North Korea

The remains turned over by North Korea were sent to Hawaii on Wednesday.

The remains of 55 U.S. troops missing from the Korean War will be sent back to Hawaii next week.

The prospect of renewed searches in North Korea lends urgency to the need for a complete DNA database, an official says.

North Korea accepted two truckloads of transfer caskets from the U.S. for the repatriation of the remains of 50 U.S. troops.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said North Korea was continuing to produce weapons-grade fissile material.

The U.S. and North Korean sides met this month and reportedly agreed on the return of about 50 sets of remains.

"I don't think it was an act of war," President Barack Obama said during an interview.

The return could come within two weeks, according to some sources.

The North Koreans were no-shows for a meeting on the return of U.S. troop remains.

U.S. and North Korean officers met for the first time in nine years at Panmunjom on the DMZ.