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North Korea claims plot reveals US state-sponsored terrorism

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In this April 13, 2017 photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, waves during the opening ceremony of the Ryomyong residential area, a collection of more than a dozen apartment buildings in Pyongyang, North Korea. While the South prepares for its presidential election, some major and mysterious intrigue has been brewing over the past week in North Korea, including announcements that two American university instructors had been arrested and claims of a CIA-backed plot to assassinate Kim with some sort of biochemical poison. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (The Associated Press)

In this April 13, 2017 photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, waves during the opening ceremony of the Ryomyong residential area, a collection of more than a dozen apartment buildings in Pyongyang, North Korea. While the South prepares for its presidential election, some major and mysterious intrigue has been brewing over the past week in North Korea, including announcements that two American university instructors had been arrested and claims of a CIA-backed plot to assassinate Kim with some sort of biochemical poison. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (The Associated Press)

North Korea is claiming to be the victim of state-sponsored terrorism — from the White House.

The vitriolic outrage over what it contends was an elaborate, CIA-backed plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong Un last month is being doled out with an unusually big dollop of retaliation threats. That raises a familiar question: What on Earth is going on in Pyongyang?

The claims have come around the same time North Korea announced the arrests of two American university instructors. It's unclear whether the arrests have anything to do with the alleged plot.

North Korean news reports say a "Korean-style anti-terrorist attack" will begin immediately. Follow-up stories on the plot have focused on outraged North Koreans demanding revenge.

It's anyone's guess what a "Korean-style" attack might entail.