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Report: China's Huawei Helped Develop North Korean Wireless Network

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - Huawei Technologies, China's giant tech firm enmeshed in
   Beijing's trade dispute with the United States, secretly helped North
   Korea develop a commercial wireless network in recent years, The
   Washington Post reported Monday.

   The newspaper said that a review of internal company documents and
   sources familiar with Huawei's operations showed that the company
   partnered with a Chinese state-owned firm, Panda International
   Information Technology, on several North Korean projects over a span of
   at least eight years.

   The Post said the source of the information - past work orders,
   contracts and detailed spreadsheets - was a former Huawei employee who
   considered the information to be of public interest, but spoke on the
   condition of anonymity, citing a fear of retribution.

   Huawei's assistance to North Korea raises immediate questions whether
   the company, which has used American technology in its products,
   violated U.S. export controls against furnishing equipment to
   Pyongyang. The reclusive communist regime continues to be under
   international economic sanctions related to its nuclear weapons
   development and human rights abuses.

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