Koreas
For some military families, adoption forges bonds that span borders and generations
American military families adopt at a lower rate than the overall U.S. population, but those that do find military life — particularly overseas — can shape family experiences in distinctive ways.
Follow the steamy signs to Korea's tempting hot springs
The Korean countryside outside Seoul is dotted with lighted signs that look like steaming pots of soup.
U.S. officials maintain silence on plans for Jenkins
The fate of Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins — a U.S. soldier believed to have defected by walking across the border into North Korea during a 1965 Demilitarized Zone patrol — could go one of several routes, said lawyers and others observing the case.
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.