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on December 26th, 2012 at 1:55 pm

Picture of the Day: The DMZ Christmas Tree

North Korea has hit back at South Korea’s weekend lighting of a frontline, Christmas-tree-shaped tower, accusing its rival of using the illuminated structure as part of a campaign of psychological warfare.

North Korean state media on Monday, according to the Associated Press, said that South Korea decided to light the “tree” which is made of steel and sits on the tense border dividing the two nations because of Pyongyang’s success in putting a satellite into orbit earlier this month. (…)

On Sunday, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said it allowed Christian groups to light the massive steel tower, and that it would remain in place until Jan. 2. It is the first time in two years that South Korea has lit the structure.  [GuamPDN]

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  • raid
    3:16 pm on December 26th, 2012 1

    Congratulations to South Korea , after 5 years of acting tough and trying to be “hard-liners” having one of their ships sunk , bitch slapped by Nork artillery in front of the world , failing to launch a satellite when their brothers succeed and watching the North activate a unrestricted uranium enrichment program and weaponize their plutonium ,they stand proud with putting winter lights on a Christmas-tree-shaped tower. again congratulations , a few north koreans can see the lights by the border but i can here the laughter in pyongyang from here .

 

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