GS Retail (007070) said on the 2nd that it carried out a cleanup of burial plots at the Seoul National Cemetery the previous day to honor fallen soldiers and patriotic martyrs, marking the 78th Armed Forces Day.
Fifty-three executives, including CEO Hur Seo-hong, visited the Seoul National Cemetery, paid tribute at the Memorial Tower and signed the guest book before cleaning headstones and removing weeds at Burial Section 39. The section holds about 1,100 graves of soldiers who died for the country, including those killed in fighting near Hill 1090 in Yanggu in 1952 during the 1950-53 Korean War.
GS Retail has been conducting volunteer work at the Seoul National Cemetery with its chief executive and employees since 2019. In 2024, the company signed a partnership agreement with the cemetery and began holding the cleanup at Burial Section 39 twice a year as a regular program.
"Cleaning the burial plots at the national cemetery is a meaningful activity that allows our members to remember and personally reflect on the noble sacrifice of those who died for the country," a GS Retail official said. "GS Retail will continue ESG activities that reflect on the meaning of patriotism and veterans' affairs and put the value of love for the country into practice."
