‘I’m ready to be with my family’: The 85-year-old Korean War vet, who was detained in North Korea for about six weeks, was reunited with loved ones at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning. STEPHEN LAM/REUTERS Merrill Newman spoke to reporters after he arrived back in the U.S. while his wife, Lee, and son Jeffery … Continue reading
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NORTH KOREA CONFIRM DETENTION OF U.S CITIZEN: STATE DEPARTMENT. Retired finance executive Merrill Newman is seen in a photo taken in Palo Alto, California in 2005. North Korea has detained Newman, an 85-year-old Korean War veteran from California visiting the country as a tourist, pulling him off a plane as he was about to leave … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Friday that North Korea acknowledges it is holding an American citizen but hasn’t granted diplomats consular access so the person’s identity is not yet confirmed. Expectation is that it will be Merrill Newman of California. The 85-year old Korean War veteran’s family says he was detained at the … Continue reading
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