Exclusivepix Media Ltd

Show Navigation
  • View All Galleries
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • About
  • Contact
  • Portfolio
  • Sell Your Story
  • Work for Exclusivepix Media
  • info on Purchasing Images

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 885 images found }

Loading ()...

  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Advert for the Women’s Land Army, placed in the press in June and July 1917.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Photo Shows: Recruiting rally for the Women’s Land Army, Preston, June 1918.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA30.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA32.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA39.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA43.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA46.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA49.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA52.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA56.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA58.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA59.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA60.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA61.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA62.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA68.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA67.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA70.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA74.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA81.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA86.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA85.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA02.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA04.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA11.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA08.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA14.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA15.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA16.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA17.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA20.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA25.jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Recruiting rally for the Women’s Land Army, Preston, June 1918.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows Beatrice Bennett and fellow Women’s Land Army trainees, Kent, 1917. (Private Papers of Miss B. Bennett - IWM<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Initial advert for the Women’s Land Army, widely placed in the press in March 1917.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows : Recruiting rally for the Women’s Land Army, Preston, June 1918<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA27.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA26.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA29.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA28.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA31.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA33.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA34.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA35.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA36.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA37.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA38.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA40.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA41.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA42.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA45.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA44.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA48.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA47.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA50.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA51.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA53.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA54.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA55.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA57.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA63.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA64.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA65.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA66.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA69.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA71.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA73.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA72.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA75.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA76.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA78.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA77.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA80.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA79.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA82.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA83.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA84.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA01.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA03.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA06.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA05.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA07.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA09.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA10.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA13.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA12.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA18.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA19.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA22.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA21.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA24.jpg
  • ARMY TIME IN NORTH KOREA<br />
The very first order you receive from your guide when arriving in North Korea is NOT to take pictures of the soldiers. This is difficult as you see them everywhere at any occasion, so the temptation is high !<br />
<br />
Their uniforms seem to come from the 50s. and it is ! The Korean People’s Army was created in 1948 in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea. So, the uniforms were copied from the USSR.<br />
<br />
You will see soldiers in the morning, in the main squares of Pyongyang, when  soldiers rehearse their parade for hours. They do not like to have witnesses as everything is not -yet- perfect but have no choice as they need huge spaces to train. Each soldier has a number to allow the officers to tell who is good and who is bad.<br />
<br />
You will see them in the countryside when you leave the big towns. <br />
Many soldiers are used as a labor force to compensate for the ineffective North Korean economy, so the army is not only about military organization.<br />
During my 6 trips in North Korea, i saw so many soldiers collecting wood and carrying it along the roads. Wood for heating and for eating. North Korean soldiers can be seen working in fields, farms, or on construction sites in many places, far from military exercises.<br />
<br />
You will see them in pictures when visiting the school or the universities : at the entrance, some letters are displayed on the walls, showing the picture of a young man in uniform above a short text. They are letters from former school students that joined the army and who tell about their lifes as  soldiers. Of course everything is fantastic and they write they are so proud to serve their nation.<br />
<br />
In North Korea, most of the soldiers serve in military for 10 years, female soldiers serve  for seven years. Some high level students only serve few years to work quickly and to be more efficient than when they carry wood…<br />
Once in the army, the contacts with the families is very complicated as the whole country is not covered with mobile phones. A lette
    ExPix_ARMY_TIME_IN_NORTH_KOREA23.jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Advert for ‘Woman Power’ insurance (Eagle Star & British Dominions Insurance Company, Ltd.), The Landswoman, July 1918, No. 7, Vol. 1. ‘Woman-power throughout the British Empire stands out dominantly as the most wonderful feature of the War,’ the advert stated. It suggested that women did not ‘grasp the meaning of what the consequences of a serious illness or accident would be to her.’ Pre-war women’s labour was not considered worth insuring.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Clothing adverts from The Landswoman, September 1918, No. 9, Vol. 1. and October 1918, No. 10, Vol. 1.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows Women mole catchers on an estate in the Cotswolds, Illustrated War News, 10 April 1918.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows Women working in t:he forests of Brent Tor, Devon. Illustrated War News, 8 August 1917.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: ‘Women’s War-Work on a Royal Farm’. Miss Hilda Hobson, Miss Marjorie Maxfield and Miss Phyllis Hobson, workers on the Sandringham estate. Illustrated War News, 8 November, 1916.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: ‘Women’s War-Work on a Royal Farm’. Miss Hilda Hobson, Miss Marjorie Maxfield and Miss Phyllis Hobson, workers on the Sandringham estate. Illustrated War News, 8 November, 1916.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Picturesque War-Work: The Lady Shepherd’, Illustrated War News, 5 July 1916.<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Bessie (‘Cuckoo’) Ziman and fellow workers. (Private Papers of Miss B.A. Ziman<br />
©Pen and sward/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_The_Womens_Land_Army_in_the_Fi...jpg
Next
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x