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North Korea Terrorism has always been a case of worry not only for the rulers of North Korea but also for other international countries. Though North Korea has not been involved in any direct attack since the Korean Airlines flight bombing in 1987, the North Korea Terrorism has remained a concern for the State Department in the United States of America. With the countries like Iran and Iraq, North Korea has been included in the list of an 'axis of evil' by the US President George Bush in his January 2002 State of the Union address. The State Department has also listed the country of North Korea Terrorism as a State sponsored one.
North Korea had agreed with the United States of America in a 1994 agreement that it would put a stop to its pursuit of nuclear weapons. But the North Korea Terrorism got a fresh awakening when the North Korean officials admitted in a round table discussion with US and China in Beijing on 24th April in 2003, that they possessed nuclear weapons. There are also accusations against North Korea that they sell their advanced missile technology to those states that are infamous for sponsoring terrorism. It has been reported that North Korea deployed nearly 600 Scud missiles which are suspected to reach South Korea and Japan. In 1998, the issue of North Korea Terrorism was reopened when North Korea test-fired a Taepo Dong 1 missile. Henceforth, the State Department claims that North Korea Terrorism is sponsored by the State.
There was a huge uproar of the North Korea Terrorism when they conducted an underground nuclear explosive test on 16th October, 2006.
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