Going home: Chinese honour guards (left) receiving caskets containing the remains from South Korean honour guards during the handing-over ceremony at Incheon International Airport in South Korea. — AFP
Seoul: Seoul repatriated the remains of 28 Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War, despite a heated row between the two countries over a US missile defence system.
A row of goosestepping Chinese honour guards received lacquered wooden boxes, each containing one set of remains, from their counterparts during a ceremony at Incheon airport.
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