Thirty-one North Korean commandos slipped past American and South Korean sentries on Jan. 17, 1968, cutting through the DMZ fence on a mission to assassinate South Korean President Park Chung-hee.

South Vietnam, January, 1968: Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy (D-Mass.) talks with refugees at Thuong Duc during his fact-finding mission to South Vietnam. Upon his return he called for the U.S. to shift ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --Vietnam has quietly accelerated land reclamation at South Reef, a once-remote coral feature in the contested Spratly Islands, signaling a new strategic turn as pressure from China ...

In this video, I discuss Vietnam's expansion south and provide a detailed historical context. I also clarify a previous mistake regarding the relationship between France and Japan during World War Two ...

Que Sanh Valley, South Vietnam, January 1968: Cavalrymen sweep the road for mines with a mine detector. The cavalrymen of B Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment are conducting sweep ...

HANOI (Reuters) -South Korean companies, including Samsung Electronics, are worried about Vietnam's plan to reform incentives for the high-tech sector, warning it could lead to higher costs for ...

SOUTH FARMINGDALE, Long Island (WABC) -- A somber gathering was held on Long Island on Veterans Day, for an 80-year old Vietnam war hero, killed just last week. People gathered for a vigil in South ...

For the war in Vietnam, there’s arguably no more important event than the Tet Offensive. In 1968, the Vietnamese celebrated Tet, or The Festival of the First Day, on January 30. It was also the day ...

Perhaps historical amnesia is not such a bad thing, despite George Santayana’s warning in 1905’s “The Life of Reason” that those who “cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” One reason ...

Standing in the rain, Robert Kickish searched for his friend's name, a Marine who was killed during the Vietnam War. "Actually, it brings tears to my eyes to be truthful, sometimes I choke up a little ...

COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Supreme Court has dismissed a legal case brought by the League of Women Voters of South Carolina that challenged the practice of partisan gerrymandering. In a 5–0 opinion ...