South Korea and Japan today welcomed US President Donald Trump's decision putting North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism. South Korea's foreign ministry said in a message that it expected the listing to contribute to the peaceful de-nuclearisation of the North, and bring it to the negotiating table. <br/><br/>Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, he welcomes and supports the designation, as it raises the pressure on North Korea. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull also backed President Trump's decision, saying the move was in line with international efforts to bring the rogue state to its senses.<br/><br/>The designation, announced yesterday, allows the United States to impose more sanctions on Pyongyang, which is pursuing nuclear weapons and missile programmes in defiance of UN Security Council sanctions. The United States has designated only three other countries – Iran, Sudan and Syria as state sponsors of terrorism.