Korea :elon: do you have any clue of the nature of the beginning of the Korean War

Yes, the North invaded the South, coinciding with North Korean backed insurgencies in the South. US came in to take care of business

The South Korean government and US provoked the war (with documentation) and planned on initiating the war as early as 1948 (with documentation)

Bro can you go one day without being an apologist for Communist regimes. SK violated NKs sovereignty and the US did what it was obliged to do.

The US violated the sovereignty of the Peoples Republic of Korea (1945) by outlawing it when they arrived in the south fam

After WW2, united Korea was re-established as the People's Republic of Korea which the USA outlawed in the southern part leading to the division in the first place

And to say that “South Korea violated North Korea’s sovereignty” is a gross misunderstanding of the Korean issue. The ultimate goal for both sides is reunification and not separation. To think of them as separate nations with separate sovereignties is uninformed

They suppressed revolts with murders numbering in the tens of thousands and establishing military dictatorships, being the great respecters of sovereignty that they were. They then conspired with said dictatorship to commit to a war that killed 20% of the Korean population and destroyed literally the entire north

The PRK’s governmental form was based on local autonomy and local councils that invariably would’ve lead to a peaceful and progressive path for the country do it weren’t for the US literally walking in and banning them on the basis of being communist

The program of the PRK was presented in its 14 September twenty-seven point program. The program included: "the confiscation without compensation of lands held by the Japanese and collaborators; free distribution of that land to the peasants; rent limits on the nonredistributed land; nationalization of such major industries as mining, transportation, banking, and communication; state supervision of small and mid-sized companies; ... guaranteed basic human rights and freedoms, including those of speech, press, assembly, and faith; universal suffrage to adults over the age of eighteen; equality for women; labor law reforms including an eight-hour day, a minimum wage, and prohibition of child labor; and "establishment of close relations with the United States, USSR, United Kingdom, and China, and positive opposition to any foreign influences interfering with the domestic affairs of the state."1: p.65–6 5: p.88  The motto of the PRK was accordingly "self-reliant and independent state" (Korean: 자주독립국가; Hanja: 自主獨立國家; MR: Chajudongnipkukka).

@Plankton what is the basis for your knowledge on Korea and the Korean War?

Does it matter? That didn't give the DPRK the right to invade.

Idk just my general knowledge? I'm not out here reading books about Korea

Are you American?

The DPRK didn’t initiate conflict, considering once again the fact that the US violently outlawed it on its own lands

Yes but frankly this isn't even about America, you seem to be against the idea of countries conducting foreign policy

outright false

And then in the North it became a puppet of the Soviets, so it doesn't really make a difference with regard to the Korean war.

Your entire basis regarding the Korean War and the Korean issue is based on “common knowledge” provided by one of the largest propaganda machines in the world and you want to refute a point that I can cite with a firsthand source

I’m truly amazed at just how much faith Americans place in knowing about things that they’ve read so little about

Go for it show me the source.

Because we know who the good guys are

"good guys" you have watched too many superhero films

Do you think the South Koreans would be better off if they were under North Korean rule?

disk.yandex.com/i/yhOQiEZ9GNdgyg

This is a collection of South Korean and US documents dated from 1948-1950 that specifically state the intention and planning of military operations into North Korea, alongside reports of actual combat

Yes. The only reason the North Korean government is the way it is is because they were literally bombed to the Stone Age by the Americans

Read the party program of the 1945 people’s Republic of Korea

The fact that you unironically insinuated that I was a victim of a propaganda machine is astounding. North Korea is the way it is because it’s a tyrannical dictatorship. Japan and Germany were able to recover from WW2 and thrive. Everywhere communism is tried, it produces the same result