All posts tagged "Korean War"

  • A North Korean soldier takes picture of an American soldier and a Korean military police officer at Panmujeom. (Newsis)
    US proposes official end to the Korean War

    On the Korean peninsula, it is common knowledge that although both South and North Korea have been engaged in a ceasefire since 1953, the two countries are technically still at war. U.S. lawmakers are looking to put...

    • Posted July 28, 2015
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  • North Koreans bow in front of bronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il at Munsu Hill, Monday, July 27, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans gathered to offer flowers and pay their respects to their late leaders as part of celebrations for the 62nd anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    With warning to US, N. Korea marks end of Korean War

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean officials warned the United States that another war on the Korean Peninsula would leave no Americans alive to sign a surrender document as the country marked Monday’s anniversary of the...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • The groundbreaking ceremony for the San Francisco Korean War Memorial was held Saturday.
    SF Korean War memorial holds groundbreaking ceremony

    By The Korea Times San Francisco staff The groundbreaking ceremony for San Francisco’s Korean War memorial kicked off the project at the corner of Lincoln Blvd. and Sheridan Avenue in the Presidio Saturday. “Korean people love peace,”...

    • Posted July 13, 2015
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  • Veterans strike the Korean Bell of Friendship in San Pedro, Calif., for the 65th anniversary of the Korean War Thursday. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    Across the US, veterans and Korean Americans remember the ‘forgotten war’

    It has been 65 years since the Korean War. Commemorations across the U.S. took hold Thursday as veterans and Korean American communities came out to remember what is so often called the “forgotten war.” In Los Angeles,...

    • Posted June 26, 2015
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  • A military chaplain holds a young child in this photo taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) during the 1950-53 Korean War. The ICRC's Regional Delegation for East Asia released photos that provide a rare glimpse of the tragedy, Tuesday, to mark the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of the war. (Yonhap)
    Korean War remembered, 65 years later

    By Jun Ji-hye It has been 65 years since North Korea launched a surprise attack against the South on June 25, 1950. During the three-year war that ensued, over 1.3 million people died and the nation fell...

    • Posted June 25, 2015
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  • A Korean War commemoration and peace concert was held inside Promise Church in Flushing, N.Y., Saturday.
    NY youth foundation hosts Korean War anniversary concert

    A 65th Korean War anniversary commemoration and peace concert was held inside Promise Church in Flushing, N.Y., Saturday. Organized by the Korean American Youth Foundation and sponsored by the Korea Times, the concert gathered the New York...

    • Posted June 23, 2015
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  • An illustration of the completed Korean War memorial in San Francisco.
    SF Korean War memorial to begin construction in July

    A San Francisco Korean War memorial will begin construction in July after five years of fundraising and planning. The Korean War Memorial Foundation, which was founded to take on the project which will stand at the corner...

    • Posted May 13, 2015
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