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Korea to get back 19th-century battle flag from U.S. this month
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) -- The United States has agreed to return a Korean battle flag to South Korea this month on a lease basis, 126 years after the U.S. Navy captured it during an armed conflict here in the 19th century, officials at a state-run culture administration said Tuesday.
The 4.5-meter by 4.5-meter flag has been on display at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland since the U.S. took it as "spoils" from Korean general Uh Je-yeon during a 1871 battle at Gwangseong Fort in Ganghwa Island, west of Seoul. The conflict broke out as the U.S. attempted to open Korea to trade, and was subsequently christened by the New York Herald as "Our Little War With The Heathen."
The Culture Heritage Administration said the U.S. Naval Academy has agreed on a up to 10-year lease of the flag to the South Korean side.
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