North Korean Scientist Defects; Will Testify On Human Experimentation

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A smallpox cell. The South Korean Defense Ministry believes that North Korea is developing anthrax and smallpox in addition to other biochemical weapons. decade3d - anatomy online/Shutterstock.

A North Korean biochemical weapons researcher absconded to Finland last month, taking with him a data storage device containing details of human experiments, a source told Yonhap News Agency this week (July 2).

The 47-year-old expert, known only as Lee, was a researcher at a microbiology research facility in Ganggye, Chagang Province.