Pentagon suspends effort with N. Korea to recover war remains

In a sign of troubled relations with North Korea, the Pentagon said Wednesday it suspended its efforts to arrange negotiations on recovering additional remains of U.S. service members killed in the North during the Korean War.

The Pentagon’s Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency said it has had no communication with North Korean authorities since the Hanoi summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in February.

The Pentagon agency had hoped to arrange for recovery operations this spring, but the North never agreed to negotiations to work out details.