The remains of 12 South Korean soldiers killed in North Korea during the Korean War have been returned home, in the first such repatriation since the fighting ended nearly 60 years ago.
The flag-draped boxes containing the remains arrived Friday at a military airport south of Seoul, where South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and other top officials gathered for an honor guard ceremony.
The remains were among 226 sets found in North Korea by a U.S. excavation team before Washington halted the recovery mission in 2005 because of safety concerns.