SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The veterans ministry said Wednesday a large group of foreign Korean War veterans and their family members will visit South Korea this week under a program to commemorate their service during the 1950-53 Korean War. A total of 70 people — 51 from 10 countries that sent troops or [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of two British and four Colombian veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War will arrive in South Korea this week to be interred at a memorial cemetery in the southeastern city of Busan, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Tuesday. The remains of the veterans will arrive at Incheon International [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A late Belgian veteran of the 1950-53 Korean War will be laid to rest in South Korea’s southeastern city of Busan next month, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Thursday. A burial ceremony for Leon Bosquet will take place on Nov. 15 at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan, 320 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of two more South Korean soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War have been identified, years after their discovery, the defense ministry said Friday. The ministry’s Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification identified the remains of Lee Yeong-jo and Son Myeong-man, recovered in 2005 and 2016, respectively, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will name a bike path at a Korean War battle site after a late French general next week, as part of a program to mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans ministry said Friday. The ministry plans to designate [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 2,200 South Koreans died in the first eight months of this year without having a chance to reunite with their family members in North Korea after being separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, government data showed Thursday. A total of 2,226 people passed away in the January-August [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States kicked off their first joint underwater excavation project earlier this month to recover the remains of American soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense ministry said Friday. Some 10 South Korean military personnel, and 20 from the U.S. Forces Korea and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The late wife of an Australian veteran killed during the 1950-53 Korean War will be laid to rest in a southeastern city this week alongside her husband, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Wednesday. A burial ceremony for Olwyn Green, the late widow of Lt. Col. Charles Green, will take place [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Seventy years after the end of the Korean War, three foreign veterans expressed their deep emotional attachment to South Korea on Tuesday, stemming from long-lost local acquaintances, battlefield memories and their pride in the “once-flat” country’s rise from the ashes of the conflict. The U.S., British and Canadian veterans [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans ministry has chosen a late legendary U.S. baseball player as next month’s Korean War hero for his combat role during the 1950-53 conflict, officials said Friday. Capt. Ted Williams, known for his stellar Major League Baseball career, primarily for the Boston Red Sox, was sent to [...]