The Government of the United States is currently considering placing North Korea back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. This is coming days after Pyongyang allegedly masterminded the colossal computer hacking on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Although President Obama has said he does not consider the cyber attack an act of war, he has promised to “respond proportionally” to it. The US President noted that "We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States."
Meanwhile, Senator Robert Menendez has called on the Secretary of State John Kerry to re-designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.
The US legislator in his later to Kerry said that "North Korean actions set a dangerous precedent.” “Through cyber-attacks North Korea was able to inflict significant economic damage on a major international company… This is an unacceptable act of international censorship, which curtails global artistic freedom and, in aggregate, would seem to meet the definitions for acts of terrorism," Menendez said.
North Korea has however reacted angrily to the allegations. The National Defence Commission, led by Kim, threatened to retaliate against the US noting that “Our toughest counteraction will be boldly taken against the White House, the Pentagon and the whole US mainland, the cesspool of terrorism, by far surpassing the ‘symmetric counteraction’ declared by Obama.”
North Korea has however reacted angrily to the allegations. The National Defence Commission, led by Kim, threatened to retaliate against the US noting that “Our toughest counteraction will be boldly taken against the White House, the Pentagon and the whole US mainland, the cesspool of terrorism, by far surpassing the ‘symmetric counteraction’ declared by Obama.”
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