North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has put his regime’s survival in the hands of scientists and engineers responsible for developing a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile. But while these personnel get accolades and parades, reports continue to emerge of common soldiers struggling to stay fed.
While North Korea’s “songun” policy prioritizes military needs over everything else, reports have emerged of common soldiers being forced to steal and gather their own food. The situation has become so severe in some regions that now soldiers are being given leave to abandon their posts and secure survival rations.
