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Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale

Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.

S. Koreans see delicate future with the North

Kim Sang-su pumped his fist within sight of deteriorating buildings in North Korea, leading a cheer Friday among a group of aging South Koreans: “We beg for unification! Move forward!”

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.

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.

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

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

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.