North Korea still on terror list despite nuclear retreat
“They haven’t been taken off the terrorism list,”Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill told Japanese reporters as he arrived in Australia’s business capital for a meeting of Pacific Rim nations.
Under a deal reached in February after years of tortuous negotiations, North Korea agreed to relinquish its nuclear programmes, including one that has produced bomb material. In return, Washington agreed to open talks on normalising relations with the North, enemies since the Korean War, and explore removing the terrorism designation.
