Reply #10: BBC: Wikileaks: North Korea 'helps Burma with nuclear sites' [View All]

[Turborama]

Burma may be building missile and nuclear sites in remote locations with support from North Korea, according to secret US cables released by Wikileaks.

The documents cite witnesses who say North Korean workers are helping Burma construct an underground bunker in a remote jungle.

The move underlines concern that the Burmese regime might be trying to build a nuclear weapon, despite denials.

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A cable dating from August 2004 spoke of a Burmese officer in an engineering unit who said surface-to-air missiles were being built at a site in a town called Minbu in west-central Myanmar.

"The North Koreans, aided by Burmese workers, are constructing a concrete-reinforced underground facility that is '500ft from the top of the cave to the top of the hill above'," http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/20129">reads the cable, published by the Guardian newspaper.

More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11966136