Hot-headed North Korean protests over disrespectful portrayals of their leaders are hardly a new phenomenon. In a world where even an online meme could be taken as a slight against its “supreme dignity”, even Pyongyang’s only formal ally, China, has been subject to censorship demands. So, to understand why The Interview has triggered such a strong and sustained rhetorical response from the North Koreans — who called it an “act of war” — it pays to look back at a history strewn with assassination attempts.
北韓急躁地對冒犯他們領袖的影片發出抗議算不上什麼新鮮事。在一個網路搞笑圖片也可能被視爲冒犯「最高領導人尊嚴」的世界裏，即便是來自北韓的唯一正式盟友——中國的影片也需接受審查。因此，要明白影片《刺殺金正恩》(The Interview)爲何讓北韓人在言辭上做出如此激烈而持久的反應——北韓人將該影片稱爲「戰爭行爲」——就得回過頭來看一看歷史上金氏家族遭到的多次暗殺。
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