The remains of nearly 150 South Korean soldiers killed in the Korean War were sent back to their homeland on Wednesday, Seoul's defence ministry ...
Flag-wrapped coffins containing the remains of nearly 150 South Koreans killed in the Korean War were flown back to Seoul AFP/HandoutSEOUL: The remains of nearly 150 South Korean soldiers killed in the Korean War were sent back to their homeland on Wednesday , Seoul's defence ministry said, a day before the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the conflict.
Some of the remains were recovered during excavations by the North between 1990 and 1994, while others were sent by Pyongyang following a Singapore summit between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in 2018, according to Seoul's defence ministry.The remains were classified as South Koreans through joint US-South Korea forensic reviews in Hawaii, but only seven soldiers have been identified and authorities will carry out further checks to try to name the others.
Wednesday's arrival at a Seoul airbase is the fourth batch of repatriations and brings the total to 239.
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