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Kang Kon

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North Korean military leader

Lived 1918 to 1950 · aged 32
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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.

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Choe Yong-gon, Kim Chaek, Kim Il, and Kang Kon receiving the first domestically produced Type 49 submachine guns from President Kim Il Sung, 1949.Choe Yong-gon, Kim Chaek, Kim Il, and Kang Kon receiving the first domestically produced Type 49 submachine guns from President Kim Il Sung, 1949.

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1945Order of the Red Banner
Hero of the Republic

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Connected to Kang 6

Jong Song-okAlso won Hero of the RepublicO Jin-uAlso won Hero of the RepublicChoe HyonAlso won Hero of the RepublicValery AsapovAlso won Hero of the RepublicPak Song-cholAlso won Hero of the RepublicRi Ul-solAlso won Hero of the Republic

About this person

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.

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1950 · aged 32
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