Guardians: Defending noble values

          Back to dawn of the June 25^th 1950, North Korea supported by Soviet Union and China invaded South Korea without the declaration of war. North Korea’s leader Kim Il Sung assured that North Korea could conquered whole region of South Korea within a month because prior to the invading South Korea, the U.S. declared the ‘Acheson line declaration’ that excludes South Korea as the line of defense against communism. Therefore, he thought West including the U.S. would not help South Korea. However, the U.N defined North Korea’s invasion as illegal and they sent troops for South Korea led by the U.S. Thanks to ally forces’ support, South Korea counterattacked invaders and they defend South Korea as a democratic nation until now.

Ameircan soldier saving children from battle

Turkish soldier holding a war orphan

           This commercial is made for honoring the veterans and their nations fought for South Korea. During the video, numbers are added continuously and come up with words: friendship, devotion and peace. Combined with those noble words, the numbers become special by sharing the meaning of words. In other words, the words meaning are embedded into the numbers. At the end of the commercial, we come to realize that the figures mean the number of veterans who came from 16 nations and fought for the freedom of South Korea. It emphasizes that they are the one who make the today’s Republic of Korea possible. The video ends with the comment “Korea will be forever grateful”.

          In the advertisement, it is successfully send its clear message by connecting the numbers with the words. If the numbers are not related to those words then it could not bring impressive and remarkable feelings to the audience. This shows the power of words that can attach special images to something that cannot have impacts if it is not related to some words. This method is used in several ways to relating such images to some products, figures and so on.

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Memorial event for the veterans of the Korean War

          I saw a documentary about the international veterans of Korean War in the past. Most of them still suffered from injuries but what the most difficult thing for them are the veterans are not well recognized and do not get enough credit for their devotions about defending democratic values. For most people, Korean War is forgotten and unrecognized comparing to WWs though it is one of the massive warfare after the WWs. In the documentary, as one of the treatments for the veterans, the film makers sent them to South Korea. When the veterans traveled Seoul, the capital City of South Korea, they shed tears to watch the development of country and what values they defend and sacrifice for. For Koreans, we will not forget your devotion and sacrifice to secure our freedom but you should not forget those veterans who sacrifice themselves not for their own country but for the justice and noble values.

“Korea and we will be forever grateful”