Under Kim Jong Il, men would stand in line to enlist in the army because it was the only way they could be sure of getting fed. The army got priority at the nation's foodstuffs. Under Un, that fell apart as the economy sank below zero. A year or 2 ago, Un cancelled training for many thousands of soldiers and sent them out to scrounge food from the citizens in order to keep the army fed.
Now throw COVID-19 and the death of the last male error on top of that.
