Republic of Korea, 1962 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 1 June 1962, during the military junta period that followed the 16 May 1961 coup by Park Chung Hee. Power was held by the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, which ruled by decree while President Yun Bo-seon served as a figurehead until his resignation on 24 March 1962, after which Park became acting president. The junta created the Korean Central Intelligence Agency under Kim Jong-pil on 19 June 1961 specifically to prevent counter coups and suppress potential enemies, and it conducted wide ranging purges of civilian institutions and the officer corps.
The nominal chairman General Chang Do-yong was arrested on 3 July 1961 on a charge of conspiracy to carry out a counter coup, and intra junta factional plotting continued through 1962 as Park consolidated control. The June 1962 coding sits inside this period of internal power struggle, KCIA suppression of rival officers, and preparation for the promised return to civilian rule.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
73206011962
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Park Chung Hee consolidated power as acting president; rival officers were purged and Park went on to be elected president in 1963.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
Luttwak
Times of India
New York Times
New York Times
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →