List of wars involving South Korea

This is a list of wars involving South Korea since 1948, when the Korean peninsula was de facto divided into South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK) and North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK).

For wars involving united Korea until 1948, see List of wars involving Korea until 1948
For wars involving North Korea since 1948, see List of wars involving North Korea (since 1948)

List of wars involving South Korea: 1948–present

Conflict	South Korea and its allies	Opponents	Results	South Korean losses		President of South Korea
Conflict	South Korea and its allies	Opponents	Results	Military	Civilian	President of South Korea
South Korea
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea United Nations Command United States United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand Turkey Philippines Thailand Ethiopia Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg	North Korea China Soviet Union	Stalemate North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled, UN invasion of North Korea repelled, Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled. Korean Armistice Agreement signed. Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border.			Syngman Rhee
Vietnam War (South Korean involvement:^[a] 1965–1973^[1])	South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Laos Cambodia Khmer Republic Thailand Philippines	North Vietnam Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge China Soviet Union North Korea	Defeat South Korean deployment of over 350,000 combat troops; 5,000 lost their lives^[1] Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina in 1973 North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam in 1975 Dissolution of the South Vietnamese state Communist regimes take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos	5,000^[1]		Park Chung-hee
Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969)	South Korea United States	North Korea	Victory North Korean failure to instigate an armed insurgency in South Korea			Park Chung-hee
Gwangju Uprising (1980)	South Korea	Gwangju citizenry	Victory Uprising suppressed			Chun Doo-hwan
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait United States United Kingdom South Korea Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman United Arab Emirates Bahrain Qatar Other Allies	Iraq	Victory South Korean deployment of 3,600 combat troops and engineers^[1] Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored. Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure.			Roh Tae-woo
War in Afghanistan (South Korean involvement: 2002–2007;^[2] 2009^[1]–2015^[3])	Northern Alliance (2001) Afghanistan (from 2001) ISAF United States United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand Germany Italy France Czech Republic Netherlands Turkey Romania Georgia South Korea Poland Denmark Sweden Norway Singapore	Islamic Emirate (2001) Taliban (from 2001) al-Qaeda	(prior to South Korean involvement: 2001: fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) 2002: establishment of new Afghan government) 2002: initial South Korean deployment of 210 non-combat (medical and engineering) troops^[2]^[4] July 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan: 2 hostages killed by Taliban, 21 hostages released,^[b] South Korean troop withdrawal by end of 2007^[2]^[5] late 2009: South Korean redeployment, involving 350 troops protecting Korean PRT of c. 300 aid workers and police officers in Parwan Province^[1]^[3] 2014–15: South Korean withdrawal^[3]		2^[1]	Kim Dae-jung
Iraq War (South Korean involvement: 2004–2008^[6])	Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan MNF–I United States United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia New Zealand Georgia Ukraine Netherlands Spain Romania Japan Denmark Bulgaria	SCJL Naqshbandi Army ISI al-Qaeda FIA Ansar al-Islam Islamic Army of Iraq Mahdi Army Special Groups Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah	2004: initial South Korean troop deployment^[1] 2005: South Korean contribution peaked at 3,600 troops^[7] 2008: South Korean withdrawal;^[7] over 20,000 South Korean troops rotated in and out of Iraq from 2004 to 2008^[1] (overall effects: depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security January 2005: Re-establishment of democratic elections 2011: U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement)	1		Roh Moo-hyun

Notes

^ See also South Korea in the Vietnam War.
^ The Taliban publicly alleged that the government of South Korea had paid a ransom worth as much as $20 million in order to release the remaining 21 hostages,^[2] but this claim has not been confirmed.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Ku, Thompson & Wertz 2011, p. 20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ku, Thompson & Wertz 2011, pp. 19–20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hoare 2020, p. 76.
^ Hoare 2020, p. 75.
^ Hoare 2020, pp. 75–76.
^ Ku, Thompson & Wertz 2011, pp. 20, 23.
^ ^a ^b Ku, Thompson & Wertz 2011, p. 23.

Bibliography

Hoare, J.E. (2020). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea. Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-5381-1976-1. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
Ku, Jae H.; Thompson, Drew; Wertz, Daniel (2011). "The U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance and Afghanistan". Northeast Asia in Afghanistan: Whose Silk Road? (Technical report). pp. 19–24. JSTOR resrep11156.7. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
Shin, David (2019). "A Cautionary Report: Resilience of the U.S.–ROK Alliance During the Pro–North Korea Engagement Era of Progressive rule in South Korea". North Korean Review. 15 (2). McFarland & Company: 59–89. ISSN 1551-2789. JSTOR 26915826. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

External links

The Korean War:

Korean War resources, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
North Korea International Documentation Project
Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project digital collection
The Forgotten War, Remembered – four testimonials in The New York Times
Collection of Books and Research Materials on the Korean War Archived 2021-04-27 at the Wayback Machine an online collection of the United States Army Center of Military History
The Korean War at History.com
Korean-War.com
Koreanwar-educator.org

Capital Mechanized Infantry Division, a division that fought in Korea and Vietnam:

[1] See also South Korea in the Vietnam War.

[6] The Taliban publicly alleged that the government of South Korea had paid a ransom worth as much as $20 million in order to release the remaining 21 hostages,^[2] but this claim has not been confirmed.^[3]

[FOOTNOTEKuThompsonWertz201120-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Ku, Thompson & Wertz 2011, p. 20.

[FOOTNOTEKuThompsonWertz201119–20-3] Ku, Thompson & Wertz 2011, pp. 19–20.

[FOOTNOTEHoare202076-4] Hoare 2020, p. 76.

[FOOTNOTEHoare202075-5] Hoare 2020, p. 75.

[FOOTNOTEHoare202075–76-7] Hoare 2020, pp. 75–76.

[FOOTNOTEKuThompsonWertz201120,_23-8] Ku, Thompson & Wertz 2011, pp. 20, 23.

[FOOTNOTEKuThompsonWertz201123-9] Ku, Thompson & Wertz 2011, p. 23.

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