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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).

List of wars involving North Korea: 1948–present

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
Kim Il Sung
Vietnam War
(1955–1975)
Victory
14[5]
None
Korean DMZ Conflict
(1966–1969) 		 North Korea  South Korea
 United States 		Defeat
2,871
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) 		 Egypt
 Syria
 Jordan
 Iraq
 Algeria
 Morocco
 Tunisia
 Cuba
 North Korea[6][7] 		 Israel Defeat[8]
None[9][10][11]
None[9][10][11]
Angolan Civil War
(1975–2002) 		MPLA
SWAPO
MK
 Cuba (1975–91)
 East Germany (1975–89)
 Soviet Union (1975–89)[12]
 North Korea[13]
EO (1992–95) 		UNITA
FNLA
FLEC
 South Africa (1975–89)
 Zaire (1975)[14] 		Victory (by 1992)
  • Withdrawal of all foreign forces in 1989
  • Transition towards a multiparty political system in 1991/92
  • Dissolution of the armed forces of FNLA
  • Participation of UNITA and FNLA, as political parties, in the new political system, from 1991/92 onwards, but civil war continues
  • Jonas Savimbi killed in 2002
  • Immediate peace agreement and dissolution of the armed forces of UNITA in 2002
  • Resistance of FLEC continued beyond 2002
Unknown
Unknown
Ugandan Bush War
(1980–1986) 		Uganda UNLA
 Tanzania (until 1985)
 North Korea 		Uganda NRA Defeat
700
Unknown
Battle of Amami-Ōshima
(2001) 		 North Korea  Japan Defeat
  • North Korean naval trawler sunk[15]
15[16]
1 naval trawler sunk[17]
None
Yemeni Civil War
(2015–present) 		Supreme Political Council
Alleged support:
 Hadi government

Saudi-led coalition
 Saudi Arabia[31]
 United Arab Emirates[32]
 Senegal[33]
 Sudan[34][35]
 Morocco[36]
 Qatar[34] (2015–17)[37]
Academi security contractors[38][39][40][41]

Under 1,000 troops:

United States Green Berets[42][43]
France French Army Special Forces Command[44][45][46]
Al-Qaeda[47][48][49]
Academi

Support:

Southern Transitional Council (from 2017)[54]
Tareq Saleh forces (from 2017)[55][56]

Support:

Ansar al-Sharia

Islamic State ISIL-YP[61][62]

Ongoing
Unknown
Unknown
Kim Jong Un
Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present 2024 For North Korean Involvement)  Russia

In Donbas:

North Korea North Korea[63][64][65]

Supported by:

 Ukraine
Ongoing 1,200-3,000[66][67]
None

See also

Notes

  1. ^ On 9 July 1951 troop constituents were: US: 70.4%; ROK: 23.3%; other UNC: 6.3%.[1]

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