Editor’s note: This article originally stated that the report recommended against re-designating the North a state sponsor of terror. While the report notes several complications with the re-designation, no actual recommendation is offered. NK News regrets the error. 

A report by a Washington public policy research institute has noted challenges against returning North Korea to the state sponsors of terrorism list, saying diplomatic opportunities would be lost and little would be gained.

“Redesignating the DPRK as a terrorism sponsor appears unlikely to inflict significant direct economic punishment on North Korea, particularly in the short term,” the report, issued by Congressional