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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Propaganda coup
Hi,
This excerpt of from the Gaurdian:
It comes after former President Bill Clinton's recent meeting with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il that secured the release of two arrested American journalists who had been sentenced to long jail terms for crossing into the country illegally. Clinton's visit was welcomed by many, who applauded the freeing of the two women. But others attacked it, saying it represented a propaganda coup for Pyongyang, which has long sought direct engagement with the US as it pursues its nuclear weapons programme.
I don't know what a propaganda coup is.
Does the last sentence mean that Clinton's request for the release of the two journalists was granted only because the leader wanted to established with the US a rapport which was hoped to make the US's opposition to North Korea's nuclear weapons programme less vehement?
Thanks in advance
This excerpt of from the Gaurdian:
It comes after former President Bill Clinton's recent meeting with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il that secured the release of two arrested American journalists who had been sentenced to long jail terms for crossing into the country illegally. Clinton's visit was welcomed by many, who applauded the freeing of the two women. But others attacked it, saying it represented a propaganda coup for Pyongyang, which has long sought direct engagement with the US as it pursues its nuclear weapons programme.
I don't know what a propaganda coup is.
Does the last sentence mean that Clinton's request for the release of the two journalists was granted only because the leader wanted to established with the US a rapport which was hoped to make the US's opposition to North Korea's nuclear weapons programme less vehement?
Thanks in advance
Top answer
Here's how I see it: a propaganda coup for Pyongyang - a big win, a big success for North Korea, and something they could use in their propaganda -- exaggerated or false announcements to stir up patriotism in their own country. They now have something to brag about to their people. Christanford Does the last sentence mean that Clinton's request for the release of the two journalists was granted only because the leader wanted to established with the US a rapport which was hoped to make the US's opposition to North Korea's nuclear weapons programme less vehement?
- Here's how I see it: a propaganda coup for Pyongyang - a big win, a big success for North Korea, and something they could use in their propaganda -- exaggerated or false announcements to stir up patriotism in their own country.
- They now have something to brag about to their people.
- Christanford Does the last sentence mean that Clinton's request for the release of the two journalists was granted only because the leader wanted to established with the US a rapport which was hoped to make the US's opposition to North Korea's nuclear weapons programme less vehement?
- Yes.
- That's the general idea.
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Here's how I see it:
a propaganda coup for Pyongyang - a big win, a big success for North Korea, and something they could use in their propaganda -- exaggerated or false announcements to stir up patriotism in their own country. They now have something to brag about to their people.
a propaganda coup for Pyongyang - a big win, a big success for North Korea, and something they could use in their propaganda -- exaggerated or false announcements to stir up patriotism in their own country. They now have something to brag about to their people.
ChristanfordDoes the last sentence mean that Clinton's request for the release of
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