1994 North Korean nuclear crisis

1994 North Korean nuclear crisis
Part of Inter-Korean conflict

A US Navy F-14 Tomcat during flight operations aboard the USS Kitty Hawk on 4 December 1994
Date12 March 1993 – 21 October 1994
Location
Korean Peninsula
Sea of Japan
Result
  • Agreed Framework signed between United States and North Korea
  • Temporary suspension of North Korean nuclear weapons program
  • Cessation of Team Spirit exercises
    • Belligerents
     North Korea  United States
     South Korea
    Commanders and leaders
    Kim Il Sung (before 8 July 1994)
    Kim Jong Il (after 8 July 1994)    		 Bill Clinton
    Kim Yong-sam
    Strength
    Korean People's Army

    US Army Pacific
    USAF PACAF
    US 7th Fleet
    USS Kitty Hawk

    USS Independence

    ROK Armed Forces

    The 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis was a crisis on the Korean Peninsula, mainly revolving around North Korea's nuclear program. Largely caused by North Korea's announcement that it would withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1993 the tensions could have led to a war between North Korea and the US had not been for an agreement reached between former US President Jimmy Carter and then-North Korean Leader Kim Il Sung. It led to North Korea and the United States signing the Agreed Framework in October 1994, effectively ending the crisis.

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