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, [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national war memorial said Friday it will open a photo exhibition next week to pay tribute to Canadian soldiers who fought during the 1950-53 Korean War. The exhibition, titled Kapyong 70: A Tribute to the Canadian Veterans of the Korean War, was co-organized with the Canadian Embassy [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has updated a book on foreign medical help received during the 1950-53 Korean War to add Germany to the list of helping countries and a copy will be delivered to Germany’s ambassador on Thursday, an official said. U.N. “Sending States” had long been defined as 21 countries [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A photo exhibition shedding light on international veterans who fought in the Korean War has opened in Seoul. “Project Soldier kwv,” which opened at Avenuel Art Hall in southern Seoul on March 13, showcases around 80 photography works featuring veteran soldiers who served in the 1950-53 war. Around 1.95 [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to hold a ceremony to break ground for the construction of a memorial wall in Washington later this year to honor U.S. veterans who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans affairs ministry here said Tuesday. Seoul has been working on the project to construct [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The veterans affairs ministry published a new edition of its book on the history of the international medical assistance rendered to South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War to add the long-forgotten contribution of Germany, officials said Sunday. U.N. “Sending States” had long been defined as 21 countries — [...]