US soldiers at the North Korean border bring 100 coffins and prepare to retrieve remains of American soldiers missing since the war after Kim Jong-un agrees to return the bodies

• Kim Jong-un agreed to send home US war remains from the 1950-53 war after his historic June 12 meeting with President Trump 
• US military moved 100 wooden coffins to the Korean border Saturday to retrieve the remains
• Kim said after the meeting last month that it was time to 'leave the past behind' and promised that the world will see a 'major change.'

The US military has moved 100 wooden coffins to the Korean border to prepare for the return of the remains of American soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War.

North Korea agreed to send home US war remains during the June 12 summit between leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump.

Spokesman Colonel Chad Carroll said Saturday that the military sent 158 metal transfer cases to a US air base near South Korea's capital and will use them to send the remains home.

Earlier Saturday, Carroll had denied a report by South Korea's Yonhap news agency that U.S. military vehicles carrying more than 200 caskets were planning to cross into North Korea.

US Forces Korea said in a statement later that day that 100 wooden 'temporary transit cases' were sent to the Joint Security Area at the border to 'receive and transport remains in a dignified manner when we get the...Read More HERE