[ti:US Renews State Terror Declaration for North Korea] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]The United States has again listed North Korea [00:04.56]as a state supporter of terrorism. [00:09.56]The move permits new sanctions to pressure North Korea [00:14.76]to end its banned nuclear and long-distance missile activities. [00:21.47]The U.S. decision was welcomed by South Korea and Japan. [00:29.08]In Tokyo, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters [00:35.00]Japan supports the step as a way to increase pressure on North Korea. [00:43.76]South Korea's foreign ministry said it sees the decision [00:48.36]"as part of the international community's joint efforts [00:53.28]to take North Korea to the path of denuclearization." [01:00.12]China reacted carefully to the decision. [01:04.01]Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang [01:07.55]called the current situation "highly sensitive." [01:12.72]He said it would be "helpful to bring all parties [01:16.44]back to the negotiation table, instead of doing the opposite." [01:23.64]The U.S. move returned North Korea to a State Department list [01:28.76]of state sponsors of terrorism. [01:32.28]The only other countries on the list are Iran, Syria and Sudan. [01:41.48]North Korea was first placed on the list in 1988 after agents of the government [01:48.84]destroyed a South Korean passenger airplane, killing 115 people. [01:57.20]The U.S. removed North Korea from the list in 2008 [02:02.36]when the country met international requirements for limiting its nuclear program. [02:09.08]President Donald Trump spoke about the decision Monday. [02:15.20]He said the terror declaration "should have happened years ago." [02:20.52]Trump also called the North Korean government "a murderous regime." [02:27.92]A State Department official told VOA the U.S. had determined that North Korea [02:34.00]had "repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism," [02:39.96]including assassinations on foreign soil. [02:45.76]Placing North Korea on the list is part of a campaign by the Trump administration [02:52.24]to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program. [02:57.76]That campaign already includes a series of United Nations Security Council sanctions [03:06.08]meant to punish North Korea for its nuclear and missile tests. [03:12.08]North Korea has said it will never end its nuclear weapons program, [03:18.36]which it considers necessary for its defense against a possible U.S. attack. [03:26.64]Trump said the new measures announced "will be the highest level of sanctions" [03:32.48]put in place so far against North Korea. [03:37.84]Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters [03:42.00]the sanctions already in place are having an effect. [03:47.12]He said there is evidence that the restrictions have led to fuel shortages [03:52.80]and less income for North Korea. [03:56.96]Tillerson urged China to take more steps to cut fuel supplies to the North. [04:03.88]About 90 percent of North Korea's trade is with China. [04:09.56]But China has resisted major economic measures [04:13.60]that could cause North Korea to collapse. [04:17.73]Tillerson said he still hopes for a peaceful solution. [04:22.84]With the new sanctions in place, he warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, [04:29.60]"This is only going to get worse until you're ready to come and talk.'' [04:35.47]I'm Bryan Lynn. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM