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December 9th, 2013
09:52 PM ET

North Korea refuses to release Kenneth Bae, but allows Merrill Newman to go home

85-year old Merrill Newman is back home in California after being detained by the North Korea government for more than a month.  The Korean War vet said in a statement today, "The North Koreans seem to have misinterpreted my curiosity as something more sinister. It is now clear to me the North Koreans still feel much more anger about the war than I realized. With the benefit of hindsight I should have been more sensitive to that." But another American, Kenneth Bae, is still being held by North Korea after being sentenced to 15-years of hard labor. Anderson spoke with Bae’s sister Terri Chung about his ordeal.

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