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The decoration is to honor those who served in Korea after the Korean war, it is NOT worth promotion points, however it does identify that the member served time in Korea preventing the north from invading and yes, they would have if they were given the opportunity. It's no different than an overseas long tour ribbon or an overseas short tour ribbon. It's an identifier, which tells what a member has done. That's the entire purpose of the "fruit salad". You can tell where a member's been, how long they've been in, some of what they've done and much more, it's not just ribbons for being someplace, it's for something significant.

By the way, the North and South are in fact still at a state of war, unless things have changed since I last did research on this. They are only under an armistace. That is one reason why it is known as "The Forgotten War".