French Korean War veteran to be buried in S. Korea South Korean honor guards carry a portrait of the late French Korean War veteran Robert Picquenard and a box containing his ashes upon their arrival at Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on Nov. 7, 2022. Picquenard, who participated in the 1950-53 war at 18 and died in France in June this year, had expressed his wish to be buried on South Korean soil before his death. He will be buried at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan. France and 15 other nations fought for South Korea against invading North Korea forces under the U.N. flag during the conflict. (Yonhap)
Hollywood has finally taken me up on my suggestion I made many years ago to make a movie on the life of Korean War hero Jesse Brown. It is amazing it took this long to make such an inspiring story into a movie after all these years of mostly trash war movies. Hopefully Hollywood sticks to telling the real life story of Jesse Brown and does not Hollywood-ize it:
Devotion, an aerial war epic based on the bestselling book of the same name, tells the harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy’s most celebrated wingmen.
Anniversary of recapture of Seoul The national flag is hoisted during a ceremony in Seoul on Sept. 24, 2022, to mark the 72nd anniversary of South Korea’s recapture of the capital from North Korea on Sept. 28. 1950, during the 1950-53 Korean War. (Yonhap)
Today, #UNC & NNSC participated in the repatriation of fallen soldiers from the #ChinesePeoplesVolunteers, discovered through the ROK-led #RemainsRecovery effort. Among UNC's myriad responsibilities is notification to our #KPA counterparts & attestation of the repatriation. pic.twitter.com/BkjiWv3U9X
On a sweltering summer day in Early August in 1950, the Battle of Pusan began. It was a desperate fight that would last until mid-September. UN Forces, under-equipped and lacking necessary supplies, suffered heavy casualties, as they mounted a desperate stand against the NK's pic.twitter.com/CS0MwxbXAU
— United Nations Command 유엔군사령부/유엔사 (@UN_Command) August 5, 2022
Korean War veterans honored by France French Ambassador to South Korea Philippe Lefort (C) shakes hands with retired Cpl. Park Moon-joon at the French ambassador’s residence in Seoul on June 27, 2022, during a ceremony to confer the Ordre National de la Legion d’honneur, the highest decoration in France, on Park and another former South Korean soldier, Ssg. Park Dong-ha (R, rear), for more than two years of their service under a French battalion during the 1950-53 Korean War. (Yonhap)
The story for this webtoon sounds ridiculous, but it is cool that it is highlighting the Thai soldiers that fought in the Korean War:
A promotional image for the upcoming webtoon series “One Day, My Favorite K-Pop Idol Group Leader Disappeared!” / Courtesy of Kakao Entertainment
Days after the 1950-53 Korean War broke out, Thailand became the first Asian nation to respond to the U.N.’s call for aid to South Korea.
Over the course of three years, it supplied the war-ravaged country with 40,000 tons of rice as food aid and dispatched 6,326 soldiers in army, navy and air force units to fight off waves of enemy attacks, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
After the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953, Thailand continued to maintain a combat unit in Korea until 1972.
A webtoon series that aims to revisit and celebrate this underappreciated historical legacy left by Thailand’s contribution to the Korean War will be launched later this year.
Kakao Entertainment and the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Thailand will unveil the series, titled “One Day, My Favorite K-Pop Idol Group Leader Disappeared!” (direct translation), on the Southeast Asian nation’s online platform in September, the company announced, Friday.
