According to North Korean tradition, Kim helped organizing resistance to the Japanese occupation of Korea in Ponghwa by holding secret meetings of various clandestine groups.
[3] These efforts culminated in the establishment of the Korean National Association.
[4] The site consists of the school, a statue of Kim Hyong-jik, a monument to his revolutionary activities,[4] the Pisok-gye Monument, ground for morning exercises, the Rock Floor, the Maekjon Ferry,[2] dwellings,[5] a shallow well, and a place on Mount Ponghwa were secret meetings were held.
[4] The Ponghwa-ri Revolutionary Museum on the premises opened in 2004 houses historical artifacts related to Kim Hyong-jik.
[6] In 2009, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) put visitor figures as follows: "During the past more than four decades since the revolutionary site was opened to visitors it has drawn nearly 16 million people.