Soldiers escort coffins containing the remains of Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War during a transfer ceremony at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, ROK, September 27, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/ Zeng Nai)
A set of 117 remains of Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War was casketed in the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Saturday. The ceremony to lay the 117 remains in coffins was held at a provisional morgue of the 17th army division of the ROK in Incheon, west of the capital Seoul. In 2014, the ROK agreed with China to repatriate the remains of fallen Chinese soldiers according to international law and humanitarian spirit, the Seoul ministry said. From 2014 to 2019, the ROK had returned the remains of 599 Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs killed in the Korean War, including 437 in 2014, 68 in 2015, 36 in 2016, 28 in 2017, 20 in 2018 and 10 in 2019.
Soldiers escort coffins containing the remains of Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War during a transfer ceremony at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, ROK, September 27, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/ Zeng Nai)
Soldiers escort coffins containing the remains of Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War during a transfer ceremony at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, ROK, September 27, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/ Zeng Nai)
Soldiers escort coffins containing the remains of Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War during a transfer ceremony at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, ROK, September 27, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/ Zeng Nai)
Soldiers escort coffins containing the remains of Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War during a transfer ceremony at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, ROK, September 27, 2020. (Photo: China News Service/ Zeng Nai)
