SPECIAL REPORTS NORTH KOREA TODAY BY KATHRYN HULICK CONTENT CONSULTANT DR ROBERT E KELLY PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND DIPLOMACY PusaN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY BUSAN SOUTH KOREA Essential Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
CHAPTER ONE BOMB THREAT A missile flies through the air crossing the globe from North Korea to the United States of America It slams into Washington DC its nuclear warhead exploding in a red mushroom cloud and devastating the city and its surroundings Such an act of war seems unimaginable to many Americans But this exact scene played out in a propaganda video posted to YouTube in March 2016 A North Korean website run by the country's government created the video which featured computer animated scenes of a nuclear strike on the United States and a burning US flag The video also showed tests of real missiles and other weapons Some of the Korean text superimposed over the video translates to If the American Anti US propaganda is a feature of daily life in North Korea
