The soldiers aren’t fed any better then the civilians. Remember the guy who deserted? He had an eight inch tape worm in him. The NK Army gets by on a meager ration of potatoes and raw corn kernels. The average North Korean soldier is smaller in stature and weight then his South Korean counter part. Things are much worse in the North then Western media shows.
No one has referenced the news story in the last 6 months or so stating the Norks executed a general, supposedly for illegally obtaining food to better feed his soldiers.
Maybe they should unkill that general.