2022年7月14日 · This essay describes these conditions in greater detail by recounting the testimonies of several women who served in North Korea’s military, formally known as the Korean People’s Army (KPA). In an interview with the BBC , Lee So-Yeon, a former KPA soldier, describes the conditions she faced.

2017年11月21日 · A former female soldier in the North Korean army says there was little food, poor hygiene and a constant risk of sexual assault.

2022年10月17日 · For women in the North Korean military, the system is much, much different. The process is a little more selective and can be unsurprisingly horrifying. It can always get worse. Women are stationed exclusively with other women, sleeping 30 to a barracks.

2024年12月29日 · In North Korea, joining the military is not a personal decision for most women out there; it is obligatory. Presently women between the ages of 17 and 23 years are forced to join the armed forces...

2023年3月10日 · Kim’s account provides a rare glimpse into life for women in North Korea’s 1.15-million strong military. About 20% of the armed forces are women according to South Korean estimates....

In early 2015, the North Korean government decided to make military service mandatory for all women living inside the country's borders. The intention is to improve the country's dwindling military forces.

2023年4月28日 · According to another reporting partner in North Korea, the male officers in another military unit recently made female soldiers run around the parade ground wearing just a single cotton T-shirt, watching and catcalling to them.

2023年4月1日 · I often see women in uniform in pictures from North Korea. I'm curious what roles and status women have in the military, and how this relates to the roles and status they have in everyday life. Does NK have mandatory service? Are there women who are career soldiers?

The decision to make military service mandatory for all women was proposed to replenish the loss of manpower that occurred in the 1990s during the North Korean famine, when the country experienced widespread death, a low birth rate, and a high child mortality rate.

2021年12月21日 · The harrowing testimony of an escaped North Korean reveals the torment women face in Kim Jong-un's army. The former soldier, who gave her name as Jennifer Kim, said female fighters faced sexual...