North Korea-US relations

Trump: Getting along with Kim Jong Un is 'a good thing' because North Korea has 57 nukes

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trump also claimed that the United States currently has "complete control" of the Strait of Hormuz.

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, August 7, 2026
South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-Back, speaks during the joint press conference with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, following the 57th Security Consultative Meeting at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

Trump's Iran war is reshaping US alliances from South Korea to the Middle East - analysis

A South Korean flag flutters on the top of a 100-metre tower as soldiers stand guard at the Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), inside the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, September 30, 2019.

South Korea's Lee backs stronger self-defense, says drills not aimed at North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes an assessment of the newly built naval destroyer Kang Kon's combat systems, including the test firing of a strategic cruise missile, at an unknown location in North Korea, July 3, 2026.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile ahead of major US-South Korean military exercise, army says


How Private Travis T. King made his dash into North Korea

Flight records show Flight 280 departed nearly an hour late that day, but it is unclear if that delay was due to King skipping the flight.

U.S. Private Travis T. King (wearing a black shirt and black cap) is seen in this picture taken during a tour of the tightly controlled Joint Security Area (JSA) on the border between the two Koreas, at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, July 18, 2023

US seeks soldier's return as trilateral talks over North Korea start

On Tuesday, King made an unauthorized crossing into North Korea, the same day a US nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine visited South Korea for the first time since the 1980s.

People look at North Korea territory through a pair of binoculars at an observation platform near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea July 19, 2023

For North Korea, US defectors can be a propaganda win, but a logistical pain

"In their daily lives, they couldn't go out for shopping in downtown Pyongyang by themselves, let alone travel abroad," Tae said of other US soldiers who defected decades ago.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un oversees a missile launch at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated photo released on October 10, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Heavily fortified North Korea border area a magnet for tourists

"The DMZ remains a very dangerous area due to mines, unexploded ordnance, poor infrastructure and the resident forces of both sides," the UNC said on its website.

 Three ROK soldiers watching the border at Panmunjeom in the DMZ between North and South Korea, 2008

US soldier got in fights, damaged police car before dash to North Korea

The lawyer, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said he was unaware of the status of King's custody or whereabouts after February.

North Korean soldiers are seen at their guard post inside North Korean territory, in this picture taken from Paju, South Korea, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, June 17, 2020

North Korea fires two missiles after US submarine arrives in South Korea

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles eastward early on Wednesday, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.

A suspected missile is fired, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 22, 2020.

US army soldier in North Korea custody after crossing inter-Korean border

The person was taking part in a tour to the Joint Security Area, the border village in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas.

 US soldiers take part in a military exercise which is a part of the Freedom Shield joint military exercise between South Korea and US, at a training field near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Pocheon, South Korea, March 19, 2023.

North Korea's Kim Yo Jong says US spy plane entered economic zone repeatedly on July 10

Kim accuses the US Air Force of intruding into the North's "economic water zone" off the east coast of the Korean peninsula.

A South Korean soldier in an armoured vehicle stands guard as a North Korean guard post is seen in this picture taken near the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, May 31, 2023.

North Korea denounces US move to bring ballistic missile submarine to peninsula

"There is no guarantee that a shocking incident where a US air force strategic reconnaissance plane is shot down over the East Sea will not happen," the spokesperson said.

The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan arrives for a regularly scheduled port visit while conducting routine patrols throughout the Western Pacific in Busan, South Korea, April 24, 2017.

North Korea says failed satellite launch was 'gravest failure'

North Korea also vowed it will continue to develop its nuclear capability and strengthen solidarity with other countries that oppose what it called the "US strategy for world supremacy."

 A still photograph shows what appears to be North Korea's new Chollima-1 rocket being launched in Cholsan County, North Korea, May 31, 2023 in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency and taken from video.