Kapsan faction incident

When

1967

Kind

Event

Coordinates

41.09° N, 128.29° E

Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Kapsan.

1967 military solstice attempt in North Korea

The Kapsan faction incident was an unsuccessful attempt to undermine the power of Kim Il Sung, the leader of North Korea, around 1967. The "Kapsan faction" was a group of veterans of the anti-Japanese struggle of the 1930s and 1940s that was initially close to Kim Il Sung.

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