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North Korean Soldiers Discovering Pornography refers to a series of memes and jokes based on a report that North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia to fight against Ukraine have become hooked on online pornography after gaining unrestricted internet access for the first time. The report became a viral subject of memes on X / Twitter and Reddit in early November 2024, with users imagining soldiers' reactions to discovering videos of various porn stars.

Origin

On November 5th, 2024, Financial Times chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman reported that, according to a "usually reliable source," North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia to fight against Ukraine have been consuming vast amounts of internet pornography after getting unrestricted internet access for the first time in their lives. The post (shown below) garnered over 32 million views, 10,000 reposts and 86,000 likes on X^[1] in two days.

Spread

Starting on November 5th, 2024, the report spawned jokes and memes about North Korean soldiers discovering online porn for the first time in their lives. For example, X^[2] user @DmitryOpines posted a joke that gained over 200 reposts and 1,000 likes in two days (shown below).

Later on November 5th, X^[3] user @big_business_ posted a video caption meme imagining North Korean soldiers seeing pornographic videos featuring Teanna Trump and Violet Myers for the first time. The post (shown below) garnered over 8,000 reposts and 113,000 likes in two days.

North Koreans seeing Teanna Trump and Violet Myers for the first time https://t.co/aCnhuMmQE3 pic.twitter.com/EDi64QZ4qA

— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) November 5, 2024

On November 6th, 2024, Redditor smurfkipz posted an object-labeling meme referencing the report that gained over 10,000 upvotes in the /r/dankmemes^[4] subreddit in one day (shown below).

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