Miryang City Selected as Excellent in the 6·25 War Fallen Soldiers' Remains Excavation Project

Miryang City in Gyeongnam Province has been selected as an excellent administrative agency supporting the Ministry of National Defense's efforts to locate the families of fallen soldiers from the Korean War.

The Korean War fallen soldiers' remains excavation project is a national noble patriotic and veterans' service project aimed at recovering the remains of approximately 122,000 patriotic heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country but have yet to be recovered and remain alone in unknown mountains and fields, and enshrining them at the National Cemetery.

Miryang City, Gyeongnam, was selected as an excellent administrative agency for supporting activities in the excavation project of the remains of soldiers who died in the Korean War.
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The identities of the patriotic heroes are confirmed by collecting DNA samples from their families and matching them with the genes of the excavated remains.

The city has spared no administrative support in extracting the families of the fallen soldiers through administrative data from the Supreme Court's family information system's removal records and has actively participated in the remains excavation project.

Accordingly, on the 15th, Lee Geun-won, head of the Ministry of National Defense's Remains Excavation and Identification Team, visited Miryang City and presented a commendation and plaque from the Minister of National Defense.

Mayor Park Il-ho said, "I hope that the remains of the fallen soldiers who dedicated themselves to the peace of the Republic of Korea will return to their families as soon as possible," and added, "We will continue to actively cooperate in the project to support finding the families."

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