Daily LIFT #1687

Oil painting "Torchlight of Pochonbo", Jung Kwan Chul, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), c.1960 -- Daily LIFT #1687

From the DPRK press, 1961: "On June 4, 1937, when the dark clouds hang over the Korean nation, a unit of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army under the command of Marshal Kim II Sung dashed into Pochonbo, the northern border town of Korea, and inflicted great losses upon the Japanese imperialists militarily and politically. The victory of the Pochonbo battle instilled the conviction of ultimate victory into the minds of the Korean people who were groaning under the tyrannical rule of Japanese imperialism and inspired them to the struggle for the country's restoration."