North Korea claims CIA plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un

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North Korea accused American and South Korean intelligence services on Friday of plotting to assassinate Kim Jong-un with "biochemical substances," a move it characterized as a "last-ditch effort" of "imperialists" that was "beyond the limits.
" The allegation was made by the North`s ministry of state security and published by state-run media.
It comes amid soaring tensions on the Korean peninsula over whether the North will try to conduct a sixth nuclear test — in defiance of United Nations security council resolutions.
In recent weeks, a war of words between President Trump`s administration and Pyongyang has brought the West to the brink of military hostilities with North Korea over its weapons program.
The North claimed that the CIA and IS —  South Korea`s Intelligence Service — "hatched a vicious plot" targeting Kim while he appeared in public in Pyongyang for ceremonial events.
 North Korea regularly makes allegations about the West.
The claim`s accuracy not be immediately verified by USA TODAY.
Security and diplomatic experts consistently advise caution in interpreting North Korean statements.
It is a highly reclusive state all but closed to the outside world.
The statement did not specify a date for the plot, but said that the plotter`s intention was to target Kim with a bomb while he was "at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun and at a military parade and public procession after his return home.
" Kim watched a military parade in the North Korean capital on April 15 as part of celebrations marking the 105th anniversary of North Korea`s founding.
North Korea said a terrorist group helped coordinate the plot.
It did not say how it was foiled.
Still, the statement was unusually specific for North Korea and provided details, albeit hard to follow at times, of a plot that stretched back to when President Obama was in office.
The CIA has history of plots trying to kill or overthrow governments or leaders including in Iran and Cuba.
"The murderous demons of the IS who conspired with the CIA ideologically corrupted and bribed a DPRK citizen surnamed Kim, the then worker of the timber industrial branch in the Khabarovsk Territory of Russia in June 2014, and turned him into a terrorist full of repugnance and revenge," the North`s security agency said.
It said that the "biochemical substances" included a "radioactive substance and nano poisonous substance" and that the alleged assassin was "handed over 20,000 U.
dollars on two occasions and a satellite transmitter-receiver (that enabled) him (to) get versed in it.
" At one point, the alleged assassin traveled to China to meet with South Korean "accomplices," according to the statement.
North Korea vowed to "ferret out and mercilessly destroy the last one (of) the terrorists of the U.
CIA and the puppet IS of South Korea targeting the dignity of the DPRK supreme leadership.
" It said that case was a "most vicious challenge" and represented a "declaration of war.
" The allegation followed a near unanimous vote in the U.
House of Representatives on Thursday to toughen sanctions on North Korea and other countries that help its nuclear and missile programs, including China.
The sanctions still need to be approved by the Senate before being sent to Trump to sign into law.
It also comes less than a week after CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a surprise visit to South Korea amid flaring tempers between the West and North Korea.
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