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A detailed video account, published by Ukrainian special forces, described how the soldier refused to lay down his food, while one of his compatriots tried to kill himself by running into a pillar.

They later asked to watch Korean romance films, the Ukrainians said.

“He was lying there, with his head and an arm wounded. He had a grenade, a knife and a sausage on him,” one of the soldiers of Ukraine’s 95th Air Assault Brigade said in an interview published on Tuesday.

“I asked him to drop everything, but he refused to drop the sausage because it was food, so we let him keep it.”

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 113 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I feel a bit sad for the NKs, you really have to wonder how much the world they know and if they’re really aware of what they’re even doing over there.

[–] wallybeavis 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

how much the world they know

I heard some of them are able to have South Korean TV shows and movies smuggled in on flash drives. I only know this, because there are also stories of people being caught watching/in possession of the media and being sentenced to prison. Most recently I think 2 teenage boys were given 12 years hard labor

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

The ones they let out of the country are probably die hards that would turn in a friend who had one of those

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

from what im aware of those who are slightly more wealthy or live in border cities are more aware than ones who live off in the middle of nowhere. many of the North Koreans who live closer to the chinese border are related to or know a person whose greenlit to do business in China and return. Even theough chinas reletive censorship, its hard to not be able to learn about the rest of the world.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

Usually the ones sent to war are poor people

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago

Here's an interesting perspective that might answer those questions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBh8N5v648

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

North koreans vacation in China and Russia.

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago

I doubt that a large portion of north koreans is spending any time outside the country. It sounds to me like only the elite gets to spend time in foreign resorts.