Korean War

The war in Afghanistan has spanned the administrations of presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. A few months into his administration, President Biden announced a full U.S. troop withdrawal by Sept. 11, the 20-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. “I’m now…

YouTube/Bobbie Wygant Archive Richard Rush, the Academy Award-nominated writer and director of the 1980 Peter O’Toole film “The Stunt Man,” died in his Los Angeles home Thursday of natural causes. He was 91. “He will be remembered for a string of landmark films in the 1960s and ’70s, culminating with…

(Variety) Zhang Yimou’s historical spy thriller “Cliff Walkers” will hit North American cinemas on April 30, day-and-date with its China release.“Cliff Walkers” was previously title “Impasse” in English. Its Chinese title translates to “On the Cliff.” It is distributed in North America by CMC Pictures. International sales are handled by Emperor…

Movie legend Kim Ji-mee has donated US$20,000 to a planned Korean War memorial near Los Angeles. The memorial is scheduled for completion in September at Hillcrest Park in Fullerton, California. Kim, who at 81 is old enough to remember the 1950-53 war, gave the donation to the Korean consul to…

(Variety) Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s stylish, snowy spy thriller “Impasse” is set to debut in China over the May 1 Labor Day weekend, joining what will be an unusually competitive line-up.“Impasse” was supposed to hit screens last year, but its release was pushed back to this upcoming April 30 due…

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Paul Guilbeault knew the writing was on the wall for the last Veterans of Foreign Wars post in this city south of Boston when businesses across Massachusetts were ordered to close as the coronavirus pandemic took hold last March. Within six months, the 90-year-old Korean War…

Author of the article: Reader Letters Photo taken March 11, 2021, by Jessica Sheridan of LaSalle, currently teaching in the Republic of Korea at 'Korea International School Jeju' on Jeju Island; depicted in photo is Shawn Lee (female), a Grade 12 student of Sheridan's. The class was shown the Windsor…

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EXCLUSIVE: Serinda Swan is set to play a young Elizabeth Taylor in Black Label Media’s war movie Devotion, which also stars Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell and Christina Jackson. Joe Jonas and Thomas Sadoski were also recently set to join the cast. Sleight director J.D. Dillard will direct. The aerial epic will…

President Joe Biden made the Defense Production Act a key part of his campaign coronavirus platform. He began calling for the act to be invoked to boost mask production in March 2020. On his first full day in office, he spoke of a “full-scale wartime effort to address the supply…