North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK; Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk), is a country in East Asia, in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. North Korea, like its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city. 
== History ==
North Korea was widely viewed by the world as an authoritarian totalitarian hereditary dictatorship and a rogue state. The nation was ruled by the Kim family, descending from the country's first leader Kim Il-sung to the present day leader Kim Jong-un. North Korea was notoriously known for its human rights abuse in which the population are strictly managed by the state and citizens perceived as disloyal to the state are deported to labor camps without trial.
By 2021, China faced internal division over what to do with North Korea, with many in the Chinese government forming the belief that North Korea should be abandoned to its eventual collapse. By 2023, internal forces within the Chinese government led China to believe that North Korea was a burden to the country and that it should be left to die.
China made its decision on New Year's Day, 2025. After a violent coup against the Chinese President, a now anti-North Korean government took power in China and announced that it would be formally ending all relations with North Korea, demanding that all North Korean ambassadors to China leave the country within 72 hours or face either arrest or execution, in addition to Kim Jong-Un himself being declared persona non grata.
The move was met with skepticism from the international community, with many doubting that the new Chinese government would do such a thing against its neighbor. The news was especially alarming to Russia, North Korea's other neighbor.
However, the world realized China was serious about its new mission when Kim Jong-Un publicly denounced China for its abrupt cessation of relations with the hermit country, demanding the Chinese government reconsider its actions, or face "severe consequences."
In a bid to intimidate China, Kim Jong-Un commissioned the Korean People's Army Navy to send its latest submarine Hero Kim Kun Ok on a voyage to the South China Sea with the intention of intimidating and/or pressuring the new Chinese government to reconsider.
Once inside the South China Sea, the crew of Hero Kim Kun Ok launched an ICBM over China, as a show of force. They then detonated the missile over Shanxi Province, China, triggering an EMP that plunged large areas of the nation and neighboring countries into darkness. The blast radius included the Chinese provinces of Shanxi, Shandong, Heibei, Laoning, Jilin, Jiangsu, Zheijang, Shanxi, Henan, Fujian, and parts of Heilongjiang. The EMP also affected parts of Siberia, and the southern portion of Japan, much to the outrage of the Japanese and Russian governments. 
China retaliated by issuing an ultimatum to North Korea: "Leave us alone, or expect the wrath of the Dragon." Translation: Back off or expect military action.
From 2025 to 2026, North Korea refused to concede, continuing to intimidate China into reconsidering its abandonment of the hermit country.
Then, in 2026, North Korea executed a cyberattack against the Chinese military that crippled its drone fleet. For China, this was the last straw. The Chinese government quietly mobilized its military for an invasion of North Korea, intending to annex the country and remove Kim Jong-Un from power, in a sudden reversal of its earlier pledge to abandon North Korea.
China declared war on North Korea in spring of 2029 with the unveiling of its latest weapon: an orbital kinetic bombardment weapons platform codenamed the Oriental Messenger. The satellite weapon was used to execute a series of orbital kinetic bombardments against military bases in North Korea. Intending to cripple the Korean People's Army, the Oriental Messenger targeted Uiju Airfield, Panghyon Airport, Taechon Airfield, Kaech'on Airfield, Pukch'ang Airport, Changjin Air Force Base, Sakkanmol Missile Operating Base, and many others. The Chinese People's Liberation Army immediately followed up this surprise attack with a massive amphibious invasion of North Korea. 
Due to the swiftness of the attack, the Korean People's Army found itself unable to repel the Chinese military invasion. The entire country of North Korea fell to Chinese military occupation, with China creating a puppet state known as the Sino-Korean Federation, also known as the Chinese Federation of Occupied Korea.
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