New North Korea video shows Obama, US soldiers in flames

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has released a new propaganda video showing US soldiers and President Barack Obama burning in the flames of a nuclear blast.

The footage was uploaded on YouTube on Monday, two weeks after a separate video that showed New York city in flames after an apparent missile attack. Both videos were uploaded by the North's official website, Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the state media.

The latest effort came with a series of Korean-language captions, arguing that North Korea had been forced into conducting its latest nuclear test - on Feb 12 - by US hostility.

"The North's high-level nuclear test aimed at US invaders is the nuclear deterrent to safeguard our sovereignty," one caption read. "The US practically guided the North towards conducting the nuclear test," it added.

President Barack Obama speaks to troops, service-members and military families at the 1st Aviation Support Battalion Hangar at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. 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 U.S. hostility. -- FILE PHOTO: AP