Held there for more than a month. Merrill newman is a korean war veteran. North korea charged him with hostile acts against the state. Kimberly perry is in pal palo a with the latest. Reporter he does have a heart condition that requires medication. So far, the family said nothing in response to the video of the 85yearold that surfaced yesterday. On that video on north koreas official news agency, he is seen reading a handwritten apology. He bows and then there is video of the korean war veteran putting thumb print on each page of his written confession. Its a forced confession. The language is not the language that would be used by an american and some of the syntax and grammar made no sense. Its something written by the north koreans. He read it. Obviously with the hope that by making this kind of forced apology he would be released. Daniel schneider, stanford professor and north korean expert says this country coerced confessions in the past. Merrill has been missing since late octo