The coup and suppression of the original revolutionary issues stirred up the people, who were readying themselves to fight the counterrevolutionary movement.
And, of course, I'm sure that people find that to be a contentious description for you to describe the folks on the other side as counterrevolutionaries.
A search for the leader's uncle and former mentor, Jang Sung-taek who was executed last week found only one article in which he's vilified as a traitor and counterrevolutionary.
These were counterrevolutionaries who came in trying to roll back the civil rights laws of the 1960s, and that was a stepping stone for them to be placed in positions of much greater power decades on.