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Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Park Min-shik vowed, Thursday, that his ministry will play a bigger role in bolstering the Korea-U.S. alliance, with a slew of events slated for the latter half of this year to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement. ....
Korea plans to host an annual ceremony this week to commemorate the sacrifices of fallen troops who fought under the U.N. flag during the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans affairs ministry said Wednesday. ....
On Nov. 7, the ashes of deceased veterans of the Korean War arrived at Incheon International Airport with honor guards lining up. The deceased veterans - French veteran Robert Picquenard and Dutch veterans Mathias Hubertus Hoogenboom and Eduard Julius Engberink were very young when they joined the Korean War in defense of the Republic of Korea and all three of them wished to rest in the country they fought to protect. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs held the ceremony welcoming the ashes of the deceased U.N. veterans under the theme of “The Republic of Korea will take care of you from here.” ....