title: 2005 in North Korea
text: # 2005 in North Korea
  
  The following lists events that happened during 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.
  