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U. S. sanctions North Korea for assassinating Kim's half-brother

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The State Department concluded Pyongyang used the chemical warfare agent VX in the killing of Kim Jong Nam.
WASHINGTON — The U. S. has determined that Pyongyang used the chemical warfare agent VX to assassinate the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and has imposed sanctions in response, the State Department said Tuesday.
The prohibitions appeared largely symbolic, such as sales to North Korea under the Arms Export Control Act and barring the export of national security-sensitive goods and technology to the country, which has no relations with the United States.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson determined North Korea had “used chemical weapons in violation of international law or lethal chemical weapons against its own nationals,” the department said.
Kim’s estranged half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, was killed at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Feb. 13,2017. Two women, Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, are on trial on charges of murdering Kim by smearing his face with VX.

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