Google translator turns North Korean propaganda into humour

UNDERSTANDING the gulf between reality and fantasy in the current spat between the United States and North Korea is not being helped by Google translate.

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UNDERSTANDING the gulf between reality and fantasy in the current spat between the United States and North Korea is not being helped by Google translate.

When internet chat board Buzzfeed took a look at Pyongyang's official mouthpiece, the result proved a source for hilarity as well as concern.

The North Korean Twitter account, @uriminzok, has seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks as tensions with South Korea escalated.

EXCELLENT PICTURES OF KIM JONG-UN.

Many of the Google translations are unfortunate:

리명박이 속에 없는 눈물을 쥐여짜며 생떼같은 젊은이들을 바다속에 수장한 죄악을 감추어보려고 아무리 잔꾀를 부려도 그에 속을 사람은 없다.tinyurl.com/cajrdeo

— uriminzokkiri (@uriminzok) March 29, 2013

"This genus tears young people head in the sea, such as saengtte jwiyeo jjamyeo rimyeongbak concealed sin to see him in person there is no tricks, no matter no amount."

우리는 천하무도한 괴뢰역적들에게서 사죄따위는 바라지도 않으며 사죄할놈도 없이 모조리 없애버릴것이다tinyurl.com/cpr8trn

— uriminzokkiri (@uriminzok) March 29, 2013

"Tee martial arts from the puppet traitor apology apology does not even want what the bastard, we will get rid of them all without."

인간으로 살기 싫어하는자들에게는 응당한 징벌을 내려야 하는것이 필연적결단이다.tinyurl.com/cncqmpv

— uriminzokkiri (@uriminzok) March 29, 2013

"Punishment for those who do not live as human beings eungdanghan to make that decision is inevitable:"

굶주린 재빛승냥이처럼 움푹 패인 잔인한 눈알을 굴리며 도발의 구멍수만 노리는 호전광 김관진을 군부우두머리로 올려앉힌 청와대 안방주인도 화를 톡톡히 당하게 될것이다tinyurl.com/czp9fy7

— uriminzokkiri (@uriminzok) March 29, 2013

"Provocation of the hole, rolling eyeball recessed brutal jackals like a hungry jaebit Blue House doorstep perched aiming arc-optical gimgwanjin Be the military chiefs of tens of thousands of angry owners also will be letting toktokhi."

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The hastening drumbeat of war - seemingly bringing the region to the very brink of conflict with threats and provocations - appears aimed to force Washington to the negotiating table, pressure the new president in Seoul to change policy on North Korea, and build unity inside the communist country without triggering a full-blown war.

But even as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issues midnight battle cries to his generals to ready their rockets, he and his million-man army know full well that a successful missile strike on U.S. targets would be suicide for the outnumbered, out-powered North Korean regime.

And the propaganda machine - desperate to paint North Korea as a credible international power - needs to be more aware of just what its words look like.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said North Korea's "bellicose rhetoric'' would only deepen its international isolation.

Inside Pyongyang, much of the military rhetoric feels like theatrics. It's not unusual to see people toting rifles in North Korea, where soldiers and checkpoints are a fixture in the heavily militarised society.

But more often than not in downtown Pyongyang, the rifle stashed in a rucksack is a prop and the "soldier'' is a dancer, one of the many performers rehearsing for a Korean War-themed extravaganza set to debut later this year.

- With AP