Clinton warns to re-list DPRK as state sponsor of terrorism

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WASHINGTON, June 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday said that the Obama administration is considering to re-list the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a state sponsor of terrorism.

In an interview with ABC TV's George Stephanopoulos, Clinton admitted that some Senators have asked to put the DPRK back to the "terror state" blacklist, adding that the administration has begun to consider the move against Pyongyang.

"There's a process for it. Obviously we would want to see recent evidence of their support for international terrorism," she added. "We're just beginning to look at it."

The DPRK was cited on the U.S. State Department's list of countries that sponsor terrorism and had been titled by then President George W. Bush as a member of the "axis of evil," along with Iran and Iraq.

Under the six-party talk's framework which characterized with "action for action," on Oct. 11, 2008, after Pyongyang agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands, the Bush administration responded by removing the DPRK from the terrorism blacklist.