SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of Korean Americans was set to unveil a new monument in the United States this week to commemorate the sacrifices of U.S. troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans affairs ministry said Thursday. The Korean War Memorial Monument Committee plans to hold a ceremony unveiling [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has invited 19 foreign Korean War veterans ahead of the upcoming annual ceremony commemorating the sacrifices of U.N. troops in the 1950-53 conflict, the veterans affairs ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said that the veterans from seven countries, including the United States, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans ministry said Friday it has named late Gen. Oliver Prince Smith of the U.S. Marine Corps as the Korean War hero of the month for his role in a major evacuation mission during the 1950-53 conflict. Under his leadership, the 1st Marine Division of the U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans agree on the need to declare a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War, as proposed by President Moon Jae-in, a survey showed Wednesday. According to survey of 1,000 adults by the National Unification Advisory Council on Sept. 24 and 25, 67.8 percent said [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Army established an additional monument to commemorate U.S. Military Academy graduates who were killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, officials said Friday. The monument, erected at the Korea Military Academy in Seoul, bears the names of 12 officers from the West Point Class of 1947, who lost their [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean film distributor has canceled its plan to release a Chinese movie depicting the 1950-53 Korean War from the perspectives of the country amid backlash from war veterans and political conservatives. The Korea Media Rating Board said the company, Wisdom Film, withdrew its application for an age [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has awarded state medals to two Colombian veterans who fought for South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War in recognition of their sacrifice and devotion, officials said Thursday. Guillermo Rodriguez Guzman, 91, and Alvaro Lozano Charry, 87, were awarded the Ambassador for Peace Medal [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government has released footage of the U.S. Air Force’s bombing of Yongsan in July 1950 during the Korean War, images that have previously been unseen in the country. On July 16, 1950, U.S. Air Force planes dropped bombs on the central Seoul district of Yongsan to [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry said Thursday it will spend 1.18 billion won (US$1.06 million) of inter-Korean cooperation funds to build more video conference centers for reunions of families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War. A civilian-government committee on inter-Korean exchanges approved the decision to construct additional video conference facilities in [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost 71 years after the onset of the Korean War, Mexico’s first Korean War Veterans Association has been established. The South Korean Embassy in Mexico hosted the opening ceremony for the new Korean War Veterans Association on Saturday (local time). Participating in the event were three surviving war heroes, [...]