The Agreed Framework was signed on October 21, 1994 between North Korea and the United States. It provided that North Korea would dismantle its nuclear weapons program and the United States, Japan, and South Korea would provide massive economic aid. [1] (http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/npp/resources/koreaaf.htm) October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... North Korea has been attempting to obtain nuclear weapons since the late 1970s. ... This article should be merged with [[{{{with}}}]] development aid and humanitarian aid Foreign aid, international aid or development assistance is when one country helps another country through some form of donation. ...

The pact is neither a treaty subject to Senate approval nor a contract, but more of a memorandum of understanding between the two countries. It was signed in the wake of North Korea's abandonment of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty [2] (http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-31-2002-32825.asp) and a military buildup by the United States near the country. A treaty is a binding agreement under international law concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations. ... Seal of the Senate The Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... A contract is any legally-enforceable promise or set of promises made by one party to another and, as such, reflects the policies represented by freedom of contract. ... A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is a legal document describing an agreement between parties. ... The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a treaty, opened for signature on July 1, 1968, restricting the possession of nuclear weapons. ...

Terms of the pact included the shutdown of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, abandoning the construction of two new nuclear power stations, and placing of spent fuel which could have been reprocessed to create plutonium for a nuclear weapon under IAEA controls. In exchange two light water reactors would be constructed in North Korea by 2003 at a cost of $4 billion, primarily supplied by Japan and South Korea. In the interim, North Korea would be supplied with 500,000 tons of heavy fuel oil annually, at no cost, to make up for lost energy production. When the LWR plants were completed, North Korea would dismantle its other nuclear reactors and associated facilities. North Korea has several nuclear facilities with the potential to produce nuclear fuel for weapons. ... A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... IAEA The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), established as an autonomous organization on July 29, 1957, seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for military purposes. ... A light water reactor or LWR is a thermal nuclear reactor that uses ordinary water (as opposed to heavy water) as its neutron moderator. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Residual fuel is any petroleum-based fuel which contains the undistilled residue from atmospheric or vacuum distillation of crude oil. ...

The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, or KEDO, is a consortium of the United States, South Korea, Japan, and various other states that is responsible for carrying out the 1994 U.S.-North Korea nuclear pact. The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) is an organization founded on March 15, 1995 by the United States, South Korea, and Japan to implement the 1994 Agreed Framework that froze North Koreas nuclear weapons program. ...

There were increasing disagreement between North Korea and U.S. on the scope and implementation of the treaty. When by 1999 economic sanctions had not been lifted and full diplomatic relations between U.S. and North Korea had not been established, North Korea warned that they would resume nuclear research unless the U.S. kept up its end of the bargain. U.S. has repeatedly stated that further implementation would be stalled as long as suspicions remained that the North Korean nuclear weapons research program continued covertly.

Construction of the first reactor began in August 2002. Construction of both reactors is well behind schedule. The initial plan was for both reactors to be operational by 2003, but the construction had been halted indefinitely in late 2002. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In October 2002, a U.S. delegation to North Korea accused it of continuing its nuclear weapons development. North Korea took strong exception to the charge, claiming that its interpretation of the framework allowed it to continue programs other than those identified in the agreement. However, North Korea did not state explicitly that it was pursuing nuclear weapons. Relations between the two countries, which had seemed hopeful two years earlier, quickly deteriorated into open hostility. North Korea finally declared that it had nuclear weapons in February 2005. October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

KEDO members considered in November 2002 whether to halt the fuel oil shipments in response to the previous month's developments. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly warned Japanese officials that the U.S. Congress would not fund such shipments in the face of continued violations. The shipments were halted in December. November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ...

In December 2003, KEDO suspended work on the pressurized water reactor project. Subsequently KEDO shifted the focus of its efforts to ensuring that the LWR project assets at the construction site in North Korea and at manufacturers’ facilities around the world ($1.5 billion invested to date) are preserved and maintained.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics

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External links

• Text of the Agreed Framework (http://www.isis-online.org/publications/dprk/book/af.html) between the US and N. Korea - October 21, 1994
• Agreement on Supply of a Light-Water Reactor Project to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (http://www.kedo.org/pdfs/SupplyAgreement.pdf) - KEDO, 1995
• Ch 14: North Korea (http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/npp/resources/DeadlyArsenals/chapters%20(pdf)/Pages%20from%2014-NoKorea.pdf) from Deadly Arsenals, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2002)
• Expelled UN Inspectors Leave N Korea (http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-31-2002-32825.asp) - editorial from Guardian Newspapers
• The Nautilus Institute (http://www.nautilus.org/fora/index.html) Indepth coverage of the North Korean situation since 1997
• North Korea's Nuclear Breach (http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/npp/resources/northkoreacrisis.htm) Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• The Pact That the Koreans Flouted (http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/17/international/asia/17NUKE.html), The New York Times, October 17, 2002
• ABB to deliver systems, equipment to North Korean nuclear plants (http://www.abb.com/global/abbzh/abbzh251.nsf!OpenDatabase&db=/global/abbzh/abbzh250.nsf&v=553E&e=&url=/global/seitp/seitp202.nsf/0/C1256C290031524B4125686C00433604!OpenDocument) ABB News Release, January 20, 2000