Korean soldier returns home after 50 years

A former South Korean soldier who was captured in 1953 during the Korean War finally returned home today, after 50 years of captivity in North Korea.

Korean soldier returns home after 50 years

A former South Korean soldier who was captured in 1953 during the Korean War finally returned home today, after 50 years of captivity in North Korea.

Landing at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, Jun Yong-il, aged 72, said he had never forgotten that he was a South Korean solider.

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