North Korea Wednesday warned the United States of "merciless" retaliation if it went ahead with the release of a Hollywood comedy that mocks its leader, Kim PudgeJong-un
...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished...
, calling the movie an "act of war".
"If the United States administration tacitly approves or supports the release of this film, we will take a decisive and merciless countermeasure," a front man for North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
"The enemies have gone beyond the tolerance limit in their despicable moves to dare hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership."
The statement was carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). It didn't specifically mention the movie but was clearly referring to a Hollywood movie, "The Interview", about an liquidation of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.