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S. Korea to honor 100 independence fighters on Liberation Day
Aug 14, 2023
South Korea will confer state medals and awards on 100 late independence fighters to honor their sacrifices in the resistance movement against Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula, the veterans ministry said Monday. The independence fighters will be awarded with decorations posthumously Tuesday when the country commemorates the 78th anniversary of Liberation Day, according to the ministry. Those to be awarded include Frank Earl Cranston Williams, an American missionary wh
Last surviving Korean independence fighter in Japan to return home
Aug 10, 2023
The last surviving Korean independence fighter living in Japan will return home early next week, Seoul's veterans ministry said Thursday, just days before South Korea marks the anniversary of liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule. Oh Seong-gyu will arrive in South Korea on Sunday, accompanied by Veterans Minister Park Min-shik, after expressing his wishes to reside in his home country to the ministry following the death of his wife in 2018. Oh will undergo a medical examination
UN rights envoy voices concern over S. Korea as Myanmar ambassador attended arms event
Aug 9, 2023
A United Nations rights envoy has expressed concern over the South Korean government as it allowed the Myanmar ambassador to Seoul to attend an event promoting weapons systems in May, according to the envoy's letter on Wednesday. Thomas Andrews, the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, made the remarks over Myanmar Ambassador Thant Sin's attendance at the event in Pocheon, 52 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on May 2 that demonstrated tanks and other weapons to fo
Mission should continue to uncover truth behind 39,000 military deaths: panel head
Aug 2, 2023
Independent panel launched under Moon administration set to disband in September
Remains of Korean independence fighter, wife to reunite after century apart
Aug 1, 2023
The remains of revered Korean independence fighter Choi Jae-hyung and his wife will be symbolically reunited in South Korea, having been separated across Russia and Kyrgyzstan for over a century. The reunion comes more than 100 years after Choi was tragically shot dead by the imperial Japanese army. Choi's body was hidden by the Japanese military and has not been found, so soil from where he died will be used instead. On Aug. 11, South Korea will bring soil from the place where Choi is thou
S. Korean defense minister in Uzbekistan for arms cooperation
Jul 31, 2023
The South Korean defense minister has embarked on his inaugural trip to Uzbekistan with a significant goal of leveling up defense and arms industrial cooperation and pioneering the new arms sales market in Central Asia. Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup is scheduled to visit Uzbekistan, a "special strategic partner and key friendly country in Central Asia," from Monday to Thursday, South Korea's Defense Ministry announced Monday. Lee's trip to Uzbekistan holds the significance of
Late Marine Corps chief named Korean War hero of the month
Jul 31, 2023
South Korea's veterans ministry has chosen a late Marine Corps commander as next month's Korean War hero for his leadership in front-line combat operations during the 1950-53 conflict, officials said Monday. The late Lt. Gen. Kim Sung-eun is credited with successfully leading key wartime missions, including retaking a hill held by North Koreans in Changwon, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Aug. 6, 1950, to stall the enemy's advance. He also successfully led a surprise a
S. Korea, US stage joint anti-submarine drills involving nuclear-powered sub
Jul 29, 2023
South Korea and the United States staged combined anti-submarine drills, involving a US nuclear-powered submarine, in waters south of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, Seoul's Navy said, amid joint efforts to reinforce readiness against North Korean military threats. The exercise took place in waters south of the southern island of Jeju, mobilizing the South's ROKS Yulgok Yi I Aegis-equipped destroyer, the ROKS Yi Sun-sin submarine and the US' USS Annapolis submarine, according
N. Korea, flanked by Russia and China, sends explicit warning to US
Jul 28, 2023
Seoul says Pyongyang intends to show off military cooperation with Moscow
Remains of 7 S. Korean troops killed during Korean War return home
Jul 26, 2023
The remains of seven South Korean soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War returned home from the United States on Wednesday, after they were initially thought to be US war dead and sent to America. A ceremony marking the remains' return took place at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, after a South Korean Air Force KC-330 transport aircraft carrying the remains arrived from Hawaii. The latest sets of remains were among those excavated in South and North Korea and sent to the
South Korean POWs still held in NK, 70 years after armistice
Jul 26, 2023
No one wants to fight for country that abandons POWs, says former S. Korean POW who escaped NK after 47-year wait
S. Korea to hold 70th armistice anniv. ceremony in Busan this week
Jul 26, 2023
South Korea will hold a major ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War in the southeastern city of Busan later this week, the veterans ministry said Wednesday. The ceremony is set to begin at 7:40 p.m. Thursday in the Busan Cinema Center -- a symbolic site of a former air port, where Task Force Smith, a small US unit, first arrived under a high-stakes mission to stem North Korean advances during the war. On July 27, 1953, the US-led
93-year-old British veteran to sing Arirang to commemorate Korean War
Jul 25, 2023
Veterans say they hope to reunite with long-lost Korean friends
Defense ministry creates new bureau for advanced military assets
Jul 25, 2023
The defense ministry on Tuesday established a new bureau for advanced military assets to better pursue government policies in creating a military based on state-of-the-art technologies. The bureau for advanced assets will be tasked with overseeing efforts to introduce combat systems that employ both manned and unmanned assets under the Yoon Suk Yeol administration's vision of building a strong military backed by cutting-edge technologies, the ministry said. The ministry also established a n
Military analyzing NK missile launches at odd hours
Jul 25, 2023
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the waters off its east coast late Monday night in apparent protest against the arrival of a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine in South Korea. The two short-range ballistic missiles were launched from near the capital city of Pyongyang on Monday between 11:55 p.m. and midnight, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The military has been analyzing the intentions behind North Korea's late-night missile firings, which mark the third set
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