The decision by the United States to relist North Korea’s “murderous regime” as a state sponsor of terrorism hands Washington and Tokyo a symbolic victory, but will do little to solve the nuclear crisis roiling the Korean Peninsula, experts say.
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the designation, which he said “should have happened a long time ago,” and promised a fresh round of sanctions over the North’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.
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