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Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham was an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. Follow him on Twitter @oliverhotham.
North Korea has been lending expertise and equipment to the government of Syria's ongoing missile development programme, in violation of international sanctions against the DPRK, a report by Jane's Defence Weekly released over the weekend claims.
Citing Syrian and EU Foreign and Security policy sources, the report says that experts from the state-run Tangun Trading Corporation is working with the Syria Scientific Studies and Research Center at its Project 99 compound near Hamah, to improve Syria's Scud D missiles stockpile.