Chosŏn'gŭl 오중흡 Revised Romanization O Jung-heup | Hancha 吳仲洽 McCune–Reischauer O Chung-hŭp | |
Died 17 December 1939, Dunhua, China | ||
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, his nephew O Kuk-ryol was Vice-Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK.
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