{"id":65718,"date":"2018-07-24T21:46:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T21:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/24\/are-us-remains-from-north-korea-ever-coming-back\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:31:47","slug":"are-us-remains-from-north-korea-ever-coming-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/24\/are-us-remains-from-north-korea-ever-coming-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Are US remains from North Korea ever coming back?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he hoped that war remains from North Korea<\/a> he\u2019d already claimed were on their way to the U.S. more than a month ago would now be coming home \u201cvery soon.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At an address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Kansas City on Tuesday, Trump said his administration was continuing to work on the commitments made at his historic summit with North Korean<\/a> leader Kim Jong Un last month. Those commitments included a promise to return remains of U.S. service members who were either killed or died as prisoners of war in North Korea during the Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Days after the summit, Trump told attendees at a campaign rally in Duluth that \u201cwe got back our great fallen heroes, the remains sent back today, already 200 got sent back<\/a>.” In reality, none were sent. Instead, the Defense Department and State Department have been working behind the scenes with North Korean officials to realize a transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense officials have said a transfer could take place soon, but there have been no details to date. United Nations Command, which has responsibility for the demilitarized zone between South and North Korea, last month sent wooden transfer cases to the border <\/a>to receive any remains that are handed over. Those remains would then be flown to Hawaii for identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\t