 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna January 2002, Mutungamiriri weUnited States, George W. Bush, muhurukuro yake yokutanga yeNyika, akati North Korea yaiva chikamu cheAxis of Evil. Muna October 2006 North Korea yakaedza zvombo zvenyukireya kokutanga. Pakave nezviitiko zviviri zvechisimba zvakazvimiririra muna 2010: iyo ROKS Cheonan kunyura, iyo yakanzi yakaitwa neNorth Korea, kunyangwe ichiramba; uye North Korean Bombardment yeYeonpyeong. Muna 2010, chimiro cheU.S. pamusoro pesungano yorugare chaiva chokuti yaigona kungokurukurwa apo North Korea inotora matanho asingachinjiki akananga kudenuclearization. 