In pictures: Burma's tunnel network Several senior Burmese military officials are reported to have been arrested over the leaking of these photographs - appearing to show tunnels built in Burma with the help of North Korean experts. All photos: Democratic Voice of Burma.
<div id="picGalleryNoScript_0"> <div class="galMain"> <a href="/media/images/45977000/jpg/_45977439_4bf8da0e-4fef-41c7-bef3-b09b652619c3.jpg" ><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45984000/jpg/_45984008_tunnel1_dvb.jpg" width="99" height="66" alt="Tunnel construction in Burma" border="0" vspace="2"></a> </div> <p class="picGalCaption">Several senior Burmese military officials are reported to have been arrested over the leaking of these photographs - appearing to show tunnels built in Burma with the help of North Korean experts. All photos: Democratic Voice of Burma.</p> </div><div id="picGalleryNoScript_1"> <div class="galMain"> <a href="/media/images/45977000/jpg/_45977408_tunnel6_dvb.jpg" ><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45984000/jpg/_45984009_tunnel6_dvb.jpg" width="99" height="66" alt="Tunnel construction in Burma" border="0" vspace="2"></a> </div> <p class="picGalCaption">The photos were leaked to Burmese exiles working for the Norway-based broadcaster Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB).</p> </div><div id="picGalleryNoScript_2"> <div class="galMain"> <a href="/media/images/45975000/jpg/_45975835_tunnel5_dvb.jpg" ><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45984000/jpg/_45984010_tunnel5_dvb.jpg" width="99" height="66" alt="Tunnel construction in Burma" border="0" vspace="2"></a> </div> <p class="picGalCaption">The photographs were taken between 2003 and 2006 and according to DVB show the construction of tunnels large enough to accommodate heavy vehicles.</p> </div><div id="picGalleryNoScript_3"> <div class="galMain"> <a href="/media/images/45975000/jpg/_45975837_tunnel3_dvb.jpg" ><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45984000/jpg/_45984011_tunnel3_dvb.jpg" width="99" height="66" alt="Tunnel construction in Burma" border="0" vspace="2"></a> </div> <p class="picGalCaption">According to Bangkok-based Swedish journalist Bertil Lintner, the North Koreans have helped build tunnels beneath Nay Pyi Taw, the new capital that Burma's military rulers moved into in 2005.</p> </div><div id="picGalleryNoScript_4"> <div class="galMain"> <a href="/media/images/45975000/jpg/_45975838_tunnel2_dvb.jpg" ><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45984000/jpg/_45984012_tunnel2_dvb.jpg" width="99" height="66" alt="Tunnel construction in Burma" border="0" vspace="2"></a> </div> <p class="picGalCaption">Another series of tunnels has been built near Taunggyi, in north-east Burma's Shan state, says Lintner, where several of the country's long-term insurgencies are being fought.</p> </div><div id="picGalleryNoScript_5"> <div class="galMain"> <a href="/media/images/45977000/jpg/_45977414_tunnel7_dvb.jpg" ><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45984000/jpg/_45984013_tunnel7_dvb.jpg" width="99" height="66" alt="Inside tunnel in Burma" border="0" vspace="2"></a> </div> <p class="picGalCaption">The tunnels contain meeting rooms and are said to have lights, air ventilators, a power supply and fibre-optic cables. Some of the tunnels are thought to be command centres for government figures in the event of an emergency, says the DVB.</p> </div><div id="picGalleryNoScript_6"> <div class="galMain"> <a href="/media/images/45977000/jpg/_45977409_insidetunnel4_dvb.jpg" ><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45984000/jpg/_45984014_insidetunnel4_dvb.jpg" width="99" height="66" alt="Inside tunnel in Burma" border="0" vspace="2"></a> </div> <p class="picGalCaption">Analysts say Burma is willing to trade food and raw materials, such as rubber, in exchange for North Korea's tunnelling expertise.</p> </div>
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