An 85-year-old veteran detained in North Korea for more than a month has "apologized" to North Korea for committing "indelible crimes against" the country during his current trip as well as his last trip to North Korea (which was to fight North Koreans). Merrill Newman had been taken off a plane bound for California moments before takeoff.

Last month, North Korean officials pulled Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old veteran of the Korean War, from a plane just as it was about to depart from Pyongyang, according to Newman's son. No one from Newman's family has heard from him since.