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Send-off Ceremony Held for Remains of War Dead

Written: 2009-06-24 18:04:42Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Send-off Ceremony Held for Remains of War Dead

The Ministry of National Defense and the United Nations Command have held a ceremony to send off the excavated remains of a U.N. soldier killed during the Korean War.

The remains were found in April in Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang Province by the ministry’s excavation team. After a two-month investigation, the remains were identified as belonging to a foreigner.

The remains will be sent to the Joint Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Accounting Command in Hawaii for additional testing into the identity of the soldier.

At the sending-off ceremony on Wednesday, Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee noted that there were 130-thousand Korean soldiers and 58-thousand U.N. soldiers who went missing in action during the Korean War.

He said the government and the South Korean people have a duty to find their remains and return them to their families.

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