Ex-US diplomat: Pyongyang may sell chemical weapons to terror groups


WASHINGTON: The use of the VX nerve agent in the killing of Kim Jong-nam (pix), the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, raises the dangerous specter of a cash-strapped Pyongyang ultimately selling such a chemical weapon to terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, a former senior diplomat warned.

The use of VX added to mounting evidence that North Korea was behind Jong-nam's killing in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 13, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

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