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Veteran US soldier Merrill Newman, who was detained for over a month in North Korea, smiles as he arrives at Beijing airport in this photo taken by Kyodo on December 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Kyodo)


North Korea deports US tourist and Korean War vet

North Korea deports US tourist and Korean War vet

Seoul, AP—North Korea on Saturday freed an 85-year-old US veteran of the Korean War after a weeks-long detention, ending the saga of Merrill Newman’s attempt to visit the North as a tourist six decades after he oversaw a group of South Korean wartime guerrillas...