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North Korea detainee 'apology'

North Korea have released a video showing an elderly US citizen apologising for alleged war crimes during the Korean War.

85-year-old Merrill Newman was seized from a flight out of Pyongyang on October 26, and has been detained ever since.

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'Anxious' family appeal to North Korea over grandfather

The family of an 85-year-old Korean War veteran detained by North Korean authorities during a trip to the Asian nation have publicly appealed to Pyongyang for his safe return home to California.

The family feels there has been some dreadful misunderstanding leading to his detention, and asks that the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) work to settle this issue quickly and to return this 85-year-old grandfather to his anxious, concerned family.

– Alicia Newman, wife of detainee Merrill Newman

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