During the Korean War, Thailand dispatched 11,786 soldiers to join other 15 countries to fight alongside the Republic of Korea against the North. It is recorded that 134 Thai soldiers had lost their lives in the War. In 1974, the Government of the Republic of Korea has built a monument and a Thai pavilion in Pocheon City, to honour the Thai soldiers who took part in the Korean War. Recently, on 4 November 2008, the Royal Thai Embassy in Seoul, with the cooperation from the Office of Defense Attache, hosted the opening ceremony of the Thai memorial at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea or UNMCK to commemorate the sacrifices made by Thai soldiers during the Korean War. Nowadays, the Thai Government has maintained the assignment of one military officer to be liaison officer at the Armistice Committee and six soldiers to be members of the United Nations Command Honor Guard Company in Seoul, in order to contribute to the maintenance of peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula.