25 N. Korean War Dead Buried

POKJIRI, South Korea — Twenty-five North Korean soldiers who were killed fighting U.S. forces 37 years ago were buried today on a rocky hillside after their government refused to accept the bodies.

“Though they may be remains of the enemy, we pray that their souls may rest in peace and that their families may be comforted,” U.S. Army Col. Donald Boose said at a brief ceremony. The bodies were found by a U.S. historian who was searching for missing U.S. troops, but communist North Korea refused to accept them when approached by U.N. officials at a meeting on the border last month.