Conservatives appreciate Truman’s decision to send U.S. troops to fight for their country in the Korean War.
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Photos: The Korean War, 70 Years After the Armistice
American troops led United Nations forces to defend South Korea against the North. The war ended with a cease-fire agreement and a Korean Peninsula that is still divided.
70 Years Along the Zone Where the Korean War Never Ended
The Korean War Armistice was signed seventy years ago, separating the two Koreas and putting an end to the fighting, but not the war itself.
‘Lord Commander’ of the DMZ Has Seen It All on the Korean Frontier
He faced off with North Korean troops, helped prepare for the Trump-Kim summit and witnessed some of the most hair-raising — and bizarre — moments on the world’s most heavily armed border.
Kenneth Rowe, Who Defected From North Korea With His Jet, Dies at 90
Two months after the Korean War armistice, he handed America an intelligence bonanza with his headline-making flight in a Soviet-made MIG.
North Korea Sees New Opportunities in ‘Neo-Cold War’
Kim Jong-un has launched a record number of missiles this year, hoping to leverage the tension between the United States and China, and to exploit hostilities toward Moscow.
South Korea Gets Squeezed Between the US and China
The intensifying rivalry between Washington and Beijing is causing jitters in South Korea, where security ties and economic priorities are not always aligned.
Song Hae, Beloved South Korean TV Host, Dies at 95
Born in what is now North Korea, he was known for his cheeky grin and folksy wisecracks as the host of South Korea’s weekly “National Singing Contest” for more than three decades.
Luo Changping Detained in China After Criticizing ‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’
The police arrested Luo Changping on Thursday, two days after he questioned China’s role in the Korean War, the subject of China’s box office hit “The Battle at Lake Changjin.”
North Korea Launches Short-Range Missile as Country’s Envoy Speaks at U.N.
The launch came just three days after the sister of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said the country would consider holding a meeting with the South and declaring an official end to the Korean War.