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Tag Archive for ‘Korea’

TODAY IN HISTORY: 60 Years Later- Don’t Know Much About® the Korean War

It used to be called the “Forgotten War.”  But it is no longer forgotten, as recent headlines continue to prove. And it never really ended. With the sinking of a South Korean navy submarine in March, tensions between the two countries were once again ratcheted higher. And the firing of Gen. MacChrystal by President Obama [...]

Don’t Know Much About the Korean War

North Korea preoccupies the headlines as two American journalists are sentenced to hard labor for “illegal entry”, and the US considers blocking shipments into North Korea. One of the thorniest of foreign policy problems facing the US, the conflict with North Korea began during the Cold War, with fighting that began in June 1950 and [...]