Anniv. of commemoration day for fallen naval heroes

Anniv. of commemoration day for fallen naval heroes

President Lee Jae Myung (C), alongside his wife, KIm Hea Kyung, looks at the tombstone of a deceased sailor at a national cemetery in the central city of Daejeon on March 27, 2026, as he attends a ceremony to mark the 11th anniversary of the commemoration day for 55 troops who died in three major clashes with North Korea in the West Sea, comprising an inter-Korean naval skirmish in 2002, North Korea's torpedo attack on the corvette Cheonan in 2010 and its shelling of the border island of Yeonpyeong in the same year. Since 2016, the government has designated the fourth Friday of March as the commemoration day, known as the West Sea Defense Day. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

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