Pochŏn-ŭp is a town located in Pochon County , Ryanggang Province , North Korea . The Battle of Poch'ŏnbo took place there in June, 1937, during the Japanese occupation .
3-653: The Pochonbo Museum of the Revolution , related to the battle, is located in Pochon. Pochon-up is designated as a Revolutionary Battle Site that also includes the Kusi Barrage Revolutionary Battle Site and the battle site of Konjang Hill . The battle site also inspired the name of the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble , a North Korean orchestra. This North Korea location article
6-596: A "huge open museum", Kim's goal in designating the sites was to solidify the North Korean cult of personality centered around him and his father Kim Il Sung . In 1988, there were 27 such sites. Today, there are more than 60. Of them, 40 commemorate Kim Il Sung, 20 Kim Jong Il, and many others Kim Hyong-jik , Kim Jong-suk , Kim Hyong-gwon and other members of the Kim family . There are two categories of sites, Revolutionary Sites and Revolutionary Battle Sites . Rather than
9-653: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Revolutionary Battle Site Revolutionary Sites ( Korean : 혁명사적지 ) are designated historical sites in North Korea . The sites were designated by Kim Jong Il when he began working at the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1966. He would send troops all over the country to unearth sites that "were supposedly once forgotten and undiscovered". By converting North Korea into
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