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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2014
North Korean Net access restored after long outage amid hacking dispute
North Korea's limited access to the Internet was restored after being cut off for hours, days after the U.S. government accused the country of hacking into Sony Corp.'s files.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2014
South Korea prosecutors investigate data leak at nuclear power plants
Seoul prosecutors have launched an investigation into a leak of noncritical data at South Korea's nuclear power operator, the prosecutors' office said on Sunday, as worries mount about nuclear safety and potential cyberattacks from North Korea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2014
Sony flummoxed in finding alternative ways to release 'The Interview'
Sony Pictures said on Friday it is looking for alternatives to release "The Interview" after it scrapped the Christmas Day theatrical opening of the screwball comedy at the center of a cyberattack on the studio blamed on North Korea.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2014
U.S. weighs response to Sony hacking attack blamed on North Korea
The United States was considering possible options on Thursday in response to a major cyberattack on Sony Pictures blamed on North Korea, amid calls for tougher sanctions on Pyongyang to cut it off from the global banking system.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2014
U.S. fears Sony hackers may never be caught, law enforcement official says
Government investigators fear the hackers behind the unprecedented attack on Sony's Hollywood studio may never be caught if they are under the protection of North Korea, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 17, 2014
Russia invites North Korean leader for WWII commemoration
Russia has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to attend a May ceremony marking the end of World War II, in what would be Kim's first foreign visit since taking the helm of the reclusive state in 2011, Japan's Asahi Shimbun daily said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2014
Sony tells theaters they can pull 'The Interview' after threats
Sony Pictures executives told theaters they are free to pull "The Interview" from their multiplexes following threats of violence by a hacker group, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
EDITORIALS
Dec 16, 2014
Getting under Pyongyang's skin
North Korea's rant against the impending release of the Sony Pictures satire 'The Interview' could have been predicted. Rather than providing the new film priceless PR, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should have ignored the film as his father did with the 2004 satire 'Team America: World Police.'
WORLD
Dec 16, 2014
Rogen defends lampooning of Kim in movie
Actor-director Seth Rogen defended the choice to parody North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in raunchy comedy "The Interview," the movie that sparked a real-life threat from the country and has been suspected as the possible cause of a damaging cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 16, 2014
North Korea wants U.N. Security Council to discuss CIA torture
North Korea on Monday asked the United Nations Security Council to add the issue of torture by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to its agenda as the council prepares to hold a meeting next week on alleged human rights abuses by the Asian state.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 15, 2014
Sony says news outlets should stop using hacked documents
Sony Pictures Entertainment lawyers have sent a letter asking news organizations to stop writing articles based on stolen documents released by hackers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 14, 2014
American in North Korea reportedly denounces U.S., seeks asylum in Venezuela
A U.S. citizen who illegally entered North Korea delivered a lengthy denunciation of U.S. domestic and foreign policy Sunday and said he was seeking political asylum in Venezuela, the North's official media said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2014
In rare move, Sony CEO Hirai personally cleared scenes in film on North Korea, emails show
The company's top executive approved a scene depicting the death of Kim Jong Un in a satirical film that may have prompted a cyberattack on Sony Pictures.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2014
Sony says 'The Interview' will not be shown in Japan
Sony Corp. said Wednesday it has no plans to release "The Interview" in Japan, a controversial comedy about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2014
Group claiming Sony hack demands 'Interview' not be released
A group claiming to be responsible for the massive computer hack at Sony Pictures Entertainment demands the company cancel the release of 'The Interview,' a film comedy that depicts an assassination plot against North Korea's leader.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 8, 2014
Bangkok hotel is one crime scene in Sony hack
The incursion into Sony Pictures Entertainment's computer system reached its climax in, of all places, the elegant St. Regis Bangkok in the capital of Thailand.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 5, 2014
North Korea's hackers are a hand-picked elite
Despite its poverty and isolation, North Korea has poured resources into a sophisticated cyber warfare cell called Bureau 121, defectors from the secretive state said as Pyongyang came under the microscope for a crippling hack into computers at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2014
North Korea's fingerprints reportedly found on Sony hack
North Korea may have had a hand in the digital attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment that used destructive malware to disable systems and destroy data, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2014
Sony Pictures struggles to restore computers after cyberattack
Eight days after a massive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Hollywood studio was still struggling to restore some systems Tuesday evening as investigators combed for evidence to identify the culprit.

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