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title: Korea Exhibit No. 2 poster, sheet g (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/korea-exhibit-no-2-corpses-taedong-thai-1954/
description: A Thai-language sheet from a Korea exhibit set. A tilted photograph shows several bodies in shallow water, one with hands bound behind the back.
section: Collection
---

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# Korea Exhibit No. 2 poster, sheet g (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)

A Thai-language sheet from a Korea exhibit set. A tilted photograph shows several bodies in shallow water, one with hands bound behind the back, with red blood spatter printed at the lower right. A boxed caption states that these are some of 24 Korean civilians killed by North Korean Communist troops and left at a river as the troops retreated. The tell is the graphic photograph with a caption assigning blame to one side.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Outrage bait](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/outrage-bait/)

## Text on the object

Original (Thai) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
นี่คือทรากศพชาวเกาหลีส่วนหนึ่งในจำนวนพลเรือน ๒๔ คนที่ถูกทหารคอมมูนิสต์เกาหลีเหนือฆ่าตายแล้วทิ้งไว้ที่แม่น้ำแต้ดง ขณะที่ล่าถอยกลับไป
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
These are the remains of some of the Korean civilians, among 24 civilians, who were killed by North Korean Communist troops and left at the Taedong River while they retreated.
```

Thai script read from the image; the river name is read as printed in Thai transliteration (Taedong) and may be misread at this resolution.

[← Korea Exhibit No. 2 poster, sheet f (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/korea-exhibit-no-2-airman-stabbed-thai-1954/) [Korea Exhibit No. 2 poster, sheet h (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/korea-exhibit-no-2-hamhung-caves-thai-1954/)

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