South Korea Successfully Identifys Bodies Of Soldiers Killed In The Korean War After 13 Years Of Being Found

The Statue of Brothers at Seoul War Memorial, South Korea. (Wikimedia Commons/Danleo~commonswiki)

JAKARTA - South Korean military authorities managed to identify the body of a soldier killed in the Korean War which took place in 1950-1952, after 13 years of discovery near Korea's second border, according to the Ministry of Defense.

The Ministry's KIA Recovery and Identification Agency confirmed that the remains of the bodies found belonged to Second Private Kim▁Cinta-taek, after analyzing DNA using samples from his daughter. KIA stands for "killed in action".

The agency first discovered part of its body in Cheorwon, 85 kilometers northeast of Seoul, in June 2010 and took other pieces in October of the same year and last year, as reported by The Korea Times June 23.

Kim, who joined the military in May 1951, died in a fierce battle around Cheorwon. At that time he was 25 years old.

A ceremony marking Kim's return to his family was held at his grieving family home in Suwon, 30 km south of Seoul.

So far, South Korea has identified remains of 212 military members killed in the conflict since the launch of the excavation project in 2000.