PYONGYANG, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday accused the United States of plotting a bio-chemical war against it.

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The official Minju Joson daily said in a commentary that the US Defense Department has worked out a "bio-chemical defense program for fiscal 2019" to introduce a 15.6 percent year-on-year increase in the budget for "Jupiter Plan," a bio-chemical war scenario against the DPRK.

The United States pushed ahead with the scheme in the past, and has spent a huge amount of money for the plan in a bid to turn South Korea into a big testing ground for bio-chemical warfare, Minju Joson said.

"This shows that the US remains unchanged in its black-hearted intention to strain the situation on the peninsula and stifle the DPRK by force," it added.