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The grave of a child at the Soviet cemetery in Pyongyang
"Pushkareva Lilya Borisovna"
Nov 29, 2016 8:16 PM
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"Pushkareva Lilya Borisovna"
Selerox
#3 If your army marches like this? You're the bad guys.
yajmuas
Those poor women working as guards that have to wear heels all the time. Wow.
LadyNoHeart
Beautiful people, I feel so bad for them.
paulofthebailey
I'm going there for New Year. It's going to be fascinating.
doctorbees
We'll be expecting a post about it.
Spiralhaze
I love that the launch trucks for the drones also have that "sky camo" nobody gonna see those flying trucks coming.
HellaFishsticks
Neat!
ALateCommenter
PPSH-41s and Brens really?
HellaFishsticks
Neat!
coffeepoopcakes
North Korea, the nation-state equivalent of the short bus
maxxra
Mosins, PPsH, PPDs, and Katyushas. Except for the alleged nukes, these guys are WW2 era.
Piewhore
He's definitely set off nukes. Just not sure he can deliver them in a successful manner
peeweesweden
Their air force is 20% Shenyang J-5, first flight 1956. It has no radar and can't carry missiles, rockets or bombs, it has 3 cannons.
ReJokeStatistics
So an A-10 could probably take it in a furball.
4thtimesacharm
Most of North Korea looks like they are stuck in 1945.
TheMomaw
Basically you're seeing the effects of "Stuff that the USSR was willing to give away for free in 1970" syndrome.
SmokeMeWheniDie
Which caused them some problems after 1991.
mariapia0815
This seems like a puff piece: "Look! It's not so bad!"
cardboardwhales
Many bothans died to bring us this information
RedCamaro
stop sending bothans.
patotheduck
But they're cheap.
SwaggaChild
Sent bothans to pick up coffee. Dead. All of them.
CanadaEhBuddy
paulofthebailey
I'm going there for New Year. It's going to be fascinating.
nopi
You are quite the traveler, good sir. I wish you a safe journey.
BilldeTurlock
Hope the first row doesn't stop!
SaintPoop
As Chinese, I feel NK is like a mentally retarded little brother we happened to protect when US tried helping him using brain surgery.
SmokeMeWheniDie
Hi mate, I'm looking through my old posts and I saw your comment. I agree. North Korea needs to at least liberalize. Are you a main-lander?
Imnotu
Just a guess, but I'm thinking about 6 combat brigades could wipe out their entire military. Worse, they don't know it.
AngryJackDaniels
DPRK military leaders are well aware, strategy is to kill as many people in Seoul/RoK as poss. Hence artillery & nukes. That's the defence.
BrendanFrasuresManager
I love that they use a tractor to tow military equipment
turbulentlizard
I love that they are using world war 2 weaponry.
PocketCleric
calling in from 2022
adobesubmarine
Equipment I could probably build in my garage.
peeweesweden
Problem there is, the population is so indoctrinated I'm not sure democracy or freedom would work.
randombrain
There seem to be a lot of female soldiers, so... Yay equality?
ChuckNorrisAteMySock
Speaking as a Soviet historian, a lot of socialist countries were generally less sexist than in the West. Women could (1)
ChuckNorrisAteMySock
Have all sorts of jobs. The Soviet/Pact militaries had a lot of women, just not in combat roles. (2)
DapperBlook
yea, they are also free to starve to death or get executed by the commisars, but hey, lets bitch some more about societal expectations.
ChuckNorrisAteMySock
The USSR definitely had some serious rights issues, but it wasn't the lawless wasteland you make it out to be l, especially after Stalin.
DapperBlook
Never said it was lawless, I said it was a shit hole, and I frankly hate it when people laud it for stupid shit that served no one.
Goodmerlinpeen
I get the feeling that the classroom with computers is just for photographs.
Patchoulihou
You'll see computers in their language classrooms. Here are some more if you're interested: /a/OhlZo
Goodmerlinpeen
We will see what the regime wants us to see.
Patchoulihou
Or we will see what's...There?
Goodmerlinpeen
Right. http://petapixel.com/2016/01/25/these-photos-got-a-photographer-banned-from-north-korea/
SmokeMeWheniDie
That class? Maybe. But they do have doctors, scientists, linguists etc. who probably do have access to real ones.
Goodmerlinpeen
No doubt, but in a country that can't even feed its people I somehow think most of these photos are simply staged propaganda.
SmokeMeWheniDie
Yeah, like in the Vice documentary they did. You should check it out if you haven't seen it.
Blockhead123
I enjoyed having a proper gander at this.
tinydoll2
The really high heels on the female soldiers confuse me
Hornethappy
The military leaders hats look like they were made by Jiffy Pop.
memeologees
I know saying this feels hopeless, but I really hope the country and those people will be free one day...
madvilllain
Pretty fantastic photos of people, although maybe a little crazy, still being people.
prepyc
Go check out the youtube channel of Jaka Parker if this sparked your interest. It's a dude in NK walking around with a GoPro.
MaSu10
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ARealDjentleman
TIL North Korea is 95% military
SmokeMeWheniDie
Hi old comment lol. But the North restricts what people see and their military is one of the things their obviously proud of. Sorry so many
SmokeMeWheniDie
photos are of military stuff.
SarahYummers
I can't describe into words how much I hate this man, his father, and the shit gov officials. Hes a modern day Hitler.
Patchoulihou
I don't think so.
Snarkoleptic
Hitler was far more cultured and charming.
DeathToSwans
Also they publically executed a guy, for falling asleep in a meeting (allegedly), with an anti aircraft gun in the city square.
Patchoulihou
Except that didn't happen. Reported by SK, which has been wrong enough on random NK executions that you should be skeptical.
DeathToSwans
Thanks. That's just not as interesring though is it. It conjured images of a Roman execution by ballista or something.
Patchoulihou
I know, right? Reality can be way more dull, sometimes in lame ways. The siege of antioch is way more boring if the spear aint real.
Piewhore
It was at a parade grounds for the anti aircraft execution. Slouching guy was firing squad. Google has image of anti aircraft execution
Patchoulihou
It has been reported both ways, thanks to there being no actual evidence or source outside of SK. Link in second post.
Patchoulihou
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/fragkiska-megaloudi/north-korea_b_7288988.html
DeathToSwans
Thanks for details Piewhore.
Piewhore
He also executed a general by having him stand on huge bullseye and had a mortar shell dropped on him. He's trying to out do his dad
TheWhitestFang
Also allegations that he has used flamethrowers for executions
Piewhore
I'm surprised no one has assassinated him yet
SmokeMeWheniDie
And Army minister Kim Chol was mortared to death. Although tbh I think I'd prefer that to botched lethal injection.
2CentimeterPeter
Is there a video
peeweesweden
Or hungry dogs.
Patchoulihou
Didn't happen.
Patchoulihou
Except they didn't do that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_North_Korea#Death_of_Kim_Chol
SmokeMeWheniDie
*Thanks
SmokeMeWheniDie
Huh, that's for letting me know. I guess that's how rumors spread.
Patchoulihou
No problem bro. And honestly, kudos to you. One of the few who has responded positively. More often than not I get railed on for it. Thx <3