In this 2008 photo provided by Thai Irrawaddy News Magazine Wednesday, June 24, 2009, Gen. Shwe Mann, seated at left, the third ranking member of Burma's ruling junta, and Gen Kim Kyok Sik, seated at right, then-chief of staff of North Korea's army, sign a memorandum in Pyongyang, North Korea. A North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons was off the coast of China on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, believed en route to Burma as regional military officials and a U.S. destroyer kept a close eye on the vessel's movements.
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