As the self-perpetuating speculation of imminent war on the Korean peninsula continues to dominate headlines in 24-hour news coverage and world media outlets, North Korea’s largest daily newspaper the Rodong is sending out quite a different message.

While the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has been releasing almost daily statements threatening to start conflict, the cover of this morning’s Rodong Shinmun (Worker’s Paper) was almost entirely dominated by economic news.

“The party daily has been calling for economic growth as always, and factories and farms appear on the TV news before the announcers launch into anti-U.S. and anti-South Korean rhetoric,”