N Korea threatens 'merciless' response against US over Kim Jong-un film
Source: The Guardian
N Korea threatens 'merciless' response against US over Kim Jong-un film
Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies
theguardian.com, Wednesday 25 June 2014 13.07 BST
North Korea has threatened a "resolute and merciless" response against the US unless it bans a film about an attempt to assassinate the North's leader, Kim Jong-un.
In its first official comment on The Interview, a comedy directed by Evan Goldberg, North Korea warned the US government that failure to stop the film being released would be considered an "act of war."
The comments, attributed by North Korea's official news agency KCNA to an unidentified foreign ministry spokesman, did not mention the film by name, but it was clear that the criticism was directed towards The Interview, which will be released in the US on 14 October.
It appears that the film's plot has touched a nerve inside the regime, which takes a dim view of satirical treatment of its leaders and is notoriously paranoid about perceived threats to their safety.
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