North Korean citizens are signing up in droves to join the military. While men are mandatorily required to serve in the army for 10 years and women for 3 years, a wave of voluntary enlistment is being witnessed. According to observers, this phenomenon is occurring both in cities and in rural areas. On 17 March, 800,000 citizens turned up at army recruiting centers. The 25 million people living in North Korea continue to feel threatened by the United States, 73 years after the aggression (...)
As others have already mentioned, time in the military isn't exclusively used doing military tasks, it's effort put in large part to doing public services. This time is also used to give every member of the DPRK a higher education, and a political education. Ensuring that everyone has a Marxist education in political economy is, to me, of incredible value to the society overall.
As others have already mentioned, time in the military isn't exclusively used doing military tasks, it's effort put in large part to doing public services. This time is also used to give every member of the DPRK a higher education, and a political education. Ensuring that everyone has a Marxist education in political economy is, to me, of incredible value to the society overall.