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Trump-Approved 2019 SEAL Mission in North Korea Failed, Left Civilians Dead, NYT Reports
- At the beginning of 2019, a specialized unit of the US Navy conducted a secret operation in North Korea aiming to plant a device that would monitor communications from Kim Jong-un, but the mission was ultimately unsuccessful.
- The operation was authorized by President Donald Trump amid ongoing high-stakes diplomatic talks leading to the Hanoi summit in February 2019.
- The mission collapsed after a navigational error, lack of intelligence, and an unexpected encounter with a North Korean civilian fishing boat led SEALs to kill all unarmed civilians aboard.
- A classified Pentagon review later ruled the killings justified under engagement rules, while the New York Times called the mission a “botched” operation that swiftly unraveled.
- The incident was undisclosed to Congress at the time and highlighted contradictions in Washington's approach as talks soon collapsed and North Korea accelerated its nuclear program.
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NYT Reveals Failed Secret SEAL Mission in North Korea
The New York Times is for the first time revealing a secret mission by Navy SEALs in North Korea that unraveled in dramatic fashion back in 2019. It reads like an espionage thriller, though one with fatal consequences for up to three North Korea fishermen. Under a top-secret plan approved...
The New York Times reveals a case from Trump's first presidential term that Washington and Pyongyang do not want to remember - The operation of the elite Marines who killed Osama bin Laden, but "washed" them in North Korea
The operation requested by the president in 2019 during the nuclear talks ended with the killing of civilians: the New York Times investigation
Special forces were supposed to install a listening device.
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