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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embraced after pledging on Friday to work for the “complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula,” punctuating a day of smiles and handshakes at the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade.
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U.N. monitors say that Pyongyang defied sanctions in 2017 by supplying weapons to Syria and Burma.
Naypyidaw has sought to assure the visiting US envoy that the Tatmadaw no longer retains links to North Korea.
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North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country on Tuesday, prompting Malaysia to take tit-for-tat action, as police in Kuala Lumpur sought to question up to three men hiding in the North Korean Embassy over the murder of Kim Jong-nam.
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Malaysian authorities have detained a woman from Burma in connection with the investigation into the death of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported on Wednesday.
The Burmese Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement on Wednesday chiding North Korea over a hydrogen bomb test it conducted on 6 January.
A senior US diplomat commended Burma at the 2015 address on US policy priorities for East Asia and the Pacific on 4 February, while discussing reforms in North Korea.
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Burma is the third most corrupt country in the Asia-Pacific region and the 156th most corrupt of 175 nations surveyed, says Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International.
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Burma is among a “core” group of nations still receiving conventional weapons from North Korea, says a 2013 US Department of Defense report to Congress, made public on Wednesday.
Vice-President Sai Mauk Kham met the North Korean ambassador to Burma Kim Sok Chol at the Presidential Palace in Naypyidaw on Wednesday. Remaining ties to North Korea have proven to be a sticking point in Thein Sein’s relationship with the West.
Asia Metal Co Ltd has rejected accusations by the US government that it has been involved in arms deals with North Korea.
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The United States Department of Treasury added three Burmese corporations and a military staff officer to the Specially Designated Nationals List on Monday for their involvement in the arms trade with North Korea.
Burma continues to enjoy a furtive defence relationship with North Korea by using front companies and false flags to ship military cargo from Pyongyang to Rangoon, according to an investigation by NK News.
Burma has reportedly agreed to give UN weapons inspectors wider access to facilities that could be used to develop nuclear technology, according to the world’s leading nuclear watchdog.
The US vows to strengthen its military relationship with Burma, shortly after issuing another warning to Naypyidaw that it must sever its defence ties with North Korea.
The Asian Human Rights Commission is calling on the Burmese government to recognise whistleblowers as political prisoners following a pledge from Thein Sein to free all of Burma’s prisoners of conscience
Burma has refuted allegations that it continues to enjoy a military relationship with North Korea, after the US government blacklisted a top general for dealing arms with the Asian pariah
A US Senator has called on Burmese President Thein Sein ‘to demonstrate transparency’ over suspicious cargo seized in Japan that allegedly contained nuclear material from North Korea on its way to Burma
Thein Sein’s denial of a nuclear relationship with North Korea is evasive, and done merely to appease the US. It’s highly likely that Pyongyang continues to supply its ally with arms and know-how
The passing of Kim Jong Il shows that tyrants will eventually fall. It is in Thein Sein’s interests to restore his country to democracy, rather than be ranked in the same category
Footage of thousands of North Korean’s hysterically mourning the death of Kim Jong Il has now gone viral, suggesting that the passing of one of the world’s most notorious tyrants[…]
Reports suggest deal has been struck paving the way for Russia to develop 50km line beneath the remote Burmese capital
Hepatitis epidemic expected to kill five million in South and Southeast Asia over next decade as WHO pushes for better data
MV Light stopped by US navy patrol south of Shanghai under suspicion it was headed for Burma with a cargo of weapons
UN accuses Pyongyang of using ‘front companies and middlemen’ to dodge sanctions and export nuclear and missile technology to Burma, Syria and Iran
UN envoy Kurt Campbell’s concerns about ‘recent developments’ in Burma renew fears of strengthening military ties with North Korea and China
