SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans ministry said Monday it has deleted a state burial record describing Korean War hero Gen. Paik Sun-yup as a pro-Japanese figure, saying that such an expression was written with no legal grounds. The ministry said it has decided to remove a phrase identifying Paik as a [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Senior government and military officials and other citizens attended ceremonies unveiling a statue of Korean War hero Gen. Paik Sun-yup and marking the third anniversary of his death in a southern county on Wednesday. The ceremonies took place at a war memorial in Chilgok, the site of a major battle during [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans ministry has chosen a late Colombian battalion commander as next month’s Korean War hero for his leadership in front-line combat operations during the 1950-53 conflict, officials said Tuesday. Retired Lt. Col. Alberto Ruiz Novoa is credited with successfully leading a set of key wartime missions, including [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior officials from South Korea and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) on Friday attended a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the death of Korean War hero Gen. Paik Sun-yup. Some 160 people, including Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, Veterans Affairs Minister Park Min-shik and USFK Commander Gen. Paul LaCamera, joined [...]
SEOUL/DAEJEON, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea held a funeral service Wednesday for Paik Sun-yup, a legendary Korean War hero credited with saving the country from falling under the control of North Korea, with the Army chief vowing to firmly defend the country that Paik saved with “blood, sweat and tears.” U.S. Forces Korea [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. Robert Abrams visited the funeral home for late Korean War hero Paik Sun-yup on Monday, saying he is deeply grateful for Paik’s service. Abrams visited the funeral altar set up at Asan Medical Center in eastern Seoul, together with South Korean Joint Chiefs of [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Paik Sun-yup, a famous Korean War hero and South Korea’s first four-star general, has died, military officials said Saturday. He was 99. He died Friday night, with details of the reason for his passing unavailable. Born in 1920, Paik graduated from a military academy in Manchuria in northeastern China [...]