Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna Kukadzi 2017, zvichitevera kuurayiwa kwainzi kwakaitwa Kim Jong-nam nehurumende (hanzvadzi yemutungamiri mukuru Kim Jong-un) vachishandisa mushonga unoparadza pfungwa unonzi VX (wakarambidzwa pasi peInternational Chemical Weapons Convention, chibvumirano chisina kusayinwa nehurumende yeNorth Korea), hurumende yaTrump yakamanikidzwa kuti ibvise zvirango zvakabviswa naBush. Muna Kubvumbi 2017, US Congress yakatsigira bhiri rekudzorera North Korea senyika inotsigira ugandanga zvichitevera
Kurwiswa kwamaroketi eShayrat muna 2017 muSyria, uko North Korea yakashora 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.