Korean War veterans, their wives and widows of late veterans, alongside the Whanganui Korean Society president and his wife, met with a Korean Embassy representative at Queen's Park. Photo / Lucy Drake
Whanganui Korean War veterans who have died this year have been honoured by the Korean Embassy.
A representative of the Embassy visited Whanganui yesterdayto present plaques to the veterans' widows.
Sangwon Kwon, one of the Korean Ambassador's second secretaries, made the trip from Wellington as the Ambassador Seung-bae Yeo was
too unwell to attend.
Kwon met with Mayor Hamish McDouall and then visited UCOL to meet with students before visiting the Korean War Memorial in Queen's Park to lay a wreath in remembrance.
There he met with the four remaining Whanganui Korean War veterans, Jim Nielsen, Ron Pocock, Miles Bockett and Peter Green and their wives, and the widows of three Whanganui veterans. Whanganui Korean Society president Deog Kim and his wife Evon also joined them.
