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Remember When: Korean War heroes remembered on 60th anniversary The Korean War 60th anniversary parade and thanksgiving service gave a chance to remember the North East soldiers who played a vital role The 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War was marked last week by a parade and thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey in London. The events remembered the 1,000 or so comrades who were killed and 1,060 who were taken prisoner during the ferocious conflict in which North East soldiers played a vital role. In all, about 300 veterans of the Korean War took part in the...

South Korea suspects North Korea intentionally flooded a river at their shared border last weekend, a top government official said Wednesday, as rescuers recovered the bodies of a boy and two others engulfed by the surge of water. North Korea unleashed an estimated 40 million tons of water from a new dam without providing prior notice. Six South Koreans camping and fishing at the river were swept to their deaths. The North said Monday that it "urgently" ordered the discharge because the reservoir's water level was too high. Stopping short of an apology, Pyongyang said it would warn Seoul of...

YEONCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has suddenly released a massive amount of water from a dam near the demilitarized zone last week, causing hundreds of millions of won in flood damages in the northern part of South Korea's Gyeonggi Province, officials said Tuesday. The officials said the North opened the gates of its April 5 Dam on the Imjin River on Friday without prior notice to the South, raising the water level of the border river to a near-flood level of 3.96 meters, up from the normal level of 1.16 meters in a little over...