North Korea Aiming To Expand Export Of Missiles At Any Cost To Earn Hard Currency

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North Korea Aiming To Expand Export Of Missiles At Any Cost To Earn Hard Currency / North Korea Arms Exports Rose To 100 Million Dollars Last Year: Report -- Defense Technology News

January 12, 2009: Exports of North Korean missiles and other weapons rose in value to about 100 million dollars last year mainly due to tensions in the Middle East, a South Korean newspaper reported.

The hardline communist country saw a sharp drop in weapons exports in 2007 because of international sanctions imposed after it tested missiles and an atom bomb in 2006.
Last year the value of its overseas arms sales rose to about 100 million dollars or more than 10 percent of total exports, the Dong-a Ilbo newspaper said.

It quoted an unidentified Seoul government official as saying progress in six-party nuclear disarmament talks last year helped North Korea sell more weapons.

The paper said purchasers felt less political burden in buying such weapons because the talks had made some headway.

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My Comment: You just know that nuclear technologies and materials will be next.