O Jung-hup | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | |
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Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | O Jung-heup |
McCune–Reischauer | O Chung-hŭp |
O Jung-hup (1910–1939) was a North Korean military officer, who, according to the North Korean regime, fought the Japanese with Kim Il-sung.
O was born into a poor family in Seson-ri, Onsong County of North Hamgyong Province, on 10 July 1910. He died in the Liukesong battle in Dunhua County on 17 December 1939. O was 29 at that time.
His family, the O family, are considered influential in the North Korean regime. As of 2012[update], his nephew O Kuk-ryol was Vice-Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK.