LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The wife of an 85-year-old American man detained in North Korea appealed to the reclusive Asian nation on Monday to free him and allow him to return home to California for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Merrill Newman, a veteran of the Korean War who had been visiting North Korea as a tourist, has been held since authorities in Pyongyang on October 26 took him off an Air Koryo plane that had been set to depart the country.
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