North Korea and Australia established diplomatic relations less than half a year ago. Why did North Korea unilaterally break off diplomatic relations? What is the whole story?

A very ironic thing happened between North Korea and Australia in history. The two countries established communication relations in the 1970s, but less than half a year later, North Korea announced that it had broken diplomatic relations unilaterally, and the reason for breaking diplomatic relations was that there was something wrong with North Korea's translation, which really confirmed what people said. Being uneducated is terrible.

This incident originated from 1976 because a poplar tree caused a bloody case. At that time, North Korea and South Korea drew a 38th parallel between them because of some historical problems. One day, when South Korea and American troops were patrolling, they found a poplar tree growing near the 38th parallel, so American and Korean troops cut it down. However, due to the unique geographical location, the North Korean army began to pay attention to it, and the two sides clashed after the communication failed.

At that time, both armies used axes to cut trees as weapons. As a result, a North Korean soldier was hacked to death and the axe fell into the hands of North Koreans. There is evidence for this, because there is a line of English on the axe, which is made in Australia, and the translation of North Korea is abruptly translated into Australia. These two English words are similar, but they represent two different countries, one is Austria. The other is Australia, and then Australia becomes a beggar unconsciously. North Korea unilaterally broke off diplomatic relations with Australia and did not resume formal diplomatic relations until 2000.

The oolong incident triggered by an English word finally made this joke an international joke. What is even more depressing is that it was not until many years later that Australia figured out the whole story of that year, which really made people laugh and cry.