North Korea Military Getting Millions Of New Volunteers

As talks of an all-out war with the United States rage on, 4.7 million patriotic “students and workers,” including more than a million women, have volunteered to join the North Korean military. At least, that’s what the North Korean state-controlled media said Sept. 28.

The country, which only boasts a population of around 25 million, does have one of the largest ground armies, according to a June report from Newsweek.

It is also one of a handful of countries with compulsory military service, even for female citizens. Which sort of leads one to wonder how the Hermit Nation would have one-fifth of its undernourished populace suddenly, uh, _volunteer_ for service.

In 2014, the State Department surmised that North Korean ground force hovers around 1.2 million troops, which would make its the army fourth-largest in the world after China, India, and the United States. But at any given time, the army is also believed to have 6 or 7 million reservists ready to jump into action at a moment’s notice.

UCJ, UNILORIN.