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North Korea remains on a U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism for now. In a briefing Monday, State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said, "The report that will be released this month covers last year. So I don't think -- since North Korea was not removed from the terrorism list last year -- a report covering last year probably won't have anything new for you in that regard."
The U.S. State Department in March every year releases a country report on global terrorism and state sponsors of terrorism in the previous year. The U.S. had considered striking North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism early this year. But North Korea has missed a deadline to make a full declaration of its nuclear programs and stockpiles, as agreed on in six-nation talks.
"We have begun the process of looking at these issues -- the terrorism list as well as the Trading with the Enemies Act¡± regarding North Korea, Casey said. ¡°You¡¯ve heard ¡¦ repeatedly on the standards applied there. But I don¡¯t have anything that I¡¯m trying to indicate to you that would tell you there is anything imminently in the works on that. Certainly, I don¡¯t think you should look to the presentation of a report on terrorism in the world during 2007 for something new."
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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