Korean War volunteer veterans from Japan to be honored in Busan

A veterans group representing past ethnic Korean students from Japan who volunteered to fight in the 1950-53 Korean War will hold an event to commemorate the sacrifices of those who failed to return home following the three-year conflict, officials said Thursday.

The event, slated for Friday at a Buddhist temple in the southeastern city of Busan, will take place to honor the 242 Korean students in Japan who joined a volunteer army to fight alongside UN forces during the war but were later denied entry back home by the Japanese government.

The veterans group was assembled by members of the volunteer army who were left behind in Korea.

Friday's event will be attended by some 100 personnel, including Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Vice Minister Kang Yun-jin and the bereaved family members, among others.

Yonhap