Analyst discusses North Korea’s claims of 1.4m youths joining its army amid tensions with South

North Korea on Wednesday (Oct 16) said around 1.4 million young people joined the army this week, as tensions in the Korean peninsula soar. Pyongyang also blew up roads connected to South Korea after vowing to permanently seal its southern border. Politics professor Stephen Nagy, from the International Christian University in Tokyo, discusses North Korea’s latest provocation on CNA’s Asia First. Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Subscribe to our news service for must-read stories: Telegram - https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp - https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us: CNA: https://cna.asia CNA Lifestyle: http://www.cnalifestyle.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/channelnewsasia TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia