The Stop and Go negotiations

The six-party talks are a series of multilateral negotiations held intermittently since 2003 and
attended by China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and the United States for the
purpose of dismantling and/or denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. They made up the 1994
Agreed Framework, whereby North Korea is committed to freeze its nuclear program in
exchange for energy aid, which also includes two proliferation-resistant light water reactors.
There is an international consensus that North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea,
DPRK) should come into compliance with UN Security Council resolutions and abandon its
nuclear weapons program but widespread disagreement with the other five states over the
strategy and policies were experiencing in achieving this. August 2003, rounds of negotiations
that culminated in September 2005 whereas North Korea (Pyongyang) agreed to abandon its
pursuit of nuclear weapons. But later that year, North Korea violated a 1994 normalization
agreement, which it admitted its activity and withdrew from the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).
North Korea restores its plutonium enrichment program, and forced the departure of IAEA
inspectors. And so, talks and negotiations were held for the North Korea to denuclearize its
nuclear weapons.

The pact on September 2005 whereas North Korea agreed to abandon its nuclear weapons, again
joined the Non-proliferation treaty and allowed the IAEA inspectors/monitors to entry, all in
exchange for energy and food assistance. The reconciliation may normalize the relations with the
United States and Japan and negotiate a peace agreement for the Korean peninsula. But then, in
the latter half of 2006, it holds its first underground nuclear explosions when the U.S treasury

department placed restrictions on Macao-based Banco Delta Asia that froze 50 accounts held by
Pyongyang which is suspected laundering for North Korea. In the second half of 2007, North
Korea began disabling its Yongbyon plant, removing thousands of fuel rods under the guidance
of US experts. Moreover, in the mid 2008 North Korea made more concessions giving the US
the details on its nuclear weapons/programs and further denuclearizing the Yongbyon plant. As a
respond of the administration of Bush, it released the sanctions on the regime and remove it from
the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. But at the end of Bushs term, North Korea failed to stick on
the agreement on the verification protocol for its nuclear program that resulted in the straining of
the US-North Korea relations. And then, the programs has then restored and barred nuclear
inspectors to pressure the U.S negotiators. North Korea continued to do multiple missile test,
nuclear test and revealed new uranium enrichment facility and light water reactors at Yongbyon.
And so, their aggression continued until 2010. In the year 2011 of July and October, North Korea
and United States held several discussions that it would only return to the Six party talks if they
occurred without preconditions. It fell short of demands of the United States and South Korea
that Pyongyang demonstrate its commitment to abandon its nuclear weapons and programs prior
to talks resuming. In 2012 of February, North Korea under the new leader Kim Jong-un agreed
to suspend its nuclear tests and allowed the IAEA to again enter the Yongbyon to monitor its
activities. When everything seems fine, North Korea launched a long-range rocket widely in
December viewed as a test of ballistic missile technology. Because of this, it triggered a UN
security council and place a broader sanctions and consequences on the administration. In result,
North Korea responded with the 3rd and the most powerful nuclear test. Their act drew
international censure from the six party powers that also includes China and Russia.

The UN Security Council passed a new round of sanctions for the North Korea in 2013 of
March, which imposed a lot of restrictions for North Korea especially in banking, travel and
trade negotiations. The vote was passed just hours after it North Korea threatened to launch a
nuclear strike against United States and South Korea. They said that the resolutions against North
Korea will still be tactical. it is designed to deter and punish North Korea for moving in
directions that endanger the international interest, not strategic, designed to stifle or end the
North Korea regime, writes CFR's Scott Snyder. In September 2013, Beijing pushed into the six
party process even though there was a report that the North Koreans has restarted its Yongbyon
facility. As China was already involved in the six party talks, it held a commemorative ceremony
as it is the 10th anniversary of the launch of the six party talks, though some states boycotted the
ceremony because of the absence of the North Koreans commitments. The Vice minister of
North Korea called for the commitment and consequences that they want during the meeting
which is the without preconditions. And soon, North Koreas chief nuclear messenger or
representative flew to Beijing.