The following is the March 5, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, U.S.-South Korea Alliance: Background and Issues for Congress. From the Report In the wake of the Korean War (1950-53), the ...

Busan, South Korea, Sept. 29, 1950: The first press run of the Korean edition of Pacific Stars and Stripes printed at the press center in Busan, South Korea is studied by various Stars and Stripes ...

Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, December 1950: Two I Corps soldiers use the traditional Korean A-frame — also known as a jige — to carry supplies up to the front near Munsan-ni, South Korea in ...

Around noon on July 26, 1950, several hundred South Korean villagers sat on a railroad embankment near the hamlet of No Gun Ri. American soldiers had ordered them there, searched their belongings, and ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected, ...

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Monday it has launched this year’s recovery mission searching for the remains of soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War. According to the ministry, the ...