North Korea's Nuclear Cinema

<b><i>North Korea's Nuclear Cinema</i> examines why and how North Korea has transitioned to an image-based nuclear power in the changing context of a post-Cold War world.</b> What exactly is the North Korean nuclear threat? Why is North Korea engaging in hostilities when its erstwhile adversaries have offered a diplomatic exit ramp? Chapter by chapter it explains how North Korea's footage-based nuclear politics is presented as military practice but ultimately traces its lineage to cinematic propaganda a tradition that blurs the line between image and reality.<br/> <br/> By leveraging cinematic resources in place of physical military mobilization North Korea continues to move international political actors with the mere suggestion of nuclear power. At a moment when North Korea is enhancing media representation this book dives into a timely exploration of how the regime is projecting state power as South Korean televisual media challenges the North Korean communist spectacle that has held a captive audience for decades.