Great moments in North Korean subtlety
North Korea continues to vehemently deny responsibility for the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan and hailed a U.N. resolution on the attack that noticably mentioned nothing about North Korean involvement as a “great diplomatic victory.” But the poster below, which was photographed in Pyongyan by a visiting Chinese businessman and published by Radio ...
North Korea continues to vehemently deny responsibility for the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan and hailed a U.N. resolution on the attack that noticably mentioned nothing about North Korean involvement as a "great diplomatic victory."
North Korea continues to vehemently deny responsibility for the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan and hailed a U.N. resolution on the attack that noticably mentioned nothing about North Korean involvement as a “great diplomatic victory.”
But the poster below, which was photographed in Pyongyan by a visiting Chinese businessman and published by Radio Free Asia sends kind of different message.
The caption reads: “If you come at us, (we will destroy you) with a single blow!”
Hat tip: DailyNK
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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