South Korea police block balloon release of The Interview into North Korea

SETH Rogen’s movie the Interview is the gift that keeps on giving.

past due remaining week, South Korean government were pressured to do so towards a defector-became-activist who became attempting to deliver copies of the arguable film into North Korea through a balloon.

Park Sang-Hak planned to launch 5000 DVDs and 5000 USBs containing the film over the border, but had his caper foiled by dozens of police.

The circulate came as Pyongyang labelled the film — about a fictional CIA plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un — as an act of terror.

North Korea has stood sturdy on its beliefs surrounding the film and has threatened severe reprisals if any effort is made to carry copies into the us of a.

Following the moves taken towards his release attempt, Mr Sang-Hak labelled South Korean government as cowards.

“they're surrendering to threats from North Korea,” he instructed Sky news.

while police may additionally have foiled the state-of-the-art caper, they're struggling to absolutely prevent activists.

Fellow activist Lee Min-Bok claims to have floated thousands of copies of the film into North Korea due to the fact that January.

“all of the launches had been performed at night time with little or no improve exposure, given the sensitivity on both sides,” he said.