오늘 6.25 70주년 기념식... 국군 전사자 유해 147구 최고의 예우로 맞이<br /><br />Today is the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, which divided the two Koreas and still has not officially ended.<br />South Korea is holding a ceremony in about an hour from now to commemorate it... and also to welcome home 147 sets of remains of its war heroes.<br />Oh Jung-hee leads our coverage tonight.<br />70 years after the start of the Korean War, 147 sets of remains of South Korean soldiers have been returned to their home country.<br />Excavated by North Korea alone, 70 of these... were sent by North Korea to the U.S. in the early 90s, and 77 of them... in 2018 after Kim Jong-un's first summit with President Trump.<br />The remains were carefully transported to South Korea, laid on seats inside a KC-330 aerial tanker.<br />And on Thursday, June 25th the annivesary of the outbreak of the Korean War South Korea is holding a commemorative event titled "Salute to Heroes" to welcome them.<br />The event will be held with the highest level of veneration and decorum, with the late heroes to be welcomed by President Moon Jae-in himself.<br />Video messages will be played from the leaders of 22 countries that were part of UN Command during the war, including U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.<br />Also to commemorate the Korean War, the defense chiefs of South Korea and the U.S. issued a joint statement Thursday at 4AM that's when the war broke out.<br />Seoul's Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper paid tribute to those who sacrificed their lives some seven decades ago.<br />They added that the two countries' alliance, born out of necessity and forged in blood,... remains the foundation for security and stability in the region.<br />They reaffirmed their "ironclad" commitment to further deepening their bilateral security cooperation... and strengthening their combined defense posture on the Korean Peninsula.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.<br />
