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North Korea Reports First Nuclear Test

By Steve Inskeep, Mike Shuster

Published October 9, 2006 at 3:00 AM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

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U.S. and South Korean intelligence detected a seismic event at a suspected nuclear test site in North Korea, the White House reports, a few hours after North Korea claimed it had conducted an underground nuclear test.

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Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

Mike Shuster

Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.

North Korea Reports First Nuclear Test

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