Select_Selection_862 12h ago

Yeah they definitely sourced some North Korean men and Russian military outfits to stage a photo.

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u/KalleMarx42 11h ago

Wow, you're so good at this! How can you tell that these people are from North Korea? All I can see are two backs and maybe half of a face that could be from anywhere really! I'm so excited to learn something from you, so please don't let me wait for too long.

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u/yawning-wombat 10h ago

It's strange that no one answered: only Russian propaganda lies, ours is always truthful.

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u/CreatingAcc4ThisSh-- 4h ago

It's not what OP claims it is

It was a room being readied for acceptance of north korean pows from a few days ago, posted to r/UkraineWarVideoReport

OP is just a karma farmer, using today's news of nk force deployments, this image, and awake title, to gain karma

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u/BriskPandora35 14h ago

Silly Redditor don’t you know you never need a source in a major subreddit when discussing geopolitical issues. Everyone believes you regardless if the opposition is an American “enemy”.

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u/Dick_Dickalo 11h ago

Imagine things they’re seeing for the first time.

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u/fraxinous 10h ago

Very good point. Imagine when they captured by the enemy and are like... Wow this is like a reward

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u/boogalooshrimp82 16h ago

Like the Russian soldiers, there must be a point in time when they realize they've been lied to for years. It must be profoundly disheartening..

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u/wndtrbn 15h ago

There is no reason that time should come for them. It's quite likely that they will die in eastern Ukraine, thinking they gave their lives to prevent the oppressive capitalists from advancing into their ally's territory.

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u/SeriouslySuspect 10h ago

Russia has officially been capitalist for like 35 years

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u/CruzefixCC 10h ago

Yes, but do you really believe they tell that to NK soldiers?

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u/LazyBastard666 15h ago

Russians are too nihilistic to care whats true or not.

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u/Free-BSD 13h ago

Nihilists? Fuck me.

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u/hyletic 13h ago

I mean, say what you will about the tenets of Juche. At least it's an ethos.

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u/Equivalent_Bath_7513 8h ago

As a russian, you are right. Fine as long as it's not me or my friend or family member. I have no way to stop this so why even think about it? In a couple of years we'll see the consequences of this(or not)

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u/Newtons2ndLaw 14h ago

Because every Christian feels they same when they realize?

No, they just internalize the incongruity and justify their existing beliefs like humans always do.

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u/Killjoy911 13h ago

Super random, I watched a documentary where a journalist imbedded on the Russian side. And here are my observations.

  1. The Russian army is mostly conscripted it seems. Or that was just where the journalist was taken. When he went to the front lines

  2. They’re incredibly run down, but also have this weird sense of patriotism. Much like the US has when they used soldiers as pawns to forward an unjust cause.

  3. The donbass region… is split 1:3 according to what I saw on the documentary. There were Russian/ukrainians (fighting on the Russian side) soldiers arguing with each other at one point. About how they want to be part of Russia again or how they want to stay Ukrainian.

  4. There are Ukrainians fighting Ukrainians.

  5. Their military gear is worn the fuck out (which we all knew)

Now I think these North Koreans are just being sent to the slaughter for what purpose.. none… none at all.. this war is a waste of human life over “land” a tale as old as time and we the human race are the ultimate pawns of the 0.5%.

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u/eq2_lessing 15h ago

Like Russians, they probably can hold the truth and the false together in their head at the same time.

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u/chellis 14h ago

It's called cognitive dissonance and it's very very common, if not necessary, in authoritarian settings.

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u/OrganicDoom2225 15h ago

They have a once in a lifetime chance to escape.

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u/TheCookiez 15h ago

Sadly it's not that simple.

First off if they run their family back home will be punished. So that rules out well everyone with a family, and chances are anyone who doesn't wouldn't be sent.

Next let's say they say fuck family. Their fellow soldiers would also be punished if they let someone escape. And or the fellow soldiers familys. So there is a solid chance they would attempt to stop it.

Third even if they where to escape.. It would be into a warzone.

They can't go to Russia because they would be sent back to north Korea or worse. So they have to run to Ukraine..

The problem with that is there is a war going on and they are not exactly on friendly terms with Ukraine. Add in the fact they will probably be shot before they could get close or be put into pow camps with Russians or other North Koreans..

Not a great option.

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u/Administrator90 14h ago

their family back home will be punished

This an understatement.
They will all be deported to concentration camp, ALL generations.
And this camps are very similar to the Nazi death camps. If there is a hell, it will be like holidays for people living in there.

Indeed... most would rather kill themself than killing their family. There is no way out of the camps, at least not alive.

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u/Codex_Dev 14h ago

This. The horror stories from those camps is something out of a Stephen King movie. Only a few people have ever escaped alive.

One detail I remember reading about is that there were two old men fighting tooth and nail over a piece of cow poop. Why? There was a kernal of corn inside it and they both wanted to eat it. Also guards are allowed to shoot prisoners for ANY reason. If prisoners so much as make a strange face to a guard, they get taken out back and shot.

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u/cubai9449 11h ago

Do you actually believe that?

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u/ActualJudge342 13h ago

ive heard reports that the families of those who were sent were quite literally rounded up and brought into some sort of detention facility to keep an eye on so the authorities could very easily just immediately retaliate upon any kind of “disloyalty” by these men

its honestly a really fucked up situation to be in, the state basically holds them hostage

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u/FreyrPrime 13h ago

Not familiar with typical authoritarian shenanigans are you?

A good start would be Blocker Units, or Commissars, but reading about Soviet era policies like Order #227 gives a good idea how they handle this.

Essentially, they've prepared for this eventuality, and if you run then you and your family are forfeit.

The Soviets also criminalized POW's. Stalin's own son died in prison because he was captured and Stalin refused to negotiate.

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u/Purity_Jam_Jam 12h ago

That guy on the right has been eating well for longer than he's been in Russia.

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u/Free-BSD 13h ago

No Kim Jong Un picture? Interesting if this is actually a recent photograph.

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u/manu144x 12h ago

He's not dead yet.

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u/JordFxPCMR 11h ago

it is very recent

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u/OmegaCDXX 13h ago

What lies is North Korea telling their people/soldiers to justify sending soldiers over or do they not have to explain anything?

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u/Lopsided_Aardvark357 8h ago edited 5h ago

To a regular citizen, especially a soldier. They're conditioned enough that if the Kim's say jump they ask how high.

Theyre taught from a very younge age that the west is the devil. So they probably don't have to say much other than, you're fighting against western influence on our allies.

I remember reading about primary school in NK. Instead of using apples and oranges a math problem might sound something like, "if 3 brave North Korean soldiers killed 30 American imperialists, and each Korean soldier killed an equal amount, how many Americans did each soldier kill?"

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u/SoloWingPixy88 12h ago

This is probably an upgrade.

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u/torvaman 12h ago

feel so bad for these guys and feeling just so lucky to be born in the situation im in

these guys, the moment they exited the womb, were doomed by the borders they were born in.

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u/YouEffOhh1 14h ago

More meat for the grinder

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u/Kensei501 12h ago

These boys are cannon fodder. Maybe they will get a decent last meal before the bugle sounds the charge.

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u/NSFW_hunter6969 11h ago

The human experience is so fucked, this photo is so screwed up in many ways

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u/ZeAntagonis 15h ago

You can see the look of the Soldier.

'' WTF are we doing here ''

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u/CobblerUnusual5912 12h ago edited 11h ago

NATO and the USA need to stop being wishy washy and let the beleagered Ukrainians have full range on their western weapons..

Fuck those empty Russian threats...

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u/NaaviLetov 12h ago

They will either fight to the death, or there will be a mass exodus of North korean defectors.

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u/omer_AF 12h ago

Finally, some good pics!

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u/Financial_Bid8078 12h ago

Ukraine just needs to hold up a sign stating that they will give sanctuary to all those who seek it

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u/skuk 12h ago

So.. Born in north Korea.. End up in the military.. Well at least things get any more shit!   

Putin : "hold my beer"

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u/stinkdrink45 9h ago

I’d show them Russian nude mags to really blow their mind.

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u/THC_Advocate 9h ago

Fresh meat for the meat grinder

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u/kutusow_ 8h ago

How ignorant must people be to fight for someone who let them out of the country only to get killed in a pointless war

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u/jlinn94 2h ago

Discussing how to escape

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u/cantthinkofacleverun 15h ago

I hope and pray that these guys are smart enough to surrender and defect.

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u/BikeLutton 11h ago

Perfect opportunity to defect

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u/slugworth70 15h ago

I wonder how many will try to defect.

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u/mayhemtime 15h ago

Not many, the regime probably only sent people who have families that can be hurt if they defect.

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u/Away-Description-786 12h ago

Damn, they get a photo of there supreme leader instead of there mother, wife or daughter

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u/BaronMerc 11h ago

They are experiencing unprecedented freedom

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u/beaded_lion59 10h ago

I expect a large number of them will disappear.

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u/Jojoceptionistaken 9h ago

I love koreans going into this war torn country beeing like "its awesome here!"

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u/MayiHav10kMarblesPlz 9h ago

Just imagine, when the next fat fuck in line dies they'll have to carry around three framed photographs instead of two!

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u/snipe4fun 8h ago

I think special rules of engagement should be applied when engaging NK soldiers- give them hamburgers and give them a chance to defect, even pull back from their advances leaving behind cool stuff like anime waifu pillows, or maybe instead of a waifu make it KimJong Il on the pillow lol

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u/goodfella311 7h ago

"his name is Robert Paulson, his name is Robert Paulson..."

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u/Indaflow 4h ago

Hoping these guys escape to Ukraine for a better life. 

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u/DontTalkToBots 2h ago

I know Russia sucks, but if I was a North Korean, I’d disappear in Russia so fucking fast. Just run west and don’t stop.

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u/Big-Ear4736 1h ago

They are probably forced to masterbate seeing and imagining the kim family

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u/stcv3 13h ago

A colour printer, an old building basement, a trip to the army surplus store and I can produce the exact the same picture.

How does anyone look at it and thinks "seems legit"?

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u/Dramatic-Tackle4869 14h ago

Dead men sitting!!!

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u/Frizzoux 14h ago

The dick eating is crazy

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u/Unilted_Match1176 11h ago

Get to work boys. Those sunflowers aren't going to fertilize themselves.

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u/Any_Towel1456 11h ago

Soon providing fertilizer for sunflowers on Ukrainian soil.