For decades, North Korea has been ruled by the Kim dynasty. But now, things have changed. Kim Jong-un's futile attempts to wrestle North Korea onto the world stage has earned his country nothing but scorn, disdain, and ridicule. And now, they have led to this: the threat of the collapse of his regime. A group of North Korean soldiers and civilians have rebelled against his rule, in support of modernizing North Korea to become equal to South Korea under a stronger, more efficient ruler than Kim Jong-un, ending the Korean conflict once and for all by invading South Korea immediately after North Korea is reunited under their rule, and ending North Korea's isolationism in order to work with other dictatorships that have turned their countries into world powers. This group is known as the Korean National Government (KNG), is the largest and most powerful of the North Korean rebel groups, and claims to be the legitimate government of North Korea under the rule of the Republican Party of Korea (RPK), backed by Langenia. Its armed wing is the Korean National Forces (KNF). Even worse for Kim Jong-un, he faces plots from the leaders of his own military and security services, he can't simply nuke the rebels without destroying the military forces available to him and the country that he is trying to rule, and he can't leave North Korea to escape a nuclear blast, as no country (currently) will give him sanctuary. Another group has also formed, the Korean Democratic Council (KDC), backed by South Korea, with the objective of bringing democracy to North Korea and reuniting with South Korea peacefully. Its armed wing is the Free Korean Army (FKA). Also participating in the conflict is the Joseon Korean Government (JKG), with the goal of reestablishing the disappeared Korean Empire across all Korea under the rule of the Joseon dynasty. Its armed wing is the Imperial Korean Forces (IKF). Finally, the smallest faction is the Goryeon National Council (GNC), with part of the same goal of the JKG: to reestablish royalist control of Korea, but rather than have it reestablish the Korean Empire led by the Joseon dynasty, reestablish the Kingdom of Goryeo under the rule of the Wang dynasty. Its armed wing is the Royal Goryeon Army (RGA). Civil war is imminent. Who do you support? The North Korean government of Kim Jong-un, who faces the biggest challenge to his power and that of the Kim family of North Korea since the 1950-1953 Korean War, the KNG, dedicated to modernizing Korea under a strong republican ruler, the KDC, attempting to spread democracy, the JKG, restoring royal rule under the Joseon dynasty, or the GNC, restoring royal rule under the Wang dynasty? Already foreign nations intervene. Langenia has initiated Operation Grey Arrow in support of the KNG...
Order of events in North Korea before foreign interventions (this rp takes place in 2020)
- Kim Jong-un restarts North Korean nuclear program and begins a chemical weapons program, leading to very tough sanctions on the country.
- Sanctions, combined with existing poverty in country, lead to a second Great Famine in the country even worse than the famine of the 1990s.
- Dissent spreads. Many people are hunted down by the regime's security services. The prison camps become overcrowded and escapes become more and more common.
- Escapees form underground nonviolent resistance groups. They distribute anti-regime leaflets and propaganda, with the assistance of the South Korean government to pro-democratic nonviolent resistance groups.
- Small-scale protests erupt across the country that are easily quelled by regime secret services.
- The daily large-scale regime-backed protests against US "aggression" are turned against the regime by the nonviolent resistance groups, with protesters chanting "Death to the dictator" or "Death to the weakling" Kim Jong-un instead of "Death to America."
- The anti-regime protesters occupy meeting places across the country. In Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, Kim il-Sung Square is seized by protesters and used for anti-regime rallies. Some protesters are in support of modernizing North Korea to become equal to South Korea under a stronger, more efficient ruler than Kim Jong-un, ending the Korean conflict once and for all by invading South Korea immediately after North Korea is reunited under their rule, and ending North Korea's isolationism in order to work with other dictatorships that have turned their countries into world powers, while others are in support of bringing democracy to North Korea and reuniting with South Korea peacefully.
- The government sends in tanks, armored vehicles, and troops and police officers with live ammunition to evict protesters from Kim il-Sung Square in Pyongyang. The same is done in cities across the country. Protesters are again hunted down. Kim il-Sung Square becomes a second Tiananmen Square, with the same happening across the country. There is much international outrage and indignation.
- Those nonviolent resistance groups that support replacing Kim Jong-un with another strongman unite into a political party: the Republican Party of Korea (RPK). The RPK commits itself to armed struggle against the regime. They head to North Korea's second-largest city Hamhung and declare it their capital until Pyongyang is captured. They form the Korean National Government (KNG), which they claim is the transitional government of the DPRK, and declare that the DPRK is renamed the Socialist Dictator Republic of Korea, or SDRK. The local military forces in Hamhung back their claim and form the nucleus of the KNG's military forces: the Korean National Forces (KNF). The KNF grows in size with Korean People's Army (KPA) defectors, international volunteers, and Langenien mercenaries all joining. The KNG then accepts an offer of support from Langenia.
- The sailors of the Korean People's Army Navy's (KPAN) eastern fleet based in Wonsan defect to the KNG and are accepted into the KNF. This gives the KNF a naval branch, and makes the KNG the only rebel group with naval forces. Some ships remain loyal to the regime and attempt to join the western fleet. Few make it to the other side as they are intercepted and sunk or captured by the South Koreans and Langeniens.
- Those nonviolent resistance groups that want democracy and peaceful reunification of Korea also commit themselves to armed struggle against the regime. They form the Korean Democratic Council (KDC), which they also claim is the transitional government of the DPRK until peaceful reunification. They set up their capital at at Kaesong with the support of South Korea. With defecting KPA troops and international volunteers they form the Free Korean Army (FKA).
- The descendants of the Joseon dynasty which once ruled Korea leave their homes in South Korea and found the Joseon Korean Goverment (JKG). They declare their capital at Chongjin: the capital of the refounded Korean Empire. With defecting KPA troops and volunteers from the south they form the Imperial Korean Forces (IKF).
- The descendants of the Wang dynasty which once ruled Korea leave their homes in South Korea and form the Goryeon National Council (GNC). They declare their capital at Sinujiu: the capital of the refounded Kingdom of Goryeo. With defecting KPA troops and volunteers from the south they form the Royal Goryeon Army (RGA).
- Full-scale civil war breaks out.
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