The North Korean Foreign Ministry has announced that Korea is working on restoring its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor and that it is content with staying on the United States list of terrorism-supporting countries.

Three years ago today, North Korea signed a six-party agreement to dismantle nuclear production, in exchange for diplomatic concessions and energy aid from the U.S.

North Korea has since taken down its nuclear reactor, and has produced a declaration of its nuclear activities in June.

The U.S. however have refused to take North Korea off the terror-list until strict inspection procedures are agreed upon, in order to verify the veracity of the country’s declaration.

North Korea, understandably angered, has pointed out that such procedures were not part of the 2005 six party deal, and has refused to permit what it calls a “house search” of North Korean territory.

A foreign ministry spokesman has told the official Korean Central News Agency that the demand for verification "glaringly reveals its true intention to step up its hostile policy toward the DPRK (North Korea) in the end." The spokesman stated that "Now that the US true colours are brought to light, the DPRK neither wishes to be delisted as a 'state sponsor of terrorism' nor expects such a thing to happen," and went on to say that North Korea "will go its own way."

What’s interesting though is that the spokesman said North Korea has been working on restoring the Yongbyon nuclear facilities to their original state "since some time ago," even though the U.S. verification demands have only been made in late August.