US, Korea launch coastal search for service members lost in Korean War

Korean and American recovery teams began a monthlong joint search Monday for the remains of U.S. service members who are missing in action (MIA) or killed in action (KIA), along with prisoners of war (POW), from the 1950-53 Korean War, focusing on coastal waters and crash sites where military aircraft went down decades ago. The four-week survey, focused on the coastal regions of Gangneung and Yangyang, aims to trace wreckage from U.S. military aircraft that crashed during the conflict. The effort by the Ministry of National Defense's Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) will serve as groundwork for a joint underwater recovery operation scheduled for August. Through May 1, investigators will gather testimony from local residents and assess civilian medical facilities like decompression chambers to ensure the safety of divers during the mission this summer. The primary target of the planned underwater search is the crash of a transport aircraft that occurred on Nov. 15, 1952. The plane, which departed Gangneung Air Base on its wa

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