"Three or four vehicles behind me was a medical officer and his driver and they were captured. I just got out by the skin of ...

Scope note The Korean War began on 25 June 1950, when North Korean forces launched an invasion of South Korea. Personnel from the Australian Army, RAAF, and RAN fought as part of the United Nations ...

Neither leader in Korea had been elected nor did either recognise the legitimacy of the other. The Chinese issued a warning to the UN but this was ignored. MacArthur continued to push the UN ...

In June 1950, with the support of China and the Soviet Union, North Korea launched an attack on South Korea across the 38th parallel. Even when the fighting had stopped, American soldiers remained ...

The North Korean army swept across the frontier with South Korea in June 1950, triggering the Korean War that would continue for three years. "At first both sides made only limited use of ...

The Korean War, often referred to as "The Forgotten War," was fought from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. This website is dedicated to thanking and honoring all the veterans of the Korean War ...

South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Monday that two North Korean soldiers who were captured by Ukrainian forces while ...

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 ...

They were orphans, victims of the war that North Korea had declared against its US-backed southern neighbour in June 1950. The bloody conflict, which lasted three years, was one of the proxy wars of ...