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Citing continued efforts by the Bush Administration to topple its government, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea announces that it is pulling of six-party nuclear talks and will "bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal." The North Korean foreign ministry said the country's nuclear weapons ... |
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South Korean news agencies report on a large explosion in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea which took place on September 9th. An accident or nuclear test is suspected. |
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A large explosion occurs in Yanggang province in the northern part of North Korea, sending a plume of smoke more than two miles wide into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime. The event is not reported until 9/12/2004. |
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North Korea agrees to the next round of six-nation talks regarding its nuclear weapons programs. The talks will include the United States, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea and North Korea and will take place June 23-26 in Beijing, PRC. |
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Diplomats from China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and the United States commence talks behind closed doors to address North Korea's nuclear programs. |
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Diplomats from North and South Korea, Russia, Japan, China and the United States meet in Beijing to seek a compromise in the Nuclear Weapons standoff with North Korea. discuss» |
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North Korea reactivates a five megawatt nuclear reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex north of Pyongyang. It is capable of producing 13 pounds of plutonium per year and North Korea could produce five or six plutonium bombs from 8,000 spent fuel rods in just a few months. |
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In Pyongyang, North Korea, the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland announces that "If the U.S. moves to bolster aggression troops are unchecked, the whole land of Korea will be reduced to ashes and the Koreans will not escape horrible nuclear disasters." |
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A spokesman for North Korea tells a British daily newspaper that North Korea could launch a pre-emptive strike against U.S. forces rather than wait for an American attack after a war with Iraq. |
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North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the global nuclear non-proliferation treaty. |
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North Korea announces that it has violated the non-Proliferation Treaty and has been conducting a secret nuclear weapons development program. |
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As part of an agreement to normalize relations with Japan, North Korea admits that its agents kidnapped 11 Japanese during the late 1970s. They were likely used as language and cultural teachers for the training of North Korean espionage agents. Shigeru Yokota learned that his daughter, Megumi, ha ... |
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North Korea launches a Taepo Dong 1 Missile that drops its booster stage into the Sea of Japan, flies over the Japanese island of Honshu, and splashes down 300 miles east of the island. |
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14 North Koreans defect to South Korea. |
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