The Military Attach? Group in Korea Holds Annual Commemoration Ceremony for the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong

Donation of Scholarships to the Navy Scholarship Foundation Starting This Year

The military attach? corps of 19 countries stationed in Korea has decided to hold an annual commemorative event for the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong starting this year.

On the 24th, the outer wall of Seoul Library in Jung-gu, Seoul, displayed the faces of the "55 Heroes of West Sea Defense" who sacrificed their lives in the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong, the Cheonan sinking incident, and the Yeonpyeong Island shelling, along with the phrase "Faces someone wants to see even in their dreams." This Dream Inscription Board was planned to widely promote the West Sea Defense Day, which is being observed for the seventh time this year. / Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

On the 5th, the military attach? corps held the first event commemorating the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong at the Four Seasons Hotel in Gwanghwamun and donated scholarships to the "Sea Love Navy Scholarship Foundation." They initially donated 629,000 KRW, symbolizing the date of the outbreak of the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong, and plan to deliver additional amounts to the scholarship foundation through each country's embassy thereafter.

Shamim Islam, Bangladesh Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and head of the military attach? corps, said, "Although our countries are different, as uniformed soldiers, I am pleased to participate in supporting the servicemen who devoted themselves to their countries and their families."

The military attach? corps includes 19 countries such as Bangladesh, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Colombia, Mexico, and T?rkiye.

The Second Battle of Yeonpyeong broke out around 10 a.m. on June 29, 2002, when two North Korean patrol boats crossed the NLL and launched a preemptive surprise attack on our Navy's Chamsuri-class patrol boat No. 357. Our Navy responded immediately, and six soldiers, including Major Yoon Young-ha, were killed in action. The North Korean forces also suffered about 30 casualties, and their patrol boats fled engulfed in flames.

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