North Korea slammed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for characterizing the country as a "rogue state" and vowed "tough counteraction" to any provocation from the United States, state-run media said Monday.It is the first time that North Korean authorities have criticized a U.S. Cabinet member by name since President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Jan. 20.North Korea's Foreign Ministry deems the U.S. secretary of state's remarks made during a recent interview "to thoughtlessly tarnish the image of a sovereign state as a grave political provocation," the official Korean …READ FULL ARTICLE
