Looks like Sony isn't the only entertainment company self-censoring—according to reports, a green-lit Steve Carell-anchored thriller was indefinitely shelved, thanks entirely to the film's North Korea-centric plot.
U.S. officials have confirmed that North Korea was "centrally involved" in the Sony hack, according to reports in the New York Times, CNN, CBS News, and NBC News. The confirmation comes just hours after Sony canceled the release of The Interview, the James Franco-Seth Rogen comedy rumored to have triggered the…
North Korean authorities presented an American man to media on Sunday morning who said he had crossed into the country illegally but had not been put into custody, the Associated Press reports. He is seeking asylum in Venezuela.
On Sunday, North Korea denied being behind last month's massive Sony Pictures hack, dismissing the connection as a "wild rumor," but sure thinks that those who are responsible (whoever they might be) are pretty rad.
The unidentified hackers who reportedly crippled operations at Sony Pictures last week have made good on their threat to release files stolen from the studio's servers, leaking a handful of new movies—some of which haven't even come out in theaters yet—to file sharing sites.
CNN reports that two American citizens have been allowed to leave North Korea, where they had been detained for months. Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller “are on their way home,” according to the Office of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence.
Jeffrey Fowle, one of the three Americans being held by North Korea, has been released, the State Department confirmed today. Fowle, 56, had been in captivity since May of last year; he was awaiting trial on charges of "Christian proselytizing" for leaving a Bible in a nightclub.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who has been a no-show at public events in the country since Sept. 3, appeared to return to the public eye Tuesday with photos of him touring building projects running on the front page of North Korea's daily, Rodong Sinmun. His limp of mysterious provenance was also back, along with a…
The AP reports North Korea's Supreme Court sentenced 24-year-old American Matthew Miller to six years of hard labor on Sunday, charging him with "entering the country illegally to commit espionage."
Three Americans being held as prisoners in North Korea—Kenneth Bae, Matthew Todd Miller, and Jeffrey Edward Fowle—were granted surprise interviews with two American news organizations, the Associated Press and CNN, Monday. All three men described their overall humane treatment but also pleaded for Washington's…
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is reportedly furious about a Chinese viral video that photoshops him into all manner of ridiculous scenarios: dancing, brawling, riding a pig, frolicking with Osama Bin Laden, and generally being made a laughingstock by Obama and Putin.
Kim Jong-un limped his way on stage at his grandfather's memorial ceremony today. It's not clear what his injury is — maybe he's just being dramatic — but it's surprising that state TV captured his apparent weakness.
In a bid to distract from its nuclear weapons program, North Korea announced it will send cheerleaders to South Korea. The DPRK has done this only a handful of times since the Korean War, always in attempts to ease tensions between the two Koreas. The cheerleaders will travel with athletes to the Asian Games in…
A report from a Yonhap news agency says that North Korea has "fired two short-range projectiles into waters off its east coast." This report comes a day after South Korea rejected North Korea's offer to end military activity against each other, calling the deal "nonsensical."
According to Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang, North Korea intends to indict two Americans, Miller Matthew Todd and Jeffrey Edward Fowle, for committing alleged "hostile acts" against the country. Both were arrested in the country in April, when they arrived as tourists.
Last we heard from North Korea on James Franco and Seth Rogen's Kim Jong-un assassination flick The Interview, friend-of-the-regime Kim Myong-chol said it showed the "desperation of the US government and American society." The country's foreign ministry gave a much more strongly worded review today.
The Interview, starring James Franco and Seth Rogen as American talk show hosts sent to assassinate Kim Jong-un, does not look very funny — an assessment the North Korean state agrees with wholeheartedly.
North Korea announced on Friday that it has detained an American citizen who entered the country in April on a tourist visa.
The report of a building collapse in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, came Sunday morning from the official Korean Central News Agency. No death toll was given, but the accident was reported as "serious," and a South Korean official said that hundreds might have died.
Hyon Song-Wol, a North Korean singer said to be Kim Jong-Un's ex-girlfriend and reported to have been executed by firing squad last year, is said to have appeared on North Korean state television. She is apparently alive and well.
