Hollywood caves in to North Korea for a second time in as many days – South Korea dissolves a political party it says is too cozy with the North – Cameras roll on a good Parliament brawl – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

What the heck is going on in Hollywood?  Looks like North Korea stopped another movie.  After Sony Pictures scrapped the release of the movie “The Interview” – which was about a farcical assassination plot to kill North Korea’s Kim Jong-un – after getting threats by presumed North Korean hackers.  So, some independent cinemas tried to book the 2004 comedy “Team America: World Police” to show that they weren’t afraid of the threats.  Paramount then told the theaters NOT to show the older movie.  Several writers, actors, and directors are chastising Sony for caving in to the hackers.

The White House says the presumed North Korean hack of Sony Pictures that frightened the studio into canceling a major film release is a serious national security matter.  The hackers released all sorts of sensitive and embarrassing information from Sony’s servers, and threatened violence against any theater that showed “The Interview”.  Officially, Pyongyang denies responsibility for the hack, but called it a “righteous deed”.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court dissolved a far-Left party for allegedly being pro-North Korea.  The order also forfeits all five parliament seats held by the former Unified Progressive Party (UPP), whose leaders deny any connection with Pyongyang and accuse the South Korean government of political repression.

Lawmakers in Kenya’s Parliament came to blows over a tough new security bill.  The opposition says the legislation will turn Kenya into a police state, and that freedom is under threat.  It allows security forces to detain terror suspects for up to a year, tap communications, and restrict the activities of journalists.

The European Union’s new summit chair Donald Tusk of Poland is urging the body to come up with a long-term strategy to deal with Russia, rather than just react to events.  “Russia is out strategic problem, not Ukraine,” said Tusk, whose country shares a border with Ukraine.  Poland is also often Russia’s most vocal critic within the EU.

Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has made his first court appearance since 2013, for a hearing preceding the scheduled start of his trial next month.  Shaggy-haired and bearded, the accused terrorist politely answered the judge’s question in the final status hearing.  Tsarnaev is accused of planting twin bombs near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 260 more, and setting off a massive multi-day search through the Boston area.