The body of Kim Sun-il, the Korean man kidnapped and killed by Iraqi insurgents, was finally placed at Busan Hospital on Saturday, where the memorial ceremony for him is to take place. Kim¡¯s family plans to conduct the funeral in a traditional Christian way with only his family and relatives attending, and discussed with the government on the length of the funeral and compensation.
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The body of late Kim Sun-il arrives at the Incheon International Airport, Saturday.
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Kim¡¯s body arrived at Incheon International Airport at 5:25 p.m., nine hours after it left Dubai on Korea Air Flight 952 at 8:26 Korean time, and was carried to Gimhae International Airport on an air force aircraft at 7:25 p.m., and then to Busan Hospital at around 8:32 p.m.
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The family has a Christian worship ceremony after the dead body of late Kim Sun-il was placed in the coffin.
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On Sunday in the Busan Medical Center, Kim Sun-il¡¯s belongings are released to the public.
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It took some time, however, before his body was finally placed where his family was waiting because there was some confrontation between the police and some civic groups that oppose the troop dispatch. Kim¡¯s father cried, ¡°My son Sun-il, you came back dead after all.¡±
Government Administration Ministry Security Policy Director Choi Jong-man, who represented the government, said, ¡°We will compensate the family and provide as much honorable treatment as much as we can. After concluding negotiation for the compensation and treatments, we will discuss the length of the funeral and the place for his burial.¡± The family revealed some of Kim¡¯s personal belongings including a guitar, clothes, a CD player, a Bible in Arabic and English, and some English texts.
(Jang Jun-sung, peace@chosun.com )
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