S. Korea to hold 70th armistice anniv. ceremony in Busan this week
South Korea will hold a major ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War in the southeastern city of Busan later this week, the veterans ministry said Wednesday. The ceremony is set to begin at 7:40 p.m. Thursday in the Busan Cinema Center -- a symbolic site of a former air port, where Task Force Smith, a small US unit, first arrived under a high-stakes mi...