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Events on Monday 25 May 2009 1
2009North Korea conducts second nuclear testUnderground detonation draws UN condemnationNorth Korea tested a nuclear device underground at its Punggye-ri site, its second such test after 2006. The UN Security Council responded with tightened sanctions in Resolution 1874. The test heightened tensions with South Korea, Japan and the United States.