List of wars involving North Korea

This is a list of wars involving North Korea since 1948, when the Korean peninsula was de facto divided into North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK). For wars involving united Korea until 1948, see List of wars involving Korea until 1948 For wars involving South Korea since 1948, see List of wars involving South Korea __NOTOC__ List of wars involving North Korea: 1948–present Conflict North Korea and its allies Opponents Results North Koreanlosses North Korea leader Military Civilian North Korea Korean War(1950–1953) United Nations Inconclusive Korean Demilitarized Zone established North Korea gains the city of Kaesong, but loses a net total of , including the city of Sokcho, to South Korea Vietnam War(1955–1975)

and PRG Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge GRUNK (1970–1975) (1965–1973)

(1967–1970) (1970–1975) Victory Reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 Korean DMZ Conflict(1966–1969) Defeat Status quo ante bellum 1971 JVP insurrection(1971) JVPSupported by: North Korea Sri Lankan Coalition (from 15 May) SLFP CCP (Pro-Soviet) LSSP Military intervention: Defeat The JVP controlled Ceylon's Southern Province and Sabaragamuwa Province for several weeks Rebel leaders were captured and the remaining members surrendered Ceylonese government re-established control of the entire island Expulsion of North Korean diplomats Yom Kippur War(1973) DefeatReferences: Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday (publisher), 1974, page 450 Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983 Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498 0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2 Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177 Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411. Syrian invasion of Israel repelled. Israel–Syria Disengagement Agreement Geneva Conference and the Sinai II Agreement Strategic political gains for Egypt and Israel Angolan Civil War(1975–2002) People's Republic of Angola/Republic of Angola MPLA (1975–1989) SWAPO (1975–1989) ANC (1975–1989)

FLNC (1975–2001) Democratic People's Republic of Angola UNITA FNLA (1975–1976) FNLA (1976–1978)

(1975)

FLEC Victory Withdrawal of all foreign forces in 1989. Transition towards a multiparty political system in 1991/92. Dissolution of the armed forces of the FNLA. Participation of UNITA and FNLA, as political parties, in the new political system, from 1991/92 onwards. Jonas Savimbi, leader of UNITA, killed in 2002; UNITA abandoned armed struggle and participated in electoral politics. Resistance of FLEC continued to this day Ugandan Bush War(1980–1986) Ugandan government UNLF/UPC FEDEMU (from 1985) FUNA (from 1985) UNRF (I) (from 1985) UFM (from 1985) (until 1985) (1981–1985) (1986, alleged) National Resistance Movement (NRM) PRA UFF West Nile rebels: Uganda Army (1980) UNRF (I) (1980–85) FUNA (1980–85) Nile Regiment UFM (1980–83) FEDEMU (1983–85) ULM UNLF-AD

Rwenzururu movement (until 1982)Karamojong groups Defeat Yoweri Museveni becomes President of Uganda Civil war de facto continues Battle of Amami-Ōshima(2001) Defeat North Korean naval trawler sunk Yemeni Civil War(2015–present) Supreme Political Council Houthis Pro-Saleh forces (until 2017) Some Popular Committees Sana'a-GPC forces Pro-Hadi Security forces Yemen National Army (YNA) Al-Islah Popular Resistance Committees Popular Committees Southern Movement Strategic Reserve (pro-Hadi Saleh forces) Saudi-led coalition

"Morocco sends ground troops to fight in Yemen". Gulf News.

Academi security contractors

Green Berets"US special forces secretly deployed to assist Saudi Arabia in Yemen conflict". The Independent. 3 May 2018. French Army Special Forces Command Al-Qaeda Academi

Southern Transitional Council (from 2017) Tareq Saleh forces (from 2017) National Resistance Tihamah Resistance

Ansar al-Sharia AQAP

ISIL-YP Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government Houthis take control of northern Yemen Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present) Kursk campaign Supported by:Support:

USA UK

German

France

Poland

Germany's Kiel Institute for the World Economy: Also maintains an authoritative tracker of aid to Ukraine. Ongoing Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts600 Seoul’s spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven’t shown desire to defect

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