Also, the acceptance of the bodies of agents would amount to acknowledgment of espionage operations denied by North Korea.

The cemetery receives few visitors because the South Korean intelligence services monitored the site to detect North Korean sympathizers, though the services say they no longer monitor the site.

[4] Following a visit by South Korean President Park Geun-hye to Beijing in June 2013, it was agreed that the remains of the Chinese soldiers would be repatriated directly to China.

The remains were interred in the Resist America and Aid Korea Martyrs Cemetery in Shenyang, China.

[4][2][3] Renovation plans for the cemetery were considered in 2012, but they met with opposition in South Korea and were not carried out.