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In the mid-late 1990s and early 2000s both Koreas were in a period of tension, which had led to South Korea, which had been holding elections which were won by hardliners, starting to develop a nuclear program with the full approval of the US. In 2006, North Korea tested their first nuke, and in 2009 South Korea tested their first nuke as well.

Tensions came to a head in 2015 following a terrorist attack committed by a group based in Pyongyang in South Korea which ended with the death of their president, which ended up with the Korean War being resumed. North Korea nuked Seoul, Busan, Incheon and Daegu, but also decided to hurt their other enemies, Japan and the US, by nuking Tokyo and Guam. South Korea nuked Pyongyang, Chongjin, Hamhung and Kaesong. The war was over, but the Korean Peninsula devolved into anarchy and the world economy was severely crippled.

But what if it the war had not happened?
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