The North Korean military has always been relatively safe from the pain of hunger that plagues the rest of the nation. But as ABC news shows, that is no longer the case. Now that the regime can't even feed the ones with the guns anymore, it's anyone's guess how much longer the Kim dynasty will last.

"Everybody is weak," says one young North Korean soldier. "Within my troop of 100 comrades, half of them are malnourished," he said.