North Korea is genetically engineering the ingredients for biological armaments to produce bacteria, viruses and toxins as part of a germ warfare programme, the United States has said in its latest assessment of Pyongyang’s weapons of mass destruction.
The report warns that the reclusive state has developed sprays and “poison pens” as a means of spreading deadly diseases.
Although Kim Jong-un’s nuclear programme has absorbed more international attention, the report confirms the existence of what some experts believe is a greater danger — weapons designed to spread germs such as anthrax and smallpox.
Intelligence, military and civilian specialists in the United States and South Korea believe that North Korea has developed a significant arsenal of biological weapons that could cause terror and chaos in the
