Myanmar going nuclear with N Korea's help?

[Richmark Sentinel]

Source: Richmark Sentinel

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

BANGKOK July 21 Sapa-AP

By Denis D. Gray

The recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship, photographs of
massive tunnels and a secret meeting have raised concern that one
of the world's poorest nations may be aspiring to join the nuclear
club - with help from its friends in Pyongyang.

No one expects military-run Myanmar, also known as Burma, to
obtain an atomic bomb anytime soon, but experts are closely
watching the Southeast Asian nation.

"There's suspicion that something is going on, and increasingly
that cooperation with North Korea may have a nuclear undercurrent.

We are very much looking into it," says David Albright, president
of the Institute for Science and International Security, a
Washington, D.C. think tank.

The issue is expected to be discussed, at least on the
sidelines, at this week's ASEAN Regional Forum, a major security
conference hosted by Thailand. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton, along with representatives from North Korea and
Myanmar, will attend.



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[marshall]

1. We would be smart to find common ground with these countries

Better to have loose cannons on our good side rather than against us.