North Korea sells rocket launchers to Myanmar
April 04, 2008 00:00:00
TOKYO, Apr 3 (Reuters): North Korea has been selling multiple rocket launchers to military-ruled Myanmar since the two countries restored ties last year in violation of U.N. sanctions, Japan's NHK public broadcaster reported.
Quoting unspecified diplomatic sources, NHK said in a report late on Wednesday that the launchers were the same type as those deployed near the demilitarised zone separating the Korean peninsula.
The report could not be independently confirmed.
A Security Council resolution passed after North Korea's 2006 nuclear test blocks trade with the secretive communist country in dangerous weapons, heavy conventional weapons and luxury goods.