Aircraft carrying remains of US soldiers killed in Korean War arrive in ROK
Xinhua | Updated: 2018-07-27 13:39
SEOUL - A US aircraft carrying the remains of US soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War arrived in a military base in the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Friday, Yonhap news agency reported.
The US C-17 Globemaster military transport plane arrived in the Osan air base, about 60 km south of the capital Seoul, at about 11 am local time (0200 GMT).
It brought 55 remains of US troops killed in the Korean War after leaving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) earlier in the day.
Top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un agreed with US President Donald Trump to repatriate the remains of US troops during their summit in Singapore on June 12.
Under the agreement, the two leaders agreed to commit to recovering the remains of prisoners of war (POW) and those missing in action (MIA) during the Korean War, including an immediate repatriation of those already identified.
The DPRK was reportedly to have identified about 200 remains, believed to be US troops killed in the war.
The US side allegedly planned to hold an official ceremony to return the 55 remains to the United States on Aug. 1 after going through its own identification process.
Military officials from the DPRK and the US held general-level talks on July 15-16 at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom to discuss the return of US troops' remains.
