Elderly American Detained in North Korea

North Korea appears to have detained an 85-year-old American man who entered the country on a valid visitor's visa. According to a report on the San Jose Mercury News website Wednesday, North Korean authorities removed Merrill Newman of California from the plane on which he was to leave the country October 26. The Korean War veteran had traveled to North Korea with a neighbor, Bob Hamrdla, who was allowed to return home. Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S....

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