The Search Battalion Commander injured in the landmine accident is an ROTC alumnus.

‌`Unexpected accident in the DMZ… ROTC alumni launch fundraising campaign for the speedy recovery of Lt. Col. Cho Chung-wan` - ROTCNEWSROTCNEWS As the unfortunate news spreads regarding Lt. Col. Cho Chung-wan (46th Class, Soongsil University), the Search Battalion Commander of the Army's 25th Infantry Division, who was injured in an unexpected landmine explosion while performing duties of devotion to the nation in an operational area near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the 46th Class Alumni Association (President Kim Si-won, Kyonggi University) as well as all ROTC alumni are coming together to offer warm support. On the morning of September 21, Lt. Col. Cho was engaged in a dangerous mission involving his life…
According to the article, he is from the Soongsil University ROTC 46th Class... Lt. Col. Cho Chung-wan
If he is the 46th class, he was likely born in 1985... It seems he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel quite quickly...
This is so heartbreaking..ㅠㅠ
People were making such a fuss over Starbucks, yet even when a Battalion Commander suffers a landmine accident... the state of this country is...-_ㅠ