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N Korea-Burma link suspected

By Jonathan Soble in Tokyo Kim Jong-il, North Korea's leader, has long been suspected of trading arms and arms-making technology with unsavoury allies, either for cash or for secrets such as the nuclear expertise he is believed to have obtained from Pakistan. North Korea's apparent reaching out to the Burmese junta adds to its history of provocative behaviour. It test-fired a Taepodong long-range missile over Japan in April and, more recently, has launched short-distance missiles into the sea and sent a patrol boat into South Korean waters. High-level military talks scheduled for next year between the US and China - historically a supporter of both North Korea and Burma - are expected to focus on strategies for containing Mr Kim's totalitarian regime. To read the complete article published in Financial Times, click here.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on July 01, 2009 (boomark / email).