Red Guards
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Millions of North Koreans between the ages of 17 and 60 are listed as Worker-Peasant Red Guards, a national civil defense organization that could be loosely compared to military reserve forces of other countries.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023
"We were taught to denounce our heritage, and Red Guards destroyed anything that is not communist…statues, books and anything else," she continued.
From Fox News • Jun. 10, 2021
Carl Guthrie, a lawyer for Samuel Miller, one of those charged with burglary, denied that his client had any connection to the Red Guards.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2020
A lone person or a family struggles against an ominously exotic backdrop populated by Red Guards, famines and the Chinese gulag.
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2019
Several Red Guards rushed out of the house.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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