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North Korea releases detained US war veteran
December 07, 2013
North Korea today released a US veteran of the Korean War who had been detained in the country since October for what the Communist regime described as "hostile acts" against it.
North Korea's state-run news agency KCNA said that Merrill Newman was expelled on "humanitarian grounds" after confessing to "crimes" in the 1950-53 war and "apologising".
Newman, an 85-year-old from California, is currently in Beijing and would fly to San Francisco soon.