Forensic experts have identified six American soldiers killed during the Korean War from 55 boxes of human remains returned by North Korea last year after the first summit between dictator Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump.
North and South Korean military officials agreed on Wednesday to conduct joint searches for the remains of Korean War soldiers, the first such cooperative project undertaken since the end of the war in 1953.
North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Monday asked the U.S. to drop sanctions in light of the nation’s good faith gestures of returning the remains of American troops killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War, and because North Korea has ostensibly ended nuclear weapons testing.
American forensics scientists and military investigators may take months or even years to properly identify what is believed to be 55 sets of remains of U.S. Korean War veterans returning from North Korea this week, the LA Times explained in a report Thursday.
Vice President Mike Pence formally welcomed home the remains of America of American military killed who died in the Korean war in a solemn occasion Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
North Korea repatriated on Friday morning what appears to be 55 sets of remains from U.S. troops killed in the Korean War, prompting President Donald Trump to personally thank North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Twitter.
