Editing Talk:Korean conflict (section)

== Yugoslavia ==
The infobox claim that among others, North Korea was supported by the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. I can not see justification for this claim based on literature. I'm referring to Chul-Min Kim (2009) [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/223386590901200303 The View and Understanding of Yugoslavia on the Korean War: An Analysis through Illustrations]. [[International Area Studies Review]]. I don't know if you maybe have access to other sources, but the above mentioned one explicitly state: p. 48 "''Soviet Union and most of East European countries were willing to agree with the argument of North Korea. However, Yugoslavia, from the beginning of the Korean war, tried to take an objective view of the war''.", p. 50 "''According to other Yugoslavian literature, [•••] attack on South Korea by North Korea was similar to the attack on Yugoslavia by the German Army and the attack on Hawaii by the Japanese army in the Second World War''", p. 50 "''Actually Yugoslavia was not aligned to any of the blocs in the Korean War, so it was possible for Yugoslavian experts to analyze this matter on an objective basis.''" There are other similar statements, but I will avoid to cite too excessively here. I think the furthest we can go here is to state that the country was explicitly neutral and critical towards both superpowers.--[[User:MirkoS18|MirkoS18]] ([[User talk:MirkoS18|talk]]) 10:13, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
:However, later, Kim Il Sung became close to Tito, as is now mentioned in the article, so I have included Yugoslavia as one of the supporters. As I said above, I think this list is fluid, and I would be happy to see this removed if the consensus is that it is inappropriate.--[[User:Jack Upland|Jack Upland]] ([[User talk:Jack Upland|talk]]) 21:45, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
::I think the best way is to introduce the third line for explicitly neutral states where we have sources that certain country expressed its position. I know that there were meetings between the two sides, and that official receptions in the North Korea were particularly ceremonial, but as far as I know Tito was generally proposing some informal intermediary role for Yugoslavia. Both countries were part of the Non-Aligned Movement so there might have been some further support/interaction, but as NAM is quite fluid grouping which explicitly was not an bloc (for example there was even [[Iran–Iraq War]]) we would actually need some more specific sources. For example, this [[Radio Television of Serbia|RTS]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWuYniXONIQ video report] (unfortunately not in English) shows certainly the most spectacular welcome, yet commentator at the same time explains how Tito presented North Korean side with the message he received from [[Jimmy Carter]] before his trip. In a way, engagement is not necessarily support/approval, particularly for a country which developed quite intense Cold War period relations all around the world and insisted on what it called as the active neutrality (non-alignement). Now again, of course I may be wrong and you may have access to some other sources.--[[User:MirkoS18|MirkoS18]] ([[User talk:MirkoS18|talk]]) 01:31, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
:::OK, I'll remove it.--[[User:Jack Upland|Jack Upland]] ([[User talk:Jack Upland|talk]]) 23:55, 10 March 2021 (UTC)