The Ministry of National Defense said that Roh, a returned South Korean prisoner of war, died on the 3rd.The deceased
was captured by North Korean troops in 1953 during the Korean War in the Geumhwa district of Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do, and then defected to the South in 2000 after working in a coal mine.The Ministry of National Defense said that the death of
No has brought the total number of returned POWs currently surviving in Korea to eight, and 80 POWs have returned so far.The remains of the deceased
will be buried at the Seoul National Cemetery. Prior to this, Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun offered his condolences and soldiers of the 52nd Infantry Division, a sisterhood unit of the deceased, also offered their condolences.
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