Advertisement Continue reading the main storyPolitical posters have long been an important feature of culture and daily life in the North. But the posters were unveiled after President Trump warned North Korea that it would face “fire and fury” from an American military that was “locked and loaded” if the country made any nuclear provocations. The government in the North has long used posters and rallies to whip up anti-American sentiments and national fervor. Photo“What is typical in these posters is the image of an undaunted, fierce North Korea that is not fazed by the moves by the United States or the United Nations,” Koen de Ceuster, an expert on North Korea at Leiden University in the Netherlands, told Reuters. “It reinforces the images of the strides North Korea made in missile capability,” he said, “and how North Korea is undaunted by any challenges to its sovereignty.”Countries use various signaling techniques in times of crisis, experts in geopolitics say, including diplomacy, back-channel talks and public messaging.

Source: New York Times August 19, 2017 16:59 UTC