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Pentagon Idles Program To Recover Troops' Remains As North Korea Goes Silent

U.S. military officials say that after a second summit failed in February, their North Korean counterparts have stopped communicating.
North Korea returned 55 boxes of presumed U.S. remains last summer, following a summit between President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. But that effort has now stalled, along with relations between the two countries.

The Pentagon has suspended efforts to recover the remains of thousands of service members who died in the Korean War over a lack of communication with North Korea. President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un agreed on the effort during

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