So...How's That Treaty Coming along?

First, I read this article in my local paper:

Obama push for nuclear test ban hinges on network that has quietly wired the world since 1990s

http://www.newser.com/article/d98c5j880/obama-push-for-nuclear-test-ban-hinges-on-network-that-has-quietly-wired-the-world-since-1990s.html

Geophysicist Raymond Jeanloz, chairman of the National Academy's Committee on National Security and Arms Control, favors conducting a new study of a system now nearing completion.
"Very reasonably, a political leader might ask, 'Is it performing up to standards?'" he said. "The scientific community is in a position to give an answer."

And just a moment ago I went on Ace's site and found this:

North Korea Claims To Have Conducted A Nuclear Test

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/287722.php

Original article here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090525/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_nuclear

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea announced Monday that it successfully carried out an underground nuclear test, weeks after threatening to restart its rogue atomic program.
The country's official Korean Central News Agency called Monday's test "part of measures to bolster its nuclear deterrent for self-defense."

More: Just for fun, I checked to see if N. Korea was part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. They were, until they go caught in 2003 and then they bailed out.
It's almost like treaties don't, you know, stop countries from doing whatever they want.