N Korea warns Washington over US soldiers

North Korea has warned that it will stop searching for the remains of US soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean war because Washington is not concerned about the issue.

The North's military said in a statement on Monday that if Washington refuses to do its part, Pyongyang will also halt its efforts.

"Though lots of US remains are being dug out and scattered here and there in our country, our side will no longer be concerned about it," according to the statement.

In January, the United States rejected Pyongyang's proposal to resume talks on finding the remains of American soldiers in North Korea.

Washington insisted that North Korea must first return to six-party talks on its nuclear program.

The US Department of Defense reported that about 8,000 Americans remain unaccounted after the Korean War.

The probable remains of 229 of them have been recovered in 33 missions from 1996-2005 by joint US-North Korean search teams.

Source: PressTV.
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