South Korea returns remains of Chinese soldiers lost in Korean War

Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Qiu Guohong drapes a Chinese flag over a box containing the remains of a Chinese soldier who was killed in the 1950-53 Korean War during a handover ceremony at Incheon Airport in Incheon, South Korea, March 31, 2016.[Photo/IC]

South Korea on Thursday handed over the remains of 36 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War. A transfer ceremony was held on Thursday morning at South Korea's Incheon International Airport, about 50 km west of the capital of Seoul.

The Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) fought side by side with the army of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the Korean War against the South Korean army and US-led UN forces. Tens of thousands of CPV soldiers died on the Korean Peninsula during the war, which ended in an armistice in 1953.