Elderly American Detained in North Korea

North Korea is reported to have detained an 85-year-old U.S. citizen and Korean War veteran who entered the country on a valid visitor's visa.Media reports say North Korean authorities removed Merrill Newman of California from the plane on which he was about to leave the country October 26. His son, Jeff Newman, told CNN it was his father's "life-long dream" to see the North and its culture, after serving in the South as a U.S. infantry officer in the 1950s. He said his...

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