From that moment, all optimism was lost, until contacts were subsequently reinitiated in a complex six-party format (China, Russia, the US, Japan, and the two Koreas) that continued, with ups and downs, until the end of 2007. Since the maritime incidents of 2009 and 2010, in which North Korean forces attacked South Korean assets, there has been virtually no contact at all between the two sides.
不幸的是，协定并没有维持太长时间。2003年，朝鲜废除了核不扩散条约。从此，所有的乐观都随之烟消云散，直到后来错综复杂的六方会谈（中国、俄罗斯、美国、日本、朝鲜、韩国）开始才有所改变。六方会谈几经起伏，于2007年结束。自2009年和2010年的海上事故（朝鲜军队袭击韩国设施），朝韩双方便再未有过任何联系。