Detained American travelled to N. Korea on 'private tour' with UK company

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Detained American travelled to N. Korea on ‘private tour’ with UK company

New details emerge in case of detained U.S. Korean War veteran

Chad O'Carroll November 23, 2013

Detained American travelled to N. Korea on ‘private tour’ with UK company

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Detained American citizen Merrill Newman travelled to North Korea on a 'private tour' with British tour company Juche Travel Services, company founder David Thompson confirmed to NK News on Friday.

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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