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By Associated Press 27 Dec 2014Pyongyang issues furious statement accusing US of shutting down its internet services as row over The Interview shows no sign of easing North Korea called President Barack Obama "a monkey" and blamed the US on Saturday for shutting down its internet services amid the hacking row over The Interview. North Korea has denied involvement in a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures but has expressed fury over the comedy depicting an assassination of its leader Kim Jong-un. After Sony Pictures initially called off the release in a decision criticised by Obama, the movie has opened this...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said the United States was the "world's worst violator" of human rights in an angry reaction to new U.S. legislation aimed at improving human rights in the communist state. In its first response to the legislation, North Korea said that the North Korean Human Rights Act proves that Washington's intention is to topple its state. "The U.S. is the world's worst violator of human rights as it is killing innocent civilians including children everyday after illegally igniting a war against Iraq," an unidentified North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday. He was quoted...