<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> announces that it will withdraw from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons">Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons</a> and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.<sup about="#mwt140" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-26"}}' id="cite_ref-26" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_12#cite_note-26" id="mw9Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 26;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw9g">[26]</span></a></sup>
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