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A ceremony paid tribute to Capt. Arthur Bonifas and 1st Lt. Mark Barrett, who were killed in 1976 while trimming a tree at the Joint Security Area of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.
The American and South Korean soldiers went off to chop down a poplar tree. Instead, they were chopped into pieces by ax-wielding North Korean soldiers. And what should have been a case of routine landscaping nearly triggered a second Korean War. Thousands of lives could have been lost, and the Korean peninsula devastated as it had been in 1950. All because of a tree, a hot-tempered North Korean lieutenant, and the most heavily armed border zone on Earth. The tale begins on the morning of August 18, 1976, when a United Nations Command work party entered the Joint Security Area in the Demilita...
Liberia: Joint Security Shutdown Samuel Stryker Funeral Home for Violating Covid-19 Protocol Liberia: Joint Security Shutdown Samuel Stryker Funeral Home for Violating Covid-19 Protocol Share The funeral home will remain closed to the public until a fine of US$200 is paid in government’s revenue. MONROVIA – Samuel A. Stryker Funeral Parlor, one of the busiest funeral homes in the country has been shut down by the government for violating covid-19 protocol. The funeral parlor was closed by the joint security on Thursday. A statement signed by the Joint Security Media Relations head, Moses ...
Open Letter to Your Excellency Dr. George M. Weah, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia Open Letter to Your Excellency Dr. George M. Weah, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia Dear Mr. PRESIDENT: I WISH TO EXTEND MY COMPLIMENTS AND ALSO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTLESS LEADERSHIP IN MOVING Liberia in the right direction. The basis of this open letter is the recent US Embassy security alert on Liberia which mentioned the increased armed robbery, drug abuse, and other matters of national security that have raised concerns. Your Excellency, I believe that your administration’s approac...
South East Governors push legal backing for EBUBEAGU as Joint Security outfit On …Urge security agencies, local vigilantes to enforce open grazing ban in the zone …Condemn attacks on Imo State governor’s country home, urge FG to fish out perpetrators, ensure prosecution ‘We are in support of EBUBEAGU’ – CAN Governors of the South East geo-political zone, on Sunday, rose from a closed-door meeting with the leadership of religious, political and traditional institutions in the zone, Ohaneze Ndigbo and Joint Security Committee, at the Government House, Enugu, reiterating the adoptio...