Thread by @BonicMichael

When Moon Jae-in visited Pyongyang on 20 Sept 2018 and give a speech in May Day Stadium, every North Korean was optimistic that relations b/t the two Koreas were improving.
One People, Two Korean Nations: Moon Jae-in's Address at May Day Stadium...

2/And the propaganda posters reflected the people's hopes. The ideological divide b/t DPRK & the USA is illustrated by their use of propaganda. US propaganda uses falsehood to shape public opinion to serve the national interest. DPRK propaganda makes no bones about its national

3/interest. Kim Jong Un tells the country every Jan 1 the shape of the direction DPRK is going in and where it stands on all the key issues of the day. Rather that using lies to paint a false narrative on domestic or international issues, DPRK is completely transparent when it

4/informs the people DPRK's national interest. Prior to Trump propaganda posters depicted America as DPRK's arch nemesis, which informed the people that relations b/t DPRK & the US were still in the same Cold War rut. The above posters of a united Korea and two doves reflect

5/the optimism & hopes during Moon Jae-in's visit to Pyongyang. The DPRK propaganda machine (PAD) really serves the people by informing them what the leadership's position is on issues. It is the most powerful, simple & creative way to get a message across from gov't to people.

6/US propaganda on the other hand, e.g. through an org like Radio Free Asia, lies, fabricates & pushes false narratives to naive people (domestic or international) to further Western capitalist liberal democracy ideology & denigrate all other ideologies. DPRK tells it like it is.

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