(MENAFN)Although US diplomat said Washington is still hoping to negotiate an end to the nuclear standoff with Kim Jong-Un's regime, Trump declared on Monday that North Korea is a state that promotes terrorism.
Trump promised to develop US Treasury sanctions against the North after adding its name to a terror blacklist.
"Should have happened a long time ago. Should have happened years ago." He stated.
He also mention the death of a US student who had been captured and held in a North Korean jail and the assassination of Kim's elder half-brother on a foreign country.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson however; said that sanctions and diplomacy are still pushing Kim into talks on nuclear disarmament.
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