Editing Repatriation (section)

===Repatriation of mortal remains===
{{main|Repatriation and reburial of human remains}}
In modern society where everything has become interconnected, it is not uncommon for diasporas to be found living abroad. When someone passes away overseas, a next of kin usually has to physically fly over to verify the body before the body gets repatriated back home by a funeral home.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore Repatriation Services |url=https://www.singaporefuneralservices.sg/repatriation-services/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Harmony Funeral Care |language=en-US}}</ref>

====Battlefield casualties====
The [[Korean War]] marked the first time that the United States or any nation began returning the bodies of battlefield casualties as soon as possible.<ref name=Sledge>{{cite book |last=Sledge |first=Michael |title=Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor Our Military Fallen |orig-year=First published 2005 |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780231509374 |pages=78–80 |oclc= 60527603 |year=2005 }}</ref> During [[Operation Glory]], which followed the [[Korean Armistice Agreement]], thousands of remains were exchanged by both sides.<ref name=Sledge /><ref>Not all remains from the Korean War were returned to the home countries. Some 2,300 casualties are buried at the [[United Nations Memorial Cemetery]] in [[Busan, South Korea]].</ref> The practice of immediately recovering casualties continued for United States during the [[Vietnam War casualties|Vietnam War]].<ref name=Sledge />