This 2005 photo provided by the Palo Alto Weekly shows Merrill Newman, a retired finance executive and Red Cross volunteer, in Palo Alto, Calif. An 85-year-old American veteran of the Korean War has been detained in North Korea since last month. The son of Merrill Newman told the San Jose Mercury News on Wednesday his father was taken off a plane set to leave North Korea on Oct. 26. Jeffrey Newman said no reason was given. (AP Photo/Palo Alto Weekly, Nicholas Wright)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean officers detained an eighty five-12 months-outdated American veteran of the Korean Struggle ultimate month as he sat in a aircraft set to leave the u . s ., the man's son mentioned.

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