G-8 strongly condemns North Korea’s nuclear test and ballistic missile launch

August 3rd, 2009 SKorean envoy to meet US officials over NKoreaSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's nuclear envoy will meet key U.S. diplomats in charge of North Korea policy in Hawaii this week to talk about how to handle the communist country in the wake of its latest nuclear and missile tests, his office said Monday.

July 7th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council held discussion Monday on the reported launch of seven missiles by North Korea in defiance of the UN resolution demanding a halt to such exercises. The communist country fired the missiles Saturday, coinciding the US Independence Day, during which the council had planned no meeting.

July 5th, 2009 Recent developments suggests that defying US, North Korea has fired 7 ballistic missiles off its eastern coast on Saturday, thus violating UN resolutions. The mounting tension between the two nation, US and North Korea resurfaced as the latter test-fired three short-mid ranged missiles as a mark of protest against the UN sanctions which were imposed on the nation.

June 13th, 2009 Highlights of North Korea ResolutionA look at some key points in the U.N. Security Council resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea for its second nuclear test in defiance of an earlier ban.

June 4th, 2009 Analyst says new North Korean missile pad is readyWASHINGTON — Fresh commercial satellite images show that North Korea's sophisticated new missile base on its west coast — designed for multiple test flights in a short time — is ready for use, according to an independent analyst. Photographic images show the launch tower and what appears to be construction materials on the launch pad, Tim Brown, a senior fellow with GlobalSecurity.org, said Thursday.

May 26th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea fired two short-range missiles Tuesday, a day after conducting an internationally condemned nuclear test, South Korean media reported. The launches were carried out on North Korea's east coast, the national news agency Yonhap said, citing a government official in Seoul.

May 26th, 2009 SEOUL - Notwithstanding the worldwide criticism of its nuclear test, North Korea is believed to be preparing to test more ballistic missiles, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Tuesday. There were indications that North Korea was about to fire short-range missiles, believed to be anti-ship missiles, from its west coast, the agency said, quoting informed sources.

May 25th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea appeared to have test-fired a short-range missile Monday after it conducted a nuclear test, a media report said. The 130 km-range missile was fired from its Musudanri missile base in Southern Hamkyung province, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said.

May 25th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea appears to have test-fired one short-range missile Monday after it conducted a second nuclear test, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said. The 130 km-range missile was fired from its Musudanri missile base in Southern Hamkyung province, Yonhap said.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Monday condemned North Korea's nuclear test as unfortunate and described it as a development of serious concern for the entire world. "We've heard the claims of North Korea that they've carried nuclear test on May 25.

April 29th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Wednesday warned that it would conduct another nuclear test if the UN Security Council refused to apologise for criticising the Stalinist state's April 5 rocket launch. 'Unless the UN Security Council offers an apology immediately, we will be forced to take additional self-defence measures to protect the highest interests of our republic,' a foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement cited by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

April 25th, 2009 Chronology of NKorea's nuclear, missile programsA timeline of nuclear and missile developments in North Korea: — 1994: Under agreement with U.S., North Korea pledges to freeze and eventually dismantle its nuclear weapons program in exchange for help building two safer power-producing nuclear reactors. — Aug. 31, 1998: North Korea fires suspected missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean, calling it a satellite.

March 21st, 2009 TOKYO - North Korea will launch a rocket April 4 to deliver a communications satellite into orbit, a media report said Friday. The communist state earlier announced plans to launch a communications satellite between April 4 and 8.

February 27th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea has begun to test radar and other equipment in preparation for launching what it claims to be a satellite, South Korean media reports said Friday. Increased activity was reported from the Musudan-ri missile launch site in the north-east of the communist state as North Korea moves closer to what South Korea claims is an attempt to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.

February 24th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea said Tuesday that it was preparing to launch a satellite on a domestically produced rocket after weeks of intelligence reports that said it was instead readying a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. A date for the launch was not given in the statement by the Korea Space Technology Committee published by the official Korean Central News Agency.