President Donald Trump on Thursday identified the remains of two US servicemen killed during the Korean War and whose remains were returned by North Korea two months ago following Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un.

Trump tweeted that the remains include those of Charles H. McDaniel, a 32-year-old sergeant-in-chief from Vernon, Indiana, and William H. Jones, a 19-year-old soldier from the army. from Nash County, North Carolina.

"These HEROES are at home, they can rest in peace and, hopefully, their families can have closure," tweeted Trump.

The Pentagon has also confirmed identities.

McDaniel's name was released last month because his military identification tag was among the 55 boxes of remains that North Korea returned on July 27.

Thousands more remains on North Korean battlefields and former POW camps.

Earlier on Thursday, a senior Pentagon official said the United States hoped to start face-to-face talks with North Korea next month on the resumption of field research in North Korea.

The official, Kelly McKeague, told reporters that the goal is to begin research next spring if agreement can be reached on controversial areas such as the type of compensation paid to North Korea.

McKeague is director of the POW-MIA Defense Accountancy Agency, responsible for recovering and identifying the remains of US war dead, including the thousands of missing persons during the Korean War (1950s). -1953).

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