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The Peninsula blog is a project of the Korea Economic Institute. It is
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Korean peninsula.
There are 36,574 Americans listed by the Department of Defense as having been killed in the Korean War and approximately 5,300 are still in North Korea.Â
On July 27, some 55 sets of human remains were transferred to U.S. military personnel by North Korean military officials in the city of Wonson, North Korea.
The role the Council played in focusing attention on North Korea’s atrocious human rights record is one of the great successes of the Human Rights Council.
Beginning with the detention of Euna Lee and Lisa Ling, holding American citizens has become a frequent irritant in America’s relationship with North Korea.Â