S. Korea returns remains of 20 Chinese soldiers from Korean War

South Korea returned the remains of 20 Chinese People's Volunteer (CPV) soldiers who were killed during the 1950-1953 Korean War on Wednesday morning.

A handover ceremony of the caskets, covered with the Chinese national flag, was held at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at 10 a.m. local time.

Over 197,000 CPV soldiers were believed to have perished in the war, with most buried on the Korean Peninsula.

The remains of 20 CPV soldiers returned to China via a Chinese Air Force plane from Incheon Airport in S. Korea on Wednesday.

It marks the fifth batch of remains returned since 2014. According to Yonhap, the total number of Chinese remains repatriated has reached 589 since a 2013 agreement.

Chinese vice minister of civil affairs Gao Xiaobing and Chinese ambassador to South Korea Qiu Guohong also attended the ceremony.

Qingming Festival, also known as "Tomb-Sweeping Day", falls on April 5 this year.

(CGTN)