His life, devoted to the struggle against the Japanese invaders, was characterized with steadfast faith as a revolutionary.

He was unexpectedly arrested by a man's betrayal while conducting activities as the head of an armed group to implement the line set forth by President Kim Il Sung.

The Japanese police employed every conceivable means to get the whereabouts of the headquarters of the Korean Revolutionary Army led by Kim Il Sung.

Kim Hyong Gwon had to face cruel tortures and conciliatory tricks almost every day and then harsh punishment at trials.

However, not yielding to any tortures and appeasement, he launched activities to awaken prisoners to the revolutionary idea, Kim Il Sung's line of anti-Japanese armed struggle in particular.

In a reply to a fellow arrestee, he said: "To maintain faith is an elementary obligation for a revolutionary. It is our duty to fulfill the tasks at any cost.

From now on, the prison is a site where we should continue our struggle.

There are many patriotic-minded people in this prison. We should awaken them to the anti-Japanese revolutionary idea. We are the flame spreading over the land!"

In his final hour, he requested other prisoners to fight on to the last and let his family members know that he fought to the last moment without yielding.

He died in the prison on January 12, Juche 25 (1936).