SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans ministry has chosen a late British colonel as next month’s Korean War hero for his contribution to the success of a major evacuation operation during the 1950-53 conflict, officials said Wednesday. Douglas Burns Drysdale, then head of the 41st Independent Commando Royal Marines, was credited with [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Military Academy (KMA) and a veterans association established an additional monument to commemorate 14 U.S. Military Academy graduates who were killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, their officials said Friday. The monument was erected at the academy in Seoul to remember the West Pointers who graduated from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Chilgok County Mayor Kim Jae-wook on Wednesday posted a photo of a fallen hero of the 1950-53 Korean War on social media, moving the hearts of many. The deceased soldier in the photo was found crouching after being shot. The soldier’s boots were still in good condition. The soldier [...]
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A new Korean War monument was dedicated in Washington on Wednesday, permanently displaying the names of over 43,000 U.S. and South Korean service members killed during the war. The dedication of the Wall of Remembrance was marked by a ceremony attended by some 3,000 people, including government officials, Korean War [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A video of a British veteran who participated in the 1950-53 Korean War is creating an online sensation. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs reported that a video starring Alan Guy, 90, has garnered more than 2.18 million views on YouTube since it was posted on June 22. [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign Korean War veterans, currently visiting South Korea, have received a warm welcome from citizens. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs invited veterans from nine countries who participated in the Korean War under the U.N. flag, along with some 60 family members, to tour Cheong Wa Dae in [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol met with a group of South Korean and foreign veterans of the Korean War on Friday to thank them for their service. The event — a luncheon at Hotel Shilla in Seoul — was held one day before the country marks 72 years since the war [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean War heroes became models in a new summer uniform crafted by a famous designer. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs revealed a pictorial and video of Korean War veterans in a summer uniform under the project name ‘Heroes in Uniforms’. Ten veterans including Korean War Veterans Association [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s military massacred more than 1,100 South Korean Christians and Catholics during the 1950-53 Korean War, a state reconciliation panel said Tuesday. The North’s Korean People’s Army killed 1,026 Christians and 119 Catholics during its retreat from the South following an amphibious Incheon landing operation by United Nations [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of 10 families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War have yet to confirm the fate of their parents and siblings in North Korea, a government survey showed Thursday. According to the unification ministry’s poll on 5,354 separated family members living in South Korea and abroad, 82 percent [...]