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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When will these idiots learn to stay out of North Korea We will now spend millions of dollars to get him released.
poor kid; wtf was he doing there? that is not a country you just visit
Dumbass !
Or steal from !
He shouldn’t of broke the law for a bet !
Sorry you were stupid going to North Korea
The GOP gave most of us 50 years with hard labor
And just what was an American college student doing in North Korea, we have not been on good terms with that country since the Korean War. As Americans we have got to stay out of places that hate us. It was a stupid, stupid thing for him to do, guest he wanted to show the world how humble and good these people were. The world hates America, this is why we have got to stop giving every country in the world our hard earned money. The UN has used America for years. Wise up America
People charge people with theft in different countries differently he’s lucky to still be alive he will learn his life wasn’t worth the bet he was trying to do !
Read the article also the UN has nothing to do with this article !