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To: calgal who wrote (342182)	1/12/2003 5:16:09 PM
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North Korea's weapons development URL:http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-01-10-nkorea-arms-development_x.htm A timeline on nuclear weapons development in North Korea: 1993: North Korea shocks the world by saying it will quit the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, but it later suspends its withdrawal. 1994: North Korea and U.S. sign nuclear agreement in Geneva. North Korea pledges to freeze and eventually dismantle its nuclear weapons program in exchange for international aid to build two power-producing nuclear reactors. August 1998: North Korea fires a multistage rocket that flies over Japan and lands in the Pacific Ocean, proving the Koreans can strike any part of Japan's territory. May 1999: Former Defense Secretary William Perry visits North Korea and delivers a U.S. disarmament proposal during four days of talks. September 1999: North Korea pledges to freeze testing of long-range missiles for the duration of negotiations to improve relations. Sept. 17, 1999: President Clinton agrees to the first significant easing of economic sanctions against North Korea since the Korean War ended in 1953. December 1999: A U.S.-led international consortium signs a $4.6 billion contract to build two safer, Western-developed light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea. July 2000: North Korea renews its threat to restart its nuclear program if Washington does not compensate for the loss of electricity caused by delays in building nuclear power plants. June 2001: North Korea warns it will reconsider its moratorium on missile tests if the Bush administration doesn't resume contacts aimed at normalizing relations. July 2001: State Department reports North Korea is going ahead with development of its long-range missile. A senior Bush administration official says North Korea has conducted an engine test of the Taepodong-1 missile. December 2001: President Bush warns Iraq and North Korea that they would be "held accountable" if they developed weapons of mass destruction "that will be used to terrorize nations." Jan. 29, 2002: Bush labels North Korea, Iran and Iraq an "axis of evil" in his State of the Union address. "By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger," he says. Oct. 4: North Korean officials tell visiting U.S. delegation that the country has a second covert nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1994 agreement — a program using enriched uranium. Oct. 16: U.S. officials publicly reveal discovery of North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Oct. 26: Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung meet on the sidelines of an Asian-Pacific regional summit in Mexico and agree to seek a peaceful settlement to the North's nuclear issue. Nov. 11: The U.S. and its key Asian allies — Japan and South Korea — decide to halt oil supplies to North Korea promised under the 1994 deal. Dec. 12: North Korea announces that it is reactivating nuclear facilities at Yongbyon that were frozen under a 1994 deal with the United States. Dec. 13: North Korea asks the U.N. nuclear watchdog to remove monitoring seals and cameras from its nuclear facilities. Dec. 14: The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency urges North Korea to retract its decision to reactivate its nuclear facilities and abide by its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Dec. 21: North Korea begin removing monitoring seals and cameras from its nuclear facilities Jan. 10, 2003: North Korea says it will withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.