What Is The North Korea - Myanmar Connection?

Photo: In this 2006 file photo, the Kang Nam I, is anchored in Hong Kong waters. The US military is tracking the North Korean ship, which may be carrying illicit weapons, the first vessel monitored under tougher new United Nations rules meant to rein in and punish the Stalinst state after it conducted a nuclear test, officials said Thursday. Vincent Yu/AP/File

Fears North Korea In Burma Arms Deal -- The Australian

A NORTH Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons cruised through waters off Shanghai yesterday en route to Burma, as regional military officials and a US destroyer kept a close eye on the vessel.

Washington's top military commander in South Korea, meanwhile, warned that the communist regime is bolstering its guerilla warfare capacity.

General Walter Sharp, who commands the 28,500 US troops in South Korea, said the North could employ roadside bombs and other guerilla tactics if fighting breaks out again on the Korean peninsula. The two Koreas technically remain at war because their three-year conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, in 1953.

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My Comment: Because of an arms embargo, no one can sell to Myanmar. North Korea obviously feels no restrictions on conducting business with Myanmar .... hence this shipment of (yet to be proven) weapons and missile parts.

If news reports are true .... I wonder why is Myanmar purchasing missile components? Who is their target?

Update: North Korean Ship Not Seen Carrying Missiles -- Global Security News Wire