--- title: "SEAL Team 6 Deployed to North Korea... It Didn't Go Well" description: "A daring secret raid gone wrong. SEAL Team 6’s failed North Korea mission exposed hidden truths, deadly mistakes, and shattered diplomacy. Discover how one botched operation may have changed history forever. Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe now: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@astrographics-ve4yq PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 01:37 The Mission 05:49 What Went Wrong? 09:54 The Nuclear Question 13:10 Why Did This Story Leak? Sources https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/navy-seal-north-korea-trump-2019.html https://www.newsweek.com/seal-team-6-north-korea-mission-donald-trump-response-2125444 https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-rejects-donald-trump-letter-kim-jong-un-2084586 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/05/politics/north-korea-navy-seal-mission-nyt https://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/stop-calling-the-donald-trump-kim-jong-un-relationship-a-bromance https://www.reuters.com/article/world/we-fell-in-love-trump-swoons-over-letters-from-north-koreas-kim-idUSKCN1MA03L/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/31/world/asia/north-korea-kim-speech.html https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/east-asia/north-korea/report-korea-democratic-peoples-republic-of/ https://www.dailynk.com/english/north-korean-authorities-hire-more-informants-to-clamp-down-on-dissent/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/world/asia/north-korea-south-us-nuclear-war.html CNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElxxHBgypc https://fsi.stanford.edu/news/transcript-andrew-kim-north-korea-denuclearization-and-us-dprk-diplomacy https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/6/us-navy-seals-killed-north-korean-civilians-during-botched-mission-report" url: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-q-bsauhmpby.md canonical: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-q-bsauhmpby/ datePublished: 2025-09-09T17:15:03.000Z dateModified: 2025-09-09T17:15:03.000Z author: - name: Fronts Staff url: https://fronts.co/authors/fronts-team/ publisher: Fronts type: NewsArticle language: en access: members isAccessibleForFree: false tokens: 643 --- A daring secret raid gone wrong. SEAL Team 6’s failed North Korea mission exposed hidden truths, deadly mistakes, and shattered diplomacy. Discover how one botched operation may have changed history forever. Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe now: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@astrographics-ve4yq PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 01:37 The Mission 05:49 What Went Wrong? 09:54 The Nuclear Question 13:10 Why Did This Story Leak? Sources https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/navy-seal-north-korea-trump-2019.html https://www.newsweek.com/seal-team-6-north-korea-mission-donald-trump-response-2125444 https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-rejects-donald-trump-letter-kim-jong-un-2084586 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/05/politics/north-korea-navy-seal-mission-nyt https://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/stop-calling-the-donald-trump-kim-jong-un-relationship-a-bromance https://www.reuters.com/article/world/we-fell-in-love-trump-swoons-over-letters-from-north-koreas-kim-idUSKCN1MA03L/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/31/world/asia/north-korea-kim-speech.html https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/east-asia/north-korea/report-korea-democratic-peoples-republic-of/ https://www.dailynk.com/english/north-korean-authorities-hire-more-informants-to-clamp-down-on-dissent/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/world/asia/north-korea-south-us-nuclear-war.html CNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElxxHBgypc https://fsi.stanford.edu/news/transcript-andrew-kim-north-korea-denuclearization-and-us-dprk-diplomacy https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/6/us-navy-seals-killed-north-korean-civilians-during-botched-mission-report --- Full analysis is behind the paywall. 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