North Korea test-fired what appeared to be two intermediate range ballistic missiles on Thursday, but both failed, the U.S. military said, in a setback for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ahead of next week\’s ruling party congress.
The U.S. State Department urged North Korea on Tuesday to refrain from actions that destabilize the region and said it would consider \”other\” options if Pyongyang continued its nuclear and ballistic missile testing.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the exercise of newly developed multiple rocket launchers and ordered his country to be ready to use nuclear weapons \”at any time\” in the face of a growing threat from enemies, its official media said on Friday.
Sony Pictures said on Tuesday it will release \”The Interview\” to a limited number of theaters on Dec. 25, less than a week after it canceled the comedy\’s release following a devastating cyberattack blamed on North Korea.
The head of Sony Pictures consulted with a senior U.S. official in June, days after North Korea threatened \”merciless countermeasures\” over the release of an upcoming film featuring a plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un, leaked emails show.
The New York premiere of \”The Interview\”, a Sony Pictures comedy about the assassination of North Korean President Kim Jong-Un, has been canceled and a source said one theatre chain had scrapped plans to show it, after threats from a hacking group.
I know what I’m doing on Christmas Day: First Chinese food, then “The Interview.”
Sony Corp. Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai ordered the film \”The Interview\” to be toned down after Pyongyang denounced it for depicting the assassination of North Korea\’s leader, according to emails apparently stolen from Sony\’s Hollywood studio.
North Korea on Wednesday denounced a forthcoming American comedy film featuring a plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong Un as an act of terrorism and threatened to unleash a \”merciless counter-measure\” if Washington failed to ban the movie.
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un had a problem. Seems he’s been taking a lot of heat lately for having Jang Song Thaek, his uncle and mentor, arrested, publicly humiliated in front of the country’s ruling elite, called out as a traitor, put on trial and executed- all with the lightening speed of an NBA All-Star fast-break.
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