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Veterans pay tribute at U.N. Cemetery
	War veterans and members of unification and peace organizations held a memorial service at the Korea-U.N. Memorial Park in Daeyeon-dong, Busan, Wednesday. They prayed for the souls of U.N. soldiers, who sacrificed their lives to defend South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War, and were buried in the cemetery. In the service timed for the country's Memorial Day, the participants also wished for the success of PyeongChang's bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. "Korea is the only separated country in the world, still holding its pain. PyeongChang's hosting of the Winter Olympics will not only ease the tension surrounding the Korean Peninsula but help enhance world peace that is a part of the Olympic movement," said Ahn Jung-tae, head of an association of Busan residents hailing from Gangwon Province where PyeongChang is located. Veterans and civic organization officials pose at the Korea-U.N. Memorial Park in Busan on Wednesday. "PyeongChang must host the Winter Olympics in order to actualize the Olympic ideology of peace that mankind desires so much," said Ahn. IOC members will vote to select the city to host the 2014 Winter Olympics at their meeting in Guatemala City on July 4. Ahn and other participants pledged to do their best to help PyeongChang's campaign in the days leading up to the IOC vote. Those attending Wednesday's event included La Gi-hong, president of the Busan branch of the Korean War Veterans Association; Choi In-chun, president of the Korea Unification Research Center; Ha Gyeong-yong, head of the Busan branch of the Vietnam War Veterans Association; Kim Eung-su who heads a branch of the National Unification Association; and Ahn Ye-chang, adviser of the Green Association. (wylee@heraldm.com)