Army major honored for donating blood
Kim Seong-su, a major in the Third Field Army, recently donated blood for the 204th time./ Courtesy of Third Field ArmyBy Yoon Ja-youngKim Seong-su, a major in the Third Field Army, was designated as an honorary chief of the Korean Red Cross for over 200 blood donations he has made so far. Only around 100 people have received the designation.Born in Masan, South Gyeongsang Province, now part of Changwon, Kim grew up seeing his parents help underprivileged neighbors. They delivered newspapers every day for exercise, and donated the income from that to people in need.Kim made his first blood donation in 1997, when he was a freshman at Kyungnam University. After a few more blood donations, he promised to himself that he would donate blood twice a month to help others, and has been fulfilling the self-imposed mission ever since. When he was stationed in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, where there were no blood donation centers, he even applied for leave to visit a blood donation center in a nearby city.He continued these efforts, recently making his 204th blood donation.“All you have t
Jan 23, 2017
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