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Birth of the U.S.
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, declared the independence of "the United States of America" in the Declaration of Independence. July 4 is celebrated as the nation's birthday. -
Birth of North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang is the nation's capital and largest city. -
North Korean War
hostile and have developed primarily during the Korean War, during which the U.S. Air Force bombed and napalmed parts of North Korea leaving 20% of its population dead -
Nuclear Threat
In recent years relations have been largely defined by North Korea's five tests of nuclear weapons, its development of long-range missiles capable of striking targets thousands of miles away, and its ongoing threats to strike the United States -
Letter
President Bush sends a letter to Kim Jong Il. Cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear facility is blown up in front of foreign television cameras, inspectors invited back in to monitor disabling of the facility. North Korea provides documents on its program and is removed from State Department's State Sponsor of Terrorism list. -
Today relations
North Korea–United States relations are hostile and have developed primarily during the Korean War, during which the U.S. In recent years relations have been largely defined by North Korea's five tests of nuclear weapons, its development of long-range missiles capable of striking targets thousands of miles away, and its ongoing threats to strike the United States and South Korea with nuclear weapons and conventional forces.
