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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Korean War

US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un following a meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi on February 27, 2019. (Saul LOEB/AFP)
February 27, 2019, 2:50 pm
Trump, Kim open second nuclear summit with handshake, smiles
At initial greeting ahead of talks, both leaders make positive remarks without being specific on what they hope to achieve
By Jonathan Lemire, Foster Klug and Deb Riechmann
Screen shot of the Etz Chaim Synagogue in Indianapolis. (Google maps)
September 27, 2018, 6:34 pm
Jewish soldier killed in Korean War buried in Indianapolis
Army Cpl. Morris Meshulam, 19, was captured by the Chinese and died in 1951; his remains were identified by DNA samples from surviving family members
By JTA
South Koreans Jo Hye-do (R), 86, and Jo Do-jae (C), 75, meet their North Korean sister Jo Soon Do (L), 89, during a separated family reunion meeting at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North's southeastern coast on August 20, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / KOREA POOL)
August 20, 2018, 4:14 pm
Tears as North and South Korean relatives meet after more than 60 years
Dozens of families torn apart by Korean War in 1950s reunite for first time, as warring countries seek increased cooperation
By Sunghee Hwang
U.S. veteran of the Korean War Joseph P. Frey, left, is welcomed by South Korean students waving South Korean national flags upon veterans arrival to attend the commemorating ceremony for the U.N. Force Participating Day in the Korean War in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 27, 2018. (AP/Lee Jin-man)
July 27, 2018, 6:21 am
North Korea returns remains of US war dead, White House says
Plane makes rare trip from Seoul to North Korea to bring back bodies of servicemen killed between 1950 and 1953; unclear how many remains returned
By AP
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) shakes hands with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (R) at the Military Demarcation Line that divides their countries ahead of their summit at the truce village of Panmunjom on April 27, 2018.(AFP PHOTO / Korea Summit Press Pool / Korea Summit Press Pool)
April 27, 2018, 8:30 am
Seeking a ‘new history,’ North and South Korea hold high-stakes summit
Kim Jong-un becomes the first North Korean leader to set foot in the South since the Korean War ended in an armistice 65 years ago
By Sunghee Hwang
In this image made from video provided by North Korean broadcaster KRT, missiles are displayed during a parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, Saturday, April 15, 2017. (KRT via AP)
April 16, 2017, 3:14 am
US said preparing strike to ‘utterly destroy’ N. Korean nuclear program
VP Pence jets into Seoul as Korea tensions ratchet up; British officials are told Washington is considering a preemptive attack
By ToI Staff and AFP
US Defense Secretary James Mattis (2nd L, on left side of table) attends a meeting with Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida (2nd R, on right side) in Tokyo on February 3, 2017. (David Mareuil/AFP)
February 3, 2017, 5:16 pm
N. Korea nuclear attack would trigger ‘overwhelming’ response, says James Mattis
On tour of Far East, US secretary of defense says White House will deploy American missile defense system in South Korea
By Hwang Sunghee
Tibor Rubin wearing a Medal of honor he received at the White House in 2005. (Public domain/Wikipedia)
January 1, 2017, 7:04 pm
Obama inks bill naming hospital after Jewish veteran
Korean War hero Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor, waited 55 years for recognition long-ago delayed by anti-Semitism
By JTA
A South Korean marine watches a TV screen reporting about North Korea's possible nuclear test at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sep. 9, 2016. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP)
September 9, 2016, 6:20 am
North Korea believed to have carried out 5th, most powerful nuke test
Rival South Korea says 10-kiloton bomb was likely detonated underground after unusual seismic activity detected
By Jung Ha-Won
In this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 file photo, people watch a TV news program showing a file image of Thae Yong Ho, a minister at the North Korean Embassy in London, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. File)
August 20, 2016, 7:24 pm
North Korea calls diplomat defector ‘human scum’
Seoul says Thae Yong Ho, Pyongyang’s deputy ambassador to Britain, is highest-ranking diplomat to defect to South Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Medal of Honor recipient Tibor Rubin is the subject of a new book, 'Single Handed.' (YouTube screenshot)
December 8, 2015, 6:46 pm
Tibor Rubin, Holocaust survivor and Korean War hero, dies at 86
Congressional Medal of Honor winner ‘wanted the goyim’ to know Jews also fought for the United States
By JTA
Medal of Honor recipient Tibor Rubin is the subject of a new book, 'Single Handed.' (YouTube screenshot)
July 11, 2015, 4:24 pm
The Holocaust survivor recognized, belatedly, as a Korean War hero
‘Single-Handed’ is a chronicle of Tibor Rubin, a Hungarian Jew who repelled North Korean troops and only 50 years later received the Medal of Honor denied by his anti-Semitic officer
By Jerry Harkavy
US activist Gloria Steinem (C) speaks to the media as her group of peace activists arrives at the inter-Korea transit office after they crossed the border line through the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas in Paju on May 24, 2015. (AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)
May 24, 2015, 8:50 am
Peace activists make rare crossing of North-South Korea border
Group leaders speak of need to humanize enemies, but opponents blast ‘theater’ which disregards North’s human rights violations
By Jung Ha-Won
South Korean Marine amphibious assault vehicles land on the seashore during a joint landing operation by US and South Korean Marines in Pohang, 270 kms southeast of Seoul, March 2014. (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-Je)
May 8, 2015, 7:59 am
N. Korea threatens strikes against South’s navy
Disputed area in Yellow Sea a flashpoint for conflict between nuclear-armed North and Western-allied South
By AFP
US President Barack Obama awards Army Staff Sgt. Melvin Morris the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
March 19, 2014, 5:45 am
Obama gives medals of honor to bypassed minority vets
Several Jewish service members among the 24 recipients; only 3 men alive to accept the distinction
By Jim Kuhnhenn
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