North Korea's Nuclear Moves

North Korea again conducted its Nuclear Tests on May 25 2009. The tests signaled Pyongyang's growing disillusionment over the U.S. refusal to conduct bilateral talks. North Korea, facing international censure for the nuclear test, threatened on again to attack the South after it joined a U.S.-led plan to check vessels suspected of carrying equipment for weapons of mass destruction.


"Last year, a lot of people from Seoul and Washington visited Pyongyang telling Kim and his people that once Obama was in the White House, the U.S. was going to be a totally different entity to deal with," said Lee Dong-bok, a senior associate in Seoul for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

But it's not working out that way. That's the reason North Korea is acting in such an erratic manner."

When North Korea first conducted Nuclear tests on Oct 9 2006, it said it carried out in defiance of international warnings. It was a success and had not resulted in any leak of radiation. The US said the reported test was a "provocative act", while China denounced it as "brazen". China expressed its "resolute opposition" to the claimed test and said it "defied the universal opposition of international society".
A Russian news agency reported that an official in North Korea's embassy in Moscow warned that new tests would take place "if the United States and its allies continue the policy of intimidation against North Korea," Tass reported.

Mike - the MBA blogger