North Korea Caught Twice Trying to Smuggle Chemical Weapons Material into Syria

Just another example of the lucrative weapons trade the North Koreans continue to have Syria:

North Korea has twice been caught attempting to ship material to Syria’s chemical weapons agency in the past six months, according to a confidential UN report prepared by a panel of experts.  (……)

The shipments were sent by KOMID, the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation – an organisation blacklisted by the UN security council in 2009, and described as Pyongyang’s key arms dealer and exporter of equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons. (…….)

“Two member states interdicted shipments destined for Syria.

“Another Member state informed the panel that it had reasons to believe that the goods were part of a KOMID contract with Syria.”

 The UN experts said activities between Syria and North Korea they were investigating included cooperation on Syrian Scud missile programmes and maintenance and repair of Syrian surface-to-air missiles air defence systems.  [The Telegraph]