Even if the test was dud, it doesn't mean they wont pull themselves together like Pakistan did and be eventualy successful.

The major powers united in their condemnation of North Korea's claim to have tested a nuclear weapon...

Under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, what would be the further impact placed upon this region, in the event of accidental launchings, or hushing the effects of a underground test accident?...

(The North Korean nuclear test will contribute) "...to the maintenance and guarantee of peace and security in the peninsula and the region."......

The self-proclaimed Arms Control Wonk has an amusing post on that subject:

"No one has ever dudded their first test of a simple fission device. North Korean nuclear scientists are now officially the worst ever."

The bottom line: tough talk from the United States and the United Nations failed to do the trick.

North Korean conducted a nuclear test anyway, and there are even a few suggestions another one will be on the way.

And what can......

Don Surber reports on North Korea's successful nuclear test. Japan and South Korea are unhappy about this, mostly because the wacky antics of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il are more worrisome when you're in missile range of the guy. Many......

DPRK went nuclear in violation of the non-proliferation treaty

DPRK withdrew from the NPT years ago, so they are not in violation of it.

THIS is what happens when the Democrats are in charge of foreign policy. The Bush administration may have made some mistakes, but they sure as hell didn't hand over a nuclear reactor to North Korea....