U.S. and North Korea May Discuss Recovering Remains of Americans

Source: The New York Times

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States has proposed to meet with North Korea to discuss for the first time in six years bringing home the remains of any American soldiers buried there.

North Korea, one of the world’s most isolated countries, has no diplomatic ties with the United States, with which it is still technically at war.

“The U.S. recently sent a letter requesting a meeting on resuming remains recovery in North Korea,” Maj. Carie A. Parker, a spokeswoman for the Defense P.O.W./Missing Personnel Office of the Pentagon, said on Tuesday. “We have received no response from North Korean officials regarding the request.”

There are almost 8,000 American service members still unaccounted for from the Korean War, which ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.

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