Koreas
Career Day at South Korea fighter base fuels elementary interest in aviation
Curious, career-minded fourth- and fifth graders spent a recent afternoon collecting information from aviation professionals at the annual Career Day on this U.S. installation south of Seoul.
2nd ID soldiers study basics of South Korean culture
Like many U.S. servicemembers in South Korea, Spc. Jeremy Fox used a creative blend of English, Korean and pointing to direct taxi drivers when he first arrived in South Korea 16 months ago.
Plans unveiled for new park in South Korea to honor U.S. sailor
The television cameras captured the 1956 ceremony in fuzzy black and white: Masses of people — Americans and South Koreans — in their military uniforms or their Sunday best, dedicating a small stone monument on the outskirts of Seoul to an American who had become something of a national hero in South Korea.
Korea has left its mark on U.S. servicemembers, past and present
The graying U.S. veterans and young uniformed U.S. soldiers who gathered here Sunday didn’t know each other, but they met having shared at least one experience: All have given part of their lives for Korea.
Kennedy vitality, charm glows along the truce line
His hair is greying slightly on the sides and his eyes seem weary — but that familiar Kennedy charm is still here.
Honor guard mascot turns out to be prodigy
Men of the Eighth Army Honor Guard woke one morning last March and found a bright-eyed Chinese lad peering down at them from an upper bunk of their billet.
Year in review: A look back at the top Pacific stories from 2002
1. Turmoil in South Korea