Top Brass Expand Military Ties
A leaked report describes a secret visit by senior Burmese military officers to North Korea last year. The report includes 182 photos. The photos show meetings with Gen. Thura Shwe Mann, Burma’s third-ranked official leader and chief of staff of the armed forces, Chinese Defense Ministry Central Commission member and armed forces Chief of Staff Gen. Chen Bingde, and North Korean Defense Ministry Chief of General Staff Gen. Kim Kyok Sik.