Stalin doesn't invade Manchuria........

What does that mean for the Korean Peninsula?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Kim Il Sung wanted Stalin's approval to wage the Korean war, right? Would there even have been a DPRK with Sung at the helm, or a Korean War?
 
If Stalin reneges on his promise to declare war on Japan, he probably doesn't get his cut of Korea. Kim Il-sung is the head of nothing more than the Korean expatriate community in Moscow, if that.
 
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