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Monday, November 20, 2017
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Monday, November 20, 2017
Trump intends to declare N. Korea a state sponsor of terror
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump says he intends to declare North Korea a state sponsor of terror.
Trump says Monday that the designation will impose further penalties on the country. He calls it a long overdue step and part of the US “maximum pressure campaign” against the North.
The move returns North Korea to the list of countries the US views as state sponsors of terror for the first time since 2008. That’s when the North was removed in a bid to salvage a deal to halt its nuclear development.
US officials cites the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother in a Malaysian airport this year as an act of terrorism.
North Korea would join Iran, Sudan and Syria on the list of state sponsors of terror.
— AP
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