The US has suspended its effort to retrieve American remains from North Korea, an effort that has long been touted by President Trump as evidence of the success of his first Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un
The US Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency told CNN that the effort was suspended due to a lack of communication from North Korean officials following the second summit between the two leaders in Hanoi earlier this year."DPRK officials have not communicated with DPAA since the Hanoi Summit," Chuck Prichard, a spokesman for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said.
Read MoreIn September Trump announced that the US had identified the remains of two American soldiers from the cases provided by North Korea.There are more than 7,800 Americans still unaccounted for from the Korean War according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.However, tensions between Washington and Pyongyang have increased following the Hanoi summit and the failure of the two leaders to come to an agreement on the future of de-nuclearization.
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