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Five nations -- the United States, South Korea, Russia, China and Japan -- are applying pressure on Pyongyang to get the secretive nation to give up its nuclear weapons ambitions. 1993 North Korea says it has quit the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty amid suspicions that it is developing nuclear weapons. It later reverses that decision. Canon Ws 1200h Manual Woodworkers. 1994 North Korea and the United States sign an agreement where Pyongyang pledges to freeze and eventually dismantle its nuclear weapons program in exchange for international aid to build two power-producing nuclear reactors. 1998 August: North Korea fires a multistage missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean, proving it can strike any part of Japan's territory. November: The United States and North Korea hold the first round of high-level talks in Pyongyang over North Korea's suspected construction of an underground nuclear facility. The United States demands inspections.

1999 May: Former Defense Secretary William Perry visits North Korea and delivers a U.S. Disarmament proposal.

September 13: North Korea pledges to freeze long-range missile tests. Don't Miss • Special report: September 17: President Bill Clinton eases economic sanctions against North Korea. December: A U.S.-led consortium signs a $4.6 billion contract for two Western-developed light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea.

2000 July: North Korea threatens to restart its nuclear program if Washington doesn't compensate for the loss of electricity caused by delays in building nuclear power plants. 2001 June: North Korea warns it will reconsider its moratorium on missile tests if the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush doesn't resume contacts aimed at normalizing relations.

State Department reports North Korea is going ahead with development of its long-range missile. A Bush administration official says North Korea conducts an engine test of the Taepodong-1 missile. December: U.S. President Bush warns Iraq and North Korea that they would be 'held accountable' if they developed weapons of mass destruction 'that will be used to terrorize nations.' 2002 January 29: Bush labels North Korea, Iran and Iraq an 'axis of evil' in his State of the Union address. 'By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger,' he says. October: The Bush administration reveals that Pyongyang had admitted operating a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1994 agreement.

North Korean officials acknowledged the program after U.S. Officials confronted them with evidence. November: The United States, Japan and South Korea halt oil supplies to North Korea promised under a 1994 deal. December: North Korea removes IAEA monitoring seals and cameras from its nuclear facilities and expels the watchdog agency's inspectors. 2003 January 10: North Korea withdraws from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. February 5: North Korea's official news agency says the nation has reactivated its nuclear power facilities.