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North Korea announced the nuclear test via its official Korean Central News Agency out of the capital Pyongyang.

"It marks a historic event as it greatly encouraged and pleased the KPA (Korean People's Army) and people that have wished to have powerful self-reliant defense capability," the agency said in a statement.
As one of the world's poorest and most isolated countries, North Korea might have conducted the nuclear test as a way to show it has power in the region, Asian experts say.

Although American officials have not confirmed the test, the U.S. Geological Survey registered a seismic event equivalent to a magnitude 4.2 earthquake.

President Bush warned that North Korea's action "constitutes a threat to international peace and security." He called on the U.N. Security Council to take immediate action.

The president also warned North Korea not to share its nuclear knowledge with other states or terrorist groups.

"The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States and we would hold North Korea fully accountable for consequences of such action," he said.

North Korea's nuclear history

North Korea's test is just the latest in an ongoing standoff with the rest of the world.

U.S. satellites first detected nuclear reactors in the country in the early 1980s.

By 1994, the United States had brokered a deal with the nation to stop its nuclear program in exchange for much-needed food aid. But that agreement eventually broke down after North Korea revealed a secret nuclear weapons program in 2002.

It was during the 2002 State of the Union Address that President Bush called North Korea one part of the "axis of evil," along with Iran and Iraq.