North Korea claims CIA plotted to assassinate Kim Jong-un
North Korea has accused US and South Korean agents of plotting to kill its Supreme Leader Kim Jongun, BBC reports.
A North Korean referred to only as “Kim” was paid to carry out an attack with biochemical substances, the ministry of state security said. It said the plot was foiled and the North would “ferret out and mercilessly destroy” US and South Korean agents.
The US and Seoul have not commented. The North’s claim comes amid continued high tension on the Korean peninsula. US President Donald Trump has promised to “solve” North Korea and stop it developing nuclear weapons.
The ministry of state security statement, carried by state news agency KCNA, said the CIA and South Korean intelligence services had “hatched a vicious plot to hurt the supreme leadership of the DPRK”. It did not mention Kim Jong-un by name, but he is widely referred to as the supreme leader.
