A horrific confession was made by a former female North Korean soldier who fled Kim Jong-un's regime. She revealed that female North Korean soldiers experienced starvation, sexual harassment and abortion without being sedated. The former North Korean soldier, who goes by the name Jennifer Kim, said female soldiers should using wet foot coverings as bandages. They also repealed the cruel and unusual punishment of collective torture. One of the punishments was to dip one's hands into desired water, then hang them from an iron rod that froze in their palms. This caused the flesh to tear when released. Jennifer says about 70 percent of women in the North Korean army have been victims of sexual assault and harassment, including herself. Jennifer says she instinctively knows what will happen when a political adviser orders her into her office.
"If I refuse his request, I will not be a member of the Workers' Party of Korea," he said.
“If I return to society without joining the party, I will be branded a problem child and will be stigmatized for life,” he said.
According to him, this will prevent him from getting a good job and cause problems when he gets married.
“What can I choose? In the end, he sexually assaulted me," she said.
Surviving on no more than three to four spoonfuls of corn a day, Jennifer was so malnourished that her period only came every four to six months. But that didn't stop her from getting pregnant.
"After a while I felt strange changes in my body, so I told my political adviser about my physical condition," he said.
At that time, the political adviser told him to go to the military medical office at 10 pm.
“I went to the military medical office as he said. Military surgeons have been waiting for me. He had an abortion on me without being sedated."
The former soldier shared his horrific experience to the North Korean Human Rights Committee (HRNK). He also revealed how during his several years in the military, he only revealed four dressings. He said his colleagues used to give him gauze, which is used to bandage wounds. The gauze had to be washed and reused. On top of that he also used gaiters which were washed and reused as pads, but they wouldn't dry completely in the barracks that couldn't be heated, so they would be worn wet. the whole group, even if only one person was deemed guilty. Jennifer, who now lives in the US, admits she is still haunted by the pain of her flesh being ripped from her hand when she was released from the iron pole.
“I still feel sick when I think about it, and hunger is never far away. I count the corn kernels while eating, so that they can be eaten longer,” he said.
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