Pyongyang – North Korean media have reported that more than 1 million young people have volunteered to join or rejoin the military to defend their country should a conflict break out with the rival South Korea and its U.S. ally.
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The state-run Korean Central News Agency reports that “young people across the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are turning out in the sacred war for defending the country with their faith and will to annihilate the enemies.”
Despite such highly charged rhetoric in the media, which is itself not particularly unusual, activity in the capital remains normal and calm Sunday.
People in Pyongyang are going about their daily routines as usual.
Truckloads of soldiers singing martial songs can occasionally be seen driving around the city, and a single minivan with camouflage netting was parked near the main train station for a time as the talks with South Korea began Saturday and are set to resume later Sunday.
One million people ready to volunteer, of course, they’d rather commit suicide than live in that horrid poor excuse of a country.
War; is it about time? North Korea is an unstable country with significant offensive capabilities. Perhaps the world should face the inevitable and confront the problem.