 Due to the continuity of the Nuclear programme in North Korea, the United States introduced financial sanctions . Following these financial sanctions’ North Korea reintroduced provocations in July 2006 through firing ballistic missiles. Following an additional nuclear test conducted by North Korea and an initiation of negotiations between Japan and North Korea. In order to help the tense relations between Japan and North Korea, the United States government interceded by removing Pyongyang from its list of state sponsors of terror as a move of good faith on behalf of North Korea as they played a key role in the deteriorating relationship between the two respective countries. Following the death of Kim Jong Il, his successor supreme leader Kim Jong Un took over relations. The first initial two years under Kim Jong Un’s ( 2011-2013) reign there were hostile relations between the two countries, in particular Japan condemning their satellite launch.
<clarity>  Due to the continuity of the Nuclear programme in North Korea, the United States introduced financial sanctions . Following these financial sanctions’ North Korea reintroduced provocations in July 2006 through firing ballistic missiles. Following an additional nuclear test conducted by North Korea and an initiation of negotiations between Japan and North Korea. In order to help the tense relations between Japan and North Korea, the United States government interceded by removing Pyongyang from its list of state sponsors of terror as a move of good faith on behalf of North Korea as they played a key role in the deteriorating relationship between the two respective countries. Following the death of Kim Jong Il, his successor supreme leader Kim Jong Un took over relations. The first initial two years under Kim Jong Un’s ( 2011-2013) reign there were hostile relations between the two countries, in particular Japan condemning their satellite launch.
 The United States has introduced economic sanctions because of North Korea's ongoing nuclear program. In July 2006, North Korea contentiously fired ballistic missiles.