Controversy rising over burial of late general at national cemetery
(WorldNews South Korea)

A portrait of the late Paik Sun-yup, a famous Korean War hero and South Korea`s first four-star general, is placed on a memorial altar set up at the Asan Medical Center in Seoul, Saturday. Paik passed away at the age 99 the previous day. Yonhap Paik sun-yup receives conflicting evaluations ― war hero or pro-Japanese collaborator? By Jung Da-min The death of Paik Sun-yup, a Korean War hero and South Korea`s first four-star general, has brought an ideological controversy to the political and civic arenas over where he should be buried due to his record of service in the Japanese Army during Japan`s colonial rule of Korea (1910-45). While he has been highly recognized as a war hero by the South...