North Korea returns the remains of what are believed to be US service members who died during the Korean War

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• North Korea is estimated to have returned 55 sets of remains belonging to US servicemen who died in North Korea during the Korean War.
• In a symbolic move, the remains were returned on the 65th anniversary of the armistice that paused Korean War hostilities.
• The remains will be airlifted to a forensic lab in Hawaii, where the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency will attempt to identify them.
• The repatriation signals a win for Trump, fulfilling an agreement he reached with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their June summit in Singapore.

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The remains of US servicemen who died in North Korea during the Korean War were provided to the US military on Friday, after President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed to work on repatriation efforts during their June summit.

North Korea is estimated to have returned 55 sets of remains on the same day of the 65th anniversary of the armistice that paused Korean War hostilities. Around 5,300 US remains are still believed to be in North Korea.

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