Korean wars 1968-2000

By trentabler

  • USS Pueblo

    USS Pueblo
    North Korea captures USS Pueblo, a US navel intelligence ship

  • 1974

    February - Kim Il-sung designates eldest son, Kim Jong-il as his successor

  • 1986

    Research nuclear reactor in Yongbyon becomes operational

  • 1991

    North and South Korea join the United Nations.

  • 1993

    International Atomic Energy Agency accuses North Korea of violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and demands inspectors be given access to nuclear waste storage sites. North Korea threatens to quit Treaty.

  • 1993

    North Korea test-fires a medium-range Rodong ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.

  • 1994

    Death of Kim Il-sung, succeeded by his son Kim Jong-il

  • 1994

    October - North Korea and the US sign an Agreed Framework under which Pyongyang commits to freezing its nuclear programme in return for heavy fuel oil and two light-water nuclear reactors.

  • 1998

    North Korea fires its first long-range missile

  • 2000

    First-ever Inter-Korean summit