[Leftcoast]

Here is more detail on Newman's role in the Korean War that helps explain the actions of a paranoid (if not delusional) North Korea.  Newman trained guerrilla fighters during the conflict and made no secret of his continuing ties to his ex-comrades.

It's hard to understand why a man with this background would chance a trip to Pyongyang which lives to stir up the embers of a war it believes is still being fought.  Newman evidently was traveling with a Stanford professor, Bob Hamrdla.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news...ill-newman

[Leftcoast]

Here is more detail on Newman's role in the Korean War that helps explain the actions of a paranoid (if not delusional) North Korea.  Newman trained guerrilla fighters during the conflict and made no secret of his continuing ties to his ex-comrades.

It's hard to understand why a man with this background would chance a trip to Pyongyang which lives to stir up the embers of a war it believes is still being fought.  Newman evidently was traveling with a Stanford professor, Bob Hamrdla.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news...ill-newman