Hangul: | 오중흡 |
Rr: | O Jung-heup |
Mr: | O Chung-hŭp |
Context: | north |
O Jung-hup (10 July 1910 – 17 December 1939) was a Korean military officer who 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.[1] Leading the 7th Regiment of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army, he was killed in action during the Liukesong battle in Dunhua County on 17 December 1939, aged 29.[2]
See main article: O family. The O family are influential in the North Korean regime.[3], his nephew O Kuk-ryol was vice-chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK.[4]