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April 20, 2021 ㅡ Asia Society Korea held a special session of Monthly Lecture Series on the North Korean military and invited two North Korea experts, one from the military and the other from the academia. ROK Army General (ret.) In-Bum Chun, former commander of the ROK Special Warfare Command, and Dr. Andrei Lankov, director of Korea Risk Group and professor of history at Kookmin University, joined as guest speakers and shared their thoughts on the future dynamics of the Korean Peninsula and the East Asian region under North Korea s military threat. LTG (ret.) Chun, while acknowledging Pyongyang’s outsized investment into conventional forces and military parades, emphasized the proven ability of the ROK-U.S. alliance to win at wars. The discussion was moderated by ....
Dr. Andrei Lankov, director of Korea Risk Group and professor of history at Kookmin University, will participate in the discussion. Mason Richey, Asia Society Korea s senior contributor and associate professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, will moderate the conversation. This event is open to the audience by invitation only. About the Guest Speakers Gen. (Ret.) In-Bum Chun Lieutenant General (Ret.) In-Bum Chun is a graduate of the Korea Military Academy in 1977. As aide to the Chairman of the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chun saved the Chairman from the infamous Rangoon bombing in 1983. Previously, LTG (Ret.) Chun was assigned as Chief of the Election Support Branch at the Multi-National Force in Iraq. He also served as Director of U.S. Affairs at the defense ministry and was involved in negotiations with the U.S. on wartime OPCON. Chun commanded the 27th Infantry Division and was a Senior Member of the UNC Military Armistice Commission. In ....
Tense year of 1968 By Choe Chong-dae It has been more than half a century since the USS Pueblo, an American Navy ship with 83 crewmen, was seized by North Korea on Jan. 23, 1968. The ship was on an intelligence mission in international waters off the coast of Wonsan, North Korea. My memory of the shocking incident is still very much alive. A Washington federal court has recently ordered North Korea to compensate $2.3 billion to the surviving Pueblo crewmen and families of deceased crewmen who were severely mistreated when captured by the North Korean navy. The Pueblo crewmen were tortured during harsh interrogations, publicly humiliated and forced into confessing while imprisoned for 11 months. After long, tough negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea, the crewmen of the Pueblo were finally released at Panmunjeom, just before Christmas Eve in 1968. ....
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GIs in the Land of the Morning Calm Posted : 2021-03-02 23:38 Updated : 2021-03-04 19:17 U.S. and Korean soldiers working together, published in The Korea Times Jan. 1, 1978. / Korea Times Archive By Martin Limon I think of myself as the Forrest Gump of Korea. During five tours, starting in 1968 and ending in 1986, I stumbled into such a vast array of experiences that it provided me, I believe, with a unique view of not only the secretive and insular life of the 8th United States Army but more importantly an insight into how we lowly enlisted G.I.s interacted ― and often clashed ― with the broader Korean culture. ....