North Korea: Kim Jong-un stars in wild Top Gun-inspired video to showcase newest missile launch

North Korean chief Kim Jong Un has gone Hollywood in a video highlighting his latest missile launch. 

The U.S. condemned Thursday’s check launch of the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile and hit North Korea with new sanctions. 

However Kim heralded the check as a present of power that might deter future U.S. army strikes whereas he sarcastically imitated one of many largest American army touchstones: In a leather-based jacket and aviator shades, Kim drew comparisons to High Gun in a video selling the check to the general public. 

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Some commentators prompt he regarded extra like South Korean pop star Psy, the singer of the megahit Gangnam Fashion. 

The heavily-produced video of the launch featured sluggish movement, an 80s-inspired soundtrack, and many quick-cuts that you simply’d anticipate in an motion blockbuster. 

The Guardian reported that North Korea overhauled its state media to seek out extra “fashionable methods” to inform the nation’s “tales.” 

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These tales now embrace a number of army commanders shouting “hearth” as a missile launches into the sky. Kim and his prime aides shout “hurray.” Everybody celebrates with a slow-motion stroll down the tarmac. 

The video has already impressed a wave of memes which have labeled the video “Pyongyang Fashion” or “High Kim.” 

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North Korea has lengthy admired cinema and sought its affect: Kim’s father, Kim Jong Il, ordered the kidnapping of a South Korean movie director and an actor to assist develop North Korea’s personal business. 

North Korea has stepped up its check launch exercise in 2022, launching extra missiles in January this yr than it had throughout the entirety of 2021. Thursday’s check was the primary launch of the Hwasong-17, which Pyongyang had initially unveiled in Oct. 2020. 

February marked the primary launch of the Hwasong-15 missile, which Pyongyang claimed might strike the U.S. and “shake the world.” 

“There are greater than 200 international locations on the earth, however only some have hydrogen bombs, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and hypersonic missiles,” a International Ministry assertion mentioned on the time.