I have a feeling that suicide is easier when the costs are low. Once a terror organization develops respectable level of technical capability, like north Korea,

I have a feeling that suicide is easier when the costs are low. Once a terror organization develops respectable level of technical capability, like north Korea, they would tend to evolve into a criminal organization. I don't know if that is much better since a rational criminal organization may pose a much bigger threat than a fanatical group of terrorists.