O Jung-hup

In this Korean name, the family name is O.

O Jung-hup
Portrait of O Jung-hup
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	오중흡
Hancha	吳仲洽
Revised Romanization	O Jung-heup
McCune–Reischauer	O Chung-hŭp

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]

Family

Main article: O family

The O family are influential in the North Korean regime.^[3] As of 2012^[update], his nephew O Kuk-ryol was vice-chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK.^[4]

v t e O family[5]
? O Jung-song O Jung-hup (1910–1939) O Kuk-ryol (1930–2023) O Hye-young (1956–) O Hyon-ok (1958–) O Young-ae (1960–) O Se-uk (1962–) O Hye-sun (1965–) O Young-ran O Se-won So Ho-won (in-law)

Legacy

In North Korea, "O Jung-hup 7th Regiment" (오중흡7련대) is an honorific title used to award some elite units of the Korean People's Army.

References

1. "Centenary of Birth of O Jung Hup Commemorated". Pyongyang: Korean Central News Agency. 9 July 2010.
2. "National Memorial Service for O Jung Hup Held". Pyongyang: Korean Central News Agency. 17 December 2009.
3. Choi, Song Min. "Thae Yong Ho's defection in the context of the O family legacy". www.dailynk.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
4. Levi, Nicolas (2012-02-01). "O Kuk Ryol: The Old Guard Never Dies". Sino-NK. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
5. 북한정보포털 | 인물 상세보기 | 오극렬 [North Korea Information Portal | View portrait details | O Kuk-ryol]. nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. Archived from the original on 2022-08-10. Retrieved 1 February 2019.