Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Former N.K. soldiers testify about worsening food and rights conditions

http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110222000530

 Formal North Korean soldiers has stated that North Korea has abused their human rights and increasingly developed their food shortage, according to testimonies made by the defectors to South Korea. "I was 155 centimeters high and weighed 42 kilograms when I entered the military, but my weight was reduced to 31 kilograms in two years" said by one of the defectors. Also another formal North Korean soldiers has announced that "My hair almost fell out after turning yellow and I was bony"  Based on North Korea's former military captain, their food shortage has led the soldiers to steal food from civilians, and he also mentioned, the best place to live is where there is no military unit. Surprisingly, North Korean soldiers sexually harass female soldiers according to Choi Hee-kyung, a female defector.
This article(Yonhap News) shows how much North Korean soldiers are suffering from food shortage and sexually harassment, while Kim Jong-il spends about $10 million a year for his health. This proves how much corrupted North Korea's government is and how they do not even care about their citizens including soldiers.

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