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Koreans pay respect to war veteran in Pampanga

The Philippine Star
January 2, 2013 | 2:32pm

 

CANDABA, Pampanga - A group of the Korean nationals on Monday paid respect to a surviving local veteran here.
 
Park Sun Man, leader of the Korean visitors, made a surprise visit in the house of Victoriano Manalastas at Purok 6 Barangay Pansinao here.
 
Park said Manalastas is like a real father to him.
 
He said that he was lucky to have Manalastas still alive because his biological father Park Hyung Won, who is also a Korean War veteran, is no longer with them. Manalastas will be turning 85 on March 6.
 
“He is my father in the Philippines. We come here to show our deep concern on him. We would like to make him happy this New Year,” Park said.
 
Manalastas was part of the Battalion Combat Teams of the Philippine Army who fought during the Korean War which took place in 1950 to 1953.
 
Joining Park in his visit here is the A.cian group, a five-member South Korean rookie boy group, who entertained not only the Manalastas family but other residents living in the nearby place.
 
The group debuted last August 2012 under ISS Entertainment with their song “Stuck.” PNA

BARANGAY PANSINAO

BATTALION COMBAT TEAMS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY

JOINING PARK

KOREAN WAR

MANALASTAS

NEW YEAR

PARK HYUNG WON

PARK SUN MAN

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