Near North Korea’s Border, a Chinese Paper Offers Tips on Nuclear Fallout
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Near North Korea’s Border, a Chinese Paper Offers Tips on Nuclear Fallout
Residents of Jilin province, which abuts North Korea
and Russia, had a jostling reminder of the dangers of nuclear detonations in early September, when the province was physically shaken by an earthquake set off by what North Korea described as a successful test of a hydrogen bomb.
The newspaper, Jilin Daily, printed the advice as the United States
and South Korea were conducting extensive military exercises this week, and after President Trump repeatedly threatened to take unspecified action if North Korea did not agree to halt its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
6, 2017
SHANGHAI — The official newspaper of a Chinese province adjoining North Korea published a full page of blunt advice on Wednesday
about what to do in case of a nuclear explosion or radioactive fallout, from hiding indoors to bathing quickly with soap.
The suggestions, including cartoons vaguely reminiscent of those published in the United States during the 1950s, emphasized taking shelter indoors, washing off suspected radioactive dust from exposed body parts
and shoes, and taking other precautions consistent with past tips from civil defense experts in the West.
Residents of Jilin province, which abuts North Korea
and Russia, had a jostling reminder of the dangers of nuclear detonations in early September, when the province was physically shaken by an earthquake set off by what North Korea described as a successful test of a hydrogen bomb.
The newspaper, Jilin Daily, printed the advice as the United States
and South Korea were conducting extensive military exercises this week, and after President Trump repeatedly threatened to take unspecified action if North Korea did not agree to halt its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
6, 2017
SHANGHAI — The official newspaper of a Chinese province adjoining North Korea published a full page of blunt advice on Wednesday
about what to do in case of a nuclear explosion or radioactive fallout, from hiding indoors to bathing quickly with soap.
The suggestions, including cartoons vaguely reminiscent of those published in the United States during the 1950s, emphasized taking shelter indoors, washing off suspected radioactive dust from exposed body parts
and shoes, and taking other precautions consistent with past tips from civil defense experts in the West.