SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S.-based Korea Defense Veterans Association (KDVA) and the South Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation announced Tuesday that it has invited former U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) service members to South Korea as part of a temporary visitors program. The program was held for the second time after last year. This year’s [...]
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) — South Korean veterans who fought against North Korea under the U.N. flag in the 1950-53 Korean War will be buried at Seoul National Cemetery and Daejeon National Cemetery. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday that it will amend the National Cemetery Act. The current law stipulates [...]
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/BUSAN, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea held an annual ceremony Thursday to commemorate the sacrifices of U.N. troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, delivering a reverberating message: The fallen heroes would never be forgotten. The “Turn Toward Busan” event took place at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in the southeastern port city of [...]
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, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans affairs ministry said Thursday it has provided 10,000 additional face masks to Colombia to express gratitude for the country’s participation in the 1950-53 Korean War. The masks were delivered Tuesday as Minister Hwang Ki-chul was in the Latin American country to strengthen the bilateral friendship and [...]
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, [...]