Soldiers at a shooting range featuring targets of Americans set on fire | Image: Eric Lafforgue (April 2010)
South Korea condemned North Korea for organizing a rally this week to burn President Yoon Suk-yeol in effigy, stating that Pyongyang went “too far” as it ratchets up internal anti-ROK and U.S. activities.
State media also published dozens of photos Friday of anti-Yoon protests in Seoul as part of efforts to paint him as a “puppet” of Washington with no domestic support, while reporting on more domestic rallies calling for “exterminating” Americans and South Koreans.
South Korea condemned North Korea for organizing a rally this week to burn President Yoon Suk-yeol in effigy, stating that Pyongyang went “too far” as it ratchets up internal anti-ROK and U.S. activities.
State media also published dozens of photos Friday of anti-Yoon protests in Seoul as part of efforts to paint him as a “puppet” of Washington with no domestic support, while reporting on more domestic rallies calling for “exterminating” Americans and South Koreans.
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Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. He joined the company in 2018 after receiving a master's degree in international security and foreign policy from South Korea's Yonsei University. Follow him on Twitter.