2.2.2004

Dr. Khan from Pakistan admits to providing nuclear technology to North Korea.

2.23

Three-Party Talks Between South Korea · United States · Japan (Seoul)

3.2-8

2nd Six-Party Talks (Beijing)

3.19

United States and North Korea make contact (Ambassador DeTrani and Ambassador Park Kil Yeon )

3.23-25

Li Zaoxing (Minister of Chinese Foreign Affairs) visits North Korea.

- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reconfirms continued participation in the Six-Party Talks.

3.28-30

Ban Ki Moon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Korea, visits China.

4.10-16

Vice President Cheney visits South Korea, China, and Japan.

4.18-22

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il visits China.

4.21-23

Li Zaoxing (Minister of Chinese Foreign Ministry) visits Russia

5.4-7

Inter-Korean Ministerial Talks (Pyeongyang)

5.12-15

Six-Party Talks (W/G) (Beijing)

5.22

Prime Minister Koizumi visits North Korea.

5.23-27

Ban Ki Moon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, visits Russia.

5.29-30

Kawaguchi, Foreign Minister of Japan, visits South Korea.

6.21-22

2nd Six-Party Talks (W/G) (Beijing)

6.23-26

3rd Six-Party Talks

7.1

South and North Korea’s Foreign Ministers of ARF hold a meeting.

7.7-9

U.S. National Security Advisor Rice visits South Korea, Japan, and China.

7.3-5

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov visits South and North Korea.

7.20-22

Undersecretary of State for Arms Control Bolton visits South Korea.

7.21-22

Prime Minister Koizumi visits South Korea (JeJu Island).

8.6-15

Lee Geun, North Korea’s Deputy Director of United States Bureau, visits the United States.

8.17-18

Australian Foreign Minister Downer visits North Korea.

9.28

The North Korea Human Rights Act passes in the U.S. Senate.

10.14-15

President Putin visits China.

10.18-20

Kim Yong Nam (North Korea’s second in command) visits China.

10.25-26

Secretary of State Powell visits South Korea.

10.25-26

Russian Foreign Vice Minister Alexeyev visits South Korea.

11.29

Summit meetings between South Korea, China, and Japan (ASEAN+3) held.

11.30-12.3

United States and North Korea make contact in New York (Ambassador DeTrani and Ambassador Park Kil Yeon).

12.4

The Spokesperson for the North Korean Vice Foreign Minister mentions that with regard to the participation to the Six Party Talks, North Korea will observe the policy of the Bush administration’s second term

12.17-18

President Roh Moo Hyun visits Japan