SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has decided to extend its
one-year support to help Libya recover and identify the remains of
Libyan people who were killed during the civil war in 2011, officials
said Sunday.
"The government decided to accept the request from the Libyan government last week," an official said, adding the African country had called on the South to extend the activity period of 12 South Korean forensic specialists by one year and build a forensic center in its capital of Tripoli.
Hundreds of bodies have been found in Libya of those who were killed during the 10-month conflict in 2011 that ended with the capture and killing of Moammar Gadhafi, who had ruled there for more than four decades.
South Korea dispatched a team of forensic specialists to Libya in late August of last year, which includes military experts who accumulated experience in exhuming and identifying the remains of fallen soldiers during the 1950-53 Korean War.
The government will spend a total of 3 billion won (US$2.7 million) on the construction of the forensic center, which is scheduled to be complete in March 2015, the officials said.
A five-member South Korean inspection team visited the African country from June 22 to 26 to carry out the feasibility study on the project.
The government, meanwhile, will take DNA tests of the remains of the Libyan dead in South Korea before the completion of the proposed forensic center, the officials said.
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"The government decided to accept the request from the Libyan government last week," an official said, adding the African country had called on the South to extend the activity period of 12 South Korean forensic specialists by one year and build a forensic center in its capital of Tripoli.
Hundreds of bodies have been found in Libya of those who were killed during the 10-month conflict in 2011 that ended with the capture and killing of Moammar Gadhafi, who had ruled there for more than four decades.
South Korea dispatched a team of forensic specialists to Libya in late August of last year, which includes military experts who accumulated experience in exhuming and identifying the remains of fallen soldiers during the 1950-53 Korean War.
The government will spend a total of 3 billion won (US$2.7 million) on the construction of the forensic center, which is scheduled to be complete in March 2015, the officials said.
A five-member South Korean inspection team visited the African country from June 22 to 26 to carry out the feasibility study on the project.
The government, meanwhile, will take DNA tests of the remains of the Libyan dead in South Korea before the completion of the proposed forensic center, the officials said.
.yonhapnews.
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