{"id":55783,"date":"2014-10-13T13:51:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T17:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=55783"},"modified":"2014-10-13T13:51:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T17:51:17","slug":"north-koreans-hold-missing-troops-remains-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=55783","title":{"rendered":"North Koreans hold missing troops&#8217; remains hostage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=55784\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55784\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Kim-Yo-Jong-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Yo Jong\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Kim-Yo-Jong-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Kim-Yo-Jong-500x285.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/north-korea-remains-us-soldiers-being-moved-054238096.html\">Associated Press<\/a> comes the news that North Korea is being a dick again. They claim that the remains of the troops we left behind over there are being &#8220;carried away&#8221; like so much landfill;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>About 8,000 U.S. service members are listed as missing from the 1950-53 war, and some 5,300 of the missing are believed to be in North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, an unidentified North Korean military spokesman said in a state media dispatch that the remains of American soldiers are &#8220;left here and there uncared and carried away en masse&#8221; because of building projects, land reorganization and flood damage.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. war remains &#8220;now look like no better than stones as land rezoning and other gigantic nature-remaking projects made progress&#8221; in North Korea, the spokesman said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29502\">NDtBF<\/a> seems to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2014\/10\/13\/where-kim-jong-un-n-korean-leader-center-global-rumors-even-as-his-public\/\">AWOL these days<\/a> and it&#8217;s rumored that his sister, Kim Yo Jong, is running the joint. But whoever is in charge thinks that they can leverage our war dead&#8217;s remains;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>North Korea has been seeking better ties with the outside world in what foreign analysts say is an attempt to lure aid and investment to help revive its moribund economy&#8230;There were signs of easing tension earlier this month when a group of high-powered North Korean officials visited South Korea and agreed to revive senior-level talks between the rivals. But the North last week opened fire with machine guns after activists in the South launched balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the heavily armed border. South Korea returned fire. There were no reports of injuries or damage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Somehow, I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re going to be willing to give up much of anything. Maybe Dennis Rodman can shake something lose. Or Jimmy Carter, or Jesse Jackson. Or maybe someone competent for a change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Associated Press comes the news that North Korea is being a dick again. 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