Samsung Electronics (005930) and LG (003550) announced on the 20th at Times Square in New York, USA, that they will release a dedication video commemorating the ’70th anniversary of the ROK-US alliance’ to show respect and gratitude to Korean War veterans.
The video, co-produced with the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, will be screened for two weeks around the time of President Yoon Seok-yeol’s state visit to the United States at the end of this month. It will be broadcast about 680 times a day through Samsung and LG display boards located in the heart of Times Square.
The 30-second video contains photos and messages of gratitude from ‘Ten Korean War Heroes’ such as General Douglas MacArthur and the late General Baek Seon-yeop.
The video said, “The freedom, prosperity and peace we enjoy today are thanks to the sacrifices of veterans from far away,” and contained a message saying, “We will forever remember the sacrifice and dedication of Korean War heroes.”
At the end of the video, LG expresses its gratitude with the message ‘LG Thanks and Honors Korean War Heroes’.
The 10 heroes include △General MacArthur, who led the Incheon Landing Operation △General Van Fleet, who lost his son in the battlefield as a father and son participated in the war △Colonel Kim Young-ok, who was selected as one of the 16 greatest American war heroes as the son of independence activist Kim Soon-gwon.
(provided by LG)Since the early 1990s, Samsung has been steadily supporting war veterans and their families. In 1996, he donated 5 million dollars to the American Veterans Association and provided scholarships to the descendants of Korean War veterans, built a memorial park, and supported medical services.
Each affiliate of LG continues to support Korean War veterans, independence activists and their descendants. In August of last year, LG Electronics donated ‘LG Dios dishwashers’ to the descendants of independence fighters in commemoration of Liberation Day, and LG U+ also donated 50 million won.
Source: Donga
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