North Korea threatens UK with ‘consequences’ over upcoming Channel 4 thriller
North Korea has issued a threatening statement to the United Kingdom and the producers of upcoming Channel 4 thriller Opposite Number over claims that the hermit state’s nuclear weapons were ‘… manufactured by ‘illegally acquiring’ nuclear technology from Britain.”
The rogue state’s National Defence Commission - overseen by Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s supreme leader, warned that Britain faces ‘disgrace and self-destruction’ unless it blocks broadcast of the ten part thriller, which dramatises a hypothetical international crisis stemming from events in North Korea.
Penned by British playwright Matt Charman the tale was commissioned last month by the broadcaster but still lacks a cast and final funding.
In a statement the NDC said: “The movie is nothing but a conspiratorial charade intended to give the impression that the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] nuclear treasured sword for self-defence was manufactured by ‘illegally acquiring’ nuclear technology from Britain.
“No matter how desperately the producers of the above-said TV channel — hooligans and rogues under the guise of artistes — may work to falsify the reality, they can never hide the truth.
“The gravity of the situation lies in that this despicable burlesque is being orchestrated at the tacit connivance, patronage and instigation by ‘Downing Street’.”
The statement, broadcast by the state news agency, closed with a threat: “Britain would be well advised to judge itself what consequences would be entailed if it ignores the DPRK’s warning.”