SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea provided an additional 2 million face masks to international veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War recently in an expression of gratitude for their sacrifice, the veterans affairs ministry has said. Under the second such project, a total of 1 million masks were sent to the veterans in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has identified the remains of two soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War through DNA analysis after they were recovered from former battle sites near the inter-Korean border, the defense ministry said Friday. Pfc. Kim Sung-geun was presumed to have been killed during a battle in 1950 [...]
CHEORWON, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Barbed wire fences that witnessed the brutality of the Korean War have been remade into statues of red-crowned cranes, a symbol of peace and longevity. The border county of Cheorwon in Gangwon Province said Tuesday that crane statues made with fences collected from Arrowhead Hill during an excavation project [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government decided Monday to spend 1.95 billion won (US$1.76 million) to transform a guard post on the border with North Korea into a museum underscoring inter-Korean reconciliation efforts and honoring soldiers killed during the Korean War. The guard post at Arrowhead Ridge inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea put up a thank-you video in New York’s Times Square on Monday (Seoul time) in honor of foreign service members who fought alongside the South during the 1950-53 Korean War as the country marks the 70th anniversary of the war’s outbreak, the veterans affairs ministry said. The [...]
HONGCHEON, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hongcheon County in Gangwon Province held the 69th commemoration of Maj. Jules Jean-Louis (1916-1951), a Korean War hero from France, on Tuesday. Jean-Louis joined the Korean War in October 1950 to treat wounded soldiers and civilians. He’s famously known for rescuing two Korean soldiers who stepped on a landmine [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans of K-pop superstar BTS on Tuesday voiced frustration over the social media storm in China that has erupted over member RM’s recent remarks honoring those sacrificed during the Korean War. In an Oct. 7 ceremony hosted by the U.S.-based nonprofit organization The Korea Society, RM, who spoke on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will hold a ceremony this week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Philippines’ participation in the Korean War, the veterans affairs ministry said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country sent around 7,420 ground troops to help defend South Korea during the 1950-53 conflict, with the first batch [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans association said Monday it has provided 50,000 face masks to a U.S. veterans group to help American Korean War veterans fight the new coronavirus. The Korean Veterans Association also donated US$10,000 to the U.S.-based Korean War Veterans Association to express gratitude for their sacrifice during the [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean civic groups launched an international signature campaign calling for a formal end to the Korean War on Monday, as the nation marked the 67th anniversary of the signing of the armistice. A total of 324 groups joined the movement aiming to collect 100 million signatures around the [...]