Though it may seem cloyingly naive on an aesthetic level, this new video [SEE BELOW] posted by "uriminzokkiri" - the official website of North Korea - is anything but sweet.
Duplicitously scored by a low-fi Muzak version of Michael Jackson's and Lionel Richie's anthemic 1985 "We Are The World," the video follows a tenebrous dream sequence of a young (presumably N. Korean) boy whose mind is awash with a sparkly series of images that detail a missile attack on what appears to be New York City.
The video has already received more than 77,000 hits since its posting Saturday.
Yahoo! News failed to garner comments when it tried to reach U.S. National Security Councilman spokesperson Tommy Vietor.However, fears of a possible attack may be heightened by a caveat made by N. Korea's dictator Kim Jong-un on Sunday that a "great turn in military capability" was being discussed at a "top military meeting."
It is speculated such discussions may be in regards to a third nuclear test that the youthful despot hopes will prompt "bilateral talks as well as protest the U.S. sanctions" that were brought on by N. Korea's initial tests.
"A third nuclear test would very likely use enriched uranium, instead of the plutonium used in the first two tests," Young Howard, head of N. Korea's Open Radio, told Seoul-based PBC radio on Tuesday.
Howard continued that the test is expected to take place sometime between Sep. 20 and Oct. 10.
"September 20 marks the end of the North's new '150-day' campaign for boosting its economy," reports the Deccan Herald, "while October 10 is the anniversary of the formation of the North's communist party."
These facts, in addition to the elements of the video that purport to show a major missile attack on a U.S. metropolis, make the hopelessly kitschy New Age/Karaoke music video element of the message all the more horrifying (re: a child playing with a gun). Particularly as captions toward the end of the short film read (as translated by The Guardian): "Somewhere in the United States, black clouds of smoke are billowing... It seems that the next of wickedness is ablaze."
What Jong-un's father, the late Kim Jong-il, a reputed "film buff" who reportedly owned as many as 20,000 DVDs (including Hollywood popcorn fare favorites "Friday the 13th," "Rambo," and "Godzilla") would have thought of the poor video quality of his nation's threat to the U.S. is one question perhaps respectfully best to leave unasked.
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