N. Korea Reports 1st Nuclear Arms Test  —  North Korea said Sunday night that it had set off its first nuclear test, becoming the eighth country in history, and arguably the most unstable and most dangerous, to proclaim that it has joined the club of nuclear weapons states.

N. Korea Claims Nuclear Test  —  Geologists in South Detect Man-Made Blast  —  North Korea declared on Monday that it had conducted its first nuclear test in defiance of international calls for restraint, claiming to be the world's newest nuclear power.  —  South Korean geological officials …

North Korea says nuclear test successful  —  SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test.  The country's official Korean Central News Agency said the test was performed successfully and there was no radioactive leakage from the site.

North Korea claims nuclear test … SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea on Monday claimed it has performed a successful nuclear test, according to that country's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).  —  South Korean government officials also said North Korea performed its first nuclear test …

Russia: NKorea test greater than reported  —  MOSCOW - Russia's defense minister said Monday that North Korea's nuclear test was equivalent to 5,000 tons to 15,000 tons of TNT.  —  That would be far greater than the force given by South Korea's geological institute, which estimated it at just 550 tons of TNT.

Russia Flacks For Kim Jong-Il  —  The seismic record of today's nuclear test by North Korea reveals a very small impact, almost so small that nuclear experts wonder if it isn't a hoax by Kim Jong-Il.  Russia, however, wants everyone to know that they're very impressed by the test:

North Korea Says Nuclear Test Successful  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday it had performed its first nuclear weapons test, an underground explosion that defied international warnings but was hailed by the communist nation as a "great leap forward" for its people.

North Korea: A Nuclear Threat  —  Is Kim Jong Il ready to provoke a regional crisis?  An exclusive account of what Pyongyang really wants.  —  Newsweek International  —  On Sept. 19, 2005, North Korea signed a widely heralded denuclearization agreement with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea.

DESTABLIZATION V2.0  —  Another nation joined the nuclear club today.  A particularly nasty one. … My source on the peninsula says that South Korea is -understandably- having a cow, same with Japan.  And think of all the nations that are within the fallout range of a green-glowing, radioactive Korea.

North Korea claims nuclear weapons test  —  Official news agency says no radioactive leakage  —  SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test.  —  U.S. and South Korean officials could not immediately confirm the report.

Nuclear North Korea.  —  The North Korean tyranny detonated an atomic weapon on its own soil today.  But it surely won't be the only detonation, and the historical record does not suggest that the Pyongyang regime will restrict this horror to its own soil.  The nascent NYT story, cribbed from the AP for the moment, is here.