North Korea Suspected of Selling Uranium
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North Korea has emerged as a possible supplier in a clandestine nuclear network, with diplomats saying the communist country was the likely source of nearly 2 tons of uranium that Libya bought for its now-scrapped weapons program. The revelations intensified concern that Iran and other nations also could have obtained fuel, components and the knowledge to build nuclear arms from Pyongyang.
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