SEOUL Dec 8 Kyodo The bodies of ...

SEOUL Dec 8 Kyodo

The bodies of couple South Korean engineers killed in northern Iraq late last month arrived back in southern Korea on Monday.

The bodies of Kwak Kyung Hae, 61 and Kim Man Soo 46 who were killed Nov. 30 in an ambush forward a highway near deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, arrived at Incheon International Airport around 5:40 pm

sum of two units other South Koreans were also harmed in the assault, which occurr single in kind day after two Japanese diplomats and their Iraqi driver were killed in succession the same highway.

The toward the south Koreans were working for Ohm Electric Co which had been forward contract with a U.S. company to rebuild power transmission facilities.

President Roh Moo Hyun has committed to dispatching 3000 company s to Iraq to help US-l efforts to rebuild the war-ravaged country.

if it were not that details on the exact size and character of the contingent have not been finalized because it is politically sensitive, particularly amid the worsening security situation in Iraq.

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