2017–2018 North Korea crisis

In 2017, a crisis began when North Korea threatened the United States with a nuclear weapon. They began testing missiles, which proved that North Korea could attack the United States with a missile.

2017–18 North Korea crisis
Part of the inter-Korean conflict
Date 8 April 2017 – 12 June 2018 (1 year, 2 months and 4 days) Location Korean Peninsula Sea of Japan (East Sea) North Pacific Ocean Result Panmunjom Declaration signed at the April 2018 inter-Korean summit Declare intention on signing a peace treaty to declare Korean War de jure over sometime in 2018 or 2019 Kim Jong-un becomes the first North Korean leader to visit the South US-North Korea meeting in Singapore concluded with a joint declaration by both leaders Territorial changes Northern Limit Line area becomes a maritime peace zone
Parties involved in the crisis
North Korea	South Korea Japan United States Australia European Union Russia
Commanders and leaders
Kim Jong-un	Moon Jae-in Shinzō Abe Donald Trump Malcolm Turnbull

North Korea also threatened Australia with a nuclear weapon, saying that they were following the United States for no reason.

By 2018, the crisis had slowed down after North Korea went into talks with South Korea. They also agreed to take part in the 2018 Winter Olympics under one team for both Koreas. North Korea then began to stop doing nuclear tests. In September 2018, a summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump happened in Singapore. North Korea agreed to stop making nuclear weapons.

Two other summits happened in 2019, but these did not go well and broke down.

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• North Korea
• Nuclear weapon