Moon awards medals to two UN Forces veterans for war service President Moon Jae-in awarded state medals to two United Nations Forces veterans who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War Tuesday, recognizing their sacrifices and contributions to South Korea. 2021.7.27
Prime Minister thanks veterans on UN Forces Participation Day South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Monday vowed the government would uphold security and peace on the Korean Peninsula in line with the sacrifices made by veterans of the Korean War, during a ceremony marking UN Forces Participation Day. 2020.7.27
![President Moon Jae-in, left, awards a state medal to the late Emil Joseph Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain who died in the Korean War, and presents a helmet with a cross to his nephew Ray Kapaun and his wife in a ceremony at the Blue House Tuesday recognizing two United Nations Forces veterans who fought in the war. [BLUE HOUSE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10124530.jpg?imageId=10124530&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, center, descendants of Korean War veterans and foreign envoys pose for a photograph at a ceremony marking UN Forces Participation Day, held at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in central Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10434327.jpg?imageId=10434327&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)