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USS Pueblo
North Korea captures USS Pueblo, a US navel intelligence ship -
1974
February - Kim Il-sung designates eldest son, Kim Jong-il as his successor -
1986
Research nuclear reactor in Yongbyon becomes operational -
1991
North and South Korea join the United Nations. -
1993
International Atomic Energy Agency accuses North Korea of violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and demands inspectors be given access to nuclear waste storage sites. North Korea threatens to quit Treaty. -
1993
North Korea test-fires a medium-range Rodong ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan. -
1994
Death of Kim Il-sung, succeeded by his son Kim Jong-il -
1994
October - North Korea and the US sign an Agreed Framework under which Pyongyang commits to freezing its nuclear programme in return for heavy fuel oil and two light-water nuclear reactors. -
1998
North Korea fires its first long-range missile -
2000
First-ever Inter-Korean summit