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From today, we will follow the North nuclear saga that start in march 1993 when UN International Agency for Atomic Energy asked to control two suspect sites.

First is a timeline of North Korea's nuclear weapons development
. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/13/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear- Chronology.php

Here is the text of the 13 february 2007 agreement
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/13/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear- Text.php

After demanding that its 25 million USD frozen in a Macao bank to be returned before closing Yongbyan reactor, Pyongyang demanded also the first delivering of oil. That ha been made.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104AP_Koreas_Nuclear_Oil.html

Finely, on 14 July 2007, NK closed its Yongbyan nuclear reactor
http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?aid=11016

Finely, after two days discussions, the six parties ended with failing to set a deadline to complete nuclear armament
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6905806.stm

20 July 2007

SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON NORTH KOREA STAND-OFF

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2340405.stm

North Korea envoy left Beijing saying that his country has been promised a light-water reactor for axing his Yongbyong reactor.

In the NK-USA accord in 1994, two plants of this kind have been proposed in the frame of Korean peninsula Energy Development Organisation, paid by Japan and EU, made by South Korea while USA provide 500.000 t. of oil each year during the construction.

The construction started very slowy, but Bush opposed it and everything has been stopped after the second nuclear crisis that start in october 2002.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6909776.stm

Here you can see the Yongbyon nuclear site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6908123.stm#map

From Washington Post archives :

North Korea had conducted its first nuclear weapons test on 9 october 2006.

Here is the 9 october 2006 official announcement by the Pyongyang authorities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/20/ AR2006112000609.html

ON 14 october 2006 United Nations Security Council voted a resolution condemning the nuclear test and announcing sanctions. This declaration can be see in pdf in the Washington Post by a link in the upper article<br><br>Post edited by: Jacques, at: 2007/08/11 23:28

17 August 2007

PROGRESS ON CLOSING OF NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR SITES

The United Nations atomic agency and the US reported progress in the international effort to elimitate North Korea's nuclear program
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/18/asia/18nuke-web.php