SEOUL: The South Korean government congratulated President-elect Rodrigo Duterte for his electoral victory and expressed hope that the ties established by the Philippines and Korea in 1950 will continue to grow during his term.

Park Sung-choon, Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, said the Philippines and South Korea share close “blood ties” because the former was the first Asian country to send its troops to help defend the latter when it was attacked by North Korea in 1950. Park said his country will never forget the sacrifices of the thousands of young Filipino soldiers who fought alongside Koreans to stop the spread of communism in Asia.

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