Tmon, Campaign Participating in the 6·25 War Dead Remains Excavation Project

Collaboration with the Ministry of National Defense's Remains Excavation and Identification Team for the 70th Anniversary Campaign of the Korean War

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] TMON (CEO Lee Jin-won) announced on the 25th that, in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, it will conduct a promotional campaign to widely publicize the application process for collecting genetic samples from families of Korean War casualties and to find the families of the fallen soldiers, in collaboration with the Ministry of National Defense's Remains Recovery and Identification Unit (Director Heo Wook-gu).

Through its social contribution program, Social Donation, TMON will participate for two weeks starting today in the Ministry of National Defense's Remains Recovery and Identification Unit's (hereafter referred to as the Unit) ongoing "Korean War Casualties Remains Recovery Project." Unlike previous Social Donation campaigns, this campaign is not a fundraising effort but focuses on accepting applications for genetic sample collection from families of the fallen and promotional events.

First, family members within the eighth degree of kinship on the paternal or maternal side of Korean War veterans can apply by selecting the "Participation in Genetic Sample Collection for Families of the Fallen" option. The Unit will then contact applicants separately to send and collect the sample collection kits. Even those who are not family members can participate in the promotional campaign by "Supporting the Korean War Casualties Remains Recovery Project." By sharing the campaign on their personal SNS and leaving a supportive message on the bulletin board, 500 participants will be selected by lottery to receive 10,000 won in TMON credits.

According to a representative of the Unit, the remains recovery project is currently facing difficulties due to changes in terrain caused by national land development, the aging of veterans and the Korean War generation, and especially a decrease in the number of genetic sample collections from families due to the normalization of non-face-to-face interactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this collaboration, both parties hope to diversify the genetic sample collection process, which had previously been conducted face-to-face at public health centers, veterans hospitals, and military hospitals nationwide, by enabling non-face-to-face participation, and to expand public support for the project across various age groups.

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