Dec 23 Obama applauds Sony’s decision to release ‘The Interview’ By Josh Lederman, Associated Press HONOLULU — President Barack Obama is applauding Sony Pictures Entertainment's decision to screen its film "The Interview" in a limited number of theaters. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch 6:35 What turned off the Internet in North Korea? By PBS News Hour A massive Internet failure in North Korea has many wondering if retaliation for the Sony hack is underway. Just days after President Obama warned that the U.S. would respond "proportionally" to a cyber-attack on the entertainment company, The New York… Continue watching
Dec 21 US mulls putting North Korea back on terrorism sponsors list By Josh Lederman, Associated Press HONOLULU -- The United States is reviewing whether to put North Korea back onto its list of state sponsors of terrorism, President Barack Obama said as the U.S. decides how to respond to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment that… Continue reading
Dec 20 China arrests US aid worker on North Korea border By Carey Reed Chinese authorities arrested Christian missionary Peter Hahn near the China-North Korea border on Friday. Continue reading
Dec 20 North Korea calls Sony hack claims ‘slander,’ threatens to retaliate By Andrew Mach Leaders in North Korea on Saturday called the Obama Administration's accusations that it was behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures "groundless slander" and threatened to retaliate unless the United States agreed to conduct a joint investigation with them. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 12:50 Shields and Brooks on reconciling with Cuba, Sony censorship By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the choice to censor a Hollywood film about the assassination of Kim Jong-un, President Obama’s move to renew U.S. ties… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 3:23 Obama closes 2014 with remarks on Cuba, North Korea By PBS News Hour In a year-end news conference, President Obama discussed reestablishing ties with Cuba, the North Korean cyber-attack against Sony Pictures and race relations in America. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch How should the U.S. government respond to North Korea’s attack on Sony? By PBS News Hour President Obama told the White House Press Corps that Sony was wrong to withdraw its film, “The Interview,” and that the U.S. would react “proportionally” to the damaging cyber-attack by North Korea. Judy Woodruff turns to Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike… Continue watching
Dec 19 Obama: ‘Sony made a mistake’ in shelving ‘The Interview’ By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Obama administration says it's determined the North Korean government was behind a devastating hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment. The FBI announcement Friday is the first official statement blaming the isolated country for the cyber-attack. Continue reading
Dec 19 Are tougher U.S. sanctions against North Korea the right call after Sony hack? By Matthew Pennington and Eric Tucker, Associated Press Suspicions that North Korea was behind a destructive hacking attack against Sony Pictures and a threat against movie theaters are intensifying calls for tougher U.S. steps to cut that country's access to hard currency and declare it once more as… Continue reading