GAPYEONG — The partnership between South Korea and Canada, forged on battlefields of the 1950-53 Korean War, has endured for decades and is growing even “stronger” amid deepening military cooperation, the commander of the Canadian Army said. Lt. Gen. Michael Wright, commander of the Canadian Army, made the remarks in an interview with Yonhap News Agency, Friday, while visiting South Korea to attend a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of a key Korean War battle in the northern county of Gapyeong. Some 2,000 troops of the 27th Commonwealth Brigade, comprising soldiers of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, engaged in three days of fierce combat against Chinese forces in April 1951 at the height of the three-year war. “For Canada, it’s a reaffirmation of our partnership that started on the battlefields in Korea in 1950 and endures to this day and, if anything, is getting stronger,” Wright said when asked about the significance of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gapyeong. “So I really think that the history that we share is an indicator of what we’ll do together in
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