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Balloon launch of “The Interview” DVDs to go ahead
A U.S.-based group says a launch it is sponsoring of balloons carrying copies of the Sony Pictures movie “The Interview” into North Korea will go ahead, despite threats against it by the North Korean government. The Human Rights Foundation said on Monday that the launch, performed by the group Fighters for Free North Korea (FFNK), would take place sometime this…
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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…
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Sony puts ‘The Interview’ online
What a difference a week makes. The Christmas Day release of “The Interview” is back on and Sony has already begun offering the movie online. The movie, a comedy in which two TV reporters embark on a secret mission to kill Kim Jong Un, appeared on YouTube and Google Play on December 23 at 1pm ET.…
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Where do we stand on the Sony hack?
It’s been a busy few days for North Korea watchers. After a couple of weeks of no solid news on the Sony hack, the FBI has finally released a few details from its preliminary investigation That’s great news because there has been a lot of confused reporting on the case. The leaks from the FBI have…
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FBI blames North Korea for Sony hack
The FBI has blamed North Korea for the massive cyber attack on Sony. Here’s the agency’s statement in full: Today, the FBI would like to provide an update on the status of our investigation into the cyber attack targeting Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). In late November, SPE confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber…
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Harsh reaction follows Sony’s canceling of “The Interview”
A day after Sony said it would not be releasing “The Interview” movie in theaters, on DVDs or online, reaction from Hollywood, politicians and TV commentators in the U.S. has been harsh. The mood was perhaps summed up best by Rob Lowe: Wow. Everyone caved. The hackers won. An utter and complete victory for them.…
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Sony pulls ‘The Interview’
So much for standing up to terrorists. Bowing to the demands of hackers and handing them a major victory, Sony said Wednesday that it is pulling “The Interview” from movie theaters. The movie, which was due to open on December 25, follows two American showbiz reporters offered the chance to interview Kim Jong Un. Before they…
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DPRK takes “The Interview” movie complaint to the UN
North Korea has taken its outrage over a new Hollywood movie to the United Nations. Ja Song Nam, the country’s ambassador to the U.N., sent a letter to Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on June 27 with a copy of a Korean Central News Agency article that expressed displeasure at “The Interview,” a movie by…
