Amid Escalating Tensions, North Korea Accuses CIA of Assassination Plot

The Ministry of State Security said it will “ferret out and mercilessly destroy” the “terrorists” in the intelligence agencies, the Associated Press writes.

The Guardian notes that “the CIA’s long history of attempting covert assassinations of political leaders across the world is notorious,” but, as with “other North Korean claims, the allegation that the CIA plotted to assassinate Kim is impossible to verify. Media reports about the regime are tightly controlled by the state’s propaganda machinery and often designed merely to burnish the leader’s reputation.”

Still, as AP describes it, the new accusation marks a departure from the frequent bluster from Pyongyang directed at the U.S., as it “was unusual in its detail.”

It comes a day after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation to impose fresh sanctions against North Korea. The bill targets the North Korea’s shipping industry and “convict, forced, or indentured labor.”

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