UN delegation meets DPRK officials about troop remains

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A UN delegation has met with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) officials to discuss the repatriation of additional remains of US troops killed during the Korean War.

The meeting took place at the border truce village of Panmunjom in the DMZ on Friday, the US-led United Nations Command Korea said on Monday in a statement.

"Participants discussed military-to-military efforts to support any potential future return of remains," the statement read.

Pentagon spokesman Colonel Rob Manning said the UN delegation was led by US Air Force Major General Michael Minihan, who is chief of staff for the Command that fought alongside Republic of Korea's (ROK) troops during the war.

The DPRK in July handed over what are thought to be the remains of 55 US servicemen who were killed during the Korean War.

The repatriation followed a summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, during which Kim agreed to send home some of America's war dead.

(Cover: A soldier carries a casket containing the remains of a US soldier who was killed in the Korean War during a ceremony at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, ROK, July 27, 2018. /Reuters Photo)

Source(s): AFP