Officials take part in a project to retrieve the remains of soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War at Arrow Head Ridge in Cheorwon, Gangwon, on April 10, 2020. [KOREA HERITAGE SERVICE]
Korea and the United States on Wednesday began their joint efforts to analyze remains presumed to be American soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul's Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday.
The ministry said its war remains excavation team and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) launched a two-day forensic identification of such remains.
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