South Korean soldiers' remains repatriated decades after war

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SEOUL (AFP) - The remains of nearly 150 South Korean soldiers killed in the Korean War were sent back to their homeland on Wednesday (June 24), Seoul's defence ministry said, a day before the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the conflict.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SEOUL - 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 147 sets of remains were flown on a South Korean military aircraft from Hawaii, where they were previously sent by the North following their discovery over the past three decades.Pictures showed small white coffins individually wrapped in South Korean flags occupying seats on the plane. The known seven will be awarded service medals at a ceremony Thursday, along with six sets of remains from identified Americans.

 

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