Park Keum Chul

Park Keum Chul (*?, † 1967 (?)) Was one of the most influential politicians in North Korea in the 1960s and the second most powerful functionary (after Kim Il Sung ) of the ruling party there ( Korean Workers' Party ). In 1967 he and other high-ranking officials whom Kim saw as an obstacle to his path to sole rule were accused by the latter of acting against party interests. Park was a member of the so-called Kapsan faction , a group within the ruling party. Ultimately, Kim prevailed and carried out an extensive political cleansing operation that cemented his position. Park disappeared in 1967, Kim then turned away from the People's Republic of China and towards the Soviet Union (see also Sino-Soviet rift ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Daily NK: North Korea is not A Socialist State - DailyNK , 2005, here online ( memento of the original from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; last viewed on March 7, 2016 
2. ↑ Chung-Hwan Kim: Political Personality and Foreign Policy Behavior: A Case Study of Kim Jong-Il and North Korea's Negotiating Behavior Regarding the Nuclear Issue , Södertörns University College (Masterthesis), 2006; last viewed on March 7, 2016
3. ↑ KBS World Radio: A Brief History of North Korea , online here ; last viewed on March 7, 2016

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Park is the family name here, Keum Chul is the first name.