The 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, commonly known as the Singapore Summit, was a summit meeting between North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un and U.S. president Donald Trump, held at the
Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump shaking hands at the start of the summit
USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group and South Korean Navy vessels having a joint exercise on May 3, 2017
Moon Jae-in (standing, lower left) with the North Korean representatives (upper right) and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (lower right) at the PyeongChang Olympics
Chung Eui-yong (left), the South Korean national security chief, and Kim Jong-un meeting in Pyongyang on March 5, 2018. Kim is holding a letter from President Moon Jae-in arranging for direct peace talks.
2017–2018 North Korea crisis
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The 2017–2018 North Korea crisis was a period of heightened tension between North Korea and the United States. The crisis began early in 2017 when North Korea conducted a series of missile and nuclear
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit
…personnel below 22,000; significant removal of US forces was considered a non-negotiable item in denuclearization talks with the North. After a period of heightened conflict that included North Korea successfully testing what it claimed was its first hydrogen bomb and the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM…
Military parade in Pyongyang, 2015 featuring soldiers with CBRN equipment
Kim Jong Un's order for the first test of Hwasong-14
U.S. President Donald Trump giving his address at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly