A U.S. expert on North Korea claims a bio－pesticides
research center in Pyongyang is capable of
producing biological weapons.
Melissa Hanhma， a senior research associate
at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation
Studies， made the judgment after analyzing
photos of leader Kim Jong－un′s visit to
the Pyongyang Bio－technical Institute last
month.
She thinks the facility could be actually
be producing military－sized batches of biological
weapons， including anthrax.
The expert also said the North′s state media
released the photos of Kim at the facility
as a ″veiled threat″ to South Korea and
the United States.
North Korea recently accused Washington of
targeting it with biological weapons after
it emerged the U.S. Department of Defense
mistakenly shipped live anthrax to some labs
around the world， including a U.S. air base
in South Korea.
