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| 1994, Jan |
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| North Korea signed an agreement with the U.S. to allow for inspection of seven nuclear facilities; some South Koreans found this agreement too lenient. | 1 |
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| Jan. 27 |
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| South Korea announced an agreement to deploy a Patriot antimissile system, indicating the lingering high tensions regarding the nuclear situation in North Korea. | 2 |
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| Feb. 15 |
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| North Korea agreed to limited inspections of all nuclear sites. | 3 |
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| March 21 |
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| The UN Atomic Energy Agency demanded that North Korea allow full inspections. North Korea threatened to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. | 4 |
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| May 14 |
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| Disclosure that North Korea had been refueling their Yongbyon nuclear reactor along with their continued refusal to allow full inspection of its nuclear sites caused increased tension. | 5 |
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| June 15–18 |
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Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter paid a visit to North Korea, doing a great deal to ease tensions there. On June 28 North and South Korea leaders set a date for a summit at P’y ngyang, which would be their first since World War II. | 6 |
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| July 8 |
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| North Korea's leader, Kim Il-sng, died of a heart attack in P’yngyang at the age of 82. His son Kim Jong Il took over, assuaging fears of a power struggle. Having ruled from 1948–94, Kim Il-sng was, at his death, the world's longest serving leader. | 7 |
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| Aug. 12 |
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| The U.S. signed a pact with North Korea allowing for inspections of more nuclear sites. | 8 |
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| Oct. 21 |
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| The U.S. and North Korea signed a pact to dismantle North Korea's program of nuclear development, reducing tension regarding a potential nuclear crisis. | 9 |
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