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The consolidation of Syngman Rhee's government in the South with American military support and the suppression of the October 1948 insurrection ended North Korean hopes that a revolution in the South could reunify Korea, and from early 1949 Kim Il Sung sought Soviet and Chinese support for a military campaign to reunify the country by force ...
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
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In 1994, suspecting that North Korea was developing nuclear weapons, U.S. President Bill Clinton considered bombing North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear reactor, but he later dismissed this option when he was advised that if war broke out, it could cost 52,000 U.S. and 490,000 South Korean military casualties in the first three months, as well as a ...
In 1948, North Korea adopted Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국, Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; listen ⓘ) as its official name. In the wider world, because its government controls the northern part of the Korean Peninsula , it is commonly called North Korea to distinguish it from South Korea ...
Korean Newsreel (Korean: 『조선시보』; Hanja: 朝鮮時報) is a North Korean newsreel series that first premiered in March 1948. [1] [2] [3] It was produced by the National Film Studio of North Korea (국립영화촬영소) until 1957, when the National Film Studio became the Korean Art Film Studio (조선예술영화촬영소) and a separate studio for producing documentaries and ...
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) – North Korea on Wednesday said it had put its first spy satellite into orbit and vowed further launches to beef up its defenses against what it called its “enemies ...
17 September. North Korea (DPRK) and South Korea (ROK) join the United Nations (UN). 26 December. The end of the Cold War as the Soviet Union collapses and North Korea loses military and economic aid. 1992 11 August. South Korea's first satellite, KITSAT-1, a.k.a. 우리별 (Uri Byol) is successfully launched from Guiana Space Centre. 24 August.