Analysts have long suspected North Korea of supplying Burma with weapons and technology. Has the Dear Leader become a role model for Than Shwe as well? "Burma and North Korea, two of the world?s most oppressive, isolated and secretive nations, were previously not on speaking terms. But over the last two decades, Burma?s junta chief, Snr-Gen Than Shwe, and North Korea?s ?Dear Leader,? Kim Jong Il, have formed a disconcerting partnership of convenience that, due to recent events, has garnered increased attention from the international community..."