North Korea Detains American

[Hamokhamok]

Hes fucked then.

 

Never to be seen again.

 

Did any of you see the article about Kims uncle the other day. He's gone missing and his two aides have been executed. This Kim chap just kills people off as he sees fit.

 

If someone does something wrong his whole family are rounded up and if they're lucky they'll go to jail otherwise they'll just be executed.

 

Where are all the mighty countries now --- afraid to take on North Korea.

[unit731]

 

Where are all the mighty countries now --- afraid to take on North Korea.

 

 

They were all there. It was called the Korean Conflict. 1950 - 1953.

MacArthur wanted to nuke the Chinese.

Truman backed out of that option.

[Flashermac]

MacArthur later admitted he was wrong and Truman was right. And one of the last things MacArthur did was to visit JFK and beg him not to get involved in another Asian land war. Kennedy wouldn't listen.

[Flashermac]

North Korea deports US citizen Merrill Newman after month in detention, state news agency says

 

More to follow.

 

BBC

[The_Munchmaster]

Just heard that on the BBC about 5 minutes ago.

[baa99]

Now, lets setup a pool for when the next stupid American gets arrested in NK.

[Flashermac]

US war veteran 'deported by North Korea'

 

 

North Korea has deported a US veteran of the Korean War who had been detained in the country since October, the state-run KCNA news agency reports.

 

It says Merrill Newman was expelled on "humanitarian grounds" after he confessed to his "crimes" against the state during the 1950-53 war and "apologised".

 

Mr Newman, 85, had been held on charges of "hostile acts" against the North.

 

He had been visiting the country as a tourist.

 

Last week, the KCNA said Mr Newman had ordered the deaths of North Korean soldiers and civilians in the Korean War.

 

Although Mr Newman did serve during the Korean War, his family says he is the victim of mistaken identity.

 

Pyongyang's state media have routinely publicised alleged apologies from previous US detainees, which cannot be independently verified, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul.

 

Mr Newman - a pensioner from Palo Alto, California - had been held in North Korea since being taken off a plane as he prepared to leave the country on 26 October, following a 10-day tourist visit.

 

In a video released by North Korean authorities last week, Mr Newman was shown reading his alleged apology, dated 9 November.

 

It claims he was an "adviser of the Kuwol Unit of the UN Korea 6th Partisan Regiment part of the Intelligence Bureau of the Far East Command" - an apparent reference to one of the special operations units acting against the North.

 

Mr Newman apparently confessed to trying to contact surviving soldiers during his trip as a tourist.

 

The statement added: "Please forgive me."

 

But Mr Newman's family said there must have been "some dreadful misunderstanding".

 

Another veteran, also named Merrill Newman, was awarded a Silver Star medal for his efforts during the Korean War.

 

The North Korean authorities have previously been accused of coercing confessions from detainees.

 

US National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden last week urged Pyongyang to release Mr Newman given his "advanced age and health conditions".

 

Washington has also been calling on North Korea to free another American, Kenneth Bae, held since November 2012 and sentenced in May to 15 years' hard labour.

 

Pyongyang said Mr Bae - described as both a tour operator and Christian missionary - had used his tourism business to plot sedition.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25274840

[cavanami]

Now, lets setup a pool for when the next stupid American gets arrested in NK.

 

Dennis Rodman....pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez