80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

A family consisting of a father, mother and five children group together to pose on a grass lawn, with trees in the background.

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.

This woman, who was threshing rice, remembers helping to bury eight South Korean soldiers on a nearby hill. She says no one ever came to claim them.

Dedication marks search for Korean War MIAs

The paperwork inside each case file shows its age. Decades ago, a typewriter plucked out the names and ranks.

Hank Aaron tours South Korea, visits troops, ballplayers

Baseball great "Hammerin' " Hank Aaron visited South Korea last month as a sports ambassador promoting good will everywhere he went.

Pope wraps up his Korea visit; next stop, Papua New Guinea

After canonizing 103 Christian martyrs and grieving for Catholics who live in North Korea, Pope John Paul II ended his 5-day pilgrimage to South Korea.

Korea awaits papal trip

Pope John Paul II was to arrive on this divided peninsula with a message of peace and reconciliation to all its people: Buddhists, Protestants, government leaders, political activists and to North Korea and its persecuted Christians.

Pontiff tells young to 'live for others'

Pope John Paul II Saturday addressed a nation-wide youth congress and told thousands of cheering young people that they must live fully for both themselves and the world.

Second Infantry Division Museum Director William Michale Alexander, left, greets visiting Korean War veterans and family members Thursday at Camp Red Cloud, South Korea.

Visitors find memories, answers in hills of South Korea

The hills of South Korea have special significance for a group of 21 U.S. Army veterans and family members visiting here this month.

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