Even though Bush is changing his mind and removing North Korea from the list of nations sponsoring terrorists, Japanese Politicians have asked Bush to continue classifying North Korea as a terrorist state secondary to the kidnapping of Japanese Nationals, the explosions of missiles over Japanese Territory and its subsequent arrival in the islands off the coast of Alaska which belong to the USA.

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http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_Po_detail.htm?No=50101