N. Korea hits out at US over possible terror listing

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N. Korea hits out at US over possible terror listing
AFP  KIM Won-Jin  18 hrs ago

North Korea warned Saturday the US will "pay dearly" if it puts Pyongyang on a terror list over the killing of its leader's half-brother, as a suspect in the murder claimed he was the victim of a conspiracy.

Kim Jong-Nam, 45, was poisoned in Malaysia last month with VX, a nerve agent so deadly that it is classed as a weapon of mass destruction.

The dramatic killing at Kuala Lumpur airport prompted an international probe, lurid stories of North Korea's Cold War-style tradecraft and a bitter war of words between Malaysia and Pyongyang.

South Korean and Japanese media, citing diplomatic sources, have since reported that the US has been mulling placing the North back on its terror list, which includes Iran and Syria.

Continued: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/n-korea-hits-out-at-us-over-possible-terror-listing/ar-AAnMh2W

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Why were they ever off it?

Heritage Foundation:

North Korea Should Be Put Back on the Terrorist List
Summary
It is long past time for Washington to do the right thing and belatedly acknowledge that North Korea’s repeated deadly acts legally constitute terrorist acts and justify returning the regime to the State Sponsors of Terrorism List. Pyongyang’s brazen assassination of Kim Jong-nam using a weapon of mass destruction in a crowded airport filled with civilians should be a wake-up call as to Kim Jong-un’s true nature.
http://www.heritage.org/terrorism/report/north-korea-should-be-put-back-the-terrorist-list