This is the second in a two-part series on MAKRI’s work recovering remains, particularly from the Korean War. For part one click here.

Kim Seong-hun, former agent of the Department of Recovery, Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery & Identification (MAKRI), compares his work to bringing back the dead.

“When I was working in the field, I almost felt like I was reviving the fallen back to life,” said Kim, while sharing his recollections from hundreds of recovery missions all over the Korean Peninsula, recovering the remains of those who fell in battle years ago.

“During the