SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The remains of two United States Army soldiers who went missing as 17-year-olds during the Korean War have finally been identified, more than seven decades after their disappearance, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on May 15. The agency confirmed the identities of Private First Class Thomas A. Smith [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Former South Korean prisoners of war (POWs) have again won a damages suit filed against North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-un for their forced labor during captivity there. The Seoul Central District Court on Monday ordered North Korea and Kim to pay 50 million won (US$37,900) each to [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Two South Korean men who were once prisoners of war (POWs) taken to North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War on Tuesday won a landmark damage suit filed against North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-un for the forced labor they endured while in captivity there. The Seoul Central [...]