Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Kukadzi 2017, zvichitevera kuurawa kunonzi kwakatsigirwa nehurumende kwaKim Jong-nam (mukoma-mukoma weMutungamiri Mukuru Kim Jong-un) achishandisa mushonga weVX (wakarambidzwa pasi peInternational Chemical Weapons Convention, chibvumirano chisina kusainwa nehurumende yeNorth Korea), kumanikidza kwakaiswa kuhurumende yaTrump kuti ibvise kubviswa kwechirango chaBush. Muna Kubvumbi 2017, US Congress yakatsigira bhiri rekudzorera North Korea senyika inotsigira kutyisa zvichitevera kurwiswa kwemasasa eShayrat muna 2017
muSiria, iyo North Korea yakanga yaramba zvakasimba. Muna August wegore rimwe chetero, rudzi rwacho rwakakanda chombo chendege icho chakabhururuka pamusoro peHokkaido, Japan, kuchikurudzira kutsoropodzwa kwakakomba kubva kune dzimwe nyika. Muna September, vabereki vaOtto Warmbier, uyo akanga afa pashure pokunge asungwa munyika yacho, vakataura kuti vaida kuti North Korea idzorerwezve nokuda kwokuponda kwake kunoratidzika.