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1994
 
    
North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung dies and is succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Il       
2006
 
  
North Korea test-fires seven missiles, of varying ranges and with varying success     
2006
 
   
North Korea announces that it has tested a nuclear weapon      
2007
 
    
South Korea's Ban Ki-moon becomes the UN secretary-general, following the retirement of Kofi Annan       
2007
 
  
North Korea agrees to begin shutting down its nuclear facilities in return for an ongoing programme of fuel aid     
2008
 
    
The New York Philharmonic performs in North Korea, in the first significant cultural contact between USA and North Korea since the Korean War       
2009   May 21
 
  
North Korea announces that it has carried out a second successful nuclear test     
2010  November 23
 
   
North Korea shells the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, causing four deaths and a dangerous deterioration in relations with South Korea      
2012  April 13
 
    
The rocket Kwangmyongsong-3 breaks up less than two minutes after its launch, in North Korea's third attempt to put a satellite into space       
2012  December 12
 
 
North Korea successfully launches a powerful rocket, alarming the world with a new sign of military potential