North Korea looked at the scoreboard, and now it's pissed. In response to The Interview releasing on streaming services and in independent theaters, the country released an angry statement through its state news agency. In it Barack Obama is called the "chief culprit" who forced Sony to "indiscriminately distribute" the controversial film.
Despite being upset, North Korea is still denying it's responsible for hacking Sony. "If the U.S. is to persistently insist that the hacking attack was made by the DPRK," the statement said, "the U.S. should produce evidence without fail, though belatedly."
The White House has yet to respond, presumably because the chants of "USA! USA! USA!" in theaters and in homes have drowned out the news. In the meantime we have our own response:
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Update: The statement was apparently more harsh than CNN reported. An unidentified North Korean spokesman reportedly called the president a monkey, according to THR. "Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest," the statement said. "...the U.S., a big country, started disturbing the Internet operation of major media of the DPRK, not knowing shame like children playing a tag."
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[via CNN]
