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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk07:53, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that the VI Corps of the North Korean People's Army was disbanded in the 1990s, allegedly after being involved in a coup attempt? "There are three different accounts of a coup in North Hangyong province - of the sixth army corps - a company that has since been disbanded. We believe something happened, but the details are not clear." from: Madden, Michael (2 May 2020). "Kim Jong-un and the brutal North Korea rumour mill". BBC News. Retrieved 3 May 2020. and "Then in 1997, for reasons that were at the time unexplained, the regime sent troops into the headquarters of the army's Sixth Corps, prompting firefights and arrests. The corps was subsequently disbanded." from: Salmon, Andrew (2 April 2014). "North Korean intelligence official tells of aborted coups and assassination attempts". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:04, 5 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough and long enough. Sources check out and are in article where needed. No textual issues. QPQ present. A number of redlinks, more than usual in a DYK nominee, but I assume they are potential future article topics. Looks good to me. Raymie (tc) 07:17, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]