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Map:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45821000/gif/_45821084_n_kor_nuclear_test_466map.gif

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8067438.stm

Snippet - Timeline: “Nuclear Crisis”

QUOTE:

UCLEAR CRISIS
Oct 2006 - North Korea conducts an underground nuclear test
Feb 2007 - North Korea agrees to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for fuel aid
June 2007 - North Korea shuts its main Yongbyon reactor
June 2008 - North Korea makes its long-awaited declaration of nuclear assets
Oct 2008 - The US removes North Korea from its list of countries which sponsor terrorism
Dec 2008 - Pyongyang slows work to dismantle its nuclear programme after a US decision to suspend energy aid
Jan 2009 - The North says it is scrapping all military and political deals with the South, accusing it of “hostile intent”
April 2009 - Pyongyang launches a rocket carrying what it says is a communications satellite
25 May 2009 - North Korea conducts a second nuclear test