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How many countries has North Korea invaded so far? I think that they are only trying to cover themselves from foreign threats.

willvarfar 10y ago
> The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) began when North Korea invaded South Korea First paragraph of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
- ainiriand 10y ago
  I don't think that North Korea was a sovereign state at the moment, more like a puppet to other countries. NK was 2 years old and it was conceived by URSS.
  - TulliusCicero 10y ago
    Do you have any evidence that China or the USSR pushed them into invading South Korea, or are you just guessing randomly? Because my understanding is that it was NK persuading other countries to support them in the war. > By 1949, South Korean forces had reduced the active number of communist guerrillas in the South from 5,000 to 1,000. However, Kim Il-sung believed that the guerrillas had weakened the South Korean military and that a North Korean invasion would be welcomed by much of the South Korean population. Kim began seeking Stalin's support for an invasion in March 1949, travelling to Moscow to attempt to persuade him.[94] > Initially, Stalin did not think the time was right for a war in Korea.[95] Chinese Communist forces were still fighting in China. American forces were still stationed in South Korea (they would complete their withdrawal in June 1949) and Stalin did not want the Soviet Union to become embroiled in a war with the United States.[95] > By spring 1950, Stalin believed the strategic situation had changed. The Soviets had detonated their first nuclear bomb in September 1949; American soldiers had fully withdrawn from Korea; the Americans had not intervened to stop the communist victory in China, and Stalin calculated that the Americans would be even less willing to fight in Korea—which had seemingly much less strategic significance. The Soviets had also cracked the codes used by the US to communicate with the US embassy in Moscow, and reading these dispatches convinced Stalin that Korea did not have the importance to the US that would warrant a nuclear confrontation.[96] Stalin began a more aggressive strategy in Asia based on these developments, including promising economic and military aid to China through the Sino–Soviet Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance Treaty.[97] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
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TulliusCicero 10y ago
Only one, but then again they have a mostly backwards economy and military with essentially no force projection power.

willvarfar 10y ago

> The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) began when North Korea invaded South Korea First paragraph of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

ainiriand 10y ago
I don't think that North Korea was a sovereign state at the moment, more like a puppet to other countries. NK was 2 years old and it was conceived by URSS.
- TulliusCicero 10y ago
  Do you have any evidence that China or the USSR pushed them into invading South Korea, or are you just guessing randomly? Because my understanding is that it was NK persuading other countries to support them in the war. > By 1949, South Korean forces had reduced the active number of communist guerrillas in the South from 5,000 to 1,000. However, Kim Il-sung believed that the guerrillas had weakened the South Korean military and that a North Korean invasion would be welcomed by much of the South Korean population. Kim began seeking Stalin's support for an invasion in March 1949, travelling to Moscow to attempt to persuade him.[94] > Initially, Stalin did not think the time was right for a war in Korea.[95] Chinese Communist forces were still fighting in China. American forces were still stationed in South Korea (they would complete their withdrawal in June 1949) and Stalin did not want the Soviet Union to become embroiled in a war with the United States.[95] > By spring 1950, Stalin believed the strategic situation had changed. The Soviets had detonated their first nuclear bomb in September 1949; American soldiers had fully withdrawn from Korea; the Americans had not intervened to stop the communist victory in China, and Stalin calculated that the Americans would be even less willing to fight in Korea—which had seemingly much less strategic significance. The Soviets had also cracked the codes used by the US to communicate with the US embassy in Moscow, and reading these dispatches convinced Stalin that Korea did not have the importance to the US that would warrant a nuclear confrontation.[96] Stalin began a more aggressive strategy in Asia based on these developments, including promising economic and military aid to China through the Sino–Soviet Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance Treaty.[97] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

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TulliusCicero 10y ago

Only one, but then again they have a mostly backwards economy and military with essentially no force projection power.