The Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conduct a joint excavation for the remains of service members killed during the 1950-53 Korean War on Hill 1016, known as Mount Baekseok, in Yanggu County, Gangwon Province, Aug. 31, 2021. Courtesy of Ministry of National Defense
The Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI) and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) have assembled a joint survey team of roughly 10 personnel to locate the remains of American service members killed or missing during the 1950-53 Korean War. The survey runs Tuesday through June 26.
The team will operate across six regions nationwide: Hongcheon in Gangwon Province; Yangpyeong in Gyeonggi Province; Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province; Mungyeong and Sangju in North Gyeongsang Province; and Yeongdong in North Chungcheong Province.
Two of the six sites — Hwachon and Duchon townships in Hongcheon, and Yangdong township in Yangpyeong — were identified by the DPAA as survey location candidates at a January trilateral working-level coordination meeting with Korean, U.S. and Australian officials.
