U.S. diplomacy may have unwittingly spurred North Korean proliferation
SEOUL — North Korea exported $100 million worth of missiles and other weapons last year, twice the amount it exported in previous years.
An intelligence official here suggested Pyongyang had taken advantage of relaxed global monitoring following a flurry of multilateral negotiations to end the country's nuclear weapons ambitions.
"We understand North Korea's shipments of weaponry rose to about $100 million last year," the source said, confirming a local news report.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits the air force unit 1017 at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in an undated photo released on Dec. 28.
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