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North Korea claims CIA, NIS plotted to assassinate Kim Jong Un

Attack was planned to take place during April 15 military parade: KCNA

North Korea has claimed that the U.S. and South Korean intelligence services attempted to infiltrate its territory with the intention of carrying out a biochemical attack on Kim Jong Un during the April 15 Day of the Sun.

In comments by the DPRK Ministry of State Security carried by KCNA on Friday, Pyongyang accused the CIA and South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) of having a North Korean worker abroad infiltrate the DPRK.

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