Agent Orange Day

Agent Orange Day

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon delivers a speech at a ceremony to mark the 26th Agent Orange Day at a gym in Seoul on July 18, 2023. Many of South Korea's Vietnam War veterans have suffered from illnesses due to their exposure to Agent Orange -- one of the defoliants that the U.S. military used to clear jungles and destroy communist forces during the 1960-75 conflict. (Yonhap)

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