North Korea Has Up to 5,000 Tons of Chemical Weapons, Expert Warns

North Korea Has Up to 5,000 Tons of Chemical Weapons, Expert Warns
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un makes a statement regarding U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at the U.N. General Assembly, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang Sept. 22, 2017. KCNA via Reuters
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North Korea faces mounting pressure from world leaders to abandon its nuclear weapons program, meanwhile the reclusive communist regime’s chemical weapons stockpile is one of the largest in the world and, if deployed, could cause catastrophic loss of life.

North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un has stockpiled from 2,500 to 5,000 tons of chemical weapons, according to The Center for Nonproliferation Studies. The regime may either use these weapons as an opening move in a conflict or sell the technology and ingredients needed to produce them to the ISIS terrorist group.
Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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