North Korea has a history of requesting a security guarantee in return for freezing or ending its weapons program which the U.S. has typically denied.

Korea ranks last in gender wage gap, women in managerial positions, and women on company boards, and next-to-last in the labor force participation rate.

The U.S. trade deficit with Korea in goods and services declined by $7.3 billion in 2017 on a record $23.2 billion in U.S. services exports to Korea.

In 2017, the U.S. ran a massive agricultural trade surplus with Korea of $6.3 billion. It generated nearly $9.6 billion in additional economic activity.

On March 6, North Korea said it is prepared to enter into talks, to freeze its nuclear and missile testing, and is willing to abandon its nuclear weapons. 

The participation of North Korean Paralympians in the Paralympics is a positive step in the recognition and implementation rights of disabled DPRK citizens.