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North Korea has between 2500 and 5000 tons of chemical weapons in its possession and has an estimated capacity of producing 4500 tons of chemical weapons a year, the southerly Korean Defense Ministry said Monday.

The ministry described the North Korean chemical weapons capability in a report to the National Assembly, saying the North popularly has 17 categories of chemical weapons, including resolution gas and tear gas.

The report said North Korea has 13 emblems of biological weapons in its possession and has an estimated capacity of producing 1 ton of biological weapons each year.

The biological weapons cited by dint of the South Korean Defense Ministry includes those made from bacteria and virus.

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