6030<br/> <br />American Merrill Newman, 85, who was detained by North Korea for more than a month, landed in Beijing on Saturday (December 7) after being deported by Pyongyang, Japanese media reported.<br/> <br />The North's KCNA news agency said Newman, who was being held on charges of "hostile acts" against the state, was deported because he had admitted to his wrongdoing and apologised.<br/> <br />"I'm very glad to be on my way home," Newman told Japanese media at Beijing airport. "I feel good, I feel good. I want to go home to see my wife."<br/> <br />Newman, who was a U.S. special forces soldier during the 1950-53 Korean War and worked with guerrillas fighting behind the lines against the socialist North, had been held by the Pyongyang regime since late October.<br/> <br />He was visiting North Korea as a tourist when he was pulled off an Air Koryo flight in North Korea minutes before it was due to depart for Beijing on Oct. 26.<br/> <br />North Korea said on Saturday Merrill E. Newman, an 85-year old America
