Quite possibly right there. North Korea could have attacked southward when the world's attention was focused on China and Europe. There's the rumour of NK nukes, if they were a reality they'd give the south a real pasting without the need for the Soviets to throw a few of their own.
The NK military could then go in and give the few southern units (Korean, US, etc) a real bloody nose. Units from the few countries not entangled elsewhere would be rushed in and the north pushed back at great cost (worse than in the 50's - at least there wasn't a world wide war going on at the time, soaking up the bulk of military strength). Eventually things settle down in Korea to the point where the Soviets feel it's stable enough to use the area as a resting point for some of their more battered units (this could explain the poor state of Soviet units in the area).
Haven't checked the sources in writing this so probably doesn't fit too well with the books, but as a first draft....
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