We can chuckle about a Christmas tree's effect on north Korea but we should also realize that from a PSYOP/MISO perspective that this is in indication both of how seriously the regime takes psychological warfare and how much it fears it when its people are exposed to outside information. This is one more reason why we need the ROK/US alliance to conduct comprehensive psychological operations – both overtly and covertly.
V/R
Dave
NKOREA CRITICIZES SKOREAN BORDER XMAS TOWER
Dec. 24 5:00 AM EST
A 30-meter-tall (100-foot-tall) steel Christmas tree with about 30,000 light bulbs, is lit by Christian groups at the western mountain peak, known as Aegibong, in Gimpo, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. The Christmas tree would be visible by North Koreans living near the Demilitarized Zone that divided the two Koreas. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is accusing rival South Korea of using an illuminated frontline Christmas tower to engage in psychological warfare.
North Korean state media said Monday the lighting of the Christmas-tree-shaped tower is because Seoul was humiliated by Pyongyang successfully putting a satellite into orbit Dec. 12.
The United Nations and others call the launch a cover for a banned test of ballistic missile technology.
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