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Lost Children of Vietnam War Seek Their Place

Amerasians, shunted aside in both cultures, want citizenship

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Oct 10, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some American servicemen left children behind when they came home from Vietnam and Korea, and those Amerasians, now in their 30s and 40s, are stuck between two cultures that don't fully accept them. "I am not a refugee, but I am being treated as one," says a member of a group that recently visited Capitol Hill to call attention to pending legislation that would grant them US citizenship. The LA Times went along. More »

More about:  immigration • Vietnam War • US troops • Korean War • US citizenship • Asian-Americans

Korean 'Mata Hari' Was More Likely a Patsy

1950 execution of 'spy,'  seductress was result of witchhunt: inquiry

Associated Press Associated Press Aug 17, 08 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the thick of Cold War suspicion in 1950, South Korean socialite Kim Soo-im was executed as a wily seductress who passed secrets from her US army lover to another in North Korea. But the hasty trial and execution of the 'Korean Mata Hari' was based on charges trumped up in an anticommunist frenzy, reports the AP in a new look through six-decade-old documents. More »

More about:  South Korea • spy • Communism • Korean War • Kim Soo-im

China Admits Burying US
POW From Korean War

Move could open door to records of others

Associated Press Associated Press Jun 20, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - China has for the first time admitted holding an American prisoner from the Korean War on its soil, AP reports. The Vermont man, just 18 when he was captured, died in China and was buried there, officials said. China authorities, who said the prisoner was mentally ill, had previously insisted no American POWs were taken from North Korea. More »

More about:  China • North Korea • POW • prisoner of war • Korean War • POW/MIA

 Busy Military Cemeteries
 Keep Customers Satisfied 

1,800 vets a day are dying

Associated Press Associated Press May 25, 08 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - With veterans of World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam dying at a record clip, US National Cemeteries are performing more than 100 burials a day—and often use assembly-line tactics to meet demand, AP reports. Despite the use of heavy machinery and the volume—1,800 veterans die each day—the National Cemetery Administration has the highest customer satisfaction score of any government agency or private company, a study has found. More »

Medal of Honor for Sioux Warrior

Posthumous award first for Sioux

CNN CNN Mar 4, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The first full-blooded Sioux to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor was awarded his medal 26 years after his death at a moving ceremony at the White House yesterday, reports CNN. President Bush presented the medal to family members of Army Master Sgt. Woodrow "Woody" Keeble, whose courage in World War II and Korea already earned him two Purple Hearts and a Silver and Bronze Star. More »

More about:  US Army • World War II • Korean War • Native Americans • heroism • Medal of Honor • Silver Star • Purple Heart • courage

Korean Chiefs Sign Peace Pledge

Statement promises to work on peace accord, economic projects

New York Times New York Times Oct 4, 07 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the culmination of the second summit ever in the history of their two nations, the leaders of South and North Korea signed a statement early today pledging to work toward a formal peace accord and join forces on economic projects. The South pledged to help develop a new highway and freight train service in the North, as well as provide aid to an enterprise zone. More »

More about:  North Korea • South Korea • Kim Jong Il • Korean War • Roh Moo Hyun

South Korean Prez Meets
Grim Kim in Historic Summit

Chilly Kim greets Roh in second summit ever

Reuters Reuters Oct 2, 07 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun crossed the border to be met by cheering crowds and grim-faced North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang today for the second summit ever between the two countries. Roh hopes to make progress toward a permanent truce between the nations but won't broach the touchy topic of nuclear disarmament, which will be left to six-party talks. More »

More about:  North Korea • South Korea • nuclear program • Kim Jong Il • Pyongyang • summit • Seoul • Korean War • Roh Moo Hyun

End Iraq War? Korean War
Isn't Over Yet

Bush and Roh spar about closure on 50-year-old conflict

Associated Press Associated Press Sep 7, 07 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush got into an unusually undiplomatic tiff with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Sidney today when the latter urged the US to declare a formal end to the Korean War that concluded with a truce—but no treaty—50 years ago. Bush said the US position is to wait until North Korea's Kim Jong Il gets rid of his nuclear program. Roh either didn't understand or didn't like the answer, and asked for clarification. More »

More about:  George W. Bush • Iraq war • South Korea • Kim Jong Il • Korean War • Roh Moo Hyun

Train Will Reunite Koreas—Briefly

CBC (Canada) CBC (Canada) May 11, 07 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - North and South Korea agreed today to allow the first train crossing of their heavily guarded border in over half a century. Two tracks have been reconnected for the test run on Thursday, the first time rail service has linked the countries since the middle of the Korean War. More »

More about:  North Korea • South Korea • train • Korean War • railway • Trans Siberian Railway

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