force cargo plane deep inside north korea today and brought to u.s. air base in south korea. draped in u.n. flags those commanding force at the time during war. u.n. honor guard was there, u.s. military. the remains will be examined at the base and transferred to hawaii next week where there s a center for dna identification to make a final fix and bring them home to families. as ceremonies took place in the dmz, this was the 65th anniversary of the fighting during the korean war. president trump tweeted that for so many years this will be a great moment for the families. the white house noting, however, there are something like 5300 americans still missing due to that conflict in north korea right now. north korean leader kim jong-un was out today too. they marked this day in the north, they call it victory day. white house did say we are
hawaii for final dna identification. and then returned home. it is a major commitment to president trump at that summit in singapore last month. there are some 5300 u.s. service members still missing in the north. efforts to return them home have started since 2005. another confidence building measures towards denuclearization. remember, earlier this week, we told you about analysts saying that it indicates that north korea was the metallizing metallizing comes from the latest trip by secretary pompeo to north korea. as pressure really mounts on the trump administration to come up with the goods after that summit last month. yes, this should be happening on friday. 65th anniversary of the cease-fire, which at least ended fighting between north and south korea in the korean war.
that is thursday night eastern time. of the remains would be set to be flown via u.s. military aircraft to the airbase in the south. they will be transported in containers handed over at the dmz. the remains will be catalogued, and then they are set next wednesday to be transferred to a center in hawaii for final dna identification and the return home. of course, will be noted, a major commitment form north korean leader at their summit in singapore last month. there are many service members still missing from the war in the north. since 2005, and the search has been halted. bill. bill: this is significant. how does this fit into efforts to denuclearize north korea? bill, it is seen as another confidence building measure by north korea toward that ultimate goal of denuclearization.
flown over to a center in hawaii for final dna identification and returned home. the returned remains a major commitment by north korean leader kim jong-un to president trump at the summit in singapore last month. some 5,300 u.s. service members are missing in the north and a return of the remains have been halts in 2005. dana: people forget that, 5,300, that s a lot. how does this fit into the efforts to denuclearize? yes, this is good faith. we talked about analysts looking at satellite photography saying facilities at a missile test site in north korea had been dismantled by the regime. another good measure. also comes after a trip by secretary state pompeo to pyongyang. it was less than forthcoming
since that war. a u.s. official tells fox fox s that it is anticipated that the remains will be flown in wooden caskets on a u.s. military are packed aircraft to a base in the south. i think the relationship and dialogue, there is some movement on getting hostages and servicemen back. if they will be catalogued and transferred to a center in hawaii for final dna identification before being returned to families. the return of the remains was a major commitment made to president trump last month in singapore. some 5300 u.s. service members are missing there. the remains will be coming back. they will start that process immediately. earlier this week satellite photos indicated north korea was dismantling facilities at a test site. with president moon, the moves would be positive. still there s a lot of pressure