Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hui-tanguru 2017, i muri i te whakapae i te kohuru a te kawanatanga o Kim Jong-nam (te tuakana o te Kaiwhakahaere Matua a Kim Jong-un) ma te whakamahi i te kaihoko nerve VX (kua aukatia i raro i te International Chemical Weapons Convention, he kirimana kaore i hainatia e te kawanatanga o Korea ki te Raki), i pehia te tari a Trump ki te whakakore i te whakakorenga a Bush o nga herenga. I te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 2017, i tautokohia e te US Congress he pire hei whakahoki mai i a Korea ki te Raki hei kaitautoko whenua o te whakamataku whai muri i te
Ko te whakaeke a te rererangi a Shayrat 2017 i Hiria, i tino whakahehia e te Raki o Korea. I te marama o Akuhata o taua tau ano, i tukuna e te iwi he pere i rere i runga i Hokkaido, Japan, e whakatairanga ana i te whakahe nui mai i etahi atu kawanatanga. I te marama o Hepetema, ko nga maatua o Otto Warmbier, i mate i muri i tana mauheretanga i te whenua, i kii e hiahia ana ratou kia whakauruhia ano a Korea ki te Raki mo tana kohuru.