North Korea has condemned United States President, Barack Obama, over the release of the film The Interview, about a fictional plot to kill its leader Kim Jong-un.
The country’s National Defence Commission (NDC) also accused the U.S of shutting down the country’s internet – and used a racial slur to describe the “reckless” Mr. Obama.
Sony Pictures had originally pulled the title after a cyber-attack and threats.
But the company later reconsidered, releasing the comedy on Christmas Day.
A number of critics – including the U.S president – had warned that freedom of expression was under threat if the movie was shelved.
The controversial film was shown in some U.S cinemas and online, with several hundred independent theatres coming forward and offering to show the film. However, larger cinemas decided not screen it.
Kim Jong-un’s potential difficulty is that The Interview – which casts the North Korean leader as a malign, vain buffoon – has been widely reviewed as funny and astute, the BBC reports.
If activists start smuggling it into North Korea on USB sticks, as they already do with other films, it might prove quite powerful, the report adds.
In a statement on Saturday, an NDC spokesman denounced the U.S for screening the “dishonest and reactionary movie hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK [North Korea] and agitating terrorism.”
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