2009 World Events · Financial crisis, uprisings, and the cyber-kinetic threshold
North Korea second nuclear test
North Korea conducted a second nuclear test, demonstrating persistence despite sanctions.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2009.
Why it matters
It strengthened the sanctions regime and missile-defense arguments.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
North Korea conducted a second nuclear test, demonstrating persistence despite sanctions.
It strengthened the sanctions regime and missile-defense arguments.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2009-002
- Date or period
- 2009-05-25
- Type
- Nuclear proliferation
- Focus
- Military / nuclear
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 5 of 5
- Location label
- North Korea / Punggye-ri, North Korea
- Coordinate precision
- Nuclear-test-site approximate coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- North Korea; UN Security Council; regional powers
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 41.2995, 129.0878 with the precision label “Nuclear-test-site approximate coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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This remains a starting-point record
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Citation and correction
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “North Korea second nuclear test.” World Events record 2009-002. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2009/2009-002/