2021 ⟶ North and South Korea Missile Tests Near Japan
September 14: North Korea demonstrates two short-range balli...
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💣 North Korean Invasion of South Korea Launches the Korean War
June 25: North Korean invasion of South Korea begins the Korean War.⟶
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South Korea🇰🇵 North Korean Advance to the Pusan Perimeter
August – September: North Korean forces capture most of Korea, to the Pusan Perimeter.⟶
Korean WarCold WarInvasionMilitary CampaignCommunismContainment
North KoreaSouth Korea☢️ North Korea Conducts First Nuclear Test
October 9: North Korea conducts a nuclear test.⟶
Nuclear ProliferationWeapons of Mass DestructionCold WarGeopoliticsInternational RelationsKim Jong-il
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China💣 North Korean Shelling of Yeonpyeong Island
November 23: North Korea shells the island of Yeonpyeong.⟶
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North KoreaSouth Korea🚀 North and South Korea Missile Tests Near Japan
September 14: North Korea demonstrates two short-range ballistic missiles that land just outside Japan's territorial waters; hours later South Korea demonstrates its first submarine-launched ballistic missile.⟶
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