WASHINGTON, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A former chief U.S. nuclear negotiator with North Korea said Thursday that attacking North Korea, regardless of whether it’s preemptive or preventive strikes, is sure to prompt retaliation that could lead to a second Korean War. Robert Gallucci, who negotiated a 1994 nuclear-freeze deal with Pyongyang that unraveled due [...]
CHEONGJU, South Korea, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – An underground facility 18 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 2 meters high was discovered this Tuesday during construction work at Juseong Middle School in Cheongju. The small tunnel had a passageway in the center for one or two people to walk through, and ten arch-formed storage [...]
PAJU, South Korea, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A park for mixed-race Korean adoptees sent abroad in the years after the 1950-53 Korean War will be built inside a former U.S. military base on the outskirts of Seoul, officials said Wednesday. The park named “Mother’s bosom” in Korean will be constructed in Paju, some 30 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The late father of Donald Trump’s soon-to-be National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Charles Francis Flynn, was awarded a medal of appreciation by the Ministry of Defense for his service in the Korean War. A South Korean delegation met with Flynn in Washington Tuesday to present the medal, which was [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A French veteran who served in the Korean War (1950 – 53) was buried on Thursday at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan. Andre Belaval served as a radio operator for the French battalion, after joining the war in March 1953. Although his stay in Korea was short [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s disabled veterans’ association said Friday they will visit Ethiopia next week to meet soldiers who fought in the Korean War (1950-53). “Starting this year, we are planning to visit the countries that sent their soldiers to the Korean conflict one by one to meet the veterans who [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean War broke out with the North Korean military invading its southern neighbor on June 25, 1950. The war ended after three years on July 27, 1953, with both parties signing an armistice agreement. The two Koreas celebrated their armistice day on Wednesday. Several events were held across [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean War broke out with Soviet-backed North Korea invading its southern neighbor in the early morning of June 25, 1950. In just three days, Seoul was captured, and by September 1950, North Korea had pushed its forces down to the Nakdong River, controlling about 90 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded its southern neighbor. The invasion quickly turned into a global conflict with the U.S.-friendly states on one side, and Soviet allies on another. The fighting lasted until July 27, 1953, leaving approximately 1 million military casualties and 2.5 million civilians killed and [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study conducted by a research team from Konkuk University has revealed that the older generation’s trauma from the Korean War plays a big role in creating conflict between older and younger Koreans. The Korean War broke out in 1950 when Soviet-backed North Korea invaded the U.S.-friendly South [...]