North Korea has recently detained an 85 year old Korean war veteran visiting from California. He was there to visit the land he once walked on so many years ago. He was there to study the culture and see how things have improved since the time he was there. While boarding his flight back to his home country he was forcefully taken off the plane by officials and taken away to be held in an undisclosed location says his son. The North Korean officials claim that he brought over "propaganda materials" to overthrow the state which is complete nonsense. He was approved by North Korea to come into the country, had all the right visas and passports, and is an elderly man who was seeking no harm in his visit. I think it is now an issue of human rights as to when and how soon the North Korean officials release Newman. U.S. and North Korea's foreign relationship has not been very good in the last decade and this will not help any of these issues.
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