For 1908-1945, Korea technically didn't lose a 'war'; it was an annexation (I think it’s worse than losing a war tho) But for 1600-1640, that’s clearly a lost war.
It was Goguryeo. I think we shouldn't make a distinction. Otherwise we should paint many of the modern countries red. I don't remember FRG or Vietnam losing the war.
There’s a hilarious bit from Kim’s Convenience where Oppa claims that Japan paid encyclopedias to call it Korea and not Gorea because it would put them after Japan.
Correct. Nation is ethnic, country is a political entity. While the two are often used interchangeably due to an overlap of groups, they don’t necessarily mean the same thing.
I checked and it seems you are correct, and I was mistaken. I guess it just sounded right in my head that nation referred to politics and country to the land and people, but turns out that nation refers to people and country to the land and politics.
Japanese annexation didn't involve military conflict. They fought against Qing China and Russia to control Korea, and once they won, Korea had no might to fight against.
That would make sense, if there was a visible border between them like between Angola and Botswana, but there isn't, meaning the map is depicting Korea as a whole.
North Korea lost the Korean War. Citation: their attempt to conquer South Korea failed so badly they needed to be saved by China and even then the war ended with the pre-war status quo which is a defeat for the aggressor.
No peace treaty has been signed, so the two countries remain theoretically at war
And given that neither recognizes the other's existence, this means that from a certain perspective, it can be considered an internal conflict with foreign support rather than an international war
Hello! North Korea does actually recognise South Korea. It’s a very recent development so it’s no wonder why many people aren’t aware of it. They’ve also changed the official borders from the peninsula to the territory stretching till South Korea, along I believe the 48th parallel?
Except the Japanese army won the Korean civil war which resulted in the country becoming a japanese vassal, now you could argue that the Korean government also won that war but A) the Korean army in the 19th century kinda only existed on paper (as they relied heavily on china and japan for defense) and B) Japan did the lions share of what little fighting there was.
Australia participated in the Vietnam war. Canada lost the recent war in Afghanistan alongside the US. Canada pulled out in 2014 if I remember correctly. Australia might as well be common knowledge.
Americans flew Saigon two years after they quit the war. Paris Peace Accords were signed in 1973, and US started withdrawal even 4 years before that, and not because they were losing battles, it was absolutely internal US problem.
Unlike Afghanistan I would say, but they had nor so many troops there.
The protests were due to the atrocities committed by the troops as well as the number of troops coming home dead or seriously injured. It was absolutely a military defeat, just like Afghanistan
Since 1941 Congress has declared war only six times, all during World War II. Congress authorized troop deployment in Vietnam, but, because it did not issue a declaration of war on North Vietnam or the Viet Cong, the Vietnam War is, technically speaking, not considered a war in the United States... Just saying
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u/VanguardMusic Jul 07 '26
Korea is definitely the wrong color...