CIA Plotted Kill Kim Jong-un?
CIA Plotted Kill Kim Jong-un?
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PYONGYANG - North Korea has accused US and South Korean agents of plotting to kill its Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un.
A North Korean referred to only as 'Kim' was paid to carry out an attack with biochemical substances, the ministry of state security said. It said the plot was foiled and the North would "ferret out and mercilessly destroy" US and South Korean agents.
The US and Seoul have not commented. The North's claim comes amid continued high tension on the Korean peninsula.
US President Donald Trump has promised to "solve" North Korea and stop it developing nuclear weapons.
The ministry of state security statement, carried by state news agency KCNA, said the CIA and South Korean intelligence services had "hatched a vicious plot to hurt the supreme leadership of the DPRK".
It did not mention Kim Jong-un by name, but he is widely referred to as the supreme leader. The ministry said a plot was hatched to use "bomb terrorism" to target the supreme leadership at a military parade or at an event at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum of Kim Il-sung, the country's founding leader.
It said "Kim" was told that the best method was the use of "biochemical substances including radioactive substance and nano poisonous substance" whose results would "appear after six or 12 months", the statement said.
It said that "only the CIA can produce such substance" and that the funding was borne by South Korea.
The ministry alleged that the North Korean man had been "corrupted and bribed" by South Korean intelligence services while he was working at a timber firm in Russia in June 2014.
The ministry refers to two payments to "Kim" of $20,000 (£15,500) and a further two of $100,000 for "bribery" and obtaining equipment. It refers to another of $50,000 but it is unclear if this is additional.
It says on his return to Pyongyang he was instructed to provide detailed information about a frequently used event ground and to assess possible methods of attack.
A North Korean referred to only as 'Kim' was paid to carry out an attack with biochemical substances, the ministry of state security said. It said the plot was foiled and the North would "ferret out and mercilessly destroy" US and South Korean agents.
The US and Seoul have not commented. The North's claim comes amid continued high tension on the Korean peninsula.
US President Donald Trump has promised to "solve" North Korea and stop it developing nuclear weapons.
The ministry of state security statement, carried by state news agency KCNA, said the CIA and South Korean intelligence services had "hatched a vicious plot to hurt the supreme leadership of the DPRK".
It did not mention Kim Jong-un by name, but he is widely referred to as the supreme leader. The ministry said a plot was hatched to use "bomb terrorism" to target the supreme leadership at a military parade or at an event at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum of Kim Il-sung, the country's founding leader.
It said "Kim" was told that the best method was the use of "biochemical substances including radioactive substance and nano poisonous substance" whose results would "appear after six or 12 months", the statement said.
It said that "only the CIA can produce such substance" and that the funding was borne by South Korea.
The ministry alleged that the North Korean man had been "corrupted and bribed" by South Korean intelligence services while he was working at a timber firm in Russia in June 2014.
The ministry refers to two payments to "Kim" of $20,000 (£15,500) and a further two of $100,000 for "bribery" and obtaining equipment. It refers to another of $50,000 but it is unclear if this is additional.
It says on his return to Pyongyang he was instructed to provide detailed information about a frequently used event ground and to assess possible methods of attack.
(rnz)
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