Pyongyang – North Korea says the remains of thousands of American soldiers killed during the Korean War are being moved due to construction projects and flood damage.
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The United States suspended efforts to recover war remains in North Korea over the country’s plans to launch a long-range rocket in 2012. About 8,000 U.S. service members are listed as missing from the 1950-53 war.
An unidentified North Korean military spokesman said in a statement Monday that American soldiers’ remains are “left here and there uncared and carried away en masse” because of building projects, land reorganization and flood damage.
Analysts say the North’s statement is aimed at pressuring Washington to resume the recovery project as a way to get money and improve ties with the U.S.
The Korean War from 1950-1953, was a war, which Pres. Harry Truman should have stayed out of. It was a no win war, at great sacrifice to the USA. The younger generation in South Korea has no memory of that conflict; what is worse, many younger South Koreans dislike the USA; they would like to see American troops removed from South Korea. I am in agreement with that concept. The South Koreans have a very good army, and should fight their own battles. It costs the American taxpayers billions to maintain troops in South Korea. The Korean War ended with an armistice over sixty years ago, and all of our troops should be brought home now.
American troops in the RoK makes a DPRK attack less likely.