Korea: Summer 2000.

[JHart]

The impression of the Norks is that they are well indoctrinated, but as the casualties mount, anything is possible. It'd be a hard sell for propaganda. After 50 years of solid Communist international brotherhood BS, they have to sell the fact the the Soviets our now the enemy.

As for the ROK going north to liberate, they really couldn't until they think China is knocked out. If the DKP sends troops to help China and then the ROK invades, it would be a hell of a mess. China would see it as a stab in the back, as in "The DKP was helping to save our country, we're fighting for our lives, and you go and help to hasten our downfall."



Knowing how paranoid the DKP is, they'd assume it was a plot all along, pack up and try to go home, or even side with the Soviets.
I doubt they would help China unless the have an agreement from the ROK preventing an attack

The US can't really be involved until China falls and it crosses the Rhine.