正是先军政治这一方针让朝鲜的专制政权在上世纪90年代中期过后得以保全：当时一场严重的饥荒冲击朝鲜，朝鲜政府再也无法像此前那样为人民提供基本生活保障。
The policy kept the authoritarian regime in power even after the mid-1990s , when a severe famine hit the country and the government could no longer provide for the basic needs of the population as it once had .
先军政治