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The Korean War broke out in 1950 and lasted for 3 years.
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Civilians killed by U.S. troops at Nogun-ri yet to be retrieved
Some 56 years after a civilian massacre by U.S. forces at Nogun-ri (Nogeun-ri) in late July 1950, during the Korean War, the government said it would make funds available for the excavation of victims’ remains. According to an official letter sent Tuesday to an organizations of victims and their families by the Office for Government Policy Coordination, the Ministry of Budget and Planning is engaged in the final review of a 200 million won (200,000 USD) budget to be granted to a Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs task force responsible for dealing with the incident. The letter says that if approved by the National Assembly, funds could be used for the recovery of remains as early as March 2007. The Nogun-ri massacre occurred shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, when U.S. forces fired indiscriminately at residents of nearby areas who had sought refuge under a bridge in Nogeun-ri, Yeongdong-gun, North Chungbuk province.Funds for the scheduled excavation are to be handed over the local government in Yeongdong-gun, while the excavation itself is to be performed by a Korean military unit with experience in recovering remains. An official with the Office for Government Policy Coordination said the process could take as little as two months or close to a year.
