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It’s a question as perplexing as the Hermit Kingdom itself – why do North Korean Generals have so many medals when they haven’t fought a proper war in over 70 years? Part of the answer is that they’re allowed to wear the decorations of their parents and grandparents. The other is that they will give out medals to literally anyone and anything, even if they aren’t human.

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Further Reading:

Chests Full of Brass: A DPRK Political History in Orders, Medals, Prizes, and Titles. SinoNK. Accessed 30/10/2024.
https://sinonk.com/2016/01/08/chests-full-of-brass-a-dprk-political-history-in-orders-medals-prizes-and-titles/

Lankov, A. 2007. North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. (See PDF)

North Korean Medals – Why So Many??. Youtube. Accessed 30/10/2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZXkUR7Xs_c />
Order Of Kim Il-Sung. Medalbook. Accessed 30/10/2024.
https://www.medalbook.com/asia/korea/north-korea/orders/order-of-kim-il-sung/order-of-kim-il-sung-1

Order of Kim Jong Il Instituted. Korea News Services. Accessed 30/10/2024.
https://web.archive.org/web/20141012081515/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2012/201202/news04/20120204-35ee.html

The Bizarre Award Given to the Machineries and Equipment in North Korea. Koryo Tours. Accessed 31/10/2024.
https://koryogroup.com/blog/the-bizarre-award-given-to-the-machineries-and-equipment-in-north-korea

Title of Labor Hero Awarded to Lathe No. 26 at Pyongyang Textile Machine Factory. Korea News Services. Accessed 31/10/2024.
http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2012/201210/news04/20121004-33ee.html

Unusual “Heroes” of North Korea. Order & Medals Society of America. Accessed 31/10/2024.
http://www.omsa.org/files/jomsa_arch/Splits/2007/348192_JOMSA_Vol58_6_37.pdf#page=2

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