SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean War veterans from Commonwealth nations will revisit South Korea next week to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Battle of Gapyeong and other commemorative events, the veterans ministry said Friday. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said it has invited six veterans and 15 family members from [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Approximately 1,700 South Korean religious people were massacred by North Korean military and other hostile forces around the time of the 1950-53 Korean War, a state truth panel said Wednesday. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission said it has identified a list of about 1,700 religious figures massacred across the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea began an annual project Monday to recover the remains of soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense ministry said. The Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification said it will mobilize service members to excavate war remains in 36 former battle sites across the country until [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Family DNA samples of more than half of the South Korean troops killed and unaccounted for in the 1950-53 Korean War have been collected as part of efforts to recover their remains, the defense ministry said Thursday. As of Wednesday, the ministry’s war remains excavation agency collected DNA samples [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 214 sets of remains of soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War have been excavated from former battle sites this year, the defense ministry said Friday. About 11,000 soldiers were mobilized from March 27 to Nov. 10 to excavate the remains at 35 former battle sites, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea warned Sunday that a “physical clash and war” have become a matter of time on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of the scrapping of an inter-Korean military tension reduction accord, threatening that South Korea will face “total collapse” if it undertakes any hostile act. A North [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday handed over the remains of 25 Chinese troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War to China, Seoul’s defense ministry said, marking the 10th repatriation of its kind. The remains were returned in a ceremony at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, attended by Vice Defense [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of 25 Chinese troops killed in the 1950-53 Korean War will be sent to their home country next week, the defense ministry said Friday, marking the tenth repatriation of its kind. A ceremony for the handover of the remains will take place at Incheon International Airport, just [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with Ediya Coffee, has initiated a fundraising campaign to provide support to the families of Ethiopian veterans who played a crucial role during the Korean War in 1950. This conflict marked a significant historical moment as Ethiopia was the sole African [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will host an annual ceremony this week to commemorate the sacrifices of fallen troops who fought under the United Nations flag during the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans ministry said Friday. The “Turn Toward Busan” event will take place at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan, 320 [...]