Half-kilometre long Kim Jong-un propaganda message visible from space

National Post Staff | Nov 23, 2012 10:39 AM ET | Last Updated: Nov 23, 2012 10:41 AM ET
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Google Earth A massive 560 m slogan praising North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been carved into a hillside near a lake in Ryanggang Province. The slogan, which was identified in a satellite photo on Google Earth, reads "Long Live Gen. Kim Jong-un, the Shining Sun of [North Korea]!" Each letter measures 15 m by 20 m, about the size of a building. It is unclear exactly when the slogan was carved into the hillside. The Google Earth image was taken on Oct. 6. The area around the lake with the slogan is around 9 km south of Hyesan near the Chinese border. The huge manmade lake was created after a hydroelectric power station was built there in May 2007.

 

North Korea’ Kim Jong-un is now extolled in a propaganda message that can be seen from space.

The message built in the Ryanggang Province, according to the BBC, reads ”Long Live General Kim Jong-un, the Shining Sun!” and is more than half a kilometre long. Each letter is about the size of a small building.

Google Earth  Massive 560 m slogan praising North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been carved into 

a hillside near a lake in Ryanggang Province.

According to the South Korean paper Chosun Ilbo, the practise dates back to the 1970s when Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il’s names were carved into the side of a mountain.
Kim Jong-un takes after his father even in his penchant for damaging nature in order to perpetuate the cult surrounding the Kim family,” said one former high-ranking North Korean official who defected to the South told Chosun Ilbo.

REUTERS/KCNA/Files   North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) waves as he visits military units 

on islands southwest of Pyongyang

Kim, who took over in December, has projected a sharply different image from his reclusive late father, but there have been no firm signs of any fundamental switch in policy.

Google Earth   Massive 560 m slogan praising North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been carved 

into a hillside near a lake in Ryanggang Province.