"The United States determined under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (CBW Act) that the Government of North Korea used the chemical warfare agent VX to assassinate Kim Jong Nam, in the Kuala Lumpur airport," Nauert said on Tuesday.
The measures, she added, are in addition to existing US comprehensive sanctions targeting unlawful North Korean activities. The sanctions took effect March 5, Nauert said.
VX is a nerve agent, a substance listed by the Chemical Weapons Convention as a chemical weapon and classified by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction. Kim Jong Nam was killed by the chemical at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 13, travelling by the name of Kim Chol.
Pyongyang has repeatedly shot down the accusations of Kim Jong Un’s half-brother's poisoning, saying that the reports are a part of an aggressive campaign against North Korea's nuclear program.
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