EJ

I think the North Korean village you refer to is Haeju. The attack from South Korean forces happened on the same day as the official date of the 'North Korean invasion' of the US-backed South.

I don't have much time at the moment to write at length (much as I'd like to), so to save time, I'll quote from William Blum's 'Killing Hope', on post-WWII US interventions, which gives more context for the events leading to the North's invasion:

'The two sides had been clashing across the Parallel for several years. What happened on that fateful day in June could thus be regarded as no more than the escalation of an ongoing civil war. The North Korean Government has claimed that in 1949 alone, the South Korean army or police perpetrated 2,617 armed incursions into the North to carry out murder, kidnapping, pillage and arson for the purpose of causing social disorder and unrest, as well as to increase the combat capabilities of the invaders.

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The head of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, had often expressed his desire and readiness to compel the unification of Korea by force. On 26 June the New York Times reminded its readers that "on a number of occasions, Dr Rhee has indicated that his army would have taken the offensive if Washington had given the consent". The newspaper noted also that before the war began: "The warlike talk strangely [had] almost all come from South Korean leaders".'

Rhee's UK-backed virtual dictatorship (made up of various US-appointed former Japanese collaborators) comprised the usual array of death squads and terror-cleansing of leftists, communists and other dissidents totalling (by some accounts) well into the 6 figures.

There are two sides to every story.

Correction: In my last paragraph, that should have been 'US-backed' (although my typo was not all that wide of the mark).

EJ, K,

Haeju is a city roughly 50km as the crow flies from the 38th parallel that would require a river crossing and there is no evidence that any South Korean attack preceded the North Korean attack. In the fog of war false news reports are common, and a conspiracy theory around this is fanciful at best.

The surprise massed attack by North Korea is well documented, as is the collusion by China and Russia. If you want to post BS, expect to be challenged.

It wasn't Haiju, it was a village just north of the border.

The war in Korea was an extension of a war inside the USA with those seeking peaceful postwar reconstruction, like Dean Acheson, ranged against those (like General Macarthur and Joseph McCarthy) seeking World War III against our wartime allies. The warmongers of those days are today's Neocons and their global metastases.

Before mouthing off about "challenging BS" one should read analyses like the one at http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war which are not part of the internal war continuing in the USA which followed the hot war between Nazi Germany and the countries that it invaded.

It is very instructive to visit Churchill's preserved bunker in London and hear the wire recording between Mr Churchill and Mr Truman in which Mr Churchill referred to traitors in his Cabinet who were calling for a separate peace with Germany and Mr Truman exploded with rage. If visiting London don't miss it.

EJ,

The description of the Korean war at history.com is piss poor. It neglects to mention that the UN forces quickly pushed the North Koreans to Yalu river bordering China, and it was only the entry of China and Russia into the war that led to an eventual stalemate.

Similarly there is no evidence of an early invasion of the North by the South, and supposedly as journalist you should be able to sort out the truth from the propaganda, from your conspiracy fantasies I have doubts.

Sequence:
War broke out at the border. If there is any published evidence (not mere assertions) that there was an initiating invasion from the north it would be worth publishing.
The South Korean forces deserted and fled.
Within days all South Korea had was a small area around Pusan.
General Macarthur entered South Korea at Inchon and advanced rapidly north.
He pushed towards the Yalu River and declared an intention of invading China and Russia. Chinese troops flooded in and pushed southwards, soon in control of much north Korean territory.
Truman sacked Macarthur.
Macarthur got titkertape welcome in America and challenged Truman. This welcome was based on his successes in the Pacific war against the Japs, not on his ambition to take the Korea war into China and Russia, as the next event showed.
Macarthur booked Carnegie Hall to launch his campaign to overthrow Truman. About 30 people turned up. Fzzzzz.