June 06, 2012 - Gen James D. Thurman, commanding general, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea, joins Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak and ROK Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-Jin to welcome home the remains of Korean Augmenties to the United States Army (KATUSA) soldiers killed during the Korean War. The remains were returned from North Korea and arrived at K-16 airbase near Seoul, South Korea, May 25.
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June 05, 2012 - Yeosu, Korea - Expo 2012 will take place in Yeosu, Korea, from May 12 through August 12, 2012. The Expo features national, themed, and corporate pavilions (building-sized exhibitions). The organizers expect 8-10 million visitors this year from all over the world.
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January 20, 2012 - The U.S. Army’s top officer met with senior Army leaders and American Soldiers in South Korea Jan. 19 - 20.
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January 20, 2012 - Approximately 150 American Soldiers from the Eighth Army headquarters element will participate in Exercise Yama Sakura in Japan from Jan. 24 - Feb. 5.
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December 22, 2011 - U.S. Forces Korea Brig. Gen. Robin B. Akin and Republic of Korea Brig. Gen. Seo Gwi-Chel participated in a signing ceremony Dec. 14 to solidify the roles and responsibilities of the Combined Transportation Movement Center.
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December 05, 2011 - During a memorial ceremony Dec. 2, Eighth Army officials and Korean War veterans honored the U.S. Army general who helped to save South Korea by holding the line at the Pusan Perimeter in 1950.
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November 30, 2011 - With less than four days of notice, an Eighth Army medical assessment team deployed to Thailand to conduct a health assessment in the flood-stricken country.
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November 28, 2011 - Eighth Army remembered the Republic of Korea Marines and civilians who died during the North Korean artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island during a first anniversary memorial ceremony here Nov. 23.
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November 28, 2011 - During a ceremony near the North Korean border, the most forward deployed combined security battalion in South Korea honored a fallen warrior who died while protecting a Soviet defector here 27 years ago.
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November 22, 2011 - The U.S. Army Reserve’s 658th Regional Support Group was activated during a ceremony on Yongsan Garrison Nov. 20. For more info: MAJ Donghan Lee - S1, 658th RSG DSN: 723-4103, MSG Rivera, Onesimo - NCOIC S1 658th RSG DSN: 736-4061
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November 17, 2011 - Surrounded by babies, kids, students and Community members U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. James Thurman and his wife Dee got into the Thanksgiving spirit by reading and carving a turkey at the Yongsan Main Post Library Nov. 12.
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November 11, 2011 - Sgt. Maj. Mark Grubbs, representative for the Sergeants Major Association proceeds to place a flower basket at the 8th Army Korean War Memorial during the Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Day wreath laying ceremony at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan Nov. 11, 2011.
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November 11, 2011 - The United Nations Command Honor Guard salutes during the playing of taps at the conclusion of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Day wreath laying ceremony at the 8th Army Korean War Memorial, U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan Nov. 11, 2011.
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November 09, 2011 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District has begun construction on a new combined health and dental clinic for Camp Carroll near Daegu with a groundbreaking ceremony held Nov. 3.
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November 07, 2011 - Eighth Army law enforcement officials got a first-hand look at the headquarters of one of the world's largest metropolitan police forces here Nov. 4.
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October 28, 2011 - The 43rd Republic of Korea-United States Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) was held in Seoul on October 28, 2011.
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October 27, 2011 - Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta said the U.S. remains committed to defending South Korea and maintaining stability in Northeast Asia.
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October 20, 2011 - The Department of Defense announced today that the United States and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) officials reached an arrangement to resume recovering the remains of American servicemen missing from the Korean War.
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October 19, 2011 - Personnel Specialist Petty Officer 2nd Class Dao Sun gives honors to the table dedicated to America's Prisoners of War and Missing in Action during a ceremony commemorating the Navy's 236th birthday.
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October 18, 2011 - A delegation from the United States will meet in Bangkok on Oct. 18 to begin negotiations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on resuming recovery of the remains of American servicemen missing in action from the Korean War.
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October 18, 2011 - The top U.S. military leaders in Korea honored the memory of those who died in the Korean War during a wreath laying ceremony at the Korean War Memorial here Oct. 11.
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October 18, 2011 - Republic of Korea Marine Corps Col. Baek, Yeonpyeong Island troops commander, right, briefs Gen. James D. Thurman, commander of the United Nations Command, during a visit to the Yeonpyeong Island Oct 18.
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October 18, 2011 - Republic of Korea Marine Corps Col. Baek, Yeonpyeong Island troops commander, , left, explains about a small crater made by a North Korean 122mm rocket which impacted there Nov. 23, 2010, to Gen. James D. Thurman, commander of the United Nations Command, left center, and Gen. Jung Seung Jo, deputy commander of the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command, right center.
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October 06, 2011 - The Eighth Army commanding general viewed a Third Republic of Korea Army live fire exercise here Sept. 30.
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October 06, 2011 - U.S. Soldiers assigned to the United Nations Command Security Battalion-Joint Security Area do more than serve as security escorts and give historical briefs to visitors of the Joint Security Area at Panmunjom.
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