2nd Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea

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The 2nd Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea was held in

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. He also emphasized the need for "politico-ideological unity of the revolutionary ranks".[1][third-party source needed]

Following the conference, a group called the "Kapsan faction" started voicing opinions critical of Kim Il Sung. The internal differences within the party culminated to a purge called the Kapsan Faction Incident that left Kim Il Sung's rule unchallenged.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Understanding Workers Party of Korea Pyongyang; Foreign Languages Publishing House Juche 105 (2016) pp.102-4
  2. ^ Person, James F. (14 December 2013). "The 1967 Purge of the Gapsan Faction and Establishment of the Monolithic Ideological System". North Korea International Documentation Project. Wilson Center. Retrieved 11 October 2018.