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125 relations: Aftermath of the Korean War, Anti-American sentiment in Korea, Armoured vehicle-launched bridge, Baengnyeongdo, Bald eagle, Battle of Daecheong, Blue House, Blue House raid, Bombardment of Yeonpyeong, Bridge of No Return, Burwell B. Bell III, Camp Humphreys, Camp Kim, Carter B. Magruder, Charles H. Bonesteel III, Charles Robert Jenkins, Cheorwon County, Chun Doo-hwan, Commander Naval Forces Korea, Corporal, Court-martial, Curtis Scaparrotti, Defection, Desertion, Division of Korea, Donald V. Bennett, Dwight E. Beach, Eighth United States Army, Federal government of the United States, First Battle of Yeonpyeong, Foal Eagle, Gangwon Province, South Korea, Gary E. Luck, General (United States), George Decker, Guy S. Meloy Jr., Gwangju Uprising, Hamilton H. Howze, Han River (Korea), Imjin River, James D. Thurman, James Joseph Dresnok, Japan, Jerry Wayne Parrish, John A. Wickham Jr., John H. Michaelis, John H. Tilelli Jr., John William Vessey Jr., Joint Security Area, JoongAng Ilbo, ..., Jumunjin, Key Resolve, Korean Augmentation To the United States Army, Korean axe murder incident, Korean Demilitarized Zone, Korean People's Army, Korean War, Land mine, Larry Allen Abshier, Law enforcement in South Korea, Leon J. LaPorte, List of United States Army installations in South Korea, Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star, Louis C. Menetrey, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17, Military Demarcation Line, Moon Jae-in, Museum ship, Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea, Non-combatant evacuation operation, Northern Limit Line, Osan Air Base, Paju, Panmunjom, Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, Presidential Statement, Private first class, Propaganda, Prostitutes in South Korea for the U.S. military, Pyongyang, Republic of Korea Armed Forces, Republic of Korea Army, Richard G. Stilwell, Robert W. RisCassi, Robert W. Sennewald, ROKS Cheonan sinking, Ronald Reagan, Rowman & Littlefield, Sea of Japan, Second Battle of Yeonpyeong, Self-immolation, Seoul, Seventh Air Force, South Korea, Special Operations Command Korea, The Chosun Ilbo, The Korea Herald, The New York Times, Thomas A. Schwartz, U.S.–South Korea Status of Forces Agreement, Ulchi-Freedom Guardian, United Nations Command, United Nations Security Council, United States Army, United States Army Command and General Staff College, United States Army Military Government in Korea, United States Congress, United States Forces Japan, United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States Navy, USS Pueblo (AGER-2), Vietnam War, Vincent K. Brooks, Walter L. Sharp, William J. Livsey, Women in South Korea, Yanggu County, Gangwon, Yangju highway incident, Yellow Sea, Yokota Air Base, Yongsan Garrison, Yonhap, 1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, 38th parallel north. Expand index (75 more) »
Aftermath of the Korean War
The aftermath of the Korean War set the tone for Cold War tension between all the superpowers.
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Anti-American sentiment in Korea
The anti-American sentiment in Korea began with the earliest contact between the two nations and continued after the division of Korea.
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Armoured vehicle-launched bridge
An armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB) is a combat support vehicle, sometimes regarded as a subtype of military engineering vehicle, designed to assist militaries in rapidly deploying tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles across gap-type obstacles, such as (and primarily) rivers.
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Baengnyeongdo
Baengnyeong Island (sometimes spelled Baekryeong) is a, long and wide island in Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea, located near the Northern Limit Line.
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Bald eagle
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, from Greek ἅλς, hals "sea", αἰετός aietos "eagle", λευκός, leukos "white", κεφαλή, kephalē "head") is a bird of prey found in North America.
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Battle of Daecheong
The Battle of Daecheong was a skirmish between the South Korean and North Korean navies near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) on 10 November 2009 off Daecheong Island.
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Blue House
The Blue House (청와대; Hanja: 靑瓦臺; Cheong Wa Dae; literally "pavilion of blue tiles") is the executive office and official residence of the South Korean head of state, the President of the Republic of Korea, and is located in the capital city of Seoul.
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Blue House raid
The Blue House raid (also known in South Korea as the January 21 Incident) was an unsuccessful attempt by North Korean commandos to assassinate the South Korean president, Park Chung-hee, in his residence at the Blue House, on January 21, 1968.
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Bombardment of Yeonpyeong
The bombardment of Yeonpyeong was an artillery engagement between the North Korean military and South Korean forces stationed on Yeonpyeong Island on 23 November 2010.
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Bridge of No Return
Located in the Joint Security Area (JSA), the so-called "Bridge of No Return" crosses the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) between North Korea and South Korea.
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Burwell B. Bell III
Burwell Baxter (B. B.) Bell III (born April 9, 1947) is a retired U.S. Army four-star general.
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Camp Humphreys
Camp Humphreys (캠프 험프리스), also known as United States Army Garrison-Humphreys (USAG-H), is a United States Army garrison located near Anjeong-ri and Pyeongtaek metropolitan areas in South Korea.
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Camp Kim
Camp Kim is a military facility located adjacent to Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea.
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Carter B. Magruder
Carter Bowie Magruder (April 3, 1900March 14, 1988) was a United States Army general who served concurrently as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth United States Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA) from 1959 to 1961.
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Charles H. Bonesteel III
Charles Hartwell Bonesteel III (September 26, 1909 – October 13, 1977) was an American military commander, the son of Major General Charles Hartwell Bonesteel Jr. and grandson of Major Charles H. Bonesteel Sr.
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Charles Robert Jenkins
Charles Robert Jenkins (February 18, 1940 – December 11, 2017) was a United States Army soldier who lived in North Korea from 1965 to 2004 after deserting his unit and crossing the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
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Cheorwon County
Cheorwon County (Cheorwon-gun), also spelled Chorwon, is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea.
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Chun Doo-hwan
Chun Doo-hwan (or; born 18 January 1931) is a South Korean politician and former South Korean army general who served as the President of South Korea from 1979 to 1988, ruling as an unelected coup leader from December 1979 to September 1980 and as elected president from 1980 to 1988.
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Commander Naval Forces Korea
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea is a major shore command of the United States Navy that serves as the shore support agency for all U.S. Naval activity in South Korea.
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Corporal
Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations.
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Court-martial
A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.
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Curtis Scaparrotti
Curtis Michael "Mike" Scaparrotti (born March 5, 1956) is a four-star general in the United States Army, and the current Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO Allied Command Operations.
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Defection
In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state.
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Desertion
In military terminology, desertion is the abandonment of a duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning.
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Division of Korea
The division of Korea between North and South Korea occurred after World War II, ending the Empire of Japan's 35-year rule over Korea in 1945.
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Donald V. Bennett
Donald Vivian Bennett (May 9, 1915 – November 28, 2005) retired as a four-star general from the United States Army in 1974.
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Dwight E. Beach
General Dwight Edward Beach (July 20, 1908 – July 22, 2000) commanded the United States Forces Korea from 1965–1966 and U.S. Army, Pacific from September 1966 to July 1968.
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Eighth United States Army
The Eighth United States Army (EUSA) is a U.S. field army.
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Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.
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First Battle of Yeonpyeong
The First Battle of Yeonpyeong (Korean: 제1 연평해전, Je Il(1) Yeonpyeong Haejeon) took place between the navies of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on 15 June 1999, off the island of Yeonpyeong.
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Foal Eagle
Foal Eagle (독수리 연습) is a combined field training exercise (FTX) conducted annually by the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and the United States Armed Forces under the auspices of the Combined Forces Command.
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Gangwon Province, South Korea
Gangwon-do is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon.
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Gary E. Luck
Gary Edward Luck (born August 5, 1937) is a retired four-star General in the U.S. Army.
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General (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, general (abbreviated as GEN in the Army or Gen in the Air Force and Marine Corps) is a four-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10.
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George Decker
General George Henry Decker (February 16, 1902 – February 6, 1980) was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1960 to 1962.
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Guy S. Meloy Jr.
General Guy Stanley Meloy Jr. (1903–1964) was a U.S. Army general, World War II and Korean War veteran, and served as commander of all U.S. forces in Korea during the Cold War.
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Gwangju Uprising
The Gwangju Uprising, alternatively called May 18 Democratic Uprising by UNESCO, and also known as May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement, was a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju, South Korea, from May 18 to 27, 1980.
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Hamilton H. Howze
Hamilton Hawkins Howze (December 21, 1908 – December 8, 1998) was born in West Point, New York, while his father, Major General Robert Lee Howze, an 1888 West Point graduate, was serving as Commandant of West Point.
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Han River (Korea)
The Han River or Hangang is a major river in South Korea and the fourth longest river on the Korean peninsula after the Amnok (Yalu), Tuman (Tumen), and Nakdong rivers.
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Imjin River
The Imjin River (in South Korea) or Rimjin River (in North Korea) is the 7th largest river in Korea.
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James D. Thurman
James David Thurman (born September 19, 1953) is a retired United States Army general who served as the Commander of United Nations Command, R.O.K.-U.S. Combined Forces Command, and U.S. Forces Korea from July 14, 2011 until October 2, 2013.
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James Joseph Dresnok
James Joseph Dresnok (제임스 조지프 드레스녹, November 24, 1941 – November 2016) was an American defector to North Korea, one of six U.S. soldiers to defect after the Korean War.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Jerry Wayne Parrish
Jerry Wayne Parrish (March 10, 1944August 25, 1998), also known by his Korean name Kim Yu-il, was a former United States Army corporal who was one of six American soldiers to defect to North Korea after the Korean War.
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John A. Wickham Jr.
John Adams Wickham Jr. (born June 25, 1928) is a retired United States Army general who served as the U.S. Army Chief of Staff from 1983 to 1987.
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John H. Michaelis
John Hersey Michaelis (August 20, 1912 – October 31, 1985) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth United States Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA) from 1969 to 1972.
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John H. Tilelli Jr.
John Harold Tilelli Jr. (born October 2, 1941) is a retired United States Army four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (VCSA) from 1994 to 1995; Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM) from 1995 to 1996; and Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK) from 1996 to 1999.
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John William Vessey Jr.
John William Vessey Jr. (June 29, 1922 – August 18, 2016) was a career officer in the United States Army.
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Joint Security Area
The Joint Security Area (JSA) is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where North and South Korean forces stand face-to-face.
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JoongAng Ilbo
JoongAng Ilbo (The Central Times) is a South Korean daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea.
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Jumunjin
Jumunjin is an eup (town) in northeastern Gangneung City.
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Key Resolve
Key Resolve, previously known as Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, Integration (RSOI) which was previously known as Team Spirit even earlier, is an annual command post exercise (CPX) held by United States Forces Korea with the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.
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Korean Augmentation To the United States Army
Korean Augmentation To the United States Army (KATUSA Korean: 카투사) is a branch of Republic of Korea Army which consists of Korean drafted personnel who are augmented to the Eighth United States Army (EUSA).
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Korean axe murder incident
The Korean axe murder incident (판문점 도끼살인사건; Hanja: 板門店도끼殺人事件,도끼蠻行事件; literally, Panmunjom axe murder incident) was the killing of two United States Army officers, CPT Arthur Bonifas and 1LT Mark Barrett, by North Korean soldiers on August 18, 1976, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) located in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
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Korean Demilitarized Zone
The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ; Chosŏn'gŭl/Hangul: 한반도 비무장 지대; Hanja: 韓半島非武裝地帶) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula.
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Korean People's Army
The Korean People's Army (KPA) is an institution of the Workers' Party of Korea, and constitutes the de facto military force of North Korea.
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Korean War
The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).
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Land mine
A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.
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Larry Allen Abshier
Larry Allen Abshier (1943 – July 11, 1983) was one of six American soldiers to defect to North Korea after the Korean War.
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Law enforcement in South Korea
South Korea has a relatively unified and integrated approach to law enforcement.
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Leon J. LaPorte
Leon J. LaPorte (born October 5, 1946) is a retired United States Army General who served as Commander, 1st Cavalry Division from 1995 through 1997 and as Commander, United States Forces Korea until 2006.
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List of United States Army installations in South Korea
This is an incomplete list of current/former U.S. Army posts in South Korea, although a number have been closed or are in caretaker status.
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Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star
The Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star is a United States Navy and United States Air Force Airborne early warning and control radar surveillance aircraft.
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Louis C. Menetrey
Louis Charles Menetrey (August 19, 1929 – January 14, 2009) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth United States Army (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA) from 1987 to 1990.
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco) is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants.
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Military Demarcation Line
The Military Demarcation Line (MDL), sometimes referred to as the Armistice Line, is the land border or demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea.
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Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in (born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean politician serving as the 12th and current President of South Korea since 2017.
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Museum ship
A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes.
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Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea
Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea (Hanja: 韓美相互防衛條約) is a treaty between South Korea and the United States signed on 1 October 1953, two months after the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement which brought a halt to the fighting in the Korean War.
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Non-combatant evacuation operation
A non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) is an operation conducted to evacuate civilians from another country, generally due to a deteriorating security situation.
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Northern Limit Line
The Northern Limit Line or North Limit Line (NLL) – 북방한계선 (in ROK) – is a disputed maritime demarcation line in the Yellow (West) Sea between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on the north, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) on the south.
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Osan Air Base
Osan Air Base (K-55; 오산공군기지; Hanja: 烏山空軍基地), is a United States Air Force base located near Songtan Station in the city of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, south of Seoul.
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Paju
Paju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
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Panmunjom
Panmunjeom, now located in Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, was a village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that paused the Korean War was signed.
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Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee (or; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician, general, who served as the President of South Korea from 1963 until his assassination in 1979, assuming that office after first ruling the country as head of a military junta installed by the May 16 coup in 1961.
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President of South Korea
The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the South Korean constitution, the chairperson of the cabinet, the chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of South Korea.
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Presidential Statement
A Presidential Statement is often created when the United Nations Security Council cannot reach consensus or are prevented from passing a resolution by a permanent member's veto, or threat thereof.
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Private first class
Private First Class (PFC) is a military rank held by junior enlisted personnel.
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Propaganda
Propaganda is information that is not objective and is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is presented.
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Prostitutes in South Korea for the U.S. military
During and following the Korean War, prostitutes in South Korea were frequently used by the U.S. military.
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Pyongyang
Pyongyang, or P'yŏngyang, is the capital and largest city of North Korea.
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Republic of Korea Armed Forces
The Republic of Korea Armed Forces, also known as the ROK Armed Forces, are the armed forces of South Korea.
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Republic of Korea Army
The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA; 대한민국 육군; Hanja: 大韓民國 陸軍; Revised Romanization: Daehanminguk Yuk-gun), also known as the ROK Army, is the army of South Korea, responsible for ground-based warfare.
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Richard G. Stilwell
Richard Giles Stilwell (February 24, 1917 – December 25, 1991) was a United States Army general who served as Commander United States Forces Korea from 1973 to 1976, and acting Commander of the U.S. Army Pacific from September to December 1974.
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Robert W. RisCassi
Robert William RisCassi (born January 18, 1936) is a retired United States Army four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (VCSA) from 1989 to 1990; Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth United States Army (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA) from 1990 to 1992; and Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK) from 1992 to 1993.
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Robert W. Sennewald
Robert William Sennewald (born November 21, 1929) is a retired United States Army general.
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ROKS Cheonan sinking
The ROKS Cheonan sinking occurred on 26 March 2010, when, a of the Republic of Korea Navy, carrying 104 personnel, sank off the country's west coast near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen.
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949.
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Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan (see below for other names) is a marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula and Russia.
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Second Battle of Yeonpyeong
The Second Battle of Yeonpyeong (Korean: 제2 연평해전, Je I(2) Yeonpyeong Haejeon) was a confrontation at sea between North Korean and South Korean patrol boats along a disputed maritime boundary near Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea in 2002.
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Self-immolation
Self-immolation is an act of killing oneself as a sacrifice.
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Seoul
Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.
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Seventh Air Force
United States Air Forces Korea and USAFK redirect here. The Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea) (7 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.
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Special Operations Command Korea
Special Operations Command Korea or SOCKOR, the United States (U.S.) Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) in the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a Sub-Unified Command assigned under the Combatant Command (COCOM) of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), who delegated Operational Command (OPCON) of SOCKOR to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Commander, who further delegated OPCON of SOCKOR to the United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander.
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The Chosun Ilbo
The Chosun Ilbo is one of the major newspapers in South Korea.
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The Korea Herald
The Korea Herald is a daily English-language newspaper founded in 1953 and published in Seoul, South Korea.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Thomas A. Schwartz
Thomas Allen Schwartz (born March 7, 1945) is a retired United States Army four-star general who commanded the United States Army Forces Command from 1998 to 1999 and United States Forces Korea from 1999 to 2002.
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U.S.–South Korea Status of Forces Agreement
The U.S.–South Korea Status of Forces Agreement (Hangul: 주한 미군 지위 협정; Hanja: 駐韓美軍地位協定, SOFA), formally Agreement under Article IV of the Mutual Defence Treaty between the Republic of Korea and the United States, Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in the Republic of Korea, is an agreement between South Korea and the U.S. approved and enacted in 1967 and revised in 1991 and 2001.
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Ulchi-Freedom Guardian
Ulchi-Freedom Guardian (을지 프리덤 가디언, Eulji peulideom gadieon) is the name (as of 2015) of the military exercise previously known as Ulchi-Focus Lens, a combined military exercise between South Korea and the United States.
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United Nations Command
The United Nations Command (UNC) is the unified command structure for the multinational military forces, established in 1950, supporting South Korea (the Republic of Korea or ROK) during and after the Korean War.
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United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security as well as accepting new members to the United Nations and approving any changes to its United Nations Charter.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Army Command and General Staff College
The United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC or, obsolete, USACGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is a graduate school for United States Army and sister service officers, interagency representatives, and international military officers.
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United States Army Military Government in Korea
The United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) was the official ruling body of the southern half of the Korean Peninsula from September 8, 1945 to August 15, 1948.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.
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United States Forces Japan
The is an active subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM).
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United States Indo-Pacific Command
United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) is a unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a, attached to Navy intelligence as a spy ship, which was attacked and captured by North Korean forces on 23 January 1968, in what is known today as the "Pueblo incident" or alternatively, as the "Pueblo crisis".
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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Vincent K. Brooks
Vincent Keith Brooks (born October 24, 1958) is a United States Army general who is the current commander of United States Forces Korea, United Nations Command and ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command.
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Walter L. Sharp
Walter L. "Skip" Sharp (born September 27, 1952), is a retired United States Army four-star general, who last served as the Commander, United Nations Command, Commander, ROK-US Combined Forces Command and Commander, U.S. Forces Korea from June 3, 2008 to July 14, 2011.
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William J. Livsey
William James "Lipp" Livsey (June 8, 1931 – June 18, 2016) was a United States Army general who served as the Commander in Chief of United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth United States Army (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), from 1984 to 1987.
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Women in South Korea
Women in South Korea has experienced significant improvements for social changes in recent years compared to olden Korea, when Confucianism was deeply dedicated.
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Yanggu County, Gangwon
Yanggu County (Yanggu-gun) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea.
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Yangju highway incident
The Yangju highway incident, also known as the Yangju training accident or Highway 56 Accident, occurred on June 13, 2002, in Yangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
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Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea or West Sea is located between China and Korea.
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Yokota Air Base
, is a United States Air Force base in the city of Fussa, one of 26 cities in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo.
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Yongsan Garrison
Yongsan Garrison (용산기지; Hanja: 龍山基地), located in the Yongsan District of Seoul, South Korea, is an area which serves as the headquarters for U.S. military forces stationed in South Korea, known as United States Forces Korea (USFK) and as United States Army Garrison Yongsan (USAG-Yongsan), under the supervision of the Installation Management Command Pacific Region.
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Yonhap
Yonhap News Agency (주식회사 연합뉴스) is a South Korean news agency.
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1969 EC-121 shootdown incident
On April 15, 1969,DPRK supreme leader Kim Il-sung's 57th birthday a United States Navy Lockheed EC-121M Warning Star of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1) on a reconnaissance mission was shot down by North Korean MiG-21 aircraft over the Sea of Japan.
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38th parallel north
The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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Redirects here:
American forces korea, U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. Forces, Korea, US Forces Korea, US forces based in South Korea, USFK.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Forces_Korea
