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Watch: N. Korean video shows Obama in flames
Against backdrop of increasing UN sanctions aimed at Pyongyang, North Korea issues propaganda video that presents US president, American troops on fire, nuclear device explosion
A new North Korean video portrays President Barack Obama and American troops in flames and says the North conducted its recent nuclear test because of US hostility.
The video follows a string of critical rhetoric against the United States. Another video posted earlier this month showed an American city being attacked by missiles.
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The most recent video, posted Sunday by a YouTube account affiliated with a pro-reunification government agency, shows a blazing fire superimposed over footage of Obama, and ends with a generic simulation of a nuclear device exploding underground.
North Korean video
The United States currently is negotiating in the Security Council for stronger UN sanctions against Pyongyang following a Feb. 12 nuclear test in the far northeast, the country's third since 2006.
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