Meanwhile, counterinsurgencies in the South Korean interior intensified; persistent operations, paired with worsening weather, denied the guerrillas sanctuary and wore away their fighting strength. North Korea responded by sending more troops to link up with insurgents and build more partisan cadres; North Korean infiltrators had reached 3,000 soldiers in 12 units by the start of 1950, but all were destroyed or scattered by the ROKA.Bryan, pp. 79-80.
meanwhile counterinsurgencies in the south korean interior intensified; persistent operations paired with worsening weather denied the guerrillas sanctuary and wore away their fighting strength north korea responded by sending more troops to link up with insurgents and build more partisan cadres; north korean infiltrators had reached 3000 soldiers in 12 units by the start of 1950 but all were destroyed or scattered by the rokabryan pp 79-80