Park will be permanently removed from the South Korean office and the nation will need to hold a presidential election within 60 days.
The nation’s parliament impeached Park in December for allegedly including her confidante Choi Soon-sil in state affairs and colluding to take bribes from South Korean conglomerates.
South Korea’s Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment decision on Thursday.
Marines from South Korea and U.S. are participating in the four-week winter combined exercise in South Korea.
South Korea is holding its 2016 anti-disaster exercise this week against terrorist threats and natural disasters.
Following the ceremony “Children Becoming Buddhist Monks”, kids stay at the Jogye temple in Seoul, where they are taught about Buddhism, for two weeks, until Buddha’s birthday on May 14.
The annual cherry blossom festival on Yeouido island in central Seoul runs from April 1-10.
South Korean and US soldiers hurl snow into the air as they pose for photographers during a joint annual winter exercise in Pyeongchang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul.
The Korean War ended on July 27, 1953, with the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement. Truce talks had started July 10, 1951, after United States and United Nations forces went to the aid of South Korea who was invaded by North Korea June 25, 1950.
The Korean War, often called the “Forgotten War,” saw some 5.8 million American soldiers, sailors and air force members serve their country. The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. honors their service and sacrifice.
At the time, The Baltimore Sun sent several war correspondents to Korea to cover the war including James M. Cannon and John T. Ward who sent back photos from the front lines. According to the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs, 527 Maryland citizens died in hostile action. Their names along with those still listed as missing in action are on Maryland’s Korean War Memorial, located at 2903 Boston Street in Canton.
This post was originally published on July 26, 2013.
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Children attended a “Children Becoming Buddhist Monks” ceremony ahead of Buddha’s birthday at a Chogye temple on May 11, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. The children will stay at the temple to learn about Buddhism for 14 days. Buddha was born approximately 2,559 years ago, and although the exact date is unknown, Buddha’s official birthday is celebrated on the full moon in May in South Korea, which is May 25 this year.
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