santiago, to random
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TIL North Korea :redstar: has its own propaganda channel on YouTube and it’s comedy gold. A window into an alternative time / world. Dystopian, a tad comical and yet quite interesting.

Apparently when the huge army isn’t training to fight the impending second American invasion it turns into a team of “builder soldiers” then dresses back in uniform for celebrations after building giant hi-tech … greenhouses complex to get fresh 🥗🥕🥦
https://youtu.be/VMyI7kgJ3Y4?si=TmjMeQ36w8ZmyHWe

santiago,
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“It feels like our happy lives, which become more enjoyable every day, are piled on that bus and flowing.”

propaganda about how cool their bus is. Hilarious. Looks like an infomercial from the 80s, subtly scripted, gloriously acted, comically translated 😂

Then again the bus looks great. What shocks me as a westerner: no TV showing fucking ads? No corporate advertising stickers on the bus. Just a bus. I laugh at the form but I admire this part.

https://youtu.be/H0IgM1MgGFc?si=DZveSlgw88Ylz0m0

santiago,
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Ok last one about propaganda videos. It’s a hard drug.

has its own Pom Pom Girls team !

Except instead of dancing for guys running after a ball they are there to cheer and motivate people on their way to work. The narrator says their speed increases. Not sure if they are motivated to work earlier or want to just escape the show or cheesy narrator.

https://youtu.be/j9YY8g8CWcU?si=nOVdNHnjnY-HI0ju

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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North Korea has said it will stop sending thousands of balloons carrying tons of garbage across the border with South Korea, but vowed to restart the practice if activists from the South resume flying anti-regime leaflets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-south-korea-balloons-halt/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Japan Defense Minister Minoru Kihara has warned of the growing possibility of simultaneous crises erupting in the Indo-Pacific and beyond — a threat not entirely unimaginable amid Chinese moves near Taiwan and the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/01/japan/politics/japan-defense-minister-kihara-shangri-la-speech/ #japan #politics #minorukihara #china #taiwan #northkorea #defense #defenseministry

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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South Korea's military on Tuesday said it would resume all military activities along the demarcation line separating the two Koreas and in northwestern Islands after suspending an inter-Korean military agreement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/04/asia-pacific/politics/koreas-agreement-suspended-fully/

br00t4c, to random
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North Korea vows to stop trash balloons after sending hundreds over border to South Korea

https://www.rawstory.com/north-korea-trash-balloons/

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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South Korea will completely suspend its 2018 inter-Korean tension-reducing military pact with the nuclear-armed North after Pyongyang sent trash-filled balloons across the border over the last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-north-korea-military-agreement-suspend/ #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #northkorea #missiles #defense #nuclearweapons

NewsDesk, to news
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North Korea will stop sending trash-carrying balloons into South Korea after Seoul threatens “unbearable” retaliatory steps over its balloon activities and other recent provocations. Read more from AP: https://flip.it/cLU5-x
#News #WorldNews #Asia #SouthKorea #NorthKorea

br00t4c, to random
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North Korea says it will suspend sending retaliatory trash balloons to South Korea

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-south-trash-filled-balloons-1.7222269?cmp=rss

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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North Korea said on Friday it had fired 18 short-range ballistic missiles during a drill as a demonstration of its willingness to launch a pre-emptive strike against South Korea's "gangsters' regime" if necessary to counter an attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/31/asia-pacific/north-korea-missile-salvo/

ErikJonker, to Russia Dutch
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Recently declassified analysis of missile debris found throughout Ukraine confirms Russia’s use of ballistic missiles produced in North Korea. For details,
https://www.dia.mil/News-Features/Articles/Article-View/Article/3790623/
@geopolitics

br00t4c, to random
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▶ North Korea Sent Balloons Filled With Unspeakable Things To South Korea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6cQ9KDhJ1M

scaramanga, to Korea
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warns it will defend itself against south koreas provocative naval incursions into territorial waters.

I guess you all saw that? No? Oh well.

https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/1142255

scaramanga,
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Sending gunships into another countries waters is no big deal but...

POOP BALLOONS!!!

That got everyone's attention...

#korea #NorthKorea #poop

https://nypost.com/2024/05/29/world-news/north-korea-accused-of-sending-balloons-of-trash-poop-into-the-south/

scaramanga,
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Should North Korea stop sending the balloons?

Absolutely not, regardless of any danger they may cause, regardless of opposition of people who live in the area, because that would be "an excessive restriction on free speech" according to south korean courts.

So i guess North Korea must uphold human rights and continue sending the balloons south, right?

#korea #NorthKorea

https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/south-koreas-constitutional-court-strikes-down-law-banning-anti-pyongyang-leafleting/

scaramanga,
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Sending bibles is vital work, definitely worth the risk of retaliation, the actual retaliation, the danger posed to north koreans whose land the balloons might fall on when they're found to possess contraband that they didn't ask for.

https://vomkorea.com/en/nk-bible/

#korea #NorthKorea

scaramanga,
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"South Korea (MNN) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court recently overturned a 2020 law that stopped people from sending anti-regime information to North Korea."

VOM: "When we asked what we could do to help, the underground church didn’t ask for food or freedom. They asked for tools so that they could continue and expand their work of proclaiming the gospel."

Yes, these are the good guys.

#korea #northKorea

https://www.mnnonline.org/news/south-korea-overturns-law-restricting-north-korea-outreach/

scaramanga,
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North Korean defector Lee Min-bok said that Park has jeopardized the entire balloon campaign by provoking both governments, “[the] extremely provocative language in Park Sang-hak's leaflets has nothing to do with promoting North Korean human rights, but is tailored to please conservatives and provoke progressives in the South...[he] wants to become a hero by going to prison for fighting this law”.

Bibles to #northkorea AND triggering the libtards, win win

#korea

https://www.crossingbordersnk.org/blog/north-korean-defector-indicted-for-propaganda-balloons/2022/2/11

scaramanga,
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But it's all serving a purpose right? What noble goal are we pursuing?

"There has been a steady stream of angry declarations and threats [threatening to] turn South Korea into debris."

"These declarations are just more evidence of how critically important these messages from the free world are"

Ah, so it makes them angry, and it prevents negotiations from succeeding. That is the avowed goal...

#Korea #NorthKorea

https://www.chosun.com/english/opinion-en/2008/12/03/N2U5ROTR64YSGRM7DJ2KYU33IA/

scaramanga,
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"At this time of great uncertainty, we must ask ourselves on whose side we want to stand: those who reach out with concern to the North Korean people with messages of truth, hope, and love, or do we want to stand on the side of Kim Jong-il, the man responsible for genocide against the people of North Korea."

Ibid.

Yes, well said, but dick-flicking them until they stop talking to you isn't achieving any of that is it...

#Korea #NorthKorea

scaramanga,
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So what is it acheiving?

VOM again: 'People think about “North Korea Ministry” as supplying to North Korea what it lacks: food, human rights, and even movies on USB and DVDs. But VOM Korea’s North Korean ministry begins with what North Korea has: one of the strongest churches in the world, growing faster than the South Korean church.'

Oh, it's achieving a fast-growing church.

And preventing peace.

And "trolling teh libtards"

Good? I guess? Is it?

#Korea #NorthKorea

scaramanga,
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leader of "Fighters for a Free North Korea" was asked to comment on the situation when the balloon launches to the north were banned.

He assaulted the journalists with a brick. One was hospitalized with a concussion. When police showed up, he attacked them with pepper spray.

A two year prison sentence was recommended.

Video contains violence.

https://www.blueroofpolitics.com/post/balloon-launching-north-korean-defector-assaults-journalists/

scaramanga,
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"It is said that the tree of peace lives off blood and that freedom is not free. Somebody has to sacrifice themselves, so if I'm killed by Kim Jong Un’s gun, it'll be an honor." --

Presumably that also includes the blood of journalists whose head you've smashed in with bricks...

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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North Korea fired at least 10 apparent short-range ballistic missiles toward the waters off its eastern coast on Thursday, Seoul said, days after its attempt to put another spy satellite launch into orbit ended in a ball of fire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/30/asia-pacific/north-korea-10-missiles-may-30/

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