 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Hukama pakati peU.S. neNorth Korea hwaive nemakakatanwa panguva yehutungamiri hwaObama, kunyanya nekuda kwekupokana pamusoro pechirongwa chenyukireya cheNorth Korea uye kutyisidzira kwekuita zvechiuto. Pasina nguva refu Obama atora chigaro North Korea yakadzokera padanho repasi rose mushure menguva yekunyarara, ichipomerwa kuronga bvunzo nyowani yebhasikiti refu-refu rakapfuura makondinendi masvondo mushure mekunge Obama apika uye kuita bvunzo dzisina kuziviswa dzenyukireya uye zvombo mukupera kwaMay 2009 kusatenderwa neDhipatimendi reHurumende. Ukama hwakanga hwawedzera kusagadzikana nekusungwa kwevatapi venhau veAmerica Euna Lee naLaura Ling nekuda kwekupinda kwavo zvisiri pamutemo munharaunda yeNorth Korea pabasa rekushandira sangano rezvenhau. kunyangwe vakadzi vaviri ava vakazoburitswa musi waAugust 5, 2009. Gare gare gore iroro, Pyongyang yakazivisa chinangwa chayo chokugumisa chibvumirano che 1953 chakagumisa hondo muHondo yeKorea musi waMay 28, 2009 ichitangazve hondo yemakore anenge 60, uye ichikurudzira South Korea-United States Combined Forces Command kuWatchcon II, yechipiri-yepamusoro-soro inotyisa. Muna 2010, zvimwe zviitiko zviviri zvikuru neNorth Korea zvakaitika: kunyura kweSouth Korean Navy Ship iyo yakakonzera mitsara mitsva yemitambo yemauto neSouth Korea semhinduro yakananga yemauto kunyura uye Bombardment yeYeonpyeongkukurudzira mutakuri wendege weU.S. kuti aende kunodzidzira pamwe chete muGungwa reYellow neRepublic of Korea Navy, kuti adzivise mamwe matanho ehondo ekuNorth Korea. Muchiedza chezviitiko zve geopolitical neNorth Korea, Hurumende yaObama yakanga yadana US-South Korea mubatanidzwa se dombo repakona rekuchengetedzwa kweUS muPacific Region. Mukutonga kwaObama, hurongwa hweNorth Korea hwokugadzira zvombo zvenyukireya uye hwokushandisa zvombo zvenyukireya hwakaramba huchiwedzera kuvhundutsa United States uye Obama akashoropodzwa nokuti akakundikana kuvhiringidza kana kubvisa urongwa uhwu. 