• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    North Korea’s army which, whilst having a stranglehold on available resources in its threadbare economy, hasn’t seen combat since the 1950s. Its actual combat readiness may fall short of its rhetoric.

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      may

      They can’t even stop their own guys sprinting off across the DMZ.

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      South Korea is going to have a wealth of embarrassing NK military footage from this to use in their cross border propaganda deliveries. That could damage morale inside North Korea in a way that’s never been seen before.

      Fingers crossed this dumb decision hurts their regime hard.

      • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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        To my knowledge, people close to the borders where propaganda can effectively reach are already quite aware that their government is a joke. They’re just stuck there.