:::::The fact was that Japan invaded North korea during World War II. You may not think of much here, but the atrocities committed by japan gave korea a right to invade in 1948. Korea, like Poland, was the beating ground of two armies committing atrocities. Now, if you look at history from a wide perspective you get chain reactions hundreds of years later with rival enemy states. Here though, you get an abuse of power, for instance Japan invades NK, millions die...immediately after USA invades NK and millions die..AGAIN. NK has every right to avoid this propagandistic bullshit, its actually a healing nation like Russia once was during the cold war. On top of that, there is a big karmic problem on your hands because korea was invaded many times before by Japan even before imperialism. The Mongols for instance, invaded Japan and loss. Japan cant be beaten and in my eyes it wasnt, just occupied because it hasnt changed its culture by invasion, only its economy. Basically Korea is not afraid of Japan, and its war crimes far exceed NK's expectations of this imperialist war. If you count wwI this is a large karmic punishment mainly because of the Chinese Civil War. Its all based on the old phrase, an Eye for an Eye. Japan and South Korea are just using the failed Mongolian invasion as a consensus as opposed to recent events I bet. If a nuke war were to break out here, it could kill our planet, spiraling it into infinite. The Aliens helped the Japanese defeat the Mongols, but who knows what nuclear war or really invasion could bring. This is a fact though, Korea never invaded the South but occupied it with special intentions and in WWII Korea lost as much if not more civilians than Japan alone, as a neutral country (given the precipice by the reader that Communism doesnt exist on the opposing side and people elect or choose their own governments over time eg I myself find it confusing that China is a Republic as South Korea is called instead of Democratic)  I would improve the article by stating North Korea came to liberate the South from its oppressors in the North Korean War.  The civilians that died during wwII were being liberated by war or war mongers so I agree that skirmishes in the south lead to direct intentions by the North due to past events.  This or these events on the start of the war should be expanded if not compromised.  murriemir (talk)