North Korea responds to state sponsor of terrorism listing

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North Korea responds to state sponsor of terrorism listing

Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls SSOT listing a "provocation," vows to hold onto nuclear weapons

Hamish Macdonald November 22, 2017

North Korea responds to state sponsor of terrorism listing

Children pixels in Arirang North Korea by Eric Lafforgue on 2008-09-12 14:08:43

North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Wednesday issued a response to the U.S.’s decision to list the country as a state sponsor of terrorism (SSOT).

President Donald Trump announced at a cabinet meeting on Monday that North Korea was being returned to the SSOT list and that further sanctions would shortly follow.

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Hamish Macdonald

Hamish Macdonald is an Associate Fellow at RUSI who formerly worked on Project SANDSTONE and formerly a journalist and researcher who has focused uniquely on North Korea related topics and affairs. He was previously the COO of the Korea Risk Group, which produces the NK News and NK Pro. Specialising in this area, his investigations covered topics including North Korean sanctions evasion activities, domestic economic development and human rights.

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