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North Korea Selling Banned Nuclear Equipment

A UN report released on Friday found that North Korea is supplying banned nuclear and ballistic missile equipment to Iran, Syria and Myanmar using surreptitious...

Federal News Network Staff

November 18, 2010 4:32 pm

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A UN report released on Friday found that North Korea is supplying banned nuclear and ballistic missile equipment to Iran, Syria and Myanmar using surreptitious means to avoid international sanctions. A UN committee called for heightened vigilance to stop the nuclear trade and for investigation into the sophisticated means used by North Korea to avoid detection. Weapons, missiles and dated nuclear technology are the top three hard currency earners for North Korea. The North is desperate due to dire economic conditions and has no alternative but to try to export the only items it makes that have a market.