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Chartered by Congress June 30, 2008
*Korean War and Korea Service Veterans...
A Continuity of Service in the Defense of Freedom


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of Korean War Veterans Associations - IFKWVA

 

KWVA: Home Page Story - 6/9/07
What Does This Photo of the Korean Peninsula Represent?

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A satellite image displayed in the National Museum of Natural History's Korea
Gallery exhibit shows a distinct delineation between north and south.
Photo Credit: National Museum Of Natural History Photo


The Washington Post - June 9, 2007...
Perhaps the most striking image in the National Museum of Natural History's Korea Gallery, which opened June 8, 2007, is a nighttime satellite photograph of the Korean peninsula. The southern half of the peninsula is aglow with a web of lights, the cities and roads of South Korea. The northern half is darkness. Except for the lights of Pyongyang, North Korea looks little different today than 5,000 years ago, as if the country has never discovered electricity...

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Note: This picture has been in public domain for some time and many US government offices display a copy. It was made public over a year ago.

This gets back to basics where we ought to be. If the KWVA is not about this problem then we ought to go out of business!

Lou Dechert,
National President, KWVA/US
Chairman of the Board


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