Military identifies remains of another soldier killed during Korean War
Published: 28 Apr. 2026, 12:37
![Officials take part in a project to retrieve the remains of soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War near the heavily fortified demilitarized zone on Dec. 1, 2025. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2026/04/28/5ca24b89-4314-4e04-bf54-7a3cf7407084.jpg)
Officials take part in a project to retrieve the remains of soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War near the heavily fortified demilitarized zone on Dec. 1, 2025. [YONHAP]
South Korea's military has identified the remains of another soldier killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, raising the number of such service members to 273, the Ministry of National Defense said on Tuesday.
The ministry's Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification and the 21st Infantry Division recovered the remains of late Cpl. Kim Pan-seong near Yanggu County, Gangwon, 175 kilometers (109 miles) northeast of the capital, in 2024, according to the ministry. KIA stands for killed in action.
Kim, who joined the military service in May 1951, died while fighting against North Korean and Chinese forces on Mount Baekseok, which is near Yanggu County, in October that same year. He was 21.
South Korea has so far identified the remains of 273 service members killed in the conflict since it launched the excavation project in 2000.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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