Pentagon suspends efforts to recover troops' remains as North Korea talks stall

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. MAY 8, 2019 / 6:34 AM / UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO

Pentagon suspends efforts to recover troops' remains as North Korea talks stall

Josh Smith
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SEOUL (Reuters) - It was one of the most concrete agreements to come out of the first U.S.-North Korea summit last year, but now the Pentagon says it has given up hope of recovering any more remains of U.S. troops killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War in the near future.

The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), which works to recover missing American troops around the world, said on Wednesday that it had not heard from North Korean officials since the second U.S.-North Korea summit, held in Hanoi in February, ended with no agreement.

“As a result, our efforts to communicate with the Korean People’s Army regarding the possible resumption of joint recovery operations for 2019 have been suspended,” DPAA spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Hoffman said in a statement.

“We have reached the point where we can no longer effectively plan, coordinate, and conduct field operations in (North Korea) during this fiscal year, which ends on September 30, 2019.”

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. NK holds their remains hostage, Donnie paid some ransom, Donnie proclaimed victory

Both the a holes got what they wanted in the short term. Now it is all falling apart in the long term.