Crucially, Carter came up with a deal where North Korea would stop its nuclear activity, allow IAEA inspectors back into its reactors, and eventually dismantle Yongbyon's facilities. In return, the US ...

This photo provided by North Korean state media shows former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (seated, left) with Kim Il Sung (seated right) aboard the North Korean leader’s yacht, June 1994 ...

Jimmy Carter is known for brokering a famed peace ... to go to North Korea -- as a private citizen -- to meet with Kim Il Sung, the country's founder. The letter was intercepted by Vice President ...

WATCH: Jimmy Carter funeral events – 39th president ... he sent Carter to North Korea to take the measure of dictator Kim Il Sung. Clinton aides were livid when Carter went beyond his brief ...

the world was on the brink of a nuclear showdown - until Jimmy Carter showed up in North Korea. In June 1994, the former US president arrived for talks in Pyongyang with then leader Kim Il-sung.