John Short , 75 , had with him some Gospel tracts , his wife says . A 75-year-old Australian missionary who traveled to North Korea as part of a tour group has been detained there , his wife said . The couple was on their way to a church service when they stopped at the gas station in nearby Fort Worth for fuel and food. North Korea is already holding a Korean-American reported to have done missionary work . The secretive regime does n't tolerate independent religious activities .
John Short , 75 , had with him some Gospel tracts , his wife says . The couple was on their way to a church service when they stopped at the gas station in nearby Fort Worth for fuel and food. North Korea is already holding a Korean-American reported to have done missionary work . The secretive regime does n't tolerate independent religious activities .