Analyst discusses North Korea’s claims of 1.4m youths joining its army amid tensions with South

North Korea on Wednesday (Oct 16) said around 1.4 million young people joined the army this week, as tensions in the Korean peninsula soar. Pyongyang also blew up roads connected to South Korea after vowing to permanently seal its southern border. Politics professor Stephen Nagy, from the International Christian University in Tokyo, discusses North Korea’s latest provocation on CNA’s Asia First.

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[happymelon]

On SKorea social midia :
1. More and more people are talking about the First Lady's handbags story.
2. So the P send 3 drone to Pyongyang to provoke .
3. Then this drama to Divert people's attention away from the First Lady's handbags story.

[lonewolf]

As many as 40, 000 people may have died in Venezuela as a result of US sanctions that made it harder for ordinary citizens to access food, medicine and medical equipment, a new report has claimed.

[happymelon]

North Korea has dispatched about 10, 000 soldiers to Russia to further strengthen its participation in the Russia-Ukraine war.

[lonewolf]

The 1953 cease-fire agreement provided that both sides “shall not engage in any blockade of any kind of Korea.” This binding agreement appears to be violated by the U.S. conduct to intercept and discourage the transport of goods, food and other materials to the DPRK.
(DPRK NLG Delegation Report 2003)

[bobafett]

*Wow !!! 1.4 million youths thats more than SG soldiers combined*

[dukeyang]

Nah. North Korea don't have the budget for such massive Army.

[lonewolf]

500, 000 children below the age of five died because of sanctions in Irag.

[johntwohy]

The people in the south are definitely having better lives but must live in constant anxiety. The sanctions have made life tough in the north. The youth over there have less to lose.

[louistan]

Stupidity rules the CNA. This is another clear-cut case of asking people for their opinions more than their true knowledge as if it authenticates anything.

[gubeivxkisdhgo-yw]

Not easy to Arm 1.4 million people without stable economy. Weapons, uniform, food, salary, bases, trainings. I doubt NK can provide that.

[AhmetTekin]

1.4 million of hungry youths is a scary number. LOL

[JojoJoget]

No need to analyze, they were all forced

[chenghonggoh]

Maybe China can learn. Their youth unemployment rate is very high.

[liar-liar]

The West is more concerned about what's happening in the East rather than people dying in the middle east 😂😂

[趙子龍-uj]

"It's economy is not robust to say the least."
Well, that is from our perspective as an open economy.
During war time, the war economy rules. That's a different ball game.
According to European report N Korea capacity to produce armaments for Russia is way beyond the entire Western Europe added together.

[ZhenYae]

Hurray for the strategic alliance DPRK signed with Russia Federation. URAA.

[happymelon]

More important question:
It is still the same North Korean KIM, what has changed is the South Korean leader and the American leader.
Why didn't these escalations happen under previous South Korean leadership and Trump ?

[stingray]

The youths want to cross over to south Koreans and never return...

[liar-liar]

The analysis from the US, that's fair enough 😂😂

[Gwkitty]

The expert says NK lack of food is the limiting factor in NK military capabilities. How much muscles is required to use a AK-automatic and is it easier to hit a twig or tree trunk, in war being hungry and poor is the strongest motivating factor to subdue the enemies and pillage their resources even human-flesh, Scarlet-Memorial details what CN did to their own in semi-peace times. The fire in the bellies of CN & NK for past vengeance hasn't been quenched.