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South Korea's foreign minister, Yun Byung-se, warned today Pyongyang has "thousands of tons of chemical weapons" stockpiled across North Korea.

He called on the UN to suspend the beggar kingdom from the organisation, and warned of the threat rising from Kim Jong-un.

The minister called the assassination of Kim Jong-nam a “wake-up call to all of us to North Korea’s chemical weapons capability and its intent to actually use them,”

"North Korea's fast-growing weapons of mass destruction and missile capabilities including chemical weapons has become gravest threat to international peace and security," he said.

Byung-se added new harder sanctions "could take the form of suspension of North Korea's rights and privileges as a UN member."

Kim Jong-un’s suspected killing of his half brother Kim Jong-nam by an assassin armed with deadly VX nerve agent has reigniated fears of a biological attack.

The nerve agent has previously been used by a cult who carried out terrifying chemical terror attacks on public transport in Japan.

Pyongyang is estimated by South Korea to have around 25 chemical agents and six nerve gas weapons at their disposal.

Military chiefs from Seoul met with Japanese and US officials in Washington to discuss the growing chemical threat from the North.

Toxic nerve agent VX is a chemical weapon classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the UN, who also banned the mass production for weapons.

South Korean bosses revealed ahead of the meeting it believes North Korea is operating huge production facilities for chemical and biological weapons.

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South Korea’s Ministry of National Defence said the North has a “stockpile” of chemical weapons which can be used in “any attack”.

Forces revealed they believe Pyongyang is offering a “regiment-level biochemical weapons unit” – with regiments being 1000 to 2000 troops.

Seoul said it would “spare no expense” in upgrading the South Korean military to face the growing weapons threat – amid fears Kim Jong-un is preparing to invade.

Kim Jong-nam is believed to have been killed by a pair of assassins on orders from Pyongyang.

The assassins are thought to be Doan Thi Huong, a wannabe singer who posed for bikini snaps and was picked for her alluring looks, and Siti Aishah, who worked in a massage parlour and claims she thought the killing was a “prank”.

Both have now been charged with murder and face the death penalty if found guilty.

North Korea has been condemned worldwide over the alleged murder and the beggar nation’s constant beating of the nuclear war drum.