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North Korea threatens "merciless" response over Seth Rogen film

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/25/north-korea-merciless-response-us-kim-jong-un-film (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/25/north-korea-merciless-response-us-kim-jong-un-film)

<< Country wants film about attempt to assassinate Kim Jong-un banned and says failure to stop its release will be "act of war". >>

Please, me pouring milk over my cereal is an act of war to this nutbag.  Apparently the display of food to his citizens causes them much emotional pain.  Bite me Kimster!

This is awesome promotion, the movie is going to be a boxoffice winner for sure, heck, I might actually go to the cinema to see it. :)

What's he going to do, come over here and piss on the White House lawn? It's like a mouse sneaking up close to a sleeping lion and squeaking in his ear. He might wake up just enough to inhale the nuisance.

Raise your hand if you're tired of that fat kid talking like a tough guy. I bet a few hands would go up in the DPRK also. In fact if you ever wanted to send him a birthday card this would be a good time. I doubt moon face has many left.

The bigger picture here is that he knows that it will become popular on some level (not saying it'll be Top Gun) and it will find its way into South Korean society. In turn, things that become popular in the South are usually smuggled North and passed around on the underground and it becomes a quiet frenzy for Northerners to get their hands on trendy things from below. This is damn near the ultimate crime against the state in the North to view such content and plant the unthinkable seed in an already unstable situation. Believe it or not, it's the youngsters of the Party elites and cadres that get their hands on these trendy things from the South since they have the most access and funds to do so and this is why it's of grave concern. Kim and his propaganda department have worked these youngsters over all of their lives w/ nonsense and one forbidden trendy flick from the South could undermine that in a large way.

Let the sociopath rant all he wants to. He's a spoiled child who throws a temper tantrum when he doesn't get his way. Wake up, Kimmy boy! No one cares about you! Now, go back to supressing your people, and stop trying to play with the grown-ups.

North Korea is always talking about war, but China would not allow it. They have financial interest in both the South and the North. In addition, I think Kim is not stupid - he just uses these claims to seem powerful to the citizens.  There's simply no way, at present, that north korea would take over the US.

This makes me want to see it more. The scary thing is that this psychopath has a limited stockpile of atomic weapons. That is one country where a coupe might actually be good news.

Is he going to launch a nuclear war, just because someone mocked him in a movie? I was thinking that Kim Jong-il was the craziest head of nation in the recorded history. Now there is a new claimant to that title.

The cult of character assassination...

(Given they apparently thought the Onion's 'World's Sexiest Man' article was true, and pass off any fictions as truth that they see fit, perhaps they're actually worried about being bumped off in 90 minutes + credits, all for a laugh.)

He probably would launch a few missiles to the sea. Or maybe try a new nuclear testing. Kim is not that dumb, Kim is the puppet of the party he will be killed if he don't follow them.

Wrong, Kim and his family are in control of his party, it's the Chinese who pull the strings, why do you think the Americans can't touch him?

Do you know why Little Kim killed his Uncle and his uncle supporters? It is because he is a Chinese stooge. Do you why America didn't conquer North Korea? Because they have a nuclear deterrent, It means South Korea's destruction. And the reward is very minimal because North Korea is very poor and don't have oil.

A movie even the Great leader of North Korea saw and hated
I can actually see a good trailer being made for this.

"reckless US provocative insanity". (North Korea Bureau)
The Summer blockbuster of the year

Great Leader coming to the theater near you soon.

Funny, they threatened the USA........

SETH ROGEN IS CANADIAN!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Maybe they're planning to take over the whole world at once.

lol.. He threatened the producers of the movie, and not the actors. James Weaver is from the US, right? Also Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are Jewish. Kim should threaten to destroy Israel as well.

that would make iran very happy.

I want to see how "merciless" can they be

We all know NK is China's crazy uncle.  It gets out all the crazy talking points and threats through NK.  Rock and a hard place, China being the rock.  Things will continue status qou with Elmer Fudd until China changes it's mind.

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North Korea complains to UN about Seth Rogen comedy The Interview

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/10/north-korea-un-the-interview-seth-rogen-james-franco (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/10/north-korea-un-the-interview-seth-rogen-james-franco)

<< The Interview, concerning a TV host and producer hired to assassinate Kim Jong-un, has been condemned by North Korea as "sponsoring terrorism". >>

I fully believe that Kim Jong-Un and his family have been a murderous catastrophe for the North Korean people, but it doesn't help that most of the attention it receives from the international community is made-up stories (the haircut, the flamethrower executions, feeding uncle to dogs etc.) that allow us to see the whole country as a slapstick, madcap bit of Bond villainy rather than the deliberate throttling of tens of millions of people.

I think that the media purposely makes it more 'exiting', after all, it's a good distraction from national problems.
Some stories are probably real, but both sides aren't showing what's really going on. Interestingly enough NK missles hit SK before, is  the SK radar / military technology not that advanced.. or is there another reason why they were not destroyed?

Having seen the trailer, it hardly looks like blockbuster material... But now that DPRK has stepped in with free publicity, it might get some success after all.

I would love to see their response... They can't reach the US and even if they could they are not suicidal. Even at the peak of the cold war, when the USSR and the US had over a combined 50,000 nuclear weapons, no one dared attack knowing a first strike would not go without response.
Now we get this bed wetter who thinks his handful of nukes, which he can hardly deliver, are some kind of threat... The worst he could do is invade South Korea, or attack Japan, at which point his rule, and possibly the lives of most of his citizens, will come to a swift end.

Perhaps it's just the perspective but the photo caption above looks as though the water is just about to reach the edge of the conning tower - I have in my mind the voice of the restaurant waiter on the right screaming to the crew below; "Don't panic, our great leader's beach ball head will keep us afloat!"
159.there is nothing wrong with immigration, that was never the issue... there is something wrong with ILLEGAL immigration.... that's the issue that the liberals don't want to discuss.... and so therefore they try to make it seem as if republicans are against immigration when they are against  ILLEGAL immigration... there is a bid difference....

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The Interview: Sony's retreat signals an unprecedented defeat on American turf

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/18/the-interview-sony-hack-north-korea-film (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/18/the-interview-sony-hack-north-korea-film)

<< This is not the first time a Hollywood film has triggered an international incident, but the reaction has struck closer to home than ever before. >>

Every year they wage war against all west and in the end nothing happens.

It is only internal matter, no concrete action to be made

Yep I saw that news item, I'm still not convinced in the slightest that it's actually North Korea, simply because like with Iran the west is spoiling for a fight and looking for a legitimate excuse to invade them.

What a bunch of cowards at Sony. I guess I know how to get what I want from them, threats. I have decided to not buy ANY Sony products or services until I have seen this movie in a theater. So listen up Sony or I'll rain merciless fire on you!  ::)

Completely true at least in the US

I thought the movie looked kind of stupid before but now that is has been banned I'm going to have to torrent it when it leaks.

This seems like a good way to take advantage of the situation and promote the movie. A couple of weeks later turn back and release the notorious movie, making a lot more than usual from it.

Well they already are on cordial terms with each other
Even North Korea keeps some relations with other countries lol.


Indeed, that said the news article that South Korean will send DVDS over to North Korea of this movie without DVD players or food or electricity made me facepalm.
While I do not doubt that there are many atrocities in the DPRK and that it is widespread, I also can't fully trust propaganda based news without facts like the uncles to dogs thing etc.
It's a matter of whose information you can trust unfortunately with a black box you can smear whatever you want on it and well it might stick because their is no way to fact check.

Or should we just look at Cuba and Miami atm lol....
Evil dictator my ass Castro s cool enough rest of worlds been amicable for years
(Darn Mafia remnants)
(Soon Havana will be the gambling capital again lol)

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Sony cyber attack linked to North Korean government hackers, FBI says

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/19/north-korea-responsible-sony-hack-us-official (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/19/north-korea-responsible-sony-hack-us-official)

<< President Obama expected to address hack of film company at mid-day press conference. >>

Obama on Sony pulling The Interview: "They made a mistake"

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/19/obama-sony-the-interview-mistake-north-korea (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/19/obama-sony-the-interview-mistake-north-korea)

<< FBI pins blame for massive hack of Sony Pictures on North Korea. Obama: "We cannot have a dictator imposing censorship in the US". >>

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The Interview: a guide to the film hackers don't want you to see

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/19/the-interview-film-guide-sony-hack (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/19/the-interview-film-guide-sony-hack)

<< No viewer could interpret it as legitimate sabre-rattling – the lead characters are idiots and the scenario is preposterous. >>

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North Korea demands joint inquiry with US into Sony Pictures hack

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/20/north-korea-proposes-joint-inquiry-us-sony-pictures-hack (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/20/north-korea-proposes-joint-inquiry-us-sony-pictures-hack)

<< Pyongyang denies responsibility for cyber-attack and threatens grave consequences if Washington continues to blame it. >>

I think holding off on the release does make somewhat sense for sony. Most of the major theater chains decided not to show the interview so they don't even stand to make very much by releasing it even if the theaters that do show it sell out off of their showings.

Plus the threat of terrorism is likely going to prevent other moviegoers from wanting to go to the movies at all as any terrorist attack would likely affect people in the entire building not a specific theater that the interview is playing in so sony's other releases will be negatively affected.

The scary thing is, if we could have done something about North Korea, we would have done it long ago.

The comfort lies in the fact that if they could have done something about us, they would have done it long ago.

:)

With the release of the interview, which essentially makes fun of Kim (which is very offense to NK) gives them an additional incentive to want to do something to the US/west.

The reason why the west is unable to do anything to NK is because China supports the NK government because they do not want western influence in the Korean Peninsula. If NK were to do something reckless, like say attempt a terrorist attack, then it could potentially be facing an invasion/attack from it's north border   

It's a shame I wanted to see that movie really bad :/

The only possible reason they could want to do this is to be able to get an idea as to how good the US's investigative techniques and technology is. They want to be able to be the first to know when we have evidence against them

right ...

  i see some really smart ppl in here falling for the us gov/media paradigm.

    rise up yer heads ppl and open yer eyes

   why kim's in the crosshairs should be no surprize

  for those who dabble in crypto could easily surmise

  it is the lack of fiat currency in korea that will lead to their demise


  ya it's a funny thing - it used to be, under sadaam, iraq had no rothschild dynasty owned central bank. now they do.

  same for n.k. and some in africa

  spotlight on the action

DPRK is a chinese protectorate, so let them try.

Too shame, the movie is canceled to release.

Yeah but as we know from Snowden's leaks even the Chinese are getting tired of North Korea's bullshit.

This could potentially be the turning point for the Chinese for them to stop supporting NK

That's exactly my point, I think like with ISIS the world is just getting fed up with their bullshit.

Well no one has ever agreed with ISIS, they have always been opposed. It is NK that has had the one ally that has stuck with them

Honestly this movie is probably terrible (in terms of the plot) and is only going to do well because it has Kim in it, and with him threating Sony a lot of morons are going to see this movie just so it can become a form of protest against Kim showing that "America wont back down" even though Sony is a privately owned entity based in japan.

People should have been fed up with their(ISIS) bullshit the second they became a thing .

 just smoking, but who do you all suppose created isis. CIA? Mossad? ain't it funny the way new 'enemies' just keep poppin' up? very convenient for the Military-Industrial Complex.  
  someone brought up a good point the other day. every dollar/pound/yen/wateva you spend on BTC takes that much away from the war machine. Hell ya

You don't think the bit coin will be regulated and taxed?

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George RR Martin offers to screen The Interview at his own cinema

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/22/george-rr-martin-the-interview-sony-pictures-hack-north-korea (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/22/george-rr-martin-the-interview-sony-pictures-hack-north-korea)

<< Game of Thrones author volunteers his Jean Cocteau cinema in Santa Fe for a screening, after "stunning display of corporate cowardice" from Sony and cinema chains. >>

 honestly it is a mystery to me what 'they' will do. i'm very surprised at the mood of acceptance that seems to come from gov bigwigs. of course they want to control it or kill it, -i think- or maybe for them it (bitcoin) is a stepping stone for their own digital plans. trying to keep my head up and eyes open, what do you think?

   one thing i will say is i think cryptocurrency will never ever be 'legal tender'. at least as long as the ppl, not the governments own it. nor i think would we want it to be. choice is good!

Any transaction in terms of bitcoin will be taxed the same way that if a transaction occurred in terms of dollars. I do not understand why people think that spending bitcoin somehow magically causes the fed and the military to somehow become weaker

North Korean Internet Goes Dark; A U.S. Government Attack "Would Be Way Worse"

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-22/north-korea-undergoing-internet-outage-network-researcher-says.html (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-22/north-korea-undergoing-internet-outage-network-researcher-says.html)

<< North Korea's limited access to the Internet was restored after being cut off for hours, days after the U.S. government accused the country of hacking into Sony Corp.'s files. >>

I was thinking that is a minor inconvenience sort of like having a power outage for a few hours.
Under the assumption that not that many people can access DPRK internet and of that even fewer can access full privilege internet.
 

 
you think? someone in south africa buys a sweater with bitcoin - he has to pay us gov for the privilege? now i'm from new york ... what's the difference? for both of us the btc lives on the blockchain ...

  i think the only way the fed can tax btc is when you trade it for fiat then deposit said currency into a bank account. at that you have created 'income', which the fed has been illegally taxing for some time. though it could be argued that you had to work to acquire the bitcoin, and work some more to trade it, therefore it is not 'income', rather 'trade', which is not taxable, but then they've convinced ppl that it is income because you've recieved something. you did recieve something, but you traded your time and effort, leaving a balanced equasion, not taxable 'income'. interest on a bank account is taxable income, so are tips and gifts. (under rule of law, that is) 'they' try to convince us that 'they' represent rule of law, it is one of their biggest lies.



 no magic involved, support of F.R.N. fiat currency = support of the military-industrial complex.

 
 

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Sony approves limited US release of The Interview on Christmas Day

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/23/the-interview-us-screening-christmas-day (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/23/the-interview-us-screening-christmas-day)

<< Move comes after Obama said Sony had "made a mistake" pulling the movie following a campaign to kill film the White House believes was organised by North Korea. >>

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North Korea calls Obama a "monkey" as it blames US for internet shutdown

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/27/north-korea-blames-us-for-internet-shutdown (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/27/north-korea-blames-us-for-internet-shutdown)

<< Pyongyang accuses US of responsibility for recent outages. Chinese state media reports new internet outage on Saturday. >>

Lol just watched the movie.

A total joke

I can see why North Korea can be furious about this though

No need for any response. This movie is a piece of crap. Watching it carries its own punishment.

This movie is really bad. No getting around it. Should be added to the "worst movie you ever saw" thread.

Perhaps Sony realized how bad this movie is and made some guerrilla marketing :).

So North Korea promised another "9-11" if this movie was shown.

Did they do anything at all? 

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Obama imposes new sanctions against North Korea in response to Sony hack

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/obama-imposes-sanctions-north-korea-sony-hack-the-interview (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/obama-imposes-sanctions-north-korea-sony-hack-the-interview)

<< US president signs executive order leveling targeted sanctions against North Korean officials after cyber-attack on Sony Pictures. >>

This guy is such a fool. He tries to speak like a big man yet hes as threatening as a burnt marshmallow.

Nope (besides the original sony hack). Although to be fair there was not a lot they could do. The theaters that showed the film were very small and any terrorist attack would likely have little impact on america. I also imagine that overall security was increased which would decrease the likelyhood that any such attack would be successful

isn't it obvious already that they never carry out their threats? with the whole world against them, I'd be surprised if they do.

I wonder if NK would leave earth if they had the option to go settle down by themselves in some remote part of the galaxy. And I wonder how the rest of the world would feel about it.
I know I would definitely leave this planet along with humanity if I could. Would be awesome if I could get a whole planet at the other end of the universe all to myself  :)

North Korea is so isolated by state censorship, and only a handful of high level officials can have any very limited access to Internet that I don't see why Kim doesn't just tell his people that they already went to war with the USA and won. Who would know the difference?
What I really believe is that the whole thing is a sham. Guerrilla marketing in effort to save a fail movie.

NK wants to be respected outside of their country. The NK government does often tell these kinds of lies to their people and (at least according to the interview) they often believe it

Gooks need to learn their place. Fucking piss skins couldn't even keep their modem secure - a message from US.

After watching the movie to see what all the fuss was about
I sort of have to agree with you on this it was a punishment in its own right lol.

Obama imposes new sanctions against North Korea in response to Sony hack

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/obama-imposes-sanctions-north-korea-sony-hack-the-interview (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/obama-imposes-sanctions-north-korea-sony-hack-the-interview)

<< US president signs executive order leveling targeted sanctions against North Korean officials after cyber-attack on Sony Pictures. >>
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This is the bigger issue here. Why does the US impose sanctions on NK for someone in that country allegedly hacking the website of an avg company???

This is huge news IMHO and the American public should be more outraged by the gross misuse of political power to protect a random company.

I dont want my tax dollars being used to protect the financial well being of any company.
I know companies are "people" too nowadays (sarcasm fully meant) but this is completely unbelievable...

Good, I hope they do something that earns them the asswooping they'd deserved for over 50 years.  North Korea are aggressors seeking to dominate under a deity monarchy.  They have one modern grocery store but no one is allowed to purchase anything there.  What a load of crap.  No one takes them serious.

maybe the Obama only said that because the US government needs a reason to cyber-attack NK publicly.

either that, or Obama was looking forward to watching The Interview.  :P (joking)

I think America is in safe as long as she has Katy Perry.  ;D

Who watched the movie, will understand.

Might be worse than that. I've heard speculation the involvement might be because of the court case against Sony. Would they be able to dismiss the case by claiming the hack was the action of a state? Outside their control basically.

anyone takes seriously North Korea threats?

Wait, so it's North Korea behind the hack again now? Swear I read a leak somewhere stating it was just a bunch of random hackers and the US were blaming North Korea in the media so they can see how far they can go with imposing sanctions on the internet OUTSIDE of the US. Anything that comes from the US of this nature, take it with a pinch of salt - they're full of shit.

And I threaten less than one care given.  Really, no one cares about North Korea's "leaders".  The whole thing about the movie is just a circus to make money and I love it.  Good for Sony and everyone making money off this ridiculous show.  lol

My wife and I went to see that movie recently. I thought it was very funny, for what it was. We got plenty of laughs out of it. Rogan and Franco are definitely no Laurel and Hardy, but they have good chemistry together on screen.
It doesn't take much to anger the man-child Kim, so it should be no surprise that he was upset about this, especially since the movie did in fact have some truth to it as far as just how miserable the North Korean people are in general and how strong the State-run propaganda machine is as far as trying to convince the NK people and the rest of the world that everything is awesome in NK.

Saw this movie over the weekend. It was better than I expected.  :)

It's worth the Netflix watch  :D but paying $11 at a theatre would have sucked

Tell me about it! I saw this morning that it is on Netflix now. I could have saved a few bucks if I had known that ahead of time.

We need Seth Macfarlane to do some Kim impersonations in a new film to make him even more mad.

I think the new film will be about Russia. Have you heard Scorpions song "Wind Of Change" in the end?  ;)
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