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NEWS ABOUT: Korean War

Korean War stories: 18 news summaries
VETERANS DAY

 Best War Movies Ever 

Watch clips from Patton to Glory to Full Metal Jacket

Nov 11, 09 7:29 PM CST
(Newser) - In honor of Veterans Day, the Huffington Post runs down the best war movies of all time:
  • Apocalypse Now: Vietnam War
  • From Here to Eternity: Pearl Harbor
  • Patton: World War II
  • Braveheart: Scotland’s battle for independence
  • Lawrence of Arabia: World War I
  • Band of Brothers: World War
... More »

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Somalia • veterans • World War II • Vietnam War • Civil War • Korean War • Veterans Day • Pearl Harbor • World War I • movies • films • Jay-ZTV

 N. Korea to Reopen 
 Border With South 

Tourism and reunions with relatives in SK now possible

Aug 17, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea pledged today to reopen its borders with the south for tourism and family visits after reclusive leader Kim Jong-il met with the head of the South Korean Hyundai Group in Pyongyang, reports Reuters. Hyundai's Hyon Jong Un met the ailing Kim to secure the release of a detained... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • tourism • Hyundai • Korean War • Kim Jong Il • border

fathers day INTERVIEW

 Dad Was Not Only a 
 General, But a Patton 

Grandson remembers his famous forebears

Jun 21, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Living up to the legacy of one’s father can be hard, but it’s particularly trying for Benjamin Patton, the son of decorated Korean and Vietnam vet Maj. Gen. George Patton—himself the offspring of World War II titan Gen. George S. Patton. Immortalized by George C. Scott in... More »

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World War II • Vietnam War • Korean War • fathers

 US, South Korea on 
 High Military Alert 


Military organizations on highest alert since 2006 as North threatens to resume war

May 28, 09 3:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US and South Korea have boosted their military status to high alert after North Korea's warning yesterday that it's scrapping the treaty that halted the Korean War, the BBC reports. Military officials are closely analyzing transmissions and movement from the North, which has threatened a  "powerful military strike"... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • Korean War • Proliferation Security Initiative

(Newser) - The US says North Korea’s recent nuclear test is an obstacle to a “peace treaty formally ending the Korean War,” which gives pause to Juliet Lapidos, writing for Slate. “Wait, we’re still at war with North Korea?” The armistice that ended hostilities in 1953 was... More »

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North Korea • United States • Korean War • Harry Truman • police action • armistice • hostilities

 North: Korean War Is Back On 

North declares end to peace deal, restarts its nuclear plant

May 27, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea warned today that it no longer considers itself bound by the 1953 truce that brought the Korean War to an effective—but not official—end. The country said South Korea's announcement yesterday that it is joining a US-led initiative to stop ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • truce • Korean War • Proliferation Security Initiative

(Newser) - Felix “Doc” Blanchard, who won the 1945 Heisman Trophy as part of Army’s famed “Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside” backfield tandem, died yesterday of pneumonia, ESPN reports. The legendary fullback, linebacker, placekicker, and punter was 84. In 1944-46, Blanchard— “Mr. Inside” to fellow Heisman winner Glenn... More »

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Vietnam War • Korean War • US Air Force • fighter pilot • West Point • Felix "Doc" Blanchard • college football • Army football • backfield • Glenn Davis

Ex-Prostitutes: 
S. Korea Pimped Us to US GIs

Seoul, US military encouraged a thriving sex trade for decades

Jan 8, 09 6:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Even as Seoul railed against Japan's WWII-era enslavement of "comfort women," it systematically pimped Korean women to US soldiers stationed there for decades after the Korean War, say a group of former prostitutes. Working with the US military, the South Korean government encouraged a thriving sex trade—giving... More »

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prostitution • South Korea • US military • Korean War • brothel • prostitute

Movie Review

 Gran Torino is Vintage Eastwood 


Dec 12, 08 3:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Clint Eastwood has hinted that Gran Torino might be his last gig in front of the camera, and “it is a humdinger of a valedictory,” writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone. The movie, which tells the tale of a bigoted Korean War vet’s redemptive... More »

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film • Clint Eastwood • movie review • Hmong • reviews • Korean War • movies

Lost Children of Vietnam War Seek Their Place

Amerasians, shunted aside in both cultures, want citizenship

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... More »

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immigration • US troops • Vietnam War • Korean War • US citizenship • Asian-Americans • Amerasians • biracial

Korean 'Mata Hari' Was More Likely a Patsy

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

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... More »

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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

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... More »

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

 Busy Military Cemeteries
 Keep Customers Satisfied 

1,800 vets a day are dying

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... More »

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veterans • Department of Veterans Affairs • Vietnam veteran • Arlington National Cemetery • World War II • Korean War • National Cemeteries • National Cemetery Administration

Medal of Honor for Sioux Warrior

Posthumous award first for Sioux

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... More »

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US Army • World War II • Korean War • Purple Heart • Native Americans • Medal of Honor • Army Master Sgt Woodrow Keeble • Woody Keeble • Guadalcanal • Russell Hawkins • Silver Star • courage • heroism

Korean Chiefs Sign Peace Pledge

Statement promises to work on peace accord, economic projects

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... More »

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

South Korean Prez Meets
Grim Kim in Historic Summit

Chilly Kim greets Roh in second summit ever

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... More »

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

End Iraq War? Korean War
Isn't Over Yet

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

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... More »

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South Korea • Roh Moo Hyun • Asia Pacific summit • Korean War • Kim Jong Il • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Train Will Reunite Koreas—Briefly

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 »

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North Korea • South Korea • Trans Siberian Railway • train • railway • Korean War

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