North Korea has released propaganda posters boasting that the US mainland "is within our strike range!" and condemning United Nations sanctions over its recent missile tests.
The colourful posters and defiant slogans are the latest sign of the tensions between Washington and Pyongyang over the North's nuclear weapons program. Military images and fiery anti-US messages are common in North Korean propaganda.
One of the posters shows a barrage of missiles fired from launchers toward a map of the US in flames. The blue-lettered slogan reads: "All of the US mainland is within our strike range!"
Another has a torn American flag with the labels "Military option. Pre-emptive strike. Sanctions resolution." Red missiles emerge from a North Korean flag with the words: "Our answer!"
The KCNA state news agency did not say why the posters were being released now.
Propaganda poster released by North Korea depicting the United States 'strike rage.' Source: KCNA
US President Donald Trump warned North Korea last week it would face "fire and fury" if it threatened the US, prompting North Korea to say it was considering plans to fire missiles toward the US Pacific territory of Guam.
Trump later praised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a "wise" decision after he delayed the Guam decision.
Another of the posters denounced UN sanctions and hailed North Korea's self reliance. "No one can stop our way!," it read.
The UN Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on August 5 that could slash by a third the Asian state's $US3 billion annual export revenue over its two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July.
"What is typical in these posters is the image of an undaunted, fierce North Korea that is not fazed by the moves by the United States or the United Nations," Koen de Ceuster, an expert on North Korea at the University of Leiden, told Reuters.
"It reinforces the images of the strides North Korea made in missile capability and how North Korea is undaunted by any challenges to its sovereignty." he said.
