Editing Paean (section)

==Modern usage==
Paean is now usually used to mean an expression of praise or exultation (such as its coining in the redundant expression "paeans of praise"). A song called "Paean" was used in a Chinese propaganda film called ''[[The East Is Red (1965 film)|The East Is Red]]''. 
===USS ''Pueblo'' confession===
After being captured by [[North Korea]] in 1968, the commander of [[USS Pueblo (AGER-2)|USS ''Pueblo'']], [[Lloyd M. Bucher]], used "paean" (read 'pee on', i.e. [[Urine|urinate]] on) as a code that his confession was forced. Under threat of death, Bucher agreed to "confess to his and the crew's transgression" in his own hand, and included the phrase "We paean the [[DPRK]] [North Korea]. We paean their great leader Kim Il Sung".<ref name="Pearlman">{{cite news|last=Pearlman|first=Gary|url=http://www.thepalmbeachtimes.com/Pages/Korea.php|title=End of North Korea?|work=[[The Palm Beach Times]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142602/http://www.thepalmbeachtimes.com/Pages/Korea.php|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>