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ˇ°We agree to your suggestion to avoid adjournment or cancellation of the talks due to minor issues. In other words, we agree to include 20 of your reporters to your delegation,ˇ± Kim Il-sung wrote to gen. Matthew Ridgway, commander of the UN forces in Korea, while negotiations on a truce in the Korean War were underway.
From Sept. 26 to Dec. 31, the War Memorial of Korea will hold a special exhibition for the 60th anniversary of the Korean military, which will feature previously unseen materials such as a letter from president Syngman Rhee to Paik Sun-yup, the South Korean army chief of staff during the Korean War, and a memo reporting the progress of truce talks from Paik to Rhee.
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A draft of memo from Paik Sun-yup to president Syngman Rhee, reporting the progress of truce talks /Courtesy of the War Memorial of Korea
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The exhibition will be held in exhibition hall of the War Memorial of Korea, structured under various themes including ˇ°60 Years of History of the Korean Military,ˇ± ˇ°National Defense and Science,ˇ± ˇ°Army Life and Culture,ˇ± and ˇ°For Peace and Prosperity.ˇ± There will also be interactive events.
A total of 2,000 pictures, video images, documents and objects will be showcased. The materials section will include military uniforms, weapons, training texts and notes from the liberation army, and various weapons, pictures and images related to the 60 years of history of the Korean military.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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