{"id":38543,"date":"2013-11-21T10:32:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38543"},"modified":"2013-11-21T10:32:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T15:32:49","slug":"korean-war-vet-detained-in-north-korean-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38543","title":{"rendered":"Korean War vet detained in North Korean wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several of you have sent us the link to an article<\/a> about an 85-year-old Korean War vet, Merrill Newman, who went to experience the wonderful Stalinist paradise that is North Korea, but surprisingly, after government officials removed him from his return flight, no one has seen or heard from him since;<\/p>\n

The son said that, according to his father’s traveling companion, Newman earlier had a “difficult” discussion with North Korean officials about his experiences during the 1950-53 war between U.S.-led United Nations forces and North Korea and ally China. That war ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Peninsula still technically at war. The war is still an important part of North Korean propaganda, which regularly accuses Washington and Seoul of trying to bring down its political system \u2014 statements analysts believe are aimed in part at shoring up domestic support for young leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess this is the first time it ever happened, otherwise, why would the vet travel to a country that he fought against and have a “difficult discussion” with one of the current residents. I’m not saying that it was his fault, but he should have put a little more thought into the trip.<\/p>\n

From Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Newman said his father was a constant traveler but had always wanted to visit North Korea, and took lessons in the language before leaving on the nine-day trip.<\/p>\n

“This has been a lifelong dream of his,” Jeffrey Newman said.<\/p>\n

Newman said he believed the desire for the trip came from the three years his father spent as an infantry officer in the Korean war, but said Merrill Newman never talked about his service.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Newman said he’d had received postcards from his father saying the trip was going well, but on the last day of the tour, according to Hamrdla, Merrill Newman met with North Korean officials and he came away with some uneasy feelings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While I hope this is resolved soon, I also hope that others who think that going to North Korea is a good idea consider this before going. Did you really leave anything there worth the trip?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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