It happens, on rare occasion. When the USS Porter came to the rescue of a hijacked North Korean ship off the coast of Somalia, I speculated that the North Korean public would never hear about the encounter, remaining blissfully ignorant of the fact that the United States fleet includes a single vessel other than the captured USS Pueblo. Don Surber, took a different view, though, saying “this should help relations with North Korea”:
Still, I have to think that there are a few Koreans who think a little more highly of the United States because of this.
Well, apparently it has helped relations:
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