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North Korea claims CIA attempted to kill Kim Jong Un

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North Korea claims CIA attempted to kill Kim Jong Un

Pyongyang has accused the CIA of attempting to exterminate President Kim Jong Un claiming that the US bribed a North Korean citizen who had contacts with South Korean intelligence to kill its leader.

The pariah Asian nation alleged that America used unspecified biochemical substances during a public ceremonial event in the capital, Pyongyang.

The North Korean ministry’s statement said: “The heinous crime, which was recently uncovered and smashed in the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea], is a kind of terrorism against not only the DPRK but the justice and conscience of humankind and an act of mangling the future of humankind.”

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It added that “assassination by use of biochemical substances including radioactive substance and nano poisonous substance is the best method that does not require access to the target”.

According to President Kim, the alleged hitman, was described as “human scum” who had received payments totaling at least $740,000 and was given satellite transceivers and other materials and equipment, according to the ministry.

The accusation is coming a day after US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson told Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Thursday to cut funding and minimise diplomatic ties with North Korea over its continued missile activities.

Tillerson made the call while addressing the Southeast Asian foreign ministers meeting which had all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

 

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