Published on 12:00 AM, October 23, 2014

North Korea frees American prisoner

North Korea frees American prisoner

An American man held for five months in North Korea has arrived back in the United States, US television reported yesterday, showing his plane landing at an airport in Ohio. Jeffrey Fowle, 56 was release Tuesday. Pyongyang said the release was ordered by leader Kim Jong-Un following the "repeated requests" of US President Barack Obama.