North Korea’s long history of attacking America — with anti-U.S. stamps

North Korea started its official “Struggle Against U.S. Imperialism” month by releasing two new postage stamps.

Surprise! They are not exactly a stars-and-stripes spectacular. Instead, the stamps offer some grim images predicting the promised annihilation of America. In one, a fist crushes an American missile, and a flag explodes in tatters. In the other, a hand holds a gun and eight missiles point toward a building that looks suspiciously like the U.S. Capitol.

The new offerings are part of a month of massive celebrations, including a gigantic anti-America rally where people carried placards reading “American imperialists are the war aggressor” and “Defend!” Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency issued a statement calling on the world to stand up against “the fatty monster US imperialists” and calling the U.S. “a paper tiger easy to be crushed and set on fire.” The month commemorates the outbreak of the Korean War.

It's not the first time. North Korea has a rich tradition of issuing stamps about the American enemy, dating to the 1960s. As Quartz explained, “North Korea has issued hundreds of politically-themed stamps since 1946, and graphic anti-American motifs began appearing in the 1960s.”

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