North Korea internet down came at the height of the hacking the film studio Sony Pictures. Early this week, the country experienced intermittent internet connection and blamed Obama administration for the internet outages.
On Saturday, as North Korea internet down issue was blamed for Obama, North Korea mocked Pres. Obama by comparing him to a "monkey."
In a statement, North Korea blamed Obama for releasing the movie "The Interview," which ridicules the imaginary assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as reported by The Guardian.
"Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest," North Korea's National Defense Commission spokesperson stated.
U.S. tech companies have found that North Korea internet down was apparently due to technological glitches to a hacking attack.
North Korea internet down was experienced at the height of feud between North Korea and U.S. over the cyber attack incident on Sony Pictures.
North Korea's National Defense Commission (NDC) referred the North Korea internet down incident as a "cowardly attack" and "laughable."
North Korea blames U.S. for the intermittent internet connection that the nation was experiencing from the recent days.
"The United States, with its large physical size and oblivious to the shame of playing hide and seek as children with runny noses would, has begun disrupting the Internet operations of the main media outlets of our republic," the North's National Defense Commission said in a statement.
Apart from North Korea internet down incident The North Korea's National Defense Commission (NDC) spokesman again denied the allegations that they are behind the hacking incident of Sony Pictures.
He also invited U.S. to come out with strong evidences that will point out that they are the one responsible for hacking the film network, Reuters reported.
North Korea internet down incident started last weekend and was only fixed on Tuesday this week.
At the controversial hacking of Sony Pictures, the film company stopped releasing the film, "The Interview." However, Obama criticized it and stated that they were pressured by North Korea. Sony Pictures was pressured to release the movie in selected theaters.
On Christmas day, "The Interview" slammed box-office sales of $1 million on its first day where it was shown in only 331 theaters.
Although North Korea internet down issue was blamed for U.S., the U.S. officials stated that they were not connected with the internet outages.
North Korea warned U.S. that they could face revenge for the North Korea internet down incident.
"If the US persists in American-style arrogant, high-handed and gangster-like arbitrary practices despite (North Korea's) repeated warnings, the US should bear in mind that its failed political affairs will face inescapable deadly blows."
North Korea internet down incident is the latest happening after the controversial "The Interview" was shown in theaters.
