Military Couple Gives Birth to Quintuplets After 34 Years... Seo Wook Praises "Great Maternal Love" and Provides Encouragement Money

According to Seoul National University Hospital, Captain Kim Jin-su of the 17th Army Division Reconnaissance Battalion and Captain Seo Hye-jung of the Intelligence Battalion, a military couple born in 1991, gave birth to quintuplets around 10 p.m. the previous day.

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] Defense Minister Seo Wook congratulated an active-duty Army captain couple on the birth of quintuplets and reportedly delivered newborn supplies and encouragement money.

According to the Ministry of National Defense on the 23rd, Minister Seo visited Captain Seo Hye-jung (Army 17th Division), who is hospitalized at Seoul National University Hospital, and her husband Captain Kim Jin-su, who serves in the same unit, to deliver newborn items such as baby jackets and hats, a congratulatory letter, and encouragement money.

Captain Seo, who was admitted to Seoul National University Hospital on the 13th for childbirth, gave birth to five children?four girls and one boy?via cesarean section on the evening of the 18th. The cesarean surgery was performed by Professor Jeon Jong-kwan of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Seoul National University Hospital. It is reported that more than 30 medical staff, including Professor Jeon, participated in the surgery.

The birth of quintuplets is a rare case worldwide. In South Korea, the last recorded case of quintuplets was born at Seoul National University Hospital in 1987.

Through a congratulatory message, Minister Seo said, “Captain Seo’s maternal love, holding on to the children until the end despite the dangerous situation, is remarkable and admirable,” and added, “I hope the children grow up healthy,” according to the Ministry of National Defense.

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