Outcry grows over W5,000 war compensation
Social affairsOct 18, 2011
Veterans Affairs Ministry, Defense Ministry under fire for ‘passing the buck’ Kim Myung-bok, 63, is enraged when reminded of the havoc the Korean War wreaked on her family. Her brother and two sisters died during the 1950-53 conflict. To add to her agony, after years of struggling to receive proper compensation for her brother, killed in action in November 1950, the government in April gave not...