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North Korea Slams Inclusion on US Terror Report

William Gallo

   SEOUL - North Korea on Tuesday lashed out at the United States for
   mentioning Pyongyang in its annual report on state sponsors of
   terrorism, saying the report is an example of Washington's "hostile
   policy" that is limiting chances for dialogue.

   The U.S. State Department on Friday published its 2018 Country Reports
   on Terrorism. Though the report scaled back its criticism of North
   Korea from the previous year, it mentioned that the U.S. re-designated
   North Korea as a state sponsor of terror in 2017.

   North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the report as a
   "grave politically motivated provocation," according to a statement in
   the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

   "This proves once again that the U.S. preoccupied with inveterate
   repugnancy toward (North Korea) is invariably seeking its hostile
   policy towards the latter," the statement said.

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