Fifteen year’s in a North Korean prison with hard labor is the future for American tourist, Otto Warmbier, the 21-year-old University of Virginia undergrad, convicted of subversion. The trial in the North Korean Supreme Court only took an hour to convict and sentence.
The college student was first tried in the media, where he was forced to confess, through tears, that he had attempted to steal a banner. The North Korean government said he committed “an anti-state crime with ‘the tacit connivance of the U.S. government and under its manipulation,'” yet it is difficult to see how the United States was connected with this petty crime.
Warmbeir begged for forgiveness for this alleged ‘hostile act’, saying that his attempted theft was to bring home a trophy from the hotel in which he was staying. Yanggakdo International Hotel, like many hotels in North Korea has areas off-limits to foreigners. It was in this part of the hotel that Warmbeir attempted to lift the banner.
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You should try reading more books.
He’s gonna be “feelin the Bern”, North Korea is a socialist paradise…Right?
Fear + ignorance = bigot
I feel bad but dumb$#%&!@*you did it to yourself one way to learn about communism and to preciate democracy.
he should of had more respect for others
You first hate filled bigot. Christ is ashamed of you.
Stupid!!! You don’t go to North Korea and get stupid!!!
You’re kind of a dumb$#%&!@*..
Why would anyone from America even go near those foreign countries are you insane FOOLS!!!
You should learn the definition of socialism, communism, etc…you sound illiterate.