VI Corps (North Korea)
Former corps of the North Korean army / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The VI Corps was a corps of the North Korean People's Army. It took part in the Korean War and was one of the units withdrawn to China in Autumn 1950 for training and reorganisation. It returned to Korea in 1951, as one of only three full strength corps in the North Korean Army. It was inactivated towards the end of the war but was reactivated some time afterwards. By the 1990s the corps was stationed in North Hamgyong Province, on the border with China. It is alleged that senior leaders in the corps were planning a coup against the North Korean government during the 1994-98 famine. The government is said to have detected the coup and moved to arrest and execute many of its leaders. The VI Corps was later dismantled and some of its troops incorporated into the IX Corps.
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Active | 1950–1951 1953–mid-1990s |
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Type | Infantry Mechanized Artillery Rocketry |
Size | 35,500 infantry (1951) |
Engagements | Korean War |