国际英语资讯:DPRK says to give death penalty to those involved in assassination plot_时事

国际英语资讯:DPRK says to give death penalty to those involved in assassination plot

Pyongyang said it had foiled a plot in April to kill Kim during mass celebrations by NIS and CIA agents who have infiltrated into the DPRK.

The agents were all arrested and confessed to the crime. The method to kill Kim also included using biochemical and radioactive material when he appeared in public, said DPRK officials.

"There have been a series of revelations of state-sponsored terrorism of the enemies targeting the supreme leadership of the DPRK," said the statement, which was carried by local media.

"A revelation showed that Park Geun-hye of South Korea pushed forward the operation of 'removing the north's leadership' in collusion with the (National) Intelligence Service during her tenure, in the wake of the detection of a group of hideous terrorist criminals who were infiltrated by the CIA and puppet (N)IS into the DPRK for the purpose of state-sponsored terrorism against its supreme leadership with the use of bio-chemical substance," it said.

"This is touching off the surging indignation of the army and people of the DPRK," it added.

The statement also said that Park had pushed forward the "operation to replace the supreme leadership of the north" in secrecy since the end of 2017 and the "assassination" plot was included in the secret operational plan that was spearheaded by the NIS.

"At that time Park ignored the experts' report that 'the north's regime change will be difficult' but welcomed the (N)IS report to the effect that 'the situation is unstable in the north and therefore, regime change can be possible' and examined the (N)IS secret operational plan targeting 'replacement of the north's leadership' and directly signed it," said the statement.