U.S., Australian Korean War veterans due in Seoul

Seoul, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- A group of Australian and U.S. Korean War veterans and
their families will arrive in South Korea this week under a revisit program run
by the country's veterans ministry.

The tour will begin Friday with a visit to the Seoul National Memorial and the
truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone that divides the two
Koreas.
The group consists of 11 veterans and their families from Australia and 17
Americans, according to the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs. One of the
participants is former governor of Maryland, Robert Ehrlich Jr., who will
accompany his father and Korean War veteran Robert Ehrlich Sr.
"Initiated in 1975, the revisit program seeks to express our respect and thanks
to Korean War veterans while showing them the country's miraculous development
into a world economic powerhouse from the ashes of the Korean War," the ministry
said in a press release.
Over 26,000 Korean War veterans have come to South Korea on the revisit program,
it said.
The two Koreas technically remain at war as the 1950-53 Korean War ended only
with an armistice treaty, not a peace agreement.
Over 28,000 U.S. troops are still stationed here as a legacy of the fratricidal war.
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