The television show M*A*S*H lasted 11 years, which was far longer than the actual Korean War it covered. Inspired by that, what if the Korean War lasted 11 years, covering the span of the 1950s and into 1961?
In contrast to Vietnam, Korea was a lot more of an astroturf conflict. The Communist North Koreans were put in place and puppeteered by the Sino-Soviet bloc, the Korean equivalent of the Viet Cong was astroturf and not the result of the popular will, and the list goes on.