#Pyongyang: North Korea had threatened strikes on White House, #Pentagon and the “the whole U.S. mainland, that cesspool of terrorism” after the statement of US President #BarackObama over cyber-attack of Sony Pictures.
Such rhetoric is routine from North Korea’s massive propaganda machine during times of high tension with #Washington.
Meanwhile a long statement from the #National #Defense #Commission late Sunday also underscores Pyongyang’s sensitivity at a movie whose plot focuses on the assassination of its leader #Kim Jong Un, who is the beneficiary of a decades-long cult of personality built around his family dynasty.
Notify that United States had blamed North Korea for the cyber-attack that escalated to threats of terror attack against U.S. movie theaters and caused Sony to cancel “The Interview’s” release.
Meanwhile President Obama had promised to respond “proportionately” to the attack. He said to CNN’s “State of the Union” in an interview broadcast Sunday that Washington is reviewing whether to put North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Kim had lead the National Defense Commission and warned that its 1.2 million-member army is ready to use all types of warfare against the U.S.
The Policy Department of commission in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency said, “Our toughest counteraction will be boldly taken against the White House, the Pentagon and the whole U.S. mainland, the cesspool of terrorism, by far surpassing the symmetric counteraction’ declared by Obama.”
Bureau Report
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