
A female soldier wearing a shabby military uniform is walking around hawker stalls near a market. April 2004, in North Hamkyung Province. Taken by Ahn Chol (ASIAPRESS)
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A propaganda picture posted on state-owned media. Kim Jong-un visits an all female troop of the military and the female soldiers “passionately welcome” him. Ki Jong-un’s facial expression shows awkwardness. Quoted from “Rodong Sinmun,” a propaganda outlet of North Korea on August 2012
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