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Grinch N. Korea Shakes Fist at South's Christmas Lights

Pyongyang is not happy with Christmas tree-shaped tower on border

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 24, 2012 4:45 PM CST

(Newser) – Dear Whos in Whoville, South Korea can surely feel your pain: It seems that Seoul opted to let Christians light a Christmas tree-shaped tower on the frontline over the weekend. This egregious affront predictably triggered a not-over-the-top-whatsoever response from Mount Crumpit, er, Pyongyang, which is now accusing its southern neighbor of engaging in psychological warfare due to its acute embarrassment earlier this month over the North's staggering victory in managing to get a missile off the ground. Unspecified-but-surely-dire consequences are pending if South Korea doesn't take the tower down; the AP notes that it goes dark Jan. 2.

The offending 100-foot-tall steel Christmas tree tower with about 30,000 light bulbs, is lit by Christian groups in Gimpo, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. The North is not happy.
The offending 100-foot-tall steel Christmas tree tower with about 30,000 light bulbs, is lit by Christian groups in Gimpo, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. The North is not happy.   (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Happy South Koreans wearing Santa Claus costumes in Seoul, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. Unspecified consequences for such holiday spirit are pending.
Happy South Koreans wearing Santa Claus costumes in Seoul, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. Unspecified consequences for such holiday spirit are pending.   (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Kim Jong Un, right under a portrait of his late father Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012.
Kim Jong Un, right under a portrait of his late father Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012.   (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Kim Jong Un is not happy.
Kim Jong Un is not happy.   (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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COMMENTS
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CRITICXTREME
Dec 25, 2012 8:20 PM CST
You have to wonder if these people have any contact with the outside world. This place is like Cuba minus the hot girls. 
Naked_Emperor
Dec 25, 2012 1:28 PM CST
Ahhh.  The should have done the lit middle finger. http://www.newser.com/story/159755/judge-woman-can-flip-off-neighbors-via-holiday-lights.html
iontheprize1
Dec 25, 2012 12:10 PM CST
Uh isn't this the guy that TIME called Man of the Year? Seriously? I just do not see why TIME named a man that after trying to bomb us with a rocket that failed. Why would you name him that after trying to do that to USA? It astonishes me. And on top of it, it ends up in Japan territory. My son lives in Japan
 

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