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BUSAN — From his wheelchair, Michael Northey watches quietly over his father’s grave, and lays a flower for the very first time.“This is the closest I’ve been to him in 70 years, which is ridiculous,” he jokes poignantly.Born into a poor family in the backstreets of Portsmouth, Michael was still a baby when his father, the youngest of 13 children, left to fight in the Korean War. He was killed in action, his body never identified.For decades, it lay in an unmarked grave in the UN cemetery in Busan, on Korea’s south coast, adorned with the plaque ‘Member of the British Army, known unto God’.Now it bears his name – Sergeant D. Northey, died 24 April 1951, age 23.Sergeant Northey, along with three others, are the first unknown British soldiers killed in the Korean War to be...
November 14, 2024
Families reunite with bodies of missing British soldiers 70 years on
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Snap election poses test for new Sri Lankan leader
November 13, 2024
Delhi chokes as air pollution turns 'severe'
November 13, 2024
India's top court bans 'bulldozer justice'
November 13, 2024
Bali flights cancelled due to dangerous volcanic ash
November 12, 2024
Toxic smog in Pakistan is so bad you can see it from space
November 12, 2024
New Zealand PM says sorry for 'horrific' care home abuse
November 12, 2024
35 killed after car plows into crowds at sports center in Chinese city
November 11, 2024
China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings
November 11, 2024
Jamie Oliver pulls 'offensive' children's book from sale
