Remains of Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War return home

Source
China Daily
Editor
Chen Zhuo
Time
2019-04-03 14:43:49

Chinese guard of honor participate in the transfer ceremony to hand over the remains of Chinese volunteer soldiers killed in the Korean War in Incheon, South Korea, March 28, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

Shortly after 11:36 am on Wednesday, a PLA Air Force plane landed at Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, returning the remains of 10 Chinese soldiers who died in the Korean War (1950-53).

South Korea held a transfer ceremony earlier that day at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon to hand over the remains.

During the ceremony, South Korean troops handed over the coffins, covered by China's national flag, to Chinese soldiers who carried them into the PLA airplane.

It marked the sixth hand-over ceremony. South Korea had transferred the remains of 589 Chinese volunteer soldiers killed in the Korean War, including 437 in 2014, 68 in 2015, 36 in 2016, 28 in 2017 and 20 in 2018 each.

China and South Korea have consulted every year on the hand-over of the Chinese soldiers' remains found in South Korea. The transfer has been usually made days before Tomb-sweeping Day, the Chinese holiday for commemorating the dead, in early April.

The South Korean defense ministry said in a statement that the transfer ceremony was a part of efforts to heal the scar of the war and conveyed the message of peace to enhance regional peace and stability.

The ministry vowed to maintain cooperative relations with its Chinese counterpart and continue the transfer of the Chinese soldiers' remains for the development of the bilateral relations.

The Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) fought alongside the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) army in the Korean War against the South Korean army and the United States-led UN forces between 1950 and 1953.

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