The two Koreas have finalized a list of families separated by the Korean War whose members will be briefly reunited this month after decades of separation, Seoul said Monday.
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WASHINGTON — More than a month after North Korea pledged to immediately return some American war dead, the promise is unfulfilled. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who traveled to Pyongyang this month to press the North Koreans further, said Wednesday the return could begin “in the next couple of weeks.” But it could take months or years to positively identify the bones as those of specific American servicemen.
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean media reported that the U.S. military plans to send 215 caskets to North Korea through a border village on Saturday so that the North could begin the process of returning the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War. Officials from the United States Forces Korea and South Korea’s Defense Ministry did not immediately return calls for comment.
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