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 Expectation is that it will be Merrill Newman of California. The
85-year old Korean War veteran's family says he was detained at the
end of a tourist trip to North Korea last month.
Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters that Sweden has been
informed by Pyongyang that it is detaining an American citizen.
Because the U.S. has no diplomatic relations with North Korea,
Sweden oversees consular issues for the United States there.
Psaki says the Swedish Embassy is requesting access daily to the
American.
"We are working in close coordination with representatives of the
embassy of Sweden to resolve this issue. They have requested,
actually on a daily basis, consular access," Psaki said. "They
haven't been granted that access." [Associated
Press]
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