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Second Korean War
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English
Proper noun
Second Korean War 1
en informal A period of intense conflict between the two Koreas in the 1960s, that included the attempted assassination of the South Korean president and the capture of the U.S.S. Pueblo by North Korea.
Usage notes
1960s The Korean War of the 1950s had not yet ended, there being only a standing truce between the two Koreas, so this is not a separate war, but rather, continuation of hostilities that hotted up again.
Hypernyms
en Korean War when taking the Korean War as the entire period from the start of hostilities in the 1950s onwards
Related terms
en First Korean War the period of hostilities in the 1950s
en Korean War
en Korea