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Kang Kon
Chief of the General Staff
Kang Kon
In office
February 1948 – September 1950
LeaderKim Il Sung
Personal details
Born(1918-06-23)23 June 1918
Sangju, Keishōhoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died8 September 1950(1950-09-08) (aged 32)
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Military service
AllegianceKorean People's Army
Years of service1945–1950
CommandsChief of the general staff
Battles/warsKorean independence movement
  • Pacification of Manchukuo

Chinese Civil War
World War II

  • Pacific War

Korean War

  • Operation Pokpoong 

Kang Kon (Korean: 강건, Hanja: 姜健; June 23, 1918 – September 8, 1950) 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 Korean War in 1950.

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