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During the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, the North Korean leadership condemned the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, refused to recognize the People's Republic of Kampuchea, and allowed the exiled Norodom Sihanouk to stay in Korea. [7] North Korea also provided supports for the Khmer Rouge during that time, sided with China during the Sino ...
The Sukhoi Su-7 (NATO designation name: Fitter-A) is a swept wing, supersonic fighter aircraft developed by the Soviet Union in 1955. Originally, it was designed as a tactical, low-level dogfighter , but was not successful in this role.
Nordpolitik (German for "Northern Policy") was the signature foreign policy of South Korean president Roh Tae-woo. [1] The policy guided South Korean efforts to reach out to the traditional allies of North Korea, with the goal of normalized relations with the closest allies to North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union.
With the withdrawal of the United States from Vietnam and concerns of North Korea doubting America's commitment to defend South Korea, Combined Forces Commander US General James F. Hollingsworth developed a forward-based offensive strategy known as OPLAN 5027-74.
Students from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam began going to North Korea to study as early as the 1960s, even before the formal establishment of Korean-language education in their country. [9] The current Vietnamese ambassador to South Korea is a graduate of Kim Il-sung University . [ 10 ]
Oh Chong-song (Korean: 오청성; born 1992 or 1993), also spelled Oh Chung-sung, [2] is a North Korean defector. Oh is one of several defectors who have defected to South Korea via the Joint Security Area (JSA). [3] [4] Prior to his defection, Oh was an industrial engineer. [5] South Korean investigators concluded Oh "impulsively" defected. [6]
With the fall of South Vietnam to the North Vietnamese on 30 April 1975, Kim Il Sung felt that the US had shown its weakness and that reunification of Korea under his regime was possible. Kim visited Beijing in May 1975 [ 78 ] [ 79 ] [ 80 ] in the hope of gaining political and military support for this plan to invade South Korea again, but Mao ...
The Sinpo-class submarine (Korean: 신포급 잠수함), also called the Gorae class (Korean: 고래급; "whale") [3] or Pongdae class (Korean: 봉대급), [a] [4] is a new class of submarine produced in North Korea. Only one submarine has been observed in service, the 8.24 Yongung. It is the largest submarine designed and built for the Korean ...