N. Korea: flagrant violation of international treaties the way to assassinate Kim Jong Nam

The use of VX, a neurotoxic agent banned for murder in Malaysia the half-brother of North Korean leader is a "flagrant violation" of international treaties, said South Korea today.
"We have been shocked by recent revelations Malaysian authorities according to which the VX (...) used to kill Kim Jong-Nam", he said in a statement the South Korean Foreign Ministry, speaking of "a flagrant violation of the Convention chemical weapons and other international standards. "
Seoul, which sees the hand of Pyongyang behind the murder of Kim Jong-Nam in Kuala Lumpur Airport has signed, unlike North Korea, the Treaty for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which entered into force in 1997.