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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

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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