KCNA handout shows U.S. citizen Newman putting his thumbprint on a piece of paper at an undisclosed location in North KoreaBy means of Ju-min Park and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) – As autumn descended on a Korean countryside devastated through three years of extreme warfare, a gaggle of anti-communist guerrillas offered U.S. serviceman Merrill Edward Newman with a gold ring. He again to North Korea last month as an American tourist and used to be snatched with the aid of authorities from his airplane moments prior to it was as a result of go away for Beijing. The North Korean regime has nourished recollections of the 1950-fifty three Korean Battle as the foundation for the united states of america’s identification and acts as if the war is still taking place. No peace treaty was signed between america, South Korea and North Korea.