85-year-old U.S. veteran may have been detained by N. Korea

[Yahoo! News - Latest]

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Two American citizens have been arrested under dubious circumstances while travelling with legitimate visas in North Korea within the last calendar year. The latest, a veteran from Palo Alto, California, was allegedly detained last month. The San Jose Mercury News has identified Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old Korean War veteran, former high school teacher, and former chair of Palo Alto's American Red Cross chapter, as the second American citizen arrested in North Korea this year. North Korea News corroborated the story with an unnamed diplomat in Kyodo, who said the elderly American entered North Korea for sightseeing in October.

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