North Korea Is Still Off The Terror Sponsor List

Thai soldiers guarded an aircraft that was impounded at
Don Mueang airport in Bangkok on Dec. 12. Rungroj Yongrit

Obama Keeps N. Korea Off Terror Sponsor List -- MSNBC/Reuters

Pyongyang did not meet ‘statutory criteria’ to be added to list, report shows.

President Barack Obama said Wednesday he had decided not to reinstate nuclear-armed North Korea to a list of countries that the United States considers state sponsors of terrorism.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last June had raised the possibility of returning North Korea to the list in reaction to recent nuclear and missile tests. Several Republican senators had been demanding such a move.

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Update: Obama keeps North Korea off US terror list -- AFP

My Comment: Just 6 weeks after a North Korean transport plane was intercepted sending prohibited weapons to Iran (a state that is on the state sponsored terrorist list), President Obama still decides to not put North Korea on the list.

OK .....

Let's see if future discussions with North Korea .... which I assume is the reason why they were not put on the list .... will bear fruit in the areas of nuclear proliferation and the export of missile technology.