North Korea Has Released Remains of Some U.S. War Dead, White House Says
- Long-awaited move comes on 65th anniversary of armistice
- First tangible outcome from June 12 summit between Trump, Kim
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North Korea released the remains of some U.S. war dead on the 65th anniversary of the armistice, the White House said, marking the first tangible outcome of President Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un and signaling progress in broader nuclear talks.
A U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane flew to the eastern North Korean city of Wonsan early Friday and returned to Osan Air Base in South Korea with boxes containing what are believed to be the remains of missing American personnel. The aircraft arrived around 11 a.m. carrying 55 sets of remains, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency said, representing about 1 percent of the service members still missing from the 1950-53 conflict.