5) North Korean soldiers giving applause

North Korea boasts a total of 1.2 million troops, 10% of which are women. The inclusion of women in the army happened when thousands of male soldiers starved to death or deserted their posts during the great famine, The Daily Mail reported. The ruling party then had to turn to female soldiers to fill the gaps. However, the female soldiers only undergo selective recruitment.

6) Women crossing the street

There is still a dysfunction of the gender equality in North Korea. According to The Guardian, “If a husband or wife does anything contrary to party ideology, this is considered grounds for divorce”. In summary of the differences, men are expected to be able to maintain a distinction between their public and personal lives from their wives while women should not want to know about the things that happen to their men outside the house.