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| ▲ Officials from the defense ministry's Agency for KIA Recovery & Identification and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hold discussions for their joint war remains search project, in this undated photo provided by the ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
S Korea-US-war remains
S. Korea, U.S. begin war remains search project in Mungyeong
SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States kicked off a joint project Wednesday to search for the remains of soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul's defense ministry said.
The six-week project between the ministry's Agency for KIA Recovery & Identification and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) will take place in Mungyeong, 140 kilometers southeast of Seoul.
The central city is where some 150 sets of South Korean remains have been excavated through previous searches. It is also where a U.S. F-51D fighter jet is presumed to have crashed during the war.
KIA stands for killed in action, while POW and MIA are acronyms for prisoners of war and missing in action, respectively.
The two sides have regularly conducted joint searches for the remains of missing Americans after signing an agreement for joint war remains excavations in 2011.
More than 1.7 million U.S. troops served in the Korean theater of operations during the Korean War, with more than 36,000 killed, according to data from the U.N. Command.
Nearly 7,500 Americans still remain unaccounted for from the three-year conflict, according to DAPA.
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