Every year on March 1, South Koreans commemorate the anniversary of the 1919 March 1 Movement, a nationwide uprising against ...

He faced public backlash in South Korea for controversial actions, including kissing a “comfort woman” statue. Read more at ...

Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an American flag, a moment that ... victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in World War II.

On August 24, 1944, the USS Hake, a Gato-class submarine, spotted an unusual warship in the moonlit waters of Dasol Bay. Lieutenant Commander Frank E. Haylor was stunned to see what appeared to be an ...

Worcester is set to host a day of activities to mark 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Worcester residents will come ...

Marines initially invaded Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, as part of the U.S. island-hopping campaign in the Pacific, and it took four days to gain the summit of Suribachi, according to a Department of ...

But the conquest of Iwo Jima, despite the famous flag-raising four days into the battle ... were reduced to a kind of caged combat. Iwo Jima is Japanese for “sulfur island,” and the Japanese Imperial ...

U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island ... Iwo Jima means “sulfur island” in Japanese, and Japan’s imperial army had fortified its caves with tunnels and other defenses.

As Britain gears up for a grand four-day festival of celebration and remembrance, the echoes of history will resonate through ...

Donald Trump is threatening Canada's sovereignty, the response to this has to be more than simply a slogan of "buy Canadian." ...