SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A memorial to honor men in uniform killed during the 1950-53 Korean War will be built inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas next month, the defense ministry said Saturday. The plan comes as the military officially wrapped up its eight-month project to retrieve remains of the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Robert Abrams paid a visit to Paik Sun-yup, a famous Korean War hero and South Korea’s first four-star general, to celebrate his 100th birthday, the U.S. military said Tuesday. Paik, who served as corps commander and Army Chief of Staff during the 1950-53 [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A highly symbolic ceremony was held Monday at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan in honor of foreign soldiers who were killed while fighting on the South Korean side during the 1950-53 Korean War. The “Turn Toward Busan” ceremony brought together around 1,000 [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — In celebration of the 74th United Nations Day, which falls on Thursday, a large ceremony was held in Busan, South Korea’s biggest port city, with the attendance of international Korean War veterans and diplomats from the participating nations in the 1950-53 war. The ceremony has been held annually in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of foreign veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War will visit South Korea next week as part of a program to express appreciation for their service, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Friday. A total of 140 veterans and their families from 12 countries, including the United States and Britain, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of international soldiers who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War under the U.N. flag will visit South Korea this week as part of a program to express appreciation for their service, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Monday. A total of 107 war veterans and their family members from [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A new school curriculum on the Korean War has been published for elementary, middle, and high schools in the United States. The Korean War Legacy Foundation, a non-profit organization in the U.S., announced the release of the new compilation of the Korean War jointly with the National Council for [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of U.S. soldiers who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War and their families will visit South Korea next week as part of a program expressing gratitude for their service, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Friday. Sixty-two U.S. war veterans and their families, along with 20 Korean veterans and [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Forensic experts from South Korea and the United States began joint identification work on Tuesday for remains believed to be from soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense ministry said Tuesday. The two sides plan to work together for the next four days to analyze remains that [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of a Dutch veteran of the Korean War will arrive in South Korea next week for burial at a United Nations cemetery in Busan, a southern port city, the government here said Friday. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said that the remains of the late [...]