Myanmar's nuclear plans

Documents smuggled out of Myanmar by an Army defector indicate its military regime is trying to develop nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, and that North Korea is probably assisting the programme, an expatriate media group said yesterday.

The Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma said the defector had been involved in the nuclear programme and smuggled out extensive files and photographs.

But the group concluded in a report that Myanmar is still far from producing a nuclear weapon.