Feds Seize Korean Royal Seals Taken During Wartime
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 14:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In 1950, an American Marine serving during the Korean War picked up nine seals in a ditch near Seoul's ransacked Deoksugung Palace. The lieutenant brought those artifacts home with him. More than 60 years later, the objects are returning to South Korea.