{"id":66987,"date":"2018-06-12T20:38:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T20:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/12\/trump-kim-agree-to-repatriating-us-military-remains-from-korean-war\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:43:55","slug":"trump-kim-agree-to-repatriating-us-military-remains-from-korean-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/12\/trump-kim-agree-to-repatriating-us-military-remains-from-korean-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Kim agree to repatriating US military remains from Korean War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SINGAPORE \u2014 The most tangible outcome of Tuesday\u2019s summit between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/12\/pentagon-assessing-trump-directive-to-cancel-korea-military-exercises\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un<\/a> appeared to be a commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/06\/trump-kim-summit-may-boost-recovery-of-us-korea-war-remains\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">recover the remains of U.S. military personnel<\/a> missing in action and presumed dead from the Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a joint statement signed by the leaders, the countries committed to the recovery of the remains and the immediate repatriation of those already identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2018\/06\/11\/vets-want-trump-to-make-korean-war-casualties-a-summit-priority\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_500619011.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Vets want Trump to make return of Korean War casualties a summit priority<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Officials want North Korean officials to help return the remains of more than 5,000 fallen U.S. troops back to American soil.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement was otherwise filled with vague aspirational vows for peace and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Washington and Pyongyang agreed to hold follow-up talks at the \u201cearliest possible date\u201d between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a relevant high North Korean official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 7,800 U.S. troops remain unaccounted for from the 1950-53 war. About 5,300 were lost in North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163279551041.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163279551041.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163279551041.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18163279551041.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump holds up the document that he and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un signed at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Singapore. (Evan Vucci\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s debatable whether North Korea\u2019s commitment to recovering U.S. war remains could count as a major win for Washington when Pyongyang would be simply returning to what it had been doing for years. Between 1996 and 2005, joint U.S.-North Korea military search teams conducted 33 joint recovery operations and recovered 229 sets of American remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But efforts to recover and return the remains have been stalled for more than a decade because of the North\u2019s development of nuclear weapons and U.S. claims that the safety of recovery teams it sent during the administration of President George W. 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