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Yoon thanks Luxembourg, Kiwi leaders for support during Korean War

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday afternoon met with Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and New Zealand Governor-General Cindy Kiro, who are leading delegations to Korea as countries that participated in the 1950-53 Korean War.

2023-07-25

U.S. House passes bill to provide health care to Korean veterans of Vietnam War

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would provide health care services to former Korean veterans of the Vietnam War who have since become citizens of the United States, the office of Rep. Mark Takano said Tuesday.

2023-05-24

Living history

President Yoon Suk Yeol awarded Navy Capt. Elmer Royce Williams, retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett and Marine Corps first lieutenant Baldomero Lopez the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit, for their service during the Korean War.

2023-04-26

Yoon awards highest military order to 3 U.S. veterans of Korean War

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday awarded Korea's highest military order to three American veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War. Retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett, retired Navy Capt. Elmer Royce Williams and the late Baldomero Lopez...

2023-04-26

Korean and U.S. leaders visit Korean War Veterans Memorial

President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden visited the Korean War Veterans Memorial Tuesday evening in Washington in their first encounter ahead of their bilateral summit.

2023-04-26

Korea to hold memorial event in Busan for UN war veterans

Korea plans to host an annual ceremony this week to commemorate the sacrifices of fallen troops who fought under the UN flag during the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans affairs ministry said Wednesday.

2022-11-09

Veterans feel like heroes thanks to this photographer's project

For the last four years, Rami Hyun has been showing up on the doorsteps of foreign war veterans, knocking on their doors and asking to take their pictures. This photographer, whose real name is Hyun Hyo-jae, has been taking pictures of Korean War...

2021-02-28

[Heroes from afar] Turkish soldiers came to the aid of war’s orphans

For 60 years, Kim Eun-ja told no one about her Turkish father and the name he had given her. “No one else had called me Ayla,” she said during an interview at her home in Incheon on Thursday. “So you can imagine my shock when a government official...

2020-07-26