Remains of Korean War hero returned to his family after 69 years
Arirang News
2019-03-12
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6•25 전사자 한병구 일병 유해 69년 만에 가족 품으로
The remains of Han Byung-goo... a Korean War hero... have been returned to his family today after sixty-nine long years.
This afternoon, the Defense Ministry's Agency for Killed-In-Action Recovery and Identification held a return ceremony at the home of Han's younger brother in Seoul.
The late private first class enrolled in the military in December 1950 at the young age of 18 to defend his country.
Han's remains were found in September 2016, but it took about two years to find the matching DNA from his family.
According to the recovery agency, there are some ten-thousand sets of remains yet to be identified .
The agency asked for public initiatives to help return these remains to their families.
The remains of Han Byung-goo... a Korean War hero... have been returned to his family today after sixty-nine long years.
This afternoon, the Defense Ministry's Agency for Killed-In-Action Recovery and Identification held a return ceremony at the home of Han's younger brother in Seoul.
The late private first class enrolled in the military in December 1950 at the young age of 18 to defend his country.
Han's remains were found in September 2016, but it took about two years to find the matching DNA from his family.
According to the recovery agency, there are some ten-thousand sets of remains yet to be identified .
The agency asked for public initiatives to help return these remains to their families.
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