http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5818766&cKey=1117059619000WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday suspended joint efforts to recover the remains of U.S. troops in North Korea and accused Pyongyang of creating an atmosphere that threatened the safety of American workers.
"It is a force protection issue," said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii, shortly after the command issued a terse, surprise announcement on the suspension.
"We are concerned that the environment that North Korea has created is not conductive to the effective operation of the missions and we want to ensure the safest conditions for our recovery teams," Salata told Reuters by telephone.
The announcement came as joint teams from the United States and North Korea were conducting a 10th year of joint searches for remains and as tension continued between Pyongyang and Washington over the North's nuclear program.
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If I lived in Seoul I would be booking airline tickets for a vacation out of the country right now. I would be on the next plane out of that death trap. And I would bring all my money with me too. Converted into Euros. Really.
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