Sunday, March 09, 2008

A "Flat Panel Technology" Update

As we noted here and, I believe, elsewhere, it has been rumored that North Korean nuclear engineers have been sent to Syria to aid that country's nuclear weapons development program. Today, diplomatic sources confirmed that North Korean engineers and "materials" have, in fact, been dispatched to Syria:

North Korea admitted to sending engineers to military- related and other facilities in Syria during its recent talks with the United States over its nuclear program, diplomatic sources in New York said Friday.

North Korea denied, however, that this scientific cooperation related to nuclear weapons:

Pyongyang, however, denied its involvement in Syrian nuclear development, according to the sources.

Sure, that's plausible. Maybe the Syrians wanted to learn about North Korea's industry-leading flat-panel television technology.