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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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December 3rd, 2013
01:07 AM ET

Americans caught in a North Korean nightmare

Many Americans were shocked to see 85-year-old Korean War veteran Merrill Newman reading a scripted confession while held captive in North Korea. Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson calls the situation "bizarre." He goes on to say that while he knows North Korea's previous leaders, this regime is a big "question mark." What will it take to free Newman and fellow American Kenneth Bae?
December 3rd, 2013
12:02 AM ET

What will it take for North Korea to release Merrill Newman and Kenneth Bae?

Two Americans are living a cold war nightmare right now inside North Korea. More than a month ago, 85-year-old Korean War veteran Merrill Newman was dragged off his flight home from Pyongyang and arrested. North Korean authorities just released video of himapparently reading from a script, "confessing" to so-called war crimes. Kenneth Bae has been held in North Korea for more than a year and was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. Steven Weber is a professor of International Relations at U.C. Berkeley.

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