April 18, 2024
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Rare report on Korean War-era germ warfare auctioned

S.Korean news agency reports on original document, which supports prior N.Korean allegations

A rare copy of a report, alleging a U.S.-waged bacterial warfare targeting North Korea and China during the Korean War, was recently put up for auction by the film director who discovered it.

Those suspicious that the tactic had been employed during the war seized on the report, but it has thus far not created a consensus among the academic community.

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