MacArthur relieved of command 1951
This nameplate was used in 1951
Masthead 1989
This nameplate was used in 1989

From the Archives

The bullet-riddled truck in which four United Nations Command soldiers — two Americans and two South Koreans — were killed in an ambush at the Korean DMZ in April, 1968.

DMZ ambush survivors seen lucky to be alive

Observers at the scene of Sunday night's bold ambush by Communist North Koreans who machine-gunned and killed four United Nations Command soldiers reached one conclusion: "I don't see how anybody survived this."

Cathy McGinn, a mother of six, stands in the kitchen of her new five-bedroom apartment in the Lloyd L. Burke Towers. Monday marked the opening ceremony for two new five-story housing towers on Yongsan Garrison’s south post.

Yongsan celebrates opening of two new U.S.-operated high-rises

Base officials celebrated the opening of two South Korean-funded housing towers Monday — just two years before U.S. forces are to move out of Seoul.

Capt. Richardson Blair IV is interviewed by Japanese television after a rousing speech that garnered him first place in the 8th annual Korean language speech contest Wednesday at Balboni Theater.

Koreans know a few GIs who speak their language

Capt. Richardson Blair IV, dressed in U.S. Army camouflage, strutted around the Balboni Theater stage Wednesday, microphone in hand, smoothly crooning “The Southbound Train to Ho-nam,” a classic Korean folk song as hundreds cheered.

U.S. Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard accepts an artillery shell from an honor guard soldier Tuesday at Yongsan Garrison. At center is U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. Leon J. LaPorte.

Outgoing ambassador says U.S.- South Korea alliance is strong

With full honor guard, U.S. military officials bade farewell Tuesday to Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard, the top U.S. representative to South Korea during a turbulent three-year period on the peninsula.

Construction of new helo pad at Yongsan to begin

Construction of new helo pad at Yongsan to begin

After seven years of sometimes prickly negotiations, construction will start next week on a new landing pad for U.S. and South Korean helicopters.

Lim Jong-han, a property owner, winces as other demonstrators protesting a new Army housing program shave his head Tuesday outside the gates of Yongsan Garrison.

Legal review sinks housing plan in S. Korea

Military lawyers and local real estate agents sank a housing plan projected to save taxpayers $25 million annually and revamp how U.S. forces pay rent for thousands of off-post apartments.

Lim Jong-han, a property owner, winces as other demonstrators protesting a new Army housing program shave his head Tuesday outside the gates of Yongsan Garrison in South Korea.

Landlords, real estate agents protest Korea housing system changes

Hundreds of landlords and real estate agents held placards and chanted in front of Yongsan Garrison on Tuesday, vehemently protesting a new housing system that will slice profits from their rentals.