Security Council To Release Long-Delayed North Korea Nuclear Report -- Washington PostUNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council was preparing Tuesday to release a long-delayed report alleging that North Korea may have transferred ballistic missile and nuclear technology to Syria, Iran and Burma, according to diplomats.
The 75-page report, whose release has been blocked for six months by China, an ally of Pyongyang, reinforces U.S. claims that North Korea has emerged as a key supplier of banned weapons materials to Washington's greatest rivals.
A copy of the report was seen by The Washington Post.
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More News On The UN Report On North Korea's Nuclear Program
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North Korea accused of violating U.N. sanctions on nuclear weapons trade -- Turtle Bay/Foreign Policy
'N. Korea may have sold nuke technology to Iran, Syria' -- Jerusalem Post
Report: Russia's Medvedev expresses concerns over North Korea's nuclear programs -- Canadian Press/AP
Medvedev alarmed at North Korean nuclear activity -- Reuters
FACTBOX-A look at North Korea's nuclear arms programme -- Reuters
My Comment: What I find interesting is that China decided .... all of a sudden .... to drop their opposition in the release of this report. This tells me that there are strains in Chinese - North Korean relations that are not being public .... strains that have reached the level for China to decide that they will no longer protect North Korea from international condemnation.
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