SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Two South Korean veterans who fought during the 1950-53 Korean War in a French battalion of the United Nations forces were to receive a military decoration from France on Thursday, the veterans affairs ministry said. French Ambassador to Seoul Philippe Lefort will deliver the decoration, called La Medaille Militaire, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is providing 2 million face masks to veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War in 22 countries in an expression of gratitude for their sacrifice, the veterans affairs ministry said Wednesday. Of the total, 1 million masks will go to the United States whose nationals account for 90 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea put up a thank-you video in New York’s Times Square on Monday (Seoul time) in honor of foreign service members who fought alongside the South during the 1950-53 Korean War as the country marks the 70th anniversary of the war’s outbreak, the veterans affairs ministry said. The [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Paul Laurent, a resident of the small city of Agneaux, located in northwestern Normandy, France, was pleasantly surprised when he opened his mailbox recently. In the mailbox was a parcel containing protective masks sent from the South Korean Embassy in France. “The South Korean government deeply cares for the [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The deputy commander of the U.S.-led United Nations Command has praised South Korea’s handling of the new coronavirus and thanked the country for providing masks to Korean War veterans around the world. Vice Adm. Stuart Mayer made the comments as he joined “the COVID-19 Blueberry Challenge” initiated by the [...]
WASHINGTON, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday sent 500,000 face masks to help Korean War veterans in the United States fight COVID-19, the South Korean Embassy here said. The masks arrived aboard a South Korean Air Force aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and officials from both sides were present to receive [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea seeks to provide protective masks to foreign Korean War veterans vulnerable to the new coronavirus, a foreign ministry official said Monday, amid its efforts to contribute more to tackling the global health care crisis. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (MPVA) and the Ministry of Food [...]