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title: "North Korean Invasion of South Korea"
year: 1950
country: "Korea"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1950/korean-war-begins"
slug: "korean-war-begins"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1950-07-31"
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# North Korean Invasion of South Korea

> North Korea's sudden invasion of the South triggered the Korean War, drawing the United Nations and superpowers into a three-year conflict that split the peninsula permanently.

## Summary

Operation Pokpung was the invasion of South Korea by North Korea that triggered the Korean War. North Korea launched the blitzkrieg by crossing the 38th parallel north and swarming South Korea at 04:00 PYT/KST on Sunday, 25 June 1950. The DPRK did not declare war before the invasion and rushed to encircle and eventually capture Seoul, the capital of South Korea, from the ROK within a week.

## Sources

- [North korean invasion of South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pokpung) - Wikipedia

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