A New Zealand Defence Forces captain in South Korea who is away from home for Christmas for the first time in his four-decade career says the sacrifices army families make at this time are humbling.

air currents are passing through inland North Korea, which is insufficient to generate the necessary cloud formations needed for snow over South Korea.” Morning temperatures on both Christmas ...

Not only has he been plagued by all three but also by a more serious menace: growing Communist infiltration and espionage from North Korea ... for six days. On Christmas Eve lowering clouds ...