2005 in North Korea

Incumbents

• Premier: Pak Pong-ju
• Supreme Leader: Kim Jong-il

  Events

February

• February 22 - North Korea hints that it may be willing to return to nuclear negotiations under unspecified conditions.

  April

• April 22 - Rumors abound that a nuclear test by North Korea may be imminent, and that the United States is urging the People's Republic of China to pressure North Korea not to do so.

  May

• May 16 - The United Nations World Food Program states that North Korea is in dire need of food aid.

  July

• July 25 - Bilateral negotiations have resumed between the US and North Korea.

  September

• September 20 - North Korea announces that its offer to end its nuclear arms program is dependent on it being allowed to build a civilian nuclear reactor.