Major U.S. newspapers covered the Korea-U.S. joint statement concerning the mass killings of civilians by U.S. soldiers at the hamlet of Nogun-ri during the Korean War in July of 1950.

The Los Angeles Times pointed out that the U.S. president Bill Clinton did not make an official apology on the massacre as demanded by the victims of the Korean families, although he did express "regret" over the incident.

The USA Today made a lengthy coverage on the press conference of U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen, who acknowledged the killings of Korean civilians by U.S. army soldiers during the war, but denied any evidence for giving firing orders.

The paper also carried the verbal denunciation made by the chairman of the committee of the Nogun-ri incident, Chung Eun-yong, who said the U.S. did not show any justice or conscience.

The paper also included the vindication of the U.S. fact-finding mission team leader Michael Ackerman, who said evidence would have been included in the joint statement if there had been any.

Other U.S. media such as Washington Post, New York Times and CNN also gave extensive coverage on the news conference and the statements made by the president and the defense secretary over the Nogun-ri incident.