With all the controversy surrounding The Interview and the cyberattack on Sony, we can’t say we didn’t expect at least a few North Korea jokes from Tina Fey and […]
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“Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” by Barbara Demick
Between The Interview debacle and Margaret Cho’s controversial impersonation of a North Korean general at the Golden Globes, North Korea has been a popular topic in the media as […]
Korean American Author to Be Deported for Praising North Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com A Korean American author may be deported to the U.S. for allegedly making pro-North Korea comments, reports the Associated Press. Local conservative groups […]
Netflix Says It Wants to Stream ‘The Interview’
by DAVID BAUDER, AP Television writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Netflix wants to make Sony’s The Interview available to its 53 million worldwide subscribers, the streaming service’s chief content […]
South Korea Says North Korea Has 6000-Member Cyber Army
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea said on Tuesday that North Korea has boosted its cyber army to 6,000 troops, twice the number of cyberwarfare specialists Seoul […]
Did North Korea Hack Sony? The Jury’s Still Out
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Long after The Interview opened in some 300 independent theaters on Christmas Day and was made available to stream online following an unprecedented chain […]
Get to Know Charles Rahi Chun of ‘The Interview’
by AMANDA WALUJONO Looking back at 2014, there was no movie quite like The Interview. A comedy about a fictional assassination attempt of North Korean’s current sitting leader Kim Jong […]
South Korea, Japan and U.S. to Share Intel on North Korea
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea, Japan and the U.S. will sign their first joint intelligent-sharing pact on Dec. 29 to better prepare and respond to the […]
North Korea Calls Obama a ‘Monkey,’ Blames U.S. for Internet Outage
by HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea blamed its recent Internet outage on the United States on Saturday and hurled racially charged insults at […]
Interview: Suki Kim, Author of ‘Without You, There Is No Us’
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com When author Suki Kim was offered a job teaching English to the sons of North Korea’s most privileged families in 2011, she knew […]
Dr. Evil Mocks North Korea and Sony Pictures Over ‘The Interview’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Evil has a name, and it is Dr. Evil. The comically absurd arch nemesis of Austin Powers interrupted last weekend’s Saturday Night Live […]
‘The Interview’ Streams on YouTube, Google Play, Xbox
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Sony Pictures’ The Interview is now available for rent and purchase online, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The controversial comedy starring Seth Rogen and […]
Sony Pictures Announces Limited Release of ‘The Interview’
by Suevon Lee | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Call it an early Christmas surprise—Sony Pictures Entertainment said Tuesday it was planning a limited theatrical release of The Interview on Dec. 25 after […]
North Korea’s Internet Shuts Down, Cyberattack Suspected
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea’s Internet connection has been hit with outages and is currently offline, according to the New York Times. The network failure comes […]
South Korea Bans Leftist Political Party
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com South Korea chose to disband a pro-North Korean party on Friday, marking the first time the country has outlawed a political party since […]
