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In 1996, the No. 6 Corps of the Korean People's Army, based in the city of Chongjin, situated in North Korea's North Hamkyung Province, plotted a coup de'tat against the Kim regime.

The group, which included political committees, commanders of battalions, while the chief secretary of North Hamkyung Province, administrative cadres, vice directors of the provincial National Security Agency and Social Safety Agency and other cadres, was apparently planning to start an uprising in North Hamkyung Province first and then head for Pyongyang.

However, the Defense Security Command of the Korean People's Army discovered the plot and the ringleaders were arrested. 40 were executed and a further 300 severely punished.

But what if this coup de'tat actually succeeded in overthrowing the North Korean government?

Source of the story: http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=7321&cataId=nk02100
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