Although states in Northeast Asia have experienced a long period of prosperity and peace, the Korean peninsula appeared to be on the brink of war in 2013. In addition to the 2013 crisis, there is growing concern about the human rights situation inside North Korea and the collapse of the North Korean state, which may also lead to outside military intervention. This article examines the various legal justifications that might be offered to justify military action against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It claims that in absence of United Nations Security Council authorization, or an imminent armed attack triggering the right of self-defense, or an invitation of the North Korean government to intervene, any other category of force including the right to humanitarian intervention, the right to rescue of nationals abroad, and the right to pre-emptive self-defense will be viewed as illegal or at least controversial.
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