Tag: 국방위원회

  • North Korea accuses US of Internet disturbance

    North Korea accuses US of Internet disturbance

    North Korea has accused the U.S. of disrupting its Internet service and has renewed a call to participate in a joint investigation into claims that it hacked Sony Pictures Entertainment. [UPDATE: English recording of Voice of Korea added below.] The country’s websites were offline for more than nine hours on December 22 after an apparent denial…

  • Voice of Korea on the Sony hack

    Voice of Korea on the Sony hack

    North Korea’s powerful National Defense Commission responded with its first statement on the Sony hack and accusations by the U.S. that it was responsible. The statement was read out on Voice of Korea, the country’s international shortwave radio service, and makes interesting listening. It’s not exactly the same as the text statement that was carried on…

  • Pyongyang breaks silence on Sony hack

    Pyongyang breaks silence on Sony hack

    Two weeks after computers at Sony Pictures were taken offline by a major hack and just over a week since North Korea was mentioned as a suspect, the country’s state media has commented for the first time and denied any involvement in the attack. In a report on Sunday, the Korean Central News Agency carried…