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北朝鮮は３０日、国営朝鮮中央通信を通じ、観光のため訪朝した８０代の米国人男性メリル・ニューマン氏＝米西部カリフォルニア州＝を拘束したと発表した。北朝鮮が同氏の拘束を明らかにしたのは初めて。

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Video released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 30, 2013, shows Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old man from California, reading aloud a statement of apology to the North Korean government. KCNA said Newman, a Korean War veteran who had been on a 10-day organized trip to North Korea when seized, is in custody for committing "hostile acts," acknowledging his detention for the first time since he was prevented from leaving the country a month ago.