As far as American officials were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism itself. North Korea have developed a self-style political and a command. South Korea is appear somewhat democratic and and is currently the third largest economy in Eastern Asia, after Japan China.
The defiant nation launched another missile test today. A themonuclear war would be a humanitarian and ecological disaster for the entire region, with radiation causing a nuclear holocaust that tears into South Korea, china, Russia and Japan. It's was a border dispute many feared it was the first step in a communist campaign to take over the world.