North Korea Will Transfer Remains Of US Soldiers Who Died In Korean War Friday

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) walks out with US President Donald Trump (R) to face the media after taking part in a signing ceremony at the end of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on ... North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) walks out with US President Donald Trump (R) to face the media after taking part in a signing ceremony at the end of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. - Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un became on June 12 the first sitting US and North Korean leaders to meet, shake hands and negotiate to end a decades-old nuclear stand-off. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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North Korea has accepted 100 temporary wooden coffins from the United States and is set to transfer the remains on Friday of 55 U.S. soldiers who died on North Korean soil fighting in the Korean War, according to Reuters, which cited South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.

The remains will be picked up by a U.S. military plane and will undergo initial analysis on site, which will include opening and photographing the contents of each coffin and documenting any military brass included with the remains. The coffins will then be transferred to a military lab in Hawaii for additional DNA analysis.

The impending return of the remains is part of an agreement that President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reached during a summit in Singapore in June. The return of the soldiers’ remains and the demolition of missile test sites were concessions made by North Korea as it moves toward denuclearization.

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