UPDATE 4:44PM GMT: The elderly man arrested in North Korea has been identified by the San Jose Mercury News as Merrill Newman, 85, from Palo Alto.

“Sources say North Korean authorities removed Merrill Newman, 85, from the plane on which he was to leave the country on Oct. 26. Newman and a neighbor visited the North Korea …via a tour business based in Beijing.” – more from the San Jose Mercury News

The U.S. State Department issued a new warning against all travel to North Korea by American citizens on Monday, amid rumors that North Korea detained an elderly U.S. man last