Pochŏn-ŭp is a town located in

Pochon County Poch'ŏn County is a ''kun'', or county, in Ryanggang Province, North Korea. It looks westward across the Amrok River at China. Geography The Masingryong Mountains pass through the county, which slopes downward gradually to the west. The count ...

, Ryanggang Province, North Korea. The

Battle of Poch'ŏnbo The was an event which occurred in northern Korea on 4 June 1937 ( Juche 26), when Korean and Chinese guerrillas commanded by Kim Il-sung (or possibly Choe Hyon) attacked and defeated a Japanese detachment during the anti-Japanese armed struggl ...

took place there in June, 1937, during the Japanese occupation. The

Pochonbo Museum of the Revolution Pochŏn-ŭp is a town located in Pochon County, Ryanggang Province, North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean P ...

, related to the battle, is located in Pochon. Pochon-up is designated as a

Revolutionary Battle Site Revolutionary Sites () 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 ov ...

that also includes the

Kusi Barrage Revolutionary Battle Site KUSI-TV (channel 51) is an independent television station in San Diego, California, United States. It is the sole property of locally based McKinnon Broadcasting Company. KUSI-TV's studios are located on Viewridge Avenue (near I-15) in the Ke ...

and the battle site of Konjang Hill.

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Towns in North Korea Ryanggang {{NorthKorea-geo-stub