and it fuckin slaps

Nothing harder than earning a sniper’s handshake and photo with Respected Comrade Kim Jong.

From the photos I’ve seen, people genuinely seem to love Kim. I’m trying to pin down exactly what his role is, but he seems to function like a sort of mascot for national pride. Is this an accurate take?

Like this one for example?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm4ZSYDFvMU&ab_channel=comradeyar

After watching the documentary released by North Korea about its operations against Russia, it’s clear that the individual combat skills of North Korean soldiers are outstanding. They could instantly shred so-called elites like the U.S. Navy SEALs or Delta Force, not to mention ordinary troops. At Kursk, North Korea lost only 101 men, while NATO coalition forces suffered tens of thousands of casualties and left behind thousands of bodies. The combat quality of North Korean soldiers not only surpasses Europe and America, but even Russia was utterly beaten.

The discipline of North Korean soldiers is extremely strong. In the documentary, you can see details such as almost every soldier on the front line wearing woven grass hats as camouflage. After three years of war in Ukraine, apart from North Korean soldiers, no other side shows such habits. This comes from long-term training — using every possible means for camouflage. Such a small, seemingly insignificant action can effectively increase a soldier’s survival rate.

Now compare that to NATO. Because their battlefield discipline is so poor, they have to wrap blue tape on their helmets, arms, chests, and backpacks for friend-or-foe identification to avoid friendly fire. That shows just how lacking their discipline is.

North Korean soldiers also show extremely strong fighting willpower: rolling onto grenades with their bodies, blocking drones with their own flesh — reminiscent of the volunteer forces in the Korean War.

North Korean soldiers, with strict discipline, unyielding combat will, and proficient fighting skills, are the West’s worst nightmare. Looking at things now, if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea would not be able to hold. In less than a month, North Korea could flatten the South.

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as said in the title, me and some of my friends and bf are working on an alternate history where the soviet union never fell, and i was wondering, how would this affect the DPRK if it's largest trading partner and political bloc was still around. like how would that affect there development, miltary,taechnology,ect,ect. idk if this is allowed here but im going to ask cause i dont want to get spammed with western bs lol