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title: Stop Criminal! (Thai poster distributed in Asia)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/stop-criminal-thai-1950-1955/
description: A Korean War poster in Thai. A giant hand marked with the United Nations abbreviation holds a spiked club above a Communist soldier in a red-starred cap.
section: Collection
---

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# Stop Criminal! (Thai poster distributed in Asia)

A Korean War poster in Thai. A giant hand marked with the United Nations abbreviation holds a spiked club above a Communist soldier in a red-starred cap, labelled as the aggressor, who stands over a bleeding figure labelled Republic of Korea; flag-bearers from many nations, among them a figure in the stars and stripes, run toward the scene. The text says 53 UN members condemned the Communist attack and that it must be stopped. The tell is name-calling ('criminal' or equivalent), with bandwagon in the ring of 53 national flags and fear-appeal in the blood.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ผู้ร้าย! หยุด!

53 สมาชิกของสหประชาชาติประณามการบุกรุกอย่างป่าเถื่อนของคอมมิวนิสต์ต่อสาธารณรัฐเกาหลี.

จะปล่อยให้คอมมิวนิสต์ผู้สร้างสงครามดำเนินการต่อไปไม่ได้!

มุ่งสันติภาพกับสหประชาชาติ!

สินนิบาตเสรีพันธ์
๒๔๙๓

[on hand:] สหประชาชาติ
[on soldier:] คอมมิวนิสต์ ผู้รุกราน
[on victim:] สาธารณรัฐเกาหลี

[handwritten, upper left:] Thai
[handwritten, lower left:] Korea Poster - Thai Version
```

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

```
Villain (criminal)! Stop! 53 members of the United Nations condemn the savage invasion by the Communists of the Republic of Korea. The war-making Communists cannot be allowed to continue! Aim for peace with the United Nations! [imprint line:] [as printed; reading uncertain] 2493 (Buddhist Era, equal to 1950). [hand:] United Nations [soldier:] Communist invader [victim:] Republic of Korea
```

The line before the Thai year is read as printed and its meaning is uncertain; the year 2493 is in the Buddhist Era (1950). Pencil notes in English are archival annotations.

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