문 대통령 "남북관계 개선시 비무장지대 유해발굴 우선시"

Remembering the nation's fallen heroes on this 63rd Memorial Day, South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed to continue efforts for the recovery of those who lost their lives in battle during the 1950 to 1953 Korean War.

"When inter-Korean relations improve, I will, first and foremost, push for the recovery of the remains of the fallen soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone. We should be able to retrieve the remains of other foreign soldiers including U.S. war veterans."

His remarks at the National Cemetery in Daejeon, central South Korea, come in time of a fresh detente in inter-Korean ties and appears to be the South Korean president's hopes that it will pave the way for the two Koreas' efforts to account for the hundreds of thousands of service members still listed as missing in action from the war nearly seven decades ago.