North Korean soldiers smash bricks, bend iron rods at defence exhibition

Kim Jong-un watched on as North Korean troops smashed bricks over their chest and lay on broken glass in what was a bizarre display of military process.

The above video shows the bare-chested soldiers performing increasingly extreme exercises – such as bending a metal rod between two soldiers’ chests and breaking free of a metal chain using only their brute strength.

It’s hard to see how any of this would be useful in a military scenario, but the crowd seemed to enjoy it nonetheless.

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