The remains of foreign soldiers returned by North Korea last week are likely to be American, an official at the US agency that deals with soldiers missing in action said Wednesday. But John Byrd, director of scientific analysis at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), said preliminary findings suggested that “they are likely to be American remains”. “The remains are consistent with remains we have recovered in North Korea… in the past,” Byrd told reporters at the Osan US Air Base in South Korea. “There was a single dog tag (US soldier’s identity tag) provided with the remains. “I don’t think North Korea is refusing to give dog tags when it has more but it probably doesn’t have dog tags lying around,” he said.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2018 09:37 UTC