![]() January 2016 - North Korea claimed it detonated a hydrogen bomb in a test, but the U.S. South Korea responded by firing 300 shells into North Korean waters.Īn official from North Korea said the country possessed nuclear weapons it could fire at the mainland U.S. March 30-31, 2014 - North Korea warned that it would test another nuclear weapon, but instead it fired hundreds of shells across its Yellow Sea border into South Korean territory. 31, 2006 - North Korea missed its end-of-year deadline to disable its weapons facilities. ![]() September 2006 - North Korea agreed to begin disabling its nuclear weapons facilities.ĭec. In return, it would receive a $400 million aid package. Countries included in the talks were: North Korea, the U.S., South Korea, China, Japan and Russia.įebruary 2006 - North Korea agreed to close its main nuclear reactor. capabilities, the UN imposed trade and travel sanctions on North Korea.ĭecember 2006 - Six-party talks began with the aim to find a peaceful solution to North Korea's nuclear program. Although it was a relatively small weapon compared to U.S. ![]() October 2006 - North Korea said it successfully tested its first nuclear weapon. July 2006 - North Korea test-fired long-range missiles, which resulted in a UN Security Council resolution demanding that North Korea suspend its nuclear program. But the promises from the statement didn’t last long only one day later, North Korea demanded civilian reactors as a prerequisite to any deal. 19, 2005 - In a U.S.-North Korea joint statement, North Korea said it would give up its nuclear program for a non-aggression pact with the U.S. Bush said North Korea would have to agree to dismantle its nuclear program entirely. 9, 2003 - North Korea offered to “freeze” its nuclear program in exchange for concessions from the U.S. ReutersĪpAmerican officials said North Korea admitted it had nuclear weapons.ĭec. The treaty was originally signed by the U.S., the Soviet Union and several other countries in 1968.Ī South Korean soldier keeps watch at a post near Panmunjom, a contact point across the heavily fortified border dividing North and South Korea, Jan 23, 2003. This establishment was significant, as the construction of this plant allowed North Korea to establish a full plutonium fuel cycle.ġ985 - North Korea signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, an agreement meant to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Read: US Has 'No Good Military Options' Against North Korea, Ex-Ambassador Saysġ984 - North Korea completed construction of radiochemical laboratory, or a reprocessing plant. Mid-1980s - North Korea reached a “dangerous levels of nuclear capacity” with the help from the Soviet Union, according to the American Security Project. signed a nuclear cooperation agreement.ġ962 - North Korea completed construction of the Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center, a research reactor. Read: Kim Jong-un's Regime Issues Threat To US Over Possible Preemptive Strikeġ959 - North Korea and the Soviet Union - which was, by this time, a powerful nemesis of the U.S. A timeline of the most important dates of North Korea's nuclear aggression shows an interesting pattern in the relationship between the two countries.ġ956 - Not long after the Korean War, the Soviet Union began to train North Korean scientists and engineers with “basic knowledge” to start a nuclear program. In fact, North Korea first got into the nuclear weapons game over 60 years ago. and its allies, President Donald Trump tweeted that North Korea was "behaving very badly."īut 2017 is hardly the first time North Korea has antagonized the U.S. Reuters/KCNAĪfter an increasing number of reports last week that North Korea had been testing nuclear weapons meant to pose a threat to the U.S. North Korea leader Kim Jong Un smiles as he visits Sohae Space Center in Cholsan County, North Pyongan province for the testing of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency, April 9, 2016.
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