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S. Korea Holds Tabletop Exercise with Global Chemical Weapons Watchdog

SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea held a joint tabletop exercise with the international chemical weapons watchdog for the first time on Wednesday to enhance response capabilities against chemical warfare and terrorist attacks, Seoul’s defense ministry said. The discussion-based exercise with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) took place at [...]

Justice Initiative and Syrian Archive Expose New Information on Syria’s Chemical Weapons Program

New York, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — After two years of investigations, the Open Society Justice Initiative and the human rights group Syrian Archive have compiled the most comprehensive investigative report to date on Syria’s Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC), the entity at the heart of Syria’s chemical weapons program. The groups submitted the [...]