A funeral service will be held in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Friday morning for 36 Chinese soldiers who died in the Korean War (1950-53), after their remains were returned from South Korea the previous day.

The service at the Korean War Martyrs' Cemetery will be attended by government officials, People's Liberation Army officers and representatives from veterans' families, according to local authorities.

The 36 soldiers were members of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. Their remains were found in South Korea over the past year and were handed over to a Chinese delegation led by Dou Yupei, vice-minister of civil affairs, at a ceremony on Thursday morning at Incheon International Airport in South Korea.