Yes they do.
Korea has no deserts.
South Korea has no true desert.
No, Korea has no deserts.
South Dakota has some semiarid land but no true desert.
Korea.
No, it is much closer to a jungle.
North Korean has no true deserts.
There is no desert tah extends from China and South Korea. There is the Gobi Desrt which covers part of northwest China and southern Mongolia, however.
Kathmandu is the capital city in Nepal. Kuwait City is the capital city in Kuwait.
For United States it was the Cold War and than Korea War. US: Korea, Vietnam, Op Urgent Fury, Op Just Cause, Op Desert Storm, Op Iraqi Freedom, Op Enduring Freedom CAN: Korea, various UN Missions, Op Desert Storm, Op Enduring Freedom England: Korea, various un Missions, Op Corporate (Falklands War) Op Desert Storm, Op Enduring Freedom France: Korea, Vietnam, Congo (the French pulled out of Nam in 1958 after Dien Bien Phu which mirrored Khe Sanh for the Americans in 68)
There are no deserts in South Korea. It's the size of Ohio, c'mon. There are supposedly dry areas up in the mountain plains in North Korea, but that's about it. Usually, South Korea suffers from floods every summer.
Korea was 5 yrs after WWII; but the concern was WWIII. Vietnam was some yrs after Korea; but a repeat of Korea was to be avoided. After Vietnam, the issue, for the US, was redeeming prestige; which was accomplished with Operation Desert Storm in 1991.