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North Korea Destroys Family Reunion Centre In 'Inhumane Act', Seoul Says

North Korea is demolishing a venue that for decades hosted tearful reunions of families separated by the Korean War and the division of the country, Seoul said Thursday, decrying the "inhumane" move.

International Business Times

New Book on Historical Gloss and Foreign Affairs, Part IV

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Susie Younger obituary

Other lives: Catholic social worker helped poverty-stricken children in South Korea in the aftermath of the Korean war

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North Korea Refuses US Request To Recover War Casualties

US faces challenges recovering remains from North Korea, finds cooperation from China in identifying missing soldiers from WWII and Korean War.

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Extreme psychological distress is a normal response to extreme events – here’s why it’s unhelpful to medicalise distress

My early TV viewing preferences were perhaps a clue that I’d make a career researching psychological trauma. I spent my youth watching the American war comedy drama M*A*S*H*, which followed a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during…

The Conversation

Lou Conter, last survivor of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, dies at 102

The seaman had a storied career in the Navy. Over 27 years he served, he survived the surprise attack by Japan, was shot down over the Pacific and was uninjured in the Korean War.

WEKU

Biden plans to use cold-war era law in attempt to lower US prices

Defense Production Act of 1950, passed to streamline production during Korean war, was last used during Covid pandemic

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Royal pomp and ceremony planned for South Korean president's state visit to the UK

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will be greeted with royal pomp and ceremony before commemorating the sacrifice of British soldiers during the Korean War when he travels to the U.K. for a state visit later this month

The Independent UK

'We cannot fail so big as war': A writer's lesson from examining the Korean War

In just over 200 pages, E.J. Koh's debut novel spans decades to tell the individual stories of lives impacted by the Korean War.

WEKU

As living memories of the Korean War fade, its consequences become clearer

As most Korean War vets are well into their 90s, they still struggle with America's perceptions of what has been called "the Forgotten War."

WEKU

The 'Mao suit': how a military-style uniform changed the face of China – and clothed Australian prisoners during the Korean War

In the collection of the Australian War Memorial there is a photograph of four men in a North Korean prisoner of war camp, taken in the winter of 1952-3. Australian airman Ron Guthrie is in the group. He had been in captivity since August 1951.

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Rival Koreas mark armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions

The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 on Thursday and the two Koreas are marking the anniversary in starkly different ways, underscoring their deepening nuclear tensions

The Independent UK

Travis King isn't the 1st U.S. soldier to enter North Korea. Here's a history

Travis King crossed the border into North Korea on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. service member to do so since 1982. A handful of American soldiers defected in the years after the Korean War.

WEKU

Thousands of North Koreans march in anti-US rallies as country marks Korean War anniversary

Tens of thousands of North Koreans marched in anti-U.S. rallies in the nation’s capital over the weekend, pledging “merciless” revenge against “U.S. imperialists,” as the country marked the 73rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War

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North Korea holds rallies denouncing ‘imperialist US’

Tens of thousands attend events in Pyongyang as country marks the anniversary of the start of the Korean War in 1950.

Daily Record

Dumfries Model Flying Club celebrate more than 100 years of aviation history

Scale models of full-sized military aircraft spanning both world wars and the Korean war were shown and flown, along with various civilian types

The Independent UK

'He's home': Missing 73 years, Medal of Honor recipient's remains return to Georgia

An American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor after he went missing in battle during the Korean War is being buried on Memorial Day near his hometown in Georgia

The Independent UK

Medal of Honor recipient missing 73 years to be buried Memorial Day

A Memorial Day burial is planned for a U.S. soldier and Medal of Honor recipient whose remains were identified 73 years after he went missing during the Korean War

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The Independent UK

Medal of Honor recipient's remains ID'd 73 years after Korea

The remains of a U.S. Army corporal killed during the Korean War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor have been identified, 73 years after he went missing

Evening Standard

Royal Marines sent to Korean peninsula for first time since 1950s amid China tensions

British Royal Marines have deployed to the Korean peninsula for the first time since the Korean War in the 1950s amid rising tensions with China.

Reuters

North Korea says it defused US Korean War bombs at Pyongyang apartment site

Workers at an apartment construction site in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, have discovered more than 110 bombs, shells, mines, grenades and other explosives that it says are U.S.-made weapons from the Korean War, state media said on Friday.

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