Special Exhibition > Exhibitions > Special Exhibition Joint exhibition by the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History and the MND Agency for KIA Recovery & Identification Bring Them Home Exhibition Period : Apr. 11th, 2017(Tue) - Jun. 11th, 2017(Sun) Place : National Museum of Korean Contemporary History 3rd Floor Special Exhibition Hall Price : Free Opening Hours : 9am – 6pm (Wed/Sat : 9am – 9pm) For additional inquiries call : +82-02-3703-9200 Prologue In the memory of those who could not return from the battlefields Countless of young South Koreans were involved in fighting against North Korea in the Korean War, which was triggered by North Korea's unexpected attack on South Korea. Of these Korean, around 163,000 young people lost their lives. During the war, 29,000 bodies were recovered and returned to their families. However, 133,000 bodies still remained somewhere within the country. Discovering their beloved family members' death via a single death notice letter, the families were forced to live with their loss. The MND Agency for KIA Recovery & Identification (Established in 2007) has been implementing a project to find and identify the remains of those people whose bodies could not be recovered from the fierce battlefields. The agency has found 9,500 remains so far and have identified 121 people who lost their lives in the war. Part 01 Lives sacrificed for the country Part 02 Unforgettable people Part 03 Lives sacrificed for the country Epilogue Until the very last person is found The main building of the MND Agency for KIA Recovery & Identification is located on the East side of the National Cemetery in Seoul. The building is still visited by elderly people relying on walking sticks who have not been able to find any remains of their family members as they wonder whether newly found remains could belong to their blood family members. They also do not have many years to live now due to old age and still they wait for some good news. On the right of the building is Gukseonje, a storage place for unidentified remains. The carefully kept 10,000 containers that are stacked together to the height of the ceiling have numbers instead of names on them. In continuous pursuit of recovering 124,000 people who lost their lives in the war, members of the MND Agency for KIA Recovery & Identification walk the valleys and ridges even today. List
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