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title: Korea Exhibit No. 2 poster, sheet h (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/korea-exhibit-no-2-hamhung-caves-thai-1954/
description: A Thai-language sheet from a Korea exhibit set. A tilted photograph shows two long rows of bodies laid out on a road below cave openings while workers
section: Collection
---

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

A Thai-language sheet from a Korea exhibit set. A tilted photograph shows two long rows of bodies laid out on a road below cave openings while workers carry stretchers; a red handprint and red smear are printed over and below it. The text states that 300 Korean civilians were confined to death by retreating North Korean troops in caves near Hamhung after being flogged. The tell is the mass-casualty photograph with an accusation of atrocity against 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

```
ศพของพลเรือนชาวเกาหลี ๓๐๐ คนที่ถูกทหารเกาหลีเหนือขณะที่ล่าถอยขังไว้จนตาย ในถ้ำต่าง ๆ ใกล้เมืองฮัมฮุง บุคคลเหล่านี้ถูกโบยก่อนแล้วจึงส่งตัวเข้าขังในถ้ำ
```

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

```
Bodies of 300 Korean civilians whom North Korean troops, while retreating, confined until they died, in various caves near the city of Hamhung. These persons were first flogged and then sent into confinement in the caves.
```

Thai script read from the image; the numeral is printed in Thai digits (๓๐๐ = 300). The first clause is grammatically incomplete as printed.

[← Korea Exhibit No. 2 poster, sheet g (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/korea-exhibit-no-2-corpses-taedong-thai-1954/) [Anba' Moussawarah (Pictorial News) No. 35/54: News in Pictures (illustrated news sheet distributed in Beirut) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/anba-moussawarah-35-news-in-pictures-beirut-1954/)

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