North Korea frees detained Australian missionary

epa04107307 John Short, an Australian missionary, arrives at the Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing, China, 03 March 2014. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported earlier in the day North Korean authorities have decided to deport the 75-year-old as he ‘deeply apologized for criminal acts’ and because of his advanced age. Short was arrested in Pyongyang in February for distributing Christian materials at a Buddhist temple in Pyongyang while touring the reclusive communist state. EPA/YONHAP SOUTH KOREA OUT — BEST AVAILABLE QUALITY