South Korea honors international veterans of Korean War

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South Korea honors international veterans of Korean War

Posted : 2019-07-27 18:38

Updated : 2019-07-27 23:58

Korean War veterans listen to South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon's speech during an anniversary to commemorate UN soldiers who fought in the war at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul's Jung-gu District, Saturday. News1

South Korea honored a group of international soldiers who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War under the U.N. flag for their service, Saturday.

At a ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, the government welcomed 107 war veterans and their family members from 16 countries, including the United States and Australia.

"South Korea's dream to settle peace on the Korean Peninsula is also a dream of the U.N. that saved South Korea from the Korean War," Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said at the ceremony. "South Korea is trying to achieve that dream by developing inter-Korean dialogue and talks with the U.S. that started from last year."

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon speaks during an anniversary to commemorate UN soldiers who fought in the Korean War, at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul's Jung-gu District, Saturday. Yonhap

At the ceremony, the government awarded the Order of Military Merit to the late Charles Hercules Green, a senior officer in the Australian Army, and honored others who fought for the allies in the Korean War.

South Korea marks the participation of the U.N. forces in the war on July 27, the day in 1953 an armistice agreement was signed to halt the three-year conflict.

During the Korean War, nearly 2 million U.N. soldiers and more than 3,000 medics were sent to the Korean Peninsula to fight invading North Korean and Chinese soldiers. Of them, 40,670 were killed, 104,280 others wounded and over 9,000 are still technically missing in action. (Yonhap)

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