1994 North Korean nuclear crisis

1994 North Korean nuclear crisis
	Part of Inter-Korean conflict
	; Flight Operations aboard the USS Kitty Hawk on 4 December 1994
Date	12 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 CVW-15 USS Independence; CVW-5 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 President Jimmy Carter and then-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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