The US bombed and firebombed until there were "no more targets in Korea." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_North_Korea Examine the primary sources if you like, they're decent. It was comparable to genocide.

And now we point and laugh at the DPRK for being less developed than the US-backed South?

[–] BeanCounter@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

The war was even more devastating to the South. It's their incompetence, not US bombing.

They were(and still somewhat are) being backed by commie friends who were also as incompetent and, as the op says, not even commies but just dirty dictators.

South's growth, while the U.S.s' (and Japans') support was crucial, cannot be simplified by that.

And even if U.S.s' bombing is the only reason they're failing, who's to blame? They started the war that even other commie dictators thought that it's one of the stupidest war to start from one of the stupidest dictators in the world, Kim Il Sung.