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 ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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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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