North Korea Blames Obama for The Interview: ‘Like a Monkey in the Forest’

If you thought the international quarreling over a Seth Rogen and James Franco movie subsided when The Interview was released to decent fanfare, you’d be wrong, because North Korea put out a statement tonight through official state news agency KCNA about the movie, and WOW is it a doozy.

The National Defense Commission, first off, accuses the United States of its internet being taken down (a charge a State Department spokesperson did not completely dismiss). They say the U.S. “has begun disrupting the Internet operations of the main media outlets of our republic.”

They then call on Obama to clean up the “evil” he has done “if he seeks peace on U.S. soil.”

Oh, and they also blame him for The Interview being released and distributed:

N. Korea accuses Pres. Obama of pushing distribution of "The Interview" over Sony's objections, warns of "inescapable deadly blows."

— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) December 27, 2014

#DPRK accuses Pres. Obama of instigating release of @SonyPictures' #TheInterview, calls him "a monkey living in the rain forest."

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) December 27, 2014

KCNA: Obama, "the chief culprit" in "The Interview" release, "always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest."

— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) December 27, 2014

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