NORTH Korea is in the news again.
Soon after it agreed to accept international inspections of its nuclear facilities, the South Korean government
released a report that said North
Korea operates eight chemical
weapons plants and three biological
warfare laboratories. However, the
report gave no details of the chemical
weapons or where they were located.
South Korea stated that its neighbour had stored 1,000 tonnes of bio-chemical weapons and completed
underground aircraft hangars in 20
bases along the demilitarised zone
(DMZ). The North had deployed 340
jet fighters near the front line and
built two airfields near the DMZ,
from where warplanes could strike
the South Korean capital Seoul in
eight minutes.
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