• don@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Well, their quality of life just vastly improved

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Yes, theirs did. But their families back in North Korea? I suspect their quality of life is about to get much worse.

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      5 months ago

      I suspect that if you treat them mild nicely and provide some amenities they will just quickly realize what kind of a psychological hell hole they have been living in and immediately switch sides

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          5 months ago

          Exactly. If they’re returned they won’t be allowed anywhere near other North Korean troops. They’ll likely be returned immediately to the DPRK and sent to a labor/prison camp so they can’t talk to anybody that might listen.

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    5 months ago

    I know this is a heavy situation and all, but I still found this photo funny.

    Seems to be some civilian training:

    Civilian women hold weapons as they take part in a military training given by a former Ukrainian serviceman (C-L) at a civic centre at an unspecified location in the Kharkiv region on September 13, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

    Someone needs to teach grandma how to handle that weapon.

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    5 months ago

    Captured alive for the first time? Are they usually dead when they’re captured?