North Korea hits back at U.S., calls Trump administration 'racist'


  • World
  • Thursday, 01 Feb 2018

A stamp issued to celebrate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang January 31, 2018. REUTERS/KCNA

GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea struck back at the United States on Wednesday, accusing the Trump administration of being a billionaires' club that harbours a "policy of racism" while denying freedom of the press and health coverage to citizens.

The "White Paper on Human Rights Violations in the U.S. in 2017", was issued by the Institute of International Studies in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and circulated by its diplomatic mission in Geneva.

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