SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea called President Barack Obama "a monkey" and blamed the U.S. on Saturday for shutting down its Internet amid the hacking row over the comedy The Interview.
The country's internet was down for nine hours and 31 minutes starting Monday.
North Korea has denied involvement in a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures but has expressed fury over the comedy depicting an assassination of its leader Kim Jong-un. After Sony Pictures initially called off the release in a decision criticized by Obama, the movie has opened this week.
The movie made $1 million at theaters during its Christmas showings, a small, but solid sum in relation to its limited 330-theater release Read more...
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