South Korea returns remains of 117 soldiers to China

South Korea returns remains of 117 soldiers to China
Chinese honour guard members, left, receive caskets containing the remains of Chinese soldiers from South Korean honour guards during the handing over ceremony at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

The remains of 117 Chinese soldiers who died in the 1950-53 Korean War have been returned to China in an annual repatriation event delayed this year by the coronavirus outbreak.

South Korea handed over the remains at a ceremony at Incheon airport outside Seoul, and a Chinese military transport plane flew them to Shenyang, a north-eastern Chinese city near the North Korean border.

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