"강성대국을 향하여!": roadside slogan board (photographed 2011)
A long roadside board in a wooded area carries a gold panel with the slogan 'Toward a strong and prosperous nation!', a red headline above it, a panel of three helmeted soldiers, and smaller text panels beneath. The upper headline invokes the anti-Japanese guerrilla struggle as the model for mind, study and life. The tell is transfer: the guerrilla-era past is used to dignify a present-day goal, 'strong and prosperous nation', that is named but not defined.
- Date
- August 13, 2011
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- Workers' Party of Korea (street sign, issuer not named on the object)
- Region
- East Asia
- Country
- North Korea
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- Party
- Leader
- Kim Jong Il
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Techniques
- Glittering generalitiesTransfer
- Leader
- Kim Jong Un
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Openly licensed (CC BY 2.0, per Wikimedia Commons)
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Text on the object
[gold panel:] 강성대국을 향하여! [red headline above:] 정신도 학습도 생활도 항일유격대식으로! [smaller panels:] [not legible]
[gold panel:] Toward a strong and prosperous nation! [red headline above:] In mind, in study, in life, the anti-Japanese guerrilla way! [smaller panels:] [not legible]
The large slogans are legible in the 960 px preview; the small panel text is not and is not guessed. The red headline on the left-hand section is not transcribed. Translation by machine, not verified by a fluent reader.
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