Korean War

On Tuesday, Republican President Donald Trump claimed that coronavirus is less deadly than the flu. Though the flu kills tens of thousands of Americans each year, COVID-19 has killed more Americans in 2020 than the approximately 178,000 Americans killed by flu over the last six years.

The anniversary comes amid fresh tensions and posturing on the Korean peninsula, where the U.S. and South Korea have been unable to forge a denuclearization deal with Pyongyang.

The fliers aim to "inform North Koreans about the truth of the Korean War," according to the leader of a defector group.

Love letters between the leaders won't end seven decades of war, and the sides are running out of time.

About 7,700 U.S. soldiers' remains have remained unaccounted for in North Korea since the Korean War armistice nearly 66 years ago.

I always feel a little emotional visiting Seoul because my father fought here in the Army in 1953.

The push for peace between the two countries is gathering steam.

"If both sides have the political willingness, it is reasonable for them to end the technical state of war on the peninsula first."

Once DNA sampling begins, the process could take six months to obtain the first results. A number of other obstacles will likely slow the process.

About 6,000 Americans were killed or went missing after an overwhelming Chinese offensive.

With continued denuclearization negotiations on the way, the stakes for South Korea's Moon Jae-in are high.

Around 5,300 U.S. military personnel are still in North Korea.

With no official peace treaty and a heavily fortified border between them, the Koreas are still very much living the Cold War.

A pictorial timeline of key moments in North Korea-U.S. relations.

President Trump's ambivalence toward the Unites States Forces Korea (USFK) is in stark contrast with Seoul's position.

The U.S. Forces Korea hold regular military drills with the South Korean army.

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-In looked triumphant as they shared a hug and signed the Panmunjom Declaration.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are scheduled to meet on April 27.

Lasting a full eight years longer than the war it was based on, M*A*S*H was one of the most beloved shows in American history.

The soldiers' identities remain unknown.

North Korea claimed millions visited the captured USS Pueblo, which lies on the Pothong River at the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang.

After the world's deadliest conflict, a future secretary of state decided to split North and South Korea based on a map he found in a magazine.

North Korea has lashed out at U.S. regional allies South Korea and Japan for acting on Washington's behalf and undermining Kim Jong Un's nuclear ambitions.

One family is suing the U.S. government over its refusal to hand over files on a missing Korean War veteran who may have been taken to Russia.

The recent escalation mimics events in early 2013 when North Korea put its rocket units on standby and threatened an attack on Guam.

Pyongyang's latest missile tests apparently hampered by bad weather.

By the time the war ended, nearly 1.8 million Americans fought in the conflict, nearly 37,000 soldiers died and more than 7,800 remain unaccounted for to this day.

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"We want it to be the peace Games," the organizing committee chief said.

U.S. war crimes committed during the Korean War in the 1950s have dominated North Korea's national memory, but were largely forgotten by the West.