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75th Anniversary of the Outbreak of the Korean War: Commemorative
- The Korean War started on June 25, 1950, when troops from North Korea invaded South Korea by moving across the boundary that separated the two nations.
- The conflict began with Kim Il Sung's intention to unify Korea under communist control, supported by the Soviet Union, while the United Nations quickly responded by promoting joint military efforts to counter the aggression.
- Over three years, brutal battles such as Lake Changjin, Gapyeong, and Heartbreak Ridge tested multinational United Nations Command forces, who endured rugged terrain, harsh weather, and immense casualties.
- An armistice agreement was signed on July 27, 1953, which ended active fighting and created a buffer area between the opposing forces; although the conflict was never officially concluded, this agreement has remained in effect despite numerous challenges for more than seventy years.
- Today, the United Nations Command upholds the armistice, symbolizing international commitment to peace, while South Korea enjoys decades of stability and prosperity secured by the sacrifices of Korean War veterans.
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75 years after Korean War began, surviving Arkansas veterans look back | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
On Wednesday, 93-year-old Mel Brown joined dozens of people at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in Little Rock to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Jo Jun-hyung = On the 25th (local time), the U.S. Embassy in the United States held a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War at the Korean War Memorial in Washington D.C.
Veterans mark 75th anniversary of the 'forgotten' Korean War
It is 75 years since the start of the Korean War. The three-year conflict, which began on the 25th of June 1950, is estimated to have killed more than 3 million people. 18,000 Australians served as part of the UN forces, more than 350 losing their lives. A handful of surviving veterans bore witness at a special memorial in Canberra, to what is often viewed as "the forgotten war".
On June 25, 1950, hundreds of thousands of North Korean soldiers invaded South Korea. The communist dictator of the North Kim Il-sung expected a quick victory. However, this failed because troops of the US and other nations intervened in the war.
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