Asia-Pacific | North Korea conducts nuclear test

BBC News | May. 24, 2009 (Breaking News)

North Korea has staged a "successful" underground nuclear test, the state-run KCNA agency reports.
Both South Korea's and the US geological agency said the tremor indicated a nuclear explosion Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Glenn LaBauve - May 24, 2009 - 9:07 PM PDT
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This is the first verified succesful nuclear detonation by NK,

After all the recent failures in the scientific arena for NK, I imagine several lives were on the line for this one.

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