The official Twitter page for the Japanese city of Yokohama announced that “North Korea has launched a missile.” This would be scary if true, but because it didn’t actually happen, it’s just kind of embarrassing. The tweet, which was sent out to 40,000 followers, had been drafted in case, you know, North Korea actually did attack. It had blank spaces to indicate the time of the rocket launch. The city deleted the tweet and apologized to its followers. The tweet shows the angst in Japan over the increasingly erratic behavior of North Korea, which has been on a threat binge in recent weeks.
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Konnichi-Whoops! Japanese City Accidentally Tweets About North Korean Attack
Posted by: David Vranicar April 12, 2013 08:58 AMThe official Twitter page for the Japanese city of Yokohama announced that “North Korea has launched a missile.” This would be scary if true, but because it didn’t actually happen, it’s just kind of embarrassing. The tweet, which was sent out to 40,000 followers, had been drafted in case, you know, North Korea actually did attack. It had blank spaces to indicate the time of the rocket launch. The city deleted the tweet and apologized to its followers. The tweet shows the angst in Japan over the increasingly erratic behavior of North Korea, which has been on a threat binge in recent weeks.