SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will hold a commemorative event next week honoring fallen soldiers who fought under the United Nations flag during the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans ministry said Friday. The annual “Turn Toward Busan” event will take place at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan, 320 kilometers southeast of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The possibility of war breaking out on the Korean Peninsula has reached its highest level since the 1950-53 Korean War, according to a recent analysis published in Foreign Policy magazine. Robert Manning, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, a Washington-based think tank, wrote in his article that while an immediate [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States kicked off a joint underwater excavation project Tuesday in waters off the southeastern port city of Busan to search for the remains of American soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense ministry said. Some 22 personnel from the ministry’s Agency for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Veterans Minister Kang Jung-ai discussed ways to expand support for Ethiopian veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War with the country’s defense minister, Aisha Mohammed, her office said Wednesday. During their meeting in Addis Ababa on Tuesday, Kang expressed gratitude for the country’s participation in the Korean War, and requested [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A memorial wall engraved with the names of Ethiopian veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War has been established in Addis Ababa to honor their service in supporting South Korea, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Tuesday. An unveiling ceremony for the wall, bearing the names of 2,482 veterans, took place at [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Friday it is preparing for a grand event celebrating the upcoming 71st anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, with its leader Kim Jong-un sending gifts to war veterans across the nation. North Korea will hold celebrations for the anniversary [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will hold a ceremony this weekend to honor U.N. veterans who fought alongside its troops during the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans ministry said Friday. The event is set to be attended by over 1,000 people, including 16 U.N. veterans, and will take place Saturday in western [...]
WASHINGTON, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. lawmakers, Korean Americans and others gathered in Washington on Wednesday to honor Korean War veterans and hope for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, as they commemorated the signing of the armistice that halted the conflict 71 years ago. Celebrating the National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has ruled that the government was justified in denying national merit status to a man who was executed by North Korean forces during the Korean War after moving rice on orders from South Korean troops. According to legal sources on July 15, the 8th Administrative Division [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has held a mass anti-U.S. rally in Pyongyang to mark this week’s anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media reported Wednesday. More than 100,000 people attended the rally held at the May Day Stadium on Tuesday and the stadium was “full of the [...]