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S Korea returns remains of Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War

Soldiers with caskets containing the remains of Chinese soldiers during a handover ceremony at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on September 16, 2022 [Song Kyung-Seok/AFP]

South Korea has repatriated the remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed during the Korean War, the first such ceremony since South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol took office in May.

Wooden caskets containing the remains of the Chinese soldiers were handed over to a Chinese military honour guard during a solemn ceremony at Incheon International Airport near Seoul on Friday.

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