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.

Women in Kim Jong Un's North Korea Army Stopped Getting Their Periods. Here's Why. Published Nov 24, 2017 at 2:25 PM EST Updated Dec 01, 2017 at 1:12 PM EST.

Now North Korea is taking its show on the road, sending its state-sponsored cheering squad to the Olympics. The 230 person squad has been called Kim's "army of beauties." ...

Women must serve in the army for about seven years, and men for 10 years. ... How does North Korea's army compare with that of the United States and other powers?

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Jan. 29 (UPI) --North Korea has decided to expand military conscription to include women. The new directive was expected to go into effect sometime in the beginning of the ...

North Korea’s cheerleading squad — dubbed the Hermit Kingdom's “army of beauties” who are handpicked by Kim Jong Un himself — are set to make their fourth visit to South Korea for the ...

The defector explained that all North Korean women must serve in the military for six years, and all men must serve for 11. During that time, she said she was fed three spoonfuls of rice at mealtimes.

When the UN reported North Korea had committed human rights violations, Kim Jong-un's regime issued a reply declaring that “North Korea is Heaven for women.” It’s not any kind of heaven we ...

North Korean men are required to serve 10 years in the military, while women have to serve three. Even if North Korea did recruit 800,000 army personnel in a day, it may not mean that its military ...

In 2005, a hundred and one North Korean cheerleaders were sent to Incheon, South Korea, for the Asian Athletics Championship. Among these girls was sixteen-year-old Ri Sol Ju, the daughter of a ...