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TIL that in 1994 the United States and North Korea almost went to war after North Korea withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) In 1993. Tensions lowered after former U.S president Jimmy Carter flew to North Korea to meet with Kim Il Sung, signing the Agreed Framework.

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