Returned Chinese soldiers laid to rest

14:56, September 28, 2020

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  117 remains of Chinese soldiers returning home

  A Chinese plane carrying the remains of 117 Chinese soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War lands at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in Northeast China's Liaoning province on Sept 27, 2020. (Photos: Xinhua, China Daily)Chinese soldiers prepare for the arrival of the remains of 117 Chinese soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in Liaoning province on Sept 27, 2020. Chinese soldiers prepare for the arrival of the remains of 117 Chinese soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in Liaoning province on Sept 27, 2020. Chinese soldiers prepare for the arrival of the remains of 117 Chinese soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in Liaoning province on Sept 27, 2020. Chinese soldiers prepare for the arrival of the remains of 117 Chinese soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in Liaoning province on Sept 27, 2020. A ceremony to lay the 117 remains in coffins is held at a provisional morgue of the 17th army division of the ROK in Incheon, west of the capital Seoul, Sept 26, 2020.ROK workers lay the remains of Chinese soldiers in coffins, Sept 26, 2020. ROK workers lay the remains of Chinese soldiers in coffins, Sept 26, 2020.

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  Remains of 117 Chinese soldiers return to homeland

  Chinese plane carrying the remains of 117 Chinese soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War lands at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in Northeast China's Liaoning province on Sept 27, 2020.The remains of 117 Chinese People's Volunteers soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War returned

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  Remains of 117 Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War returned

  Photo: Peoples DailySHENYANG, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The remains of 117 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were returned to China on Sunday from the Republic of Korea (ROK).It is the seventh such repatriation following a handover agreement signed by the two countries. The remains of 599 soldiers were returned to China from the ROK between 2014 and 2019.