[Yang Nak-gyu's Defense video] Continuous Online Memorial for the 10th Anniversary of Cheonanham

[Asia Economy Reporter Yang Nak-gyu] Online memorials are continuing to mark the 10th anniversary of the Cheonanham attack. Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), large-scale offline memorial events have become difficult to hold, leading to active online memorial activities.

According to the Navy, a total of about 13,700 flowers have been offered at the '10th Anniversary of the Cheonanham Attack and the 5th West Sea Defense Day Cyber Memorial Hall,' which was established on both the Navy's internet and intranet websites. As of 2 p.m. on the 25th, about 13,000 flowers were offered in the intranet memorial hall, which is the military's internal communication network, along with 5,300 memorial messages. On the external internet memorial hall, about 770 flowers were offered and 540 memorial messages were posted. Netizens left messages such as "Cheonanham will always sail in our hearts," "Thank you. We will remember," and "We will never forget the noble sacrifice."

The 'Cheonanham 10th Anniversary Memorial Photo Exhibition,' hosted by the Cheonanham Foundation and sponsored by the Navy Headquarters, had 114,000 visitors as of 2 p.m. that day. The photo exhibition displayed photos of the Cheonanham attack victims and the Cheonanham itself, as well as photos of the search and salvage operations at the scene after the attack, and the joint funeral ceremony for the fallen soldiers. The Cheonanham Foundation is also conducting the 'Cheonanham Challenge REMEMBER 772' memorial campaign from the 12th to the 26th of this month. The Cheonanham Challenge REMEMBER 772 is a campaign where participants post drawings and memorial messages marking the 10th anniversary of Cheonanham on their personal social networking services (SNS) with hashtags and then verify their participation.