SEOUL: South Korea sent Thursday the remains of dozens of Chinese soldiers killed during 1950-53 Korean War back to China for a final burial in their homeland.

Coffins carrying the remains of 36 soldiers – excavated by South Korea’s Defense Ministry from March to November last year – were flown from Incheon airport to the northeastern city of Shenyang, where China has a state cemetery for its war dead.

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