Zhang Xihai, whose father died while fighting during the war, awaits the arrival of the remains in Shenyang. Photos provided to China Daily and Wang Tian / For China Daily

Timeline

June 2013: South Korean President Park Geun-hye offers to return remains of Chinese who died during Korean War (1950-53) in a gesture of goodwill during her visit to Beijing.

March 28, 2014: Remains of 437 soldiers returned. Such returns to be carried out before Tomb Sweeping Day each year, which falls in early April.

October 29, 2014: First returned remains buried at the Korean War Martyrs’ Cemetery in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province.

March 20, 2015: Remains of 68 soldiers returned, with handover ceremony held at Incheon airport in South Korea.

March 31, 2016: Remains of 36 soldiers returned after being excavated in South Korea from March to November last year.

CHINA DAILY