KCNA via Reuters
- The US State Department said North Korea used chemical weapons.
- Though the State Department did not provide justification for its finding, it may have been related to a previous VX nerve agent attack.
- North Korea is suspected of killing Kim Jong Nam, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half-brother, with the nerve agent.
The United States has determined that North Korea used chemical weapons, an apparent reference to the killing of leader Kim Jong Un’s half-brother last year.
The State Department did not provide justification for the finding publicized Friday. But it comes nearly one year after Kim Jong Nam died at an international airport in Malaysia in an attack authorities said used VX nerve agent.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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