U.S. concessions received from Pyongyang

Despite halting exercises in 2018–2019, North Korea gave nothing in return and has since enshrined nuclear status in its constitution.

TREATY ESTABLISHED

1953

U.S.-ROK Mutual Defense Treaty signed

DPRK NUCLEAR DECLARATION

2022

North Korea enshrined irreversible nuclear status in constitution

EXERCISES SUSPENDED

2018–2019

Trump halted drills during first-term Kim diplomacy

ALLIED NATIONS WATCHING

2

South Korea and Japan monitoring U.S. reliability signals