Question: where do the great treasures of ancient art belong

title: Repatriation (cultural heritage)
text: During an August 2005 diplomatic session in North Korea , former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Donald Gregg received verbal indications from high - ranking North Korean officials that the state would be willing to repatriate the USS Pueblo to United States authorities , on the condition that a prominent U.S. government official , such as the Secretary of State , come to Pyongyang for high level talks . While the U.S. government has publicly stated on several occasions that the return of the still commissioned Navy vessel is a priority , the current overall situation of U.S. and North Korean relations makes such an official state visit unlikely . Former Pueblo crew members William Thomas Massie , Dunnie Richard Tuck , Donald Raymond McClarren , and Lloyd Bucher sued the North Korean government for the abuse they suffered at its hands during their captivity . North Korea did not respond to the suit . In December 2008 , U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy , Jr. in Washington , D.C. awarded the plaintiffs $65 million in damages , describing their ill treatment by North Korea as `` extensive and shocking . '' The plaintiffs , as of October 2009 , were attempting to collect the judgment from North Korean assets frozen by the U.S. government .