Kim Jong-un inherited the leadership of North Korea in December 2011. This young leader was quick to purge and restructure the North Korean military and government to shore up his power base, and at the same time create a new modern leadership persona as endearing to his people as grandfather's was. North Koreans were still suffering as they always have; but with Kim Jong-un they found a brazen social engineer ready to once again use their fury to secure the survival of the country and enrichment of his regime. He saw no limits to accomplishing these goals.
South Korea changed considerably as well. The leadership of the nation had transitioned, from those that were alive during and had experienced the first Korean War to those that had not. The nation was now modern, educated, prosperous and focused on the pursuit of happiness - not national survival. Its military might had grown significantly, to the point that US forces which had once been the vanguard of a South Korean defense were now the supporting forces. Current thinking was that their military could not only merely defend the Republic but many openly suggested invading and replacing the North Korean leadership. It was a new, powerful and assertive South Korea that would not be defined by others but was now in control of its own destiny.
This would all prove a recipe for disaster.
North Korea enjoyed a great deal of military and public relations success in 2010, with the sinking of ROKS Cheonan and the artillery strikes on Yeonpyeong island on Korea's west coast. Not only did the North Korean public perceive them as military victories but South Korea, US and Japan were perceived as weak and malleable by demonstrations of force. It was a lesson that a now nuclear capable Kim Jong-un would try and leverage again. Unfortunately for him, forces south of the DMZ were in motion as well to beat him to the punch.
This is a single side campaign scenario, meant to be played from the South Korean side only. Scenario duration is 9 hours.
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You have significant assets to carry out your objectives, and many aircraft in reserve that can be armed to carry out tasks.