INTEL: North Korea-Iran Nuke Collusion

This just confirms what many have suspected.

From The Korea Times:

Nuclear cooperation between North Korea and Iran has increased appreciably in recent months, according to a new intelligence report, setting off alarms at the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna.

Reuters news agency said it obtained an intelligence report from a non-U.S. diplomat in the Austrian capital noting "a significant improvement in relations between Iran and North Korea over the past few months."

The report cited a secret masters course run by a Tehran university in which senior North Korean scientists and atomic technicians gave lectures.

"This nuclear cooperation between the two countries has apparently increased significantly during the past year as seen in the arrival of an academic delegation from North Korea in Iran and the existence of this special course," it said. "It seems Iran is taking another step to promote its military nuclear project by exploiting North Korea’s extensive technological information in the nuclear sphere."

All along, South Korea has been hoping that the NORKS would return to the negotiation table, however, this latest report indicates that Kim Jong-il remains a belligerent.

My take is that North Korea has no intentions of working any peaceful agreement with the rest of the world since it would cause the ultimate downfall of its regime. It has to remain a Stalinist rogue state to exist.

Companion post at In The Bullpen.