N Korea shows off nuclear ambitions with ice sculptures

  • Many of the isolated nation’s citizens spent New Year’s Eve at the Pyongyang Ice Sculpture Festival
  • Visitors took pictures in front of large ice sculptures of   Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile
  • It comes after a former top US military officer said the United States iscloser than it has ever been to a nuclear war with North Korea

North Korea marked the New Year in typically hostile fashion by showing off the country’s nuclear ambitions – with ice.

Many of the isolated nation’s citizens spent New Year’s Eve at the Pyongyang Ice Sculpture Festival on Kim Il Sung Square.

There, visitors took pictures with sculptures inspired by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s determination to build a nuclear arsenal. 

Taking pride of place at the festival was aa massive – and phallic – ice sculpture depicting a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

A group of men stand before an ice sculpture depicting a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at the Pyongyang Ice Sculpture Festival on New Year’s Eve

Children pose for a photo before an ice sculpture of an ICBM and self-propelled launcher at the festival on Kim Il Sung Square

Children pose for a photo before an ice sculpture of an ICBM and self-propelled launcher at the festival on Kim Il Sung Square

Children stand before an ice sculpture at the Pyongyang Ice Sculpture Festival, marking the New Year on Kim Il Sung Square

Children stand before an ice sculpture at the Pyongyang Ice Sculpture Festival, marking the New Year on Kim Il Sung Square

 



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