armistice that ended the korean war. laura bicker reports. after nearly 70 years, the fallen soldiers are welcomed home with an honour guard. one by one the small caskets, wrapped in the united nations flag, were carried back onto american soil, a us airbase in south korea. this is just the start of their final journey. next week they will be taken to hawaii to be examined, to check they are the remains of us soldiers. this appears to fulfil a key pledge made by kimjong—un to president trump during the singapore summit. and it comes in the same week as north korea appears to be dismantling one of its main missile launch sites. but what does north korea want in return? kim jong—un chose his date well to keep his word. today marks the 65th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which officially ended the korean war. in north korea, they call it the day of victory. "in tears and rapture, veterans run into the arms of chairman kim," announced state media. mr kim is trying to persuade the world his focus is on building his country's economy rather than building nuclear we

ended the korea war. here's laura bicker. after nearly 70 years the fallen soldiers are welcomed home with an honour guard. 0ne one by one, 55 caskets wrapped in united nations flat work carefully carried from the cargo plane. until the remains are tested, it is unclear how many have been returned. still, today will be seen as progress by a us president who made ita progress by a us president who made it a priority during his summit with the north korean leader. donald trump took the chance to publicly thank him. i want to thank chairman kim and all of the media for fulfilling a promise that he made to me, and i'm sure that he will continue to fulfil that promise. but the fundamental problem remains. north korea still has nuclear material, and nuclear missiles. in pyongyang, ken johnson material, and nuclear missiles. in pyongyang, kenjohnson exalted by vetera ns as pyongyang, kenjohnson exalted by veterans as he marked the anniversary of the armistice which ended the korean war —— kimjong—il. something described here as a day of victory. in seoul the repatriation raised hopes a

anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the korean war. laura bicker reports. after nearly 70 years, the fallen soldiers are welcomed home with an honour guard. one by one the small caskets, wrapped in the united nations flag, were carried back onto american soil, a us airbase in south korea. this is just the start of their final journey. next week, they will be taken to hawaii to be examined, to check they are the remains of us soldiers. this appears to fulfil a key pledge made by kimjong—un to president trump during the singapore summit. and it comes in the same week as north korea appears to be dismantling one of its main missile launch sites. but what does north korea want in return? kim jong—un chose his date well to keep his word. today marks the 65th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which officially ended the korean war. in north korea, they call it the day of victory. "in tears and rapture, veterans run into the arms of chairman kim," announced state media. mr kim is trying to persuade the world his focus is on building his country's economy ra

laura bicker. finally, these fallen soldiers are making their way home. it has been over 65 years since they were killed, fighting in a war many feared had been forgotten. one by one, 55 caskets, wrapped up in the united nations flag, are carefully carried from the cargo plane. but until the remains are tested, it is unclear how many have been returned. still, today will be seen as progress by a us president who made it a priority during his summit with the north korean leader. donald trump took the chance to publicly thank him. i want to thank chairman kim, in front of the media, forfulfilling a promise that he made to me and i am sure that he will continue to fulfil that promise. but the fundamental problem remains. north korea still has nuclear material and nuclear missiles. in pyongyang, kim jong—un was exulted by war veterans as he marked the anniversary of the armistice which ended the korean war. something described here as a day of victory. in seoul, the repatriation raised hopes among veterans that peace will one day come to this peninsula. 15 countries fought alongside

spoke with our correspondent, laura bicker, who gave her assessment of the latest development from seoul. well, this is a site based in the north—west of north korea, right by the chinese border. they have been monitoring it sometime because it was at the centre of a promise allegedly made to president trump in singapore. the north koreans said they would dismantle the site and everybody has been watching it several weeks wondering if any activity would be seen. now we are seeing it. it is certainly activity, it is not major activity but there appears to be dismantling of one of the rocket launch test sites, thought to be at the centre of the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles. many people will say, what about its nuclear programme and yes, there are thought to be hundreds of sites hidden throughout north korea and still processing nuclear material however this site is at the centre of a promise and it's this site that we are monitoring right now and when it comes to those intercontinental ballistic missiles, those other missiles, certainly here in seoul injapan t

. earlier, i spoke with our correspondent, laura bicker, who gave her assessment of the latest development from seoul. well, this is a site based up in the north—west of north korea right by the chinese border. they've been monitoring it for some time because it was % ofa monitoring it for some time because it was % of a promise allegedly made to president trump in singapore. its activity, not major activity at the moment but they're appearing to be dismantling one of the rocket launch test sites. this is the site is thought to be at the centre of the development of intercontinental ballistic missile isles. now, many people will say, hang on a second, what about its nuclear programme? there are thought to be hundreds of sites hidden around north korea still processing nuclear material, but this site is at the centre of a promise and it is this site we monitoring right now. when it comes to those intercontinental ballistic missile isles, they are the missiles certainly here in seoul and japan that they are also concerned about, because they would be within range. it isa becaus

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