List of wars involving North Korea

This is a list of wars involving North Korea and its predecessor states.

List

Joseon: 1392–1897

Conflict	Joseon dynasty and its allies	Opponents	Results	Monarch of the Joseon Dynasty
Joseon dynasty
Second Tsushima Expedition (1396)	Joseon Dynasty	Tsushima Province	Victory Resulted in yearly tributes by Tsushima.	King Taejong
Third Tsushima Expedition (1419)	Joseon Dynasty	Tsushima Province	Military defeat Diplomatic victory [1] [2] Korea gave up occupation of Tsushima. [3] Wokuo pirates cease their activities in Joseon [4] Tsushima would be granted trading privileges with Joseon, in exchange for maintaining control and order of pirate threats originating from the island.	King Sejong the Great
Joseon Northern Expedition (1443)	Joseon Dynasty	Jianzhou Jurchens	Victory Led to establishment of present-day northern borders.	King Sejong the Great
Sampo Invasion (1510)	Joseon Dynasty	Tsushima Province Japanese pirates	Victory Joseon broke all diplomatic relations with Japan after the incident.	King Jungjong
Imjin War (1592–1598)	Joseon Dynasty Righteous Army Ming dynasty	Azuchi-Momoyama Japan	Victory Joseon and Ming victory	King Seonjo
Ming-Manchu War (1618–1683)	Ming dynasty   Joseon Dynasty Kumul Khanate Turfan Khanate	Manchus	Defeat Joseon helped the Ming dynasty in the Battle of Sarhu.	Gwanghaegun
First Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)	Joseon Dynasty	Later Jin Dynasty	Defeat Was spurred by actions of Mao Wenlong, a Ming commander who operated off islands of Korea.	King Injo
Second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636–1637)	Joseon Dynasty	Qing Dynasty	Defeat Brought forth the idea of Punitive North Expedition in Joseon.	King Injo
Sino-Russian border conflicts (1652–1689)	China   Joseon Dynasty	Russia Cossacks	Victory Part of Russia's expansion into Siberia.	King Hyojong
French campaign against Korea (1866)	Joseon Dynasty	France	French withdrawal Spurred by Joseon's execution of French Catholic priests on the same year.	Heungseon Daewongun
United States expedition to Korea (1871)	Joseon Dynasty	United States	American withdrawal Spurred by Joseon's unknown treatment of the American merchant ship General Sherman .	Heungseon Daewongun
Ganghwa Island incident (1875)	Joseon Dynasty	Japan	Defeat Joseon was forced to sign Treaty of Ganghwa in 1876.	King Gojong
Imo Incident (1882)	Joseon Dynasty	Korean military dissidents, mostly from the Central Defense Command	Victory Spurred by Central Defense Command receiving significantly worse treatment compared to the newly established "Byolkigun".	King Gojong
Gapsin Coup (1884)	Joseon Dynasty Supported by China	Reformist Faction Supported by   Japan	Gapsin Coup overthrown Resulted in Chinese dominance within Korean politics.	King Gojong
Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894–1895)	Joseon Dynasty	Donghak Peasant's Army	Victory Resulted in First Sino-Japanese War.	King Gojong

Korean Empire: 1897–1910

Conflict	Korean Empire and its allies	Opponents	Results	Emperor of Korean Empire
Korean Empire
Korean invasion of Manchuria (1902)	Korea	China	Victory Korean settlers and soldiers moved into Southern Manchuria as the Qing Dynasty weakened	Emperor Gwangmu
Eulsa Righteous War (1905)	Korea Righteous Army	Japan	Defeat Reaction to Eulsa Protective Treaty, which made the Korean Empire a Protectorate of Japan.	Emperor Gwangmu
Jeungmi Righteous War (1907)	Korea Righteous Army	Japan	Defeat Reaction to the forced dissolution of the Korean Imperial Army.	Emperor Yunghui
Great Korean Militia Roundup Campaign (1909)	Korea Righteous Army	Japan	Defeat Most battles were around the Southern Korea region of Jeolla.	Emperor Yunghui

North Korea: 1948–present

Conflict	North Korea and its allies	Opponents	Results	North Korean losses		Leader of North Korea
				Military	Civilian
North Korea
Korean War (1950–1953)	North Korea   China   Soviet Union	South Korea United Nations Command   United States   United Kingdom   Canada   Australia   New Zealand   Turkey   Philippines   Thailand   Ethiopia   Greece   France   Colombia   Belgium   South Africa   Netherlands   Luxembourg	Stalemate North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled, UN invasion of North Korea repelled, Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled. Korean Armistice Agreement signed. Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border.	215,000– 350,000	1,550,000	Kim Il Sung
Vlora Incident (1961-1968)	Soviet Union   North Korea [5] Warsaw Pact	Albania	Defeat Withdrawal of soviet marines [6] and technicians Warsaw Pact capture of Pasha Liman Base failed [7] In 1962, the Soviet Union began a plan to invade Albania [8] In 1970, the Soviet Union, under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev tried to take the Mediterranean Sea but failed	Unknown	Unknown
Simba Rebellion (1964)	Simba Rebels Military advisors:   Cuba   Tanganyika   Soviet Union   China   North Korea	Congo-Léopoldville Combat support:   Belgium   United States	Defeat (limited involvement) Rebellion defeated.	Unknown	None
Communist insurgency in Thailand (1965–1983)	Communist Party of Thailand Pathet Lao [9] [10] Khmer Rouge (until 1978) [9] [10] Malayan Communist Party Weapons and advisors   North Vietnam (until 1976)   Vietnam (from 1976)   China   Soviet Union   North Korea [9]	Thailand   Taiwan (until 1967)   United States [9]   Malaysia	Defeat (limited involvement) Defeat of communist insurgency.	Unknown	~120
Vietnam War (1967–1969) [lower-alpha 1]	North Vietnam Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge   China   Soviet Union   North Korea	South Vietnam   United States   South Korea   Australia   New Zealand   Laos Cambodia Khmer Republic   Thailand	Victory (in 1975) Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina in 1973 North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam in 1975 Dissolution of the South Vietnamese state Communist regimes take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos	14 [11]	None
Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969)	North Korea	South Korea   United States	Defeat North Korean failure to instigate an armed insurgency in South Korea	2,871	Unknown
1971 JVP insurrection (1971)	JVP   North Korea [12] [13] Supported by: ASBPI [14] [15] CCP (Maoist) (alleged) [16]	Ceylon	Defeat Rebel leaders captured and remaining members surrender. Ceylonese government reestablishes control over 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 [17] [18]	Israel	Defeat [19] Syrian invasion of Israel repelled. Israel–Syria Disengagement Agreement Geneva Conference and the Sinai II Agreement Strategic political gains for Egypt and Israel	None [20] [21] [22]	None [20] [21] [22]
Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)	Derg (1974–1987) Ethiopia (1987–1991)   Cuba   North Korea	EPRP TPLF MEISON (from 1977) EPDM EDU EPLF	Defeat Fall of Communist government Independence of Eritrea Ethiopia becomes a landlocked country	Unknown	None
Angolan Civil War (1975–2002)	MPLA SWAPO MK   Cuba (1975–91)   East Germany (1975–89)   Soviet Union (1975–89) [23]   North Korea [24] EO (1992–95)	UNITA FNLA FLEC   South Africa (1975–89)   Zaire (1975) [25]	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)	UNLA   Tanzania (until 1985)   North Korea	NRA	Defeat Overthrow of Milton Obote	700	Unknown
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War (1982)	Ethiopia SSDF Supported by:   Cuba [26]   South Yemen [26]   North Korea [26]	Somalia Supported by:   United States [26] [27]	Defeat (limited involvement)	Unknown	Unknown
Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009)	Tamil Tigers Supported by:   North Korea (from 1997) [28] [29]   Eritrea [30] [31] [32]	Sri Lanka   India	Defeat (limited involvement) Rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militarily defeated. Sri Lankan government reestablishes control over entire island.	Unknown	Unknown
1987–1989 JVP insurrection (1987–1989)	JVP DJV Support:   Soviet Union [33] [lower-alpha 2]   North Korea [34]   Cuba [35] PLOTE (until 1988) [36] [37]   Iraq [38]	Sri Lanka   India Military support for Sri Lanka:   Israel [39]   Pakistan [39]   South Africa   United Kingdom   United States	Defeat (limited involvement) Emergency conditions in South-western and Central provinces lifted. Insurgency declined following the fall of the Eastern bloc.	Unknown	Unknown
United States invasion of Panama (1989–1990)	Panama Panama Defense Force Supported by:   Cuba [40]   Soviet Union [40]   Nicaragua [40]   Libya [40]   North Korea [40]	United States   Panamanian Opposition	Defeat (limited involvement) Military leader Manuel Noriega deposed	Unknown	Unknown
Yemeni Civil War (1994)	South Yemen Supported by:   Saudi Arabia [41] : 82    Iraq [41] : 82    Libya [41] : 82    North Korea [41] : 82  [42]	North Yemen Jihadists [43] Supported by:   United States [44]   Egypt [42]	Defeat (limited involvement) Reunification under northern government Purge of Yemeni socialism and the left Further tension in Yemen eventually leads to Yemeni Crisis	2 killed in action 4 captured and executed by Jihadist	Unknown	Kim Jong Il
Battle of Amami-Ōshima (2001)	North Korea	Japan	Defeat North Korean naval trawler sunk [45]	15 [46] 1 naval trawler sunk [47]	None
2006 Lebanon War	Hezbollah Amal Movement Lebanese Communist Party PFLP-GC   Lebanon Supported by:   North Korea   Iran   Syria	Israel	Stalemate (limited involvement) Ceasefire through UNSC Resolution 1701. Introduction of the Lebanese Army and the reinforcement of UNIFIL in South Lebanon.	Unknown	Unknown
First Libyan Civil War (2011)	Libya   Belarus   Zimbabwe Foreign mercenaries [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] Minor border clashes: Darfur rebels [53] Weapons and advisors:   North Korea [54]   Algeria [55]   Cuba [56]   Venezuela [57]   China (until 12 September) [58] [59]   Russia (until 1 September) [58]   Mozambique	Anti-Gaddafi forces   Qatar Enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973:   NATO   Belgium   Bulgaria   Canada   Denmark   France   Greece   Italy   Netherlands   Norway   Romania   Spain   Turkey   United Kingdom   United States Other countries:   Sweden   Jordan [60]   United Arab Emirates [61]   Lebanon   Saudi Arabia [62] [63] Minor border clashes:   Tunisia Arms suppliers:   Egypt   Moldova [64]    Switzerland [65]   Morocco Other support:   Botswana   Peru   Ethiopia	Defeat (limited involvement) Overthrow and collapse of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Death of Muammar Gaddafi and end of his rule over Libya Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council; remains in power until August 8, 2012 UN authorisation of NATO military intervention Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU Factional violence leading to another civil war in 2014 [66] Rise and spread of Salafism in Libya [67]	Unknown	Unknown
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)	Supreme Political Council Houthis Pro-Saleh forces (until 2017) Some Popular Committees [68] Sana'a-GPC forces [69] Alleged support:   Iran [70] Hezbollah [71]   North Korea [72]	Hadi government Pro-Hadi Security forces Yemen National Army (YNA) Al-Islah Popular Resistance Committees [73] Popular Committees Southern Movement [74] [75] Strategic Reserve (pro-Hadi Saleh forces) [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] Saudi-led coalition   Saudi Arabia [81]   United Arab Emirates [82]   Senegal [83]   Sudan [84] [85]   Morocco [86]   Qatar [84] (2015–17) [87] Academi security contractors [88] [89] [90] [91] Under 1,000 troops:   Bahrain [84]   Egypt [84]   Kuwait [84]   Jordan [84] Green Berets [92] [93] French Army Special Forces Command [94] [95] [96] Al-Qaeda [97] [98] [99] Academi Support:   United Kingdom [100] [101]   France [101]   United States [101] [102] [103]   Spain   NATO Southern Transitional Council (from 2017) [104] Tareq Saleh forces (from 2017) [105] [106] National Resistance [77] Tihamah Resistance [77] Support:   United Arab Emirates [107] [108] [109] Ansar al-Sharia AQAP [110] ISIL-YP [111] [112]	Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government Houthis take control of northern Yemen Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir	Unknown	Unknown	Kim Jong Un
2023 Israel–Hamas war (2023–present) 2023 Israel–Lebanon border clashes 2023 attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria part of Iran–Israel proxy conflict	Hamas Supported by:   North Korea   Iran Syria Hezbollah   Houthi movement	Israel Supported by:   United States   Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Free Syrian Army	Ongoing North Korea sends weapons to Iranian proxy groups.	Unknown	Unknown

See also

• North Korea portal

• Korean People's Army
• List of wars involving Korea
• List of wars involving South Korea

Notes

1. More about North Korean involvement in the Vietnam War
2. see the International Suppliers of Patriotic Peoples Front

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