New North Korean propaganda video features nuclear attack on Washington
SUMMARY
On March 26, North Korea's YouTube channel released a dramatic propaganda video that features a nuclear attack near the Lincoln Memorial:
"If the American imperialists provoke us a bit, we will not hesitate to slap them with a pre-emptive nuclear strike," read the Korean subtitles in the video, according to The New York Times. "The United States must choose! It's up to you whether the nation called the United States exists on this planet or not."
The North Korean propaganda video comes amid a string of nuclear and rocket testing, which resulted in further sanctions of the Kim regime. Most recently, the Pyongyang threatened a direct attack on the South Korean presidential palace, the Blue House, unless its demand are met.
North Korea, sometimes called "The Hermit Kingdom" for its reclusiveness and closed borders, is known to rattle its saber when it needs something, be it food aid or cash, in order to elicit a bribe or assistance in order to return tensions to normal.
The North also often does this in March, around the time of annually planned joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea. In March 2010, the North sank the South Korean submarine Cheonan in the South's territorial waters. In 2012, they announced planned rocket launches. In 2013, they conducted a nuclear test during the U.S.-ROK exercises, this prompted the U.S. to respond by flying B-2 Stealth Bombers and B-52 Stratofortresses over the demilitarized zone, to remind the North of U.S. bomber capabilities in the region. In response, Kim Jong-Un declared a "state of war" between the North and South, but no actual attacks ever materialized.
