SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a statement released by the city government of Cheonan today, Cheonan Mayor Koo Bon-young and his entourage participating in the 19th Büyükçekmece Culture and Arts Festival being held in the city of Büyükçekmece, Turkey visited the homes of Yaşar Erkanlı and Ahmet Özkanı, both Korean War veterans. [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it delivered clothes along with other donations to veterans of the Korean War in Ethiopia in line with its charity projects in Africa. Under the project, the South Korean consumer electronics giant delivered warm jackets to 186 Ethiopian veterans in the capital city of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy said Thursday it will unveil a bust of a late U.S. commander in memory of his contributions to the growth of the country’s naval forces during his wartime service here six decades ago. The sculpture of Capt. Michael J. Luosey will be formally made public at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in thanked former South Korean prisoners of war (POWs) for their patriotism during an Armed Forces Day meeting earlier this week, the Ministry of National Defense said Friday. The ministry invited them to the 69th Armed Forces Day ceremony held at a local naval base [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A new photo exhibition showcasing pictures of a Korean War hospital operated by Swedish medical volunteers has opened in Busan at Dong-A University. The opening ceremony of the photo exhibition dedicated to brave war veterans and medical staff at the Swedish Red Cross’s field hospital in Busan took place on [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Tuesday that it plans later this week to repatriate eight North Koreans who were rescued last week in the East Sea, as they expressed wishes to go home. The government plans to send them back home around Thursday as it will seek to notify North Korea [...]
QUANTICO, Virginia, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Elderly American veterans of the Korean War, including the father of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford, celebrated the unveiling of a memorial commemorating the Changjin Reservoir Battle, one of the fiercest battles in the war, on Thursday. The octagon-shaped memorial with a shining star on top [...]
BERLIN, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A music concert was held in a Czech city inmemory of Emil Kapaun, a Czech-American priest and war hero who died in captivity during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South Korean Embassy in Prague said Tuesday. South Korean Ambassador to the Czech Republic Moon Seung-hyun took part in the concert organized by the municipal government and archdiocese in the eastern city of Olomouc. Born in a small hamlet in Kansas, Emil Kapaun served as a U.S. military chaplain during the war. In August 1950, Kapaun was [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense ministry said Friday it has signed an agreement with Ethiopia to construct a community center in Addis Ababa for its nationals who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War. It’s one of Seoul’s friendship projects for the people of Ethiopia, the only African country that dispatched ground [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Identification tags of American soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War have been traded in North Korea, Radio Free Asia reported Wednesday, citing the leader of a civic body seeking to improve human rights in the North. “Some people in North Korea are making inquiries about how they could [...]