Return of 147 soldiers' remains

2024-05-21 13:56:13 点击：005

The<strong></strong> remains of 147 South Korean soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War are laid on seats inside an aerial tanker to be returned to Korea at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, Tuesday. The remains were part of those brought to the U.S. after joint excavation work in North Korea from 1990 to 1994 and following the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018. Through two joint forensic reviews, South Korea and the U.S. identified 147 sets of remains as those belonging to South Koreans. The remains were repatriated to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War that falls today and will be welcomed home in an official ceremony by President Moon Jae-in. / Yonhap

The remains of 147 South Korean soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War are laid on seats inside an aerial tanker to be returned to Korea at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, Tuesday. The remains were part of those brought to the U.S. after joint excavation work in North Korea from 1990 to 1994 and following the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018. Through two joint forensic reviews, South Korea and the U.S. identified 147 sets of remains as those belonging to South Koreans. The remains were repatriated to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War that falls today and will be welcomed home in an official ceremony by President Moon Jae-in. / Yonhap

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