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N.K. Highlights Friendly Ties With Syria Amid Chemical Weapon Attack Row

SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a congratulatory message to Syria over the founding anniversary of the country’s ruling party, Pyongyang’s media said Friday, amid global condemnation against Damascus’s suspected chemical weapon attack on civilians. The North’s leader sent the message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to mark [...]

VX Nerve Agent Killed Half Brother of N.K. Leader: Malaysian Police

KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was killed with a banned chemical weapons agent, Malaysian police said Friday. Traces of the lethal VX nerve agent were found on the North Korean’s face and eyes, according to a preliminary assessment released by the Chemistry Department of Malaysia, [...]