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S. Korea-U.S. joint exercise

A drone of the South Korean army is flown during a South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise shown to the press in Paju, South Korea, on Jan. 13, 2023.

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U.S., S. Korea postpone OPCON transfer

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan in Seoul is seen in October 2013. The transfer of wartime control over allied forces on the Korean Peninsula has been postponed.

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U.S. troops in Panmunjeom

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. soldiers (front) and members of the Korean People's Army of North Korea (back) stay alert in Panmunjeom in the demilitarized zone separating South Korea and North Korea on July 27, 2014. The 61st anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice was marked the same day.

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N. Korean officer points camera at U.S. general

SEOUL, South Korea - One of three Korean People's Army officers points a camera toward Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of U.S. Forces Korea (in the foreground), in Panmunjeom in the demilitarized zone separating South Korea and North Korea on July 27, 2014, on the 61st anniversary of the signing of the 1950-53 Korean War armistice.

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N. Korean soldiers gather for political rally

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers of North Korea's Korean People's Army gather for a political rally in Sinchon, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, to denounce the United States on June 25, 2014.

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Monument marks Korean fight against Japan's wartime rule

XIAN, China - Park Sung Choon (2nd from L), minister of patriots and veterans affairs of South Korea, and other officials read inscriptions written in both Chinese and Korean on a stone monument unveiled in Xian, China, on May 29, 2014. The monument is dedicated to the South Korean resistance army Gwangbokgun that battled Japanese military rule during World War II.

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Monument marks Korean fight against Japan's wartime rule

XIAN, China - Journalists gather in front of a stone monument at an unveiling ceremony in Xian, China, on May 29, 2014. The monument, dedicated to the South Korean resistance army Gwangbokgun that battled Japanese military rule during World War II, has inscriptions written in both Chinese and Korean.

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N. Korean general's sacking linked to standing position

SEOUL, South Korea - The front page of The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, dated July 8, 2012, shows Ri Yong Ho (3rd from R, front row), then chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, standing along the white line on the floor at the same forefront position as the country's leader Kim Jong Un next to him. A South Korean source well versed in North Korean situations says the photo could have been the reason or could have been used as the reason for his sudden removal from all his posts in the party later in July.

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U.S., S. Korea joint exercise

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicles are shown to the media at Busan port in South Korea on March 20, 2012, after they were shipped from Hawaii for U.S.-South Korean joint exercise Foal Eagle taking place from March 1 to April 30.

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S. Korean Army's water crossing exercise

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean Army conducts a large-scale water crossing exercise in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, on Feb. 8, 2012. Around 1,000 soldiers and about 120 tanks and vehicles took part in the exercise, according to the army.

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S. Korean Army's water crossing exercise

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean Army conducts a large-scale water crossing exercise in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, on Feb. 8, 2012. Around 1,000 soldiers and about 120 tanks and vehicles took part in the exercise, according to the army.

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S. Korea conducts firing drills

POCHEON, South Korea - South Korean soldiers participate in a major military exercise conducted by the South Korean Army and Air Force at Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Dec. 23, 2010. The firing drills near the land border with North Korea were conducted to check preparedness against possible further provocation by the North.

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S. Korea conducts firing drills

POCHEON, South Korea - F-15 fighter jets take part in a major military exercise conducted by the South Korean Army and Air Force at Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Dec. 23, 2010. The firing drills near the land border with North Korea were conducted to check preparedness against possible further provocation by the North.

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S. Korea conducts firing drills

POCHEON, South Korea - South Korean soldiers participate in a major military exercise conducted by the South Korean Army and Air Force at Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Dec. 23, 2010. The firing drills near the land border with North Korea were conducted to check preparedness against possible further provocation by the North.

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S. Korea conducts firing drills

POCHEON, South Korea - South Korean tanks fire shots during a major military exercise conducted by the South Korean Army and Air Force at Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Dec. 23, 2010. The firing drills near the land border with North Korea were conducted to check preparedness against possible further provocation by the North.

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S. Korea conducts firing drills

POCHEON, South Korea - Tanks and an attack helicopter are seen taking part in a major military exercise conducted by the South Korean Army and Air Force at Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Dec. 23, 2010. The firing drills near the land border with North Korea were conducted to check preparedness against possible further provocation by the North.

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S. Korea conducts firing drills

POCHEON, South Korea - Massive explosions are observed during a major military exercise conducted by the South Korean Army and Air Force at Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Dec. 23, 2010. The firing drills near the land border with North Korea were conducted to check preparedness against possible further provocation by the North.

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S. Korea conducts firing drills

POCHEON, South Korea - An attack helicopter is seen taking part in a major military exercise conducted by the South Korean Army and Air Force at Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Dec. 23, 2010. The firing drills near the land border with North Korea were conducted to check preparedness against possible further provocation by the North.

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Panmunjeon tour resumed

SEOUL, South Korea - An officer of the North Korean People's Army stands guard at the Panmunjeom truce village Dec. 7, 2010. A tour of the area between the Koreas was resumed for the first time since a North Korean artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island.

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Pyongyang after island attack

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Im Un Gyong, a lieutenant of the People's Army of North Korea, speaks in Pyongyang on Nov. 26, 2010, about the country's artillery attack on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island. Im expressed regret for the deaths of two civilians in the attack but defended the action, saying South Korean authorities should be held responsible for it.

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Ceremony held for returning of remains of Korean soldiers

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony is held at Yutenji in Tokyo on May 18, 2010, to commemorate the returning to South Korea of 219 sets of remains kept at the temple of soldiers of Korean descent who died while serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Some 100 people, including Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, attended the ceremony, the fourth such event since January 2008.

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N. Korean soldiers at Panmunjeom

TOKYO, Japan - Soldiers of the North Korean people's army are seen guarding the truce village of Panmunjeom between North and South Korea on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korean soldiers at Panmunjeom

TOKYO, Japan - Soldiers of the North Korean people's army are seen guarding the truce village of Panmunjeom between North and South Korea on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korea army near DMZ

TOKYO, Japan - A soldier of the North Korean people's army salutes while patrolling in a village near the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea in Panmunjeom on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korea army near DMZ

TOKYO, Japan - A colonel of the North Korean people's army is seen observing areas through special binoculars near the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea in a Kaesong suburb on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korean soldiers at Panmunjeom

TOKYO, Japan - Soldiers of the North Korean people's army are seen guarding the truce village of Panmunjeom between North and South Korea on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korean soldiers at Panmunjeom

TOKYO, Japan - Soldiers of the North Korean people's army are seen guarding the truce village of Panmunjeom between North and South Korea on Oct. 25, 2009.

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Ceremony held for returning of remains of Korean soldiers

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean relatives attend a ceremony at Yutenji temple in Tokyo on Jan. 22 to commemorate the returning to South Korea of 101 sets of remains, kept at the temple, of soldiers of Korean descent who died while serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Korean protester climbs onto guard house roof at Japan Embassy

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean man on Wednesday climbed onto the roof of a guard post at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on March 21 to protest Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks disputing the Imperial Japanese Army forced foreign women into sexual slavery during World War II. The man scaled the guard post at around 11:50 a.m. wearing around his body a cloth with Abe's picture. He then trampled on the Japanese flag.

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Remains of Korean at Tokyo temple are those of separate person

BUSAN, South Korea - Kim Sang Bong, 84, looks at his name on a list of members of an Imperial Japanese Army unit to which he belonged. His name is on a list of 1,135 Korean servicemen and civilian employees of the defunct Japanese military whose remains were placed at Yutenji temple in Tokyo's Meguro Ward.

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Opposition files impeachment motion against President Roh

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun gives a salute during a graduation ceremony at the Army Academy on March 9. The country's two main opposition parties submitted an unprecedented motion to impeach the president for failing to maintain political neutrality by publicly supporting a pro-government party ahead of the April 15 parliamentary elections.

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(1)S. Korean army holds parade in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean army parades in Seoul on Oct. 1 for the first time in five years.

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(2)S. Korean army holds parade in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean army missiles and other weapons appear in a parade in Seoul on Oct. 1. The army parade was held for the first time in five year.

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(3)S. Korean army holds parade in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean army unmanned reconnaissance plane appears in a parade in Seoul on Oct. 1. The army parade was held for the first time in five years.

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Koreans sue Japan over forced labor in Siberia

TOKYO, Japan - Former Korean soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army and their kin hold a rally in Tokyo on June 12 before suing the Japanese government to seek compensation for unpaid wages for forced labor in Siberia after World War II. After the rally, a total of 164 former soldiers and bereaved relatives from South Korea filed the suit with the Tokyo District Court.

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Suit filed over Korean soldiers enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - South Koreans who served in the Imperial Japanese Army and bereaved families of such South Koreans walk toward the Tokyo District Court on June 29 to file a suit against the state demanding compensation and requesting that the remains of South Korean soldiers enshrined at a controversial Shinto shrine be returned to them.

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Koreans protest Japanese textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - Two young women put their signatures in protest over Japanese history textbooks during a boycott campaign against Japanese goods organized by civil groups in Seoul on May 8. The South Koran government formally demanded Japan make 35 revisions to eight history textbooks it says glorify Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula and whitewash wartime atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army.

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S. Korea demands 35 revisions to Japanese textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung Soo (R) hands over documents to Japanese Ambassador Terusuke Terada at his ministry in Seoul on May 8, demanding Japan make 35 revisions to eight controversial history textbooks. South Korea feels the textbooks justify Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula and whitewash wartime atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Koreans protest Japanese history textbook

SEOUL, South Korea - Four South Korean women, who say they were forced to provide sex to Imperial Japanese Army soldiers, join high school students in a rally staged outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on April 18 in protest of the Tokyo government's recent approval of a controversial history textbook.

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High court nixes Japan's compensating S. Korean sex slaves

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters protest a Hiroshima High Court decision March 29 that overturned a lower court ruling ordering the Japanese government in 1998 to compensate South Korean women forced to provide sex to Imperial Japanese Army soldiers during World War II.

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S. Koreans burn 'Norota effigy'

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean demonstrators burn an effigy of Japanese lawmaker Hosei Norota at a Seoul park Feb. 28 in protest over his controversial remarks. Norota told his supporters earlier this month that ''colonialism in Asia was rooted out thanks to the Greater East Asia War,'' the phrase employed by the Imperial Japanese Army in its bid to create a Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere during World War II.

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N. Korean defense minister arrives in Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Kim Il Chol, minister for North Korea's People's Army, arrives at South Korea's Cheju Island and receives a bouquet from a South Korean girl. Kim is to hold the first-ever inter-Korean defense ministerial talks with South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae on the island on Sept. 25-26.

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Fake 'golden' Buddha statues sold to Japanese

MANILA, Philippines - Photo shows four of the five fake ''golden'' Buddha statues allegedly sold to a Japanese businessman by a South Korean national, suspected to be a member of a syndicate, for 6 million pesos (157,000 dollars). The National Bureau of Investigation said July 27 Kazuyuki Kimura, of Fukuoka Prefecture, was informed the statues were part of the fabled treasures buried in the Philippines by Imperial Japanese Army Gen. Yasufumi Yamashita during World War II.

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Unfinished story, unforgettable pain of WWII "comfort women"

STORY: Unfinished story, unforgettable pain of WWII "comfort women" DATELINE: Aug. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: DALLAS, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 2. various of speeches 3. various of a candlelight vigil after film screening 4. various of an art exhibition 5. Holocaust survivor Rosian Zerner speaking at Thanks-Giving Square 6. various of a high School student reading a poem STORYLINE: A woman was faintly sobbing along with the plot as the movie screen flickered in the dark. On Sunday, the sixth International Memorial Day for "Comfort Women," a South Korean film titled "Spirits' Homecoming-Unfinished Story" was playing on the big screen in the auditorium of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum in the U.S. state of Texas. The film is part drama, part documentary, and includes scenes from the film "Spirits' Homecoming" as well as testimonials from "comfort women" the Imperial Japanese Army enslaved during World War II. Sunday's

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A railway bridge where the No Gun Ri massacre took place is pockmarked with bullet holes highlighted by white lines in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea,

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A copperplate etching showing people demanding an apology and compensation from the United States is seen in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A memorial tower to commemorate the No Gun Ri massacre is seen in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A statue is seen at the No Gun Ri Peace Park in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed in the massacre,

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A statue is seen at the No Gun Ri Peace Park in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed in the massacre,

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition area is seen at the No Gun Ri Peace Memorial in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed in