Donald Trump has announced that the US will designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terror amid heightened nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea would join Iran, Sudan and Syria on the list of state sponsors of terror. “In addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation, North Korea has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism including assassinations on foreign soil,” Trump said in a cabinet meeting. US officials cited the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s estranged half brother in a Malaysian airport in February as an act of terrorism. In the years since, North Korea has made advanced leaps in its nuclear and missile programs, proving the capacity to reach US territories with the devastating weapons earlier this year.

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2017 17:08 UTC