On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Armistice Armistice, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs promotes a project to restore the youth of Korean War veterans, who remain in faded black-and-white photos, through artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and recreate them as young people in high-resolution color (color) photos. It was announced on the 13th. The photo is before and following restoration of the photo of Air Force General Kim Doo-man, who recorded the first 100 fighter sorties during the Korean War. yunhap news
General Kim Doo-man. yunhap news
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Armistice Armistice, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs promotes a project to restore the youth of Korean War veterans, who remain in faded black-and-white photos, through artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and recreate them as young people in high-resolution color (color) photos. It was announced on the 13th. The photos are before and following the restoration of the photos of the late Colonel Kim Dong-seok, who made many achievements in espionage operations and field battles. yunhap news
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Armistice Armistice, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs promotes a project to restore the youth of Korean War veterans, who remain in faded black-and-white photos, through artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and recreate them as young people in high-resolution color (color) photos. It was announced on the 13th. The photos are before and following restoration of the photos of the late Colonel Edward Pony, who saved 100,000 refugees during the evacuation of Heungnam. yunhap news
On the 13th, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs announced that in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the armistice, the black-and-white photos of the young heroes of the Korean War will be restored as color photos.
▶The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs explained that it is carrying out the task of restoring black and white photos to color photos through artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
At the same time, black and white photos and restorations of Air Force General Kim Doo-man, who recorded 100 sorties for the first time during the Korean War, the late Colonel Kim Dong-seok, who made numerous achievements in intelligence operations and field battles, and the late Colonel Edward Pony, who saved 100,000 refugees during the Heungnam Evacuation. An example of a color photo was released to the press.
General Douglas MacArthur. Daily Newspaper DB
General Baek Seon-yeop. Daily Newspaper DB
▶ Then, on the followingnoon of the 14th, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs held a business agreement ceremony for the ‘Immortal Korean War Hero, Return as Youth’ project at the 600th Anniversary Memorial Hall of Sungkyunkwan University, General Kim Doo-man, the eldest daughter of Colonel Kim Dong-seok, singer Jin Mi-ryeong, and great-grandson of Colonel Edward Pony. Deliver the photos for restoration to Mr. Benjamin Pawnee.
The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs will also restore photos of General Douglas MacArthur, General Matthew Ridgway, and General Seon-yeop Baek, commander-in-chief of the United Nations Command, who were selected by the US government as the “Four Heroes of the Korean War.” The photo of Colonel Kim Dong-seok included here was mentioned earlier.
In addition, regarding 100 of the ROK and UN forces veterans who were selected as ‘War Heroes of the Month’ with their photos remaining, and photos from the Korean War kept by surviving veterans were also selected as restoration targets.
