Nuclear means the same thing to all countries but each country has the right to handle its own internal affairs ( under the principle of State Sovereignty ).

North Korea is a highly autonomous country which is not party to the original non-proliferation treaty but has over the years built nuclear facilities. Testing from those facilities will occur whether other countries agree or not.

Pressure from countries like Japan and the US has the opposite effect from what they wish - North Korea tests its nuclear capabilities and has now declared that it has resumed reprocessing plutonium, which had been suspended.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NPT_Participation.svg
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty

http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20091125_2642.php


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