President Trump said Monday he plans to declare Kim Jong Un's government a state sponsor of terrorism, as he seeks to ratchet up the pressure on North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.
Trump made the announcement one week after returning from a trip to Asia, where he asked China and other countries in the region to tighten the financial and diplomatic vise on North Korea.
The U.S. has declared North Korea a state sponsor of terror before. The U.S. removed it from the list in 2008 as part of ultimately failed negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.