Pukyong National University

PKNU students-photographer, "I will not forget the student soldiers in Busan"

- Held a photoshoot event for veterans at Pukyong National University on the 5th

△ Photographer Rami Hyun (right) is presenting framed photos to veterans. ⓒPhoto Lee Sung-Jae (PR Team)

University students and photographers who have been holding a gratitude event for the Korean War veterans for several years are attracting public attention by preparing a special event for the student soldiers in the Busan area.

Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-Soo) UN Supporters which is a student peace corps (Leader Hwang Min-Hye) and photographer Rami-Hyun (real name Hyun Hyo-Je) held a 'Photo Shoot Event for Korean War Veterans (Student Soldiers)' at the Academy Hall on the 1st floor of the Dongwon Jang Bogo Hall at Pukyong National University, on the afternoon of the 5th.

This event was prepared to invite student soldiers in the Busan area who participated in the Korean War, take pictures and present them as gifts, and hold a gratitude event to express gratitude to them.

On the day, Pukyong National University students invited two veterans who were active as aidmen and student soldiers 70 years ago to support photoshoots and hold a talkfest.

Pukyong National University UN Supporters celebrated their 13th year this year after launching the 1st unit in 2009 to repay the favor of veterans of the Korean War. They visit the one and only UN Memorial Park in the world near the university to do volunteer work, and during vacations, they directly visit and hold thanks events for surviving veterans at home and abroad.

So far, UN supporters have visited more than 150 veterans and their families in Turkey, Canada, the United States, and Australia to express their gratitude. In 2019, the gratitude event they held for veterans in the UK became a hot topic that BBC directly covered and reported it.

Since 2017, photographer Rami Hyun has been conducting ‘Project Soldier’, which takes pictures of 1,500 veterans and presents them with photo frames. Recently, after hearing about Pukyong students' activities, she was deeply impressed with them and decided to join this activity.

Park Ki-Soo (age 89), who attended the event, said, "I still vividly remember the horrors of the war I witnessed as a student soldier at the age of 18. I hope that our young people will build a strong country so that the incidents of that time do not repeat themselves."

Hwang Min-Hye, the leader of UN Supporters (2nd grade, Mechanical Design Engineering) said, "We vowed to remember the student soldiers who risked their lives in war to protect the peace. Starting from this event, we plan to expand the gratitude event to student soldiers and their families in Busan as well as across the country." <Pukyong Today>

△ Pukyong UN Supporters students and photographer Rami Hyun pose for a commemorative photo with veterans.

△ Photographer Rami Hyun is taking pictures of veterans.

△ A meeting between veterans and Pukyong students.