SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A surviving Colombian veteran of the 1950-53 Korean War will share a collection of photos he took during his time of service here, as South Korea marks the 70th anniversary of the conflict this week. The 152 photos, which retired Sgt. Maj. Gilberto Diaz Velasco took, will be exhibited [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Veteran singer Lee Seung-chul is creating a documentary highlighting the life of war veterans of the Korean War in collaboration with public broadcaster KBS, the singe said. “There are so many countries in the world that joined the Korean War that we don’t know of. I feel sorry for [...]
BANGKOK, Thailand, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Wongsarot Auratsa, a 77-year-old Thai woman, recently became the oldest Thai candidate to take the Korean language proficiency exam, TOPIK. Although Mrs. Auratsa failed to pass the test, on March 19, she was close, according to the Korean Education Center in Thailand. Mrs. Auratsa lives with her son [...]
WASHINGTON, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The names of all 36,574 U.S. soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War will be called out next week in a ceremony in Washington commemorating the anniversary of the war’s end, organizers said Thursday. The Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation is organizing the event in which about 30 people [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean War veteran Harry Quehl, aged 86, was speechless for a while when he saw his younger 22-year-old self in an old snapshot taken in July 1950 in Okinawa, Japan. Quehl found himself among snapshots distributed by Betty Perkins-Carpenter and Tiana Stephens, who are campaigning to identify people in [...]