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Reports on the United States Army's acknowledgement that American soldiers shot and killed unarmed Korean civilians near the village of No Gun Ri during the Korean War. Apology offered by U.S. President Bill Clinton; Response from Koreans.

Reports that negotiators from the United States (U.S.) and South Korea has reached an agreement that U.S. soldiers killed South Korean civilian refugees during the Korean War in July 1950. Details on the talks; Arguments from the South Koreans; Number of people who were killed and wounded near No Gun Ri, South Korea.

Reports on the attacks against Associated Press' Pulitzer Prize winning report documenting the massacre in 1950 of hundreds of South Korean civilians by American troops at No Gun Ri. Comments from Robert Port, initial editor on the project; Remarks from Jon Wolman, the executive editor of the news service, about the scrutiny of the No Gun Ri account; Information on witnesses' accounts of an apparent military atrocity.

Discusses the declassified United States military documents that showed how South Korean soldiers and police officers executed several political prisoners without trial during the Korean War in the 1950s. Political history of South Korea; Suppression of information on the executions; Comments from witnesses of mass shootings.

Focuses on the January 6, 2000 issue of the `Hankook Ilbo' newspaper which reported that South Korean police massacred political prisoners during the Korean War in the 1950s. South Korean Defense Ministry to investigate the newspaper report; Number of prisoners who were executed in Taejon in July 1950; Reference to declassified United States documents in the report.

Presents information on a demonstration staged in front of the United States (US) Army base in Yongsan, South Korea, on October 1, 1999, by protesters asking for US apology to the killings during the Korean War. Common sentiments of the protesters; Details on the killings of refugees in No Gun Ri, South Korea, at the start of the war.

Discusses United States veterans' September 1999 acknowledgment that American soldiers killed Korean civilians under a railroad bridge near No Gun Ri, South Korea, in late July, 1950. Statements made in Associated Press interviews with veterans that corroborate South Korean villagers' reports; US and Korean government handling of No Gun Ri compensation claimants; Details of the incident, veterans' reports, and US Army records.