Post by hi224 on Mar 18, 2020 17:20:34 GMT
Information quoted from the following link;
www.archaeology.org/news/8511-200310-korea-war-soldiers
According to the Korea Times article,
“The team said the identification of the dead soldiers was possible thanks to genetic sampling conducted on around 40,000 bereaved family members. But it said it still needs to collect more samples.
Through the excavation conducted last year, the team found about 2,000 bones believed to be from over 260 soldiers as well as 67,000 war items in the DMZ area. It is estimated that there the remains of over 10,000 war dead are in the area.”
www.archaeology.org/news/8511-200310-korea-war-soldiers
According to the Korea Times article,
“The team said the identification of the dead soldiers was possible thanks to genetic sampling conducted on around 40,000 bereaved family members. But it said it still needs to collect more samples.
Through the excavation conducted last year, the team found about 2,000 bones believed to be from over 260 soldiers as well as 67,000 war items in the DMZ area. It is estimated that there the remains of over 10,000 war dead are in the area.”