Remains of troops laid to rest

More than 800 stand in silent tribute at memorial for Korean War victims

The remains of 437 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were buried on Wednesday at a memorial ceremony in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province.

Draped in national flags, a symbolic nine coffins, returned from the Republic of Korea on March 28, lay in front of the Korean War monument in the city's martyrs' cemetery.