These two leaflets (front and back) were sent courtesy of “NC,” who picked them up while on patrol in the DMZ in 1988. The DPRK-speak is entertaining, as always. Translations below each leaflet.

The vertical text on the left side says, “Dark Plot.”

Presidential candidate (1988) Roh Tae-woo is campaigning, saying, “I will reestablish democratization as your wish,” but is shown on the leash of a big-nosed U.S. military type.

Under the magnifying glass, the organ to the left (liver?) is labeled, “follow the USA” (note that “USA” is very faint above the Korean text) and the knife plunged into it is labeled, “Kwangju Arrow,” referring to the (mythical) U.S. involvement in the 1980 Kwangju massacre.

The organ to the right (stomach? heart?) is labeled, “the next president,” and shows bags of dollars sustaining it, whether that represents food or blood I’m not sure.

Below knife says, “preserving the dictatorial regime.”

The slogan below reads, “Let’s not be taken in by this campaign, and let’s overthrow the pro-American military dictator.”

Across the top reads, “Anti-America, liberalization, anti-fascist democratization.”

The banner across the middle states, “The power of a united county is unbeatable.”

The expressions at the bottom read (from left to right):
“Democratic government establishment”
“USA expulsion”
“National unification by ourselves”
“Overthrow the military dictator”

The figure in the lower right-hand corner is labeled in smaller text, “Roh Tea-woo.”

This flyer reads:
“To military servicemen!
Let’s firmly defeat the behavior of the national-sellout traitors Chun (Doo-hwan) and No (Tae-woo’s) gang, and the behavior of highway robbery by the Americans and Japanese, extending invasive hocus-pocus even to the bottom of sea.”

To the left is South Korea (note: “한군” is used rather than “조선” for North Korea) with a sign saying, “USA naval base,” and on the far right is Japan (Mt. Fuji in the background) with a sign also labeled, “USA naval base.”

The fish on the left asks, “What is this sound?” The fish on the right replies, “The sound of making a road for the Japanese to strike” (note the term used for Japanese is the derogatory, “외놈”). The big-nosed American solider appears to be sneaking a nuclear (“N”) missile through the tunnel under the Sea of Japan (East Sea).

Across the bottom states: “The invasive hocus-pocus at the bottom of sea – USA, Japan, South Korea, the production of military collusion between the three countries.”