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Coronavirus could give Kim Jong-un a way to create biological 'doomsday weapon'
North Korea may have an ulterior goal since announcing it is developing a Covid-19 vaccine.According to Andrew Weber, the former assistant secretary of Defence for nuclear, chemical and biological defence programs during the Obama administration – the secretive state "could use this legitimate vaccine aspiration as a way to enhance their biotechnology capability."The expert suggested the country may buy sources for their vaccine and then use those sources to build biological weapons.Mr Weber added: "They could buy equipment from Western or Chinese sources that would be necessary for their vaccine effort, and then next year they could turn around and use it to produce biological weapons.”Since the pandemic, North Korea is able to access