North Korea has conducted six nuclear tests since 2006, with the largest in September drawing widespread international condemnation. Its nuclear and missile programmes have led…
North Korea has conducted six nuclear tests since 2006, with the largest in September drawing widespread international condemnation.
Its nuclear and missile programmes have led to increasing tension with US President Donald Trump, who has warned that the US may have to destroy North Korea if „Rocket Man“ Kim Jong-un continues to threaten its allies in the region.
Minister of State John Halligan wants to travel to Pyongyang to broker a peaceful solution to the crisis. Here are the key steps that brought us to this stand-off between North Korea and the US.
January 2016
After four years in power, Kim Jong-un says his country can produce a hydrogen bomb, the first step toward a nuclear weapon that could target the United States. The nation tests a device, but Western experts are not convinced it is a genuine hydrogen bomb.
February 2016
North Korea sends up a satellite. The United States calls this a disguised test of an engine powerful enough to launch an ICBM.
March 2016
North Korea claims it can miniaturise a nuclear device to fit onto a missile.
June 2016
North Korea says it has successfully tested an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), with a range of 2,000 to 3,400 miles.
