Sipa Press/REX/Shutterstock Though Lee So Yeon joined the army voluntarily, in 2015 it was announced that all women in North Korea must do seven years' military service from the age of 18.

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Unconfirmed reports said the attack on a teacher working as an interpreter happened 10 miles from the front lines.

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Getty Images Some North Korean women say that sexual harassment is rife in the military Though North Korea presents itself as nominally equal society, women are said to be deprived of education ...