List of wars involving North Korea

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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).

Conflict North Korea and its allies Opponents Results North Korean
losses
North Korea leader
Military Civilian
North Korea
Korean War
(1950–1953)
North Korea  South Korea
United Nations[a]
Inconclusive
215,000–
350,000
1,550,000
Vietnam War
(1955–1975)
Victory
14[3]
None
Korean DMZ Conflict
(1966–1969)
North Korea
Syria
 South Korea
United States
Defeat
397
Unknown
1971 JVP insurrection
(1971)
JVP
Supported by:
North Korea North Korea
Ceylon

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
Unknown killed
Several arrested
Unknown
Yom Kippur War
(1973)
Israel Defeat[12]
Angolan Civil War
(1975–2002)
Angola People's Republic of Angola/Republic of Angola

Cuba (1975–1989)
SWAPO (1975–1989)[16]
ANC (1975–1989)[17][16]
Executive Outcomes (1993–1995)[18]
FLNC (1975–2001)[19][20]
Namibia (2001–2002)[b]

Military advisers and pilots:
Democratic People's Republic of Angola

FNLA (1976–1978)[20]
South Africa (1975–1989)[27]
Zaire (1975)[30][20]


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
Unknown
Unknown
Ugandan Bush War
(1980–1986)
Uganda Ugandan government

Tanzania (until 1985)
North Korea (1981–1985)
Zaire (1986, alleged)[31]

Uganda National Resistance Movement (NRM)

Uganda West Nile rebels:

Uganda UFM (1980–83)
Uganda FEDEMU (1983–85)[34]
Uganda ULM[35]
Uganda UNLF-AD[36]


Rwenzururu movement (until 1982)
Karamojong groups

Defeat
700
Unknown
Battle of Amami-Ōshima
(2001)
North Korea Japan Defeat
  • North Korean naval trawler sunk[37]
15[38]
1 naval trawler sunk[39]
None
Yemeni Civil War
(2015–present)
Supreme Political Council Hadi government

Saudi-led coalition
Saudi Arabia[53]
United Arab Emirates[54]
Senegal[55]
Sudan[56][57]
Morocco[58]
Qatar[56] (2015–17)[59]
Academi security contractors[60][61][62][63]

United States Green Berets[64][65]
France French Army Special Forces Command[66][67][68]
Al-Qaeda[69][70][71]
Academi


Southern Transitional Council (from 2017)[76]
Tareq Saleh forces (from 2017)[77][78]


Ansar al-Sharia


Islamic State ISIL-YP[83][84]

Ongoing
Unknown
Unknown

Supported by:
 Belarus[f]

 Ukraine

Support:

USA UK

German

France

Poland

Germany's Kiel Institute for the World Economy: Also maintains an authoritative tracker of aid to Ukraine.

Ongoing 600 [91][92]
None

See also

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