Korea - Handover Of Body

(29 May 1996) T/I:   10:34:40


The remains of a North Korean soldier, whose body was found last month on a riverbank south of the border dividing the two Koreas, was sent home on Wednesday (29/5) by the UN Command. A five-minute handover ceremony was held on the demarcation line in the truce village of Panmunjom after a North Korean representative crossed the border to check the simple coffin containing the remains.

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PANMUNJOM, DMZ   29/5
South Korean side: honour guards carrying coffin containing remains of soldier
North Korean soldiers arriving from North Korean side
WS of scene
Ornate watch tower
North Korean officers arriving and meet UN military (blue uniforms)
Officers walk towards coffin on South Korean side
They inspect contents of coffin
CU officials
Coffin being carried over to North Korean side, red cloth over coffin
Coffin picked up and carried off by North Koreans

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