The United States has said that it paid no money to North Korea for last week’s repatriation of soldiers’ remains.

The United States has said that it paid no money to North Korea for last week’s repatriation of soldiers’ remains.
While the U.S. government does not pay for the remains of missing soldiers, it can offer reimbursement for the costs of the recovery operation.
Washington paid 28 million U.S. dollars to North Korea as reimbursement for the recovery of remains returned between 1996 and 2005.
North Korea experts say the fact that Pyongyang did not request monetary compensation this time is unusual.