Korean flag badge campaign honors those who died during Korean War
- 4 years ago
6.25 70주년, '끝까지 찾아야 할 태극기 122,609' 캠페인
To remember all those who sacrificed their lives in the Korean War, a special campaign is taking place.
It's called the 122-6-0-9 Taegeukgi To Be Found.
Taegeukgi is the Korean national flag and 122-thousand-6-hundred and 9 refers to the number of those who perished during the war and have yet been recovered.
Our Choi Won-jong has the story behind this heartfelt campaign.
Three years of fierce battles between the two Koreas from 1950 to 1953.
The Korean War left more than one-hundred-37 thousand South Korean soldiers dead.
But, after 70 years, the remains of some one-hundred-22-thousand six-hundred-nine soldiers have not yet been returned to their families.
To commemorate this forgotten war and to honor those who sacrificed their lives, one professor from Seoul has come up with the so-called 'One-hundred-22-thousand six-hundred-nine Taegeukgi To Be Found' campaign.
"With it being the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, the biggest motivation and the goal of this campaign was to create a touching symbol that would reach many generations.
This less than one-inch long badge represents the way the Korean flag appears when draped over a small casket containing the remains of deceased service members.
In partnership with the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, people can apply to receive one of these badges online or via an app on a first-come-first served basis...to be collected from GS25 convenience stores and branches of Nonghyup Bank.
To help spread the word and further raise awareness, a group of students have taken to social media.
"We found leading the campaign through social media was the most effective, as we were trying to come up with a platform that people in their 20s can utilize the most."
Initially there were only 200 social media posts of people sharing images of their badges but just a month later...the campaign had more than 500.
122,609. Not just numbers on a badge, but the number of individual souls still not fully at rest even after 70 years. They will be forever remembered. Choi Won-jong, Arirang News.
To remember all those who sacrificed their lives in the Korean War, a special campaign is taking place.
It's called the 122-6-0-9 Taegeukgi To Be Found.
Taegeukgi is the Korean national flag and 122-thousand-6-hundred and 9 refers to the number of those who perished during the war and have yet been recovered.
Our Choi Won-jong has the story behind this heartfelt campaign.
Three years of fierce battles between the two Koreas from 1950 to 1953.
The Korean War left more than one-hundred-37 thousand South Korean soldiers dead.
But, after 70 years, the remains of some one-hundred-22-thousand six-hundred-nine soldiers have not yet been returned to their families.
To commemorate this forgotten war and to honor those who sacrificed their lives, one professor from Seoul has come up with the so-called 'One-hundred-22-thousand six-hundred-nine Taegeukgi To Be Found' campaign.
"With it being the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, the biggest motivation and the goal of this campaign was to create a touching symbol that would reach many generations.
This less than one-inch long badge represents the way the Korean flag appears when draped over a small casket containing the remains of deceased service members.
In partnership with the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, people can apply to receive one of these badges online or via an app on a first-come-first served basis...to be collected from GS25 convenience stores and branches of Nonghyup Bank.
To help spread the word and further raise awareness, a group of students have taken to social media.
"We found leading the campaign through social media was the most effective, as we were trying to come up with a platform that people in their 20s can utilize the most."
Initially there were only 200 social media posts of people sharing images of their badges but just a month later...the campaign had more than 500.
122,609. Not just numbers on a badge, but the number of individual souls still not fully at rest even after 70 years. They will be forever remembered. Choi Won-jong, Arirang News.