South Korea on Wednesday returned 10 more remains¹ of Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War.

 

韩国周三归还了10具1950-1953朝鲜战争期间战死的中国志愿军遗骸。
 

 

The transfer ceremony was held at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of the capital Seoul, to hand over the remains of 10 Chinese volunteer soldiers killed in the war.

 

During the ceremony, South Korean troops handed over the coffins², covered by China's national flag, to Chinese soldiers who carried them into an 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 commemorating³ the dead, in early April.

 

The South Korean defense⁴ ministry⁵ 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 vowed⁶ to maintain cooperative relations with its Chinese counterpart and continue the transfer of the Chinese soldiers' remains for the development of the bilateral⁷ relations.

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