Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup (2nd from L) greets military personnel who participated in a mission to evacuate South Koreans from Sudan upon their arrival at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, on April 25, 2023. Twenty-eight South Koreans returned home safely on a KC-330 tanker transport plane from the African nation plagued by intensifying fighting between rival forces. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
