This is a list of wars involving North Korea since 1948, when the Korean peninsula was de facto divided into North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK).
Khmer Rouge (until 1978)[1][2] Malayan Communist Party Weapons and advisors North Vietnam (until 1976) Vietnam (from 1976) China Soviet Union North Korea[1] Supported by: North Korea[4][5] ASBPI[6][7] CCP (Maoist) (alleged)[8] Support: Soviet Union[25][b] North Korea[26] Cuba[27] PLOTE (until 1988)[28][29] Iraq[30] Supported by: Cuba[32] Soviet Union[32] Nicaragua[32] Libya[32] North Korea[32] Weapons and advisors: North Korea[46] Algeria[47] Cuba[48] Venezuela[49] China (until 12 September)[50][51] Russia (until 1 September)[50] Mozambique
Other countries: Sweden Jordan[52] United Arab Emirates[53] Saudi Arabia[54][55] Minor border clashes: Tunisia Arms suppliers: Egypt Moldova[56] Switzerland[57] Morocco Other support: Botswana Peru Ethiopia Saudi-led coalition Saudi Arabia[73] United Arab Emirates[74] Senegal[75] Sudan[76][77] Morocco[78] Qatar[76] (2015–17)[79] Academi security contractors[80][81][82][83] Green Berets[84][85] French Army Special Forces Command[86][87][88] Al-Qaeda[89][90][91] Academi Southern Transitional Council (from 2017)[96] Tareq Saleh forces (from 2017)[97][98] Ansar al-Sharia
In Donbas: North Korea[105][106][107] Supported by: The Korean War: