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Korean Shadow War Vets Seek Recognition |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / FEATURE |
| Author: Andrew Salmon |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2007 |
| Size: 1,424 Words, 9,176 Characters |
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Every morning, Park Bu-seo, seventy-three, enters his office in Seoul. The gray metal desks, coffee table, national flag and wall photos are standard, but above a filing cabinet is something unusual: A bundle of dried fish--a Buddhist charm to keep evil spirits at bay--dangles above a single white candle.
Park, a wiry man, lights the candle at the shrine. His daily gesture memorializes 7,726 comrades the South Korean government now admits never returned from a shadow war between North Korea and South Korea.
"We were picked as special operatives and were sent North on missions, but are not recognized as part of the Republic of Korea Army," said Park.
As president of the Association of Meritorious Undercover Operatives in North Korea, he has been campaigning since 1987, when South ...
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...know about us, but the South Korean government does not want to recognize us. They are in talks with Pyongyang, and do not want to upset the North," said Ahn, who has shrapnel wounds in one shoulder and hearing difficulties.
"We used to believe that we should keep our missions secret, but now we want to speak up. We have been treated unjustly."
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