If it turns to conventional war in Korea can the northerners reach or take Seoul that year.
I imagine that even if the US outnaneuvers and eventually outguns North Korea, there will be an order of magnitude more casualties among US forces and civilian dependents in ROK than in the Persian Gulf War, and the deaths would pile up much faster than OTL’s Iraq or Afghanistan wars.
Although the Kim govt would be easy to cast as evil, would there be any questioning by the US public asking “hey, what are we still doing in Korea?”
Might this Korean War kill any appetite in the US for intervention in former Yugoslavia or expansion of NATO?
I think in 1994 China will stay out of the fight, it is still too weak at home and technologically behind and has no allied support.
If China does intervene it might not be in a position to successfully stalemate the west and preserve all North Korea, mainly because South Korean forces will be much larger and more advanced in 1994 than in the 1950s.