# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kang-kon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:48:38.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kang-kon"
name: "Kang Kon"
slug: "kang-kon"
description: "Kang Kon was a Korean military leader active in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula as well as a politician during the years leading up to the Korean War and during the first stages of the war in 1950. Kang led the North Korean Army offensive during the opening stages of the war as Chief of Staff until he was killed by a land mine on September 8, 1950."
tagline: "North Korean military leader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/General_Kang_Gun.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1918-06-23"
deathDate: "1950-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.22
  momentum:             20.10180337405468
  historical:           8.360122666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%9C%E5%81%A5"
    title: "姜健"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كانغ كون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Kon"
    title: "Kang Kon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Kon"
    title: "Kang Kon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%9C%E5%81%A5"
    title: "姜健"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "კანგ კონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%95%EA%B1%B4"
    title: "강건"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_G%C5%8Fn"
    title: "Kang Gŏn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Kon"
    title: "Kang Kon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6824297"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump