North Korea spurns talks about returning soldiers’ remains to US
US negotiators arrived at the militarised border between the two Koreas and were kept waiting, before it was announced the meeting would be rescheduled
North Korean officials did not show up for a planned meeting with US counterparts to discuss returning the remains of US war dead, South Korean media reported, in the latest sign of tension between the two sides. South Korean officials later said the meeting would be rescheduled for July 15, but that was after US negotiators arrived on Thursday at the militarised border between the two Koreas and were kept waiting, the Yonhap News Agency reported, citing diplomatic officials it did not identify. The meeting was expected to be the first working-level talks between the two sides since Mike Pompeo’s visit to Pyongyang ended on Saturday, with North Korea denouncing the US’s "unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearisation". A spokesperson for US Forces Korea referred questions on Thursday to the department of defence in Washington. The Pentagon did not respond to repeated requests for comment on Wednesday. Pompeo had said when announcing the talks that the meeting could "move b...
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