South Korea gripped with fear over U.S. bioweapon labs

STORY: South Korea gripped with fear over U.S. bioweapon labs DATELINE: April 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Seoul, South Korea CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Korean): LEE JANG-HIE, Emeritus professor, Law school of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies 2. SOUNDBITE (Korean): CHOI WON-SEOK, College student 3. various of the Busan Port's Pier 8 4. various of people taking to the streets outside Busan Port's Pier 8 STORYLINE: South Korea has been gripped with rising fear over U.S. biological weapons laboratories operated by the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK). Civic groups and local residents have taken to the streets to demand the U.S. military take its hazardous weapons and vacate the country over the past week. Busan Port's Pier 8 SOUNDBITE (Korean): LEE JANG-HIE, Emeritus professor, Law school of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies "The U.S. military says it has never conducted biological experiments in South Korea, but in fact, as of 2019, it has carried out 16 biological experiments. The del

Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine

STORY: Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of the Russian Defense Ministry 2 various of the Pentagon 3 various of the national flag of the United States 4 various of the Ukrainians fleeing Ukraine STORYLINE: The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Defense was directly involved in developing biological weapon components in Ukraine. According to the ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov, documents received from Ukrainian employees working at the laboratories were studied by Russian experts and have shown that Ukrainian biological projects were directly developed and approved by the Pentagon. One of these projects aimed to carry out molecular analysis of particularly dangerous infections endemic in Ukraine and involved sampling pathogens from old animal burial sites to obtain new anthrax strains. The document unveiled that a pharmaceuti

U.S. deliberately shirks responsibility in bioweapon prohibition: experts

STORY: U.S. deliberately shirks responsibility in bioweapon prohibition: experts DATELINE: March 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: MILITARY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (ARABIC): OSAMA DANURA, Syrian political researcher 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (ARABIC): MUHAMMAD OMARI, Syrian political expert STORYLINE: The United States has been refusing to fulfill its commitment to prohibiting the spread of biological weapons, deliberately shirking its due responsibility, Syrian experts have said. With reports emerging about the U.S. running bioweapons lab in Ukraine, Syrian experts said the U.S. policy of setting up such labs in other countries poses risk to world security. Experts in Syria also said the U.S. has a recorded history of using nuclear and chemical weapons during its wars and has been avoiding any commitment to international agreements regarding the limitation of the spread of biological weapons. SOUNDBITE 1 (ARABIC): OSAMA DANURA, Syrian political researcher "It's obvious that the doub