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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He now has the ultimate safe space, idiot
No guarantees that he will be released even if he survives the sentence. The people don’t eat well and are starving. Don’t imagine they will feed or treat an American kid very well, especially if an American bomb takes out their nuclear facility. Sorry for this young man’s stupidity. He should have read up on the beating sentence in Singapore a few years back over a piece of gum. Do not go places like that!
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China was wonderful. Surprising how much they mirror American business practices now in work hours, pensions, vacations, etc. and everyone of working age works. They may work on an assigned stretch of highway, keeping it clean, but they work and take pride in it and earn a living. Many are busy professionals living in the cities much like New Yorkers in small apartments in high rises. Others on farms, fishing, etc. Big tourist industry. I visited 2 years ago and walked on the Great Wall. Wonderful hotels, food, and guides. (You just can’t drink the water.) I also went to Paris where I was robbed. Not many places feel safe to visit any more. No Muslims in China and the Buddhist are very gentle.
Trump has had so many fires to put out, I doubt if he knows about this kid. And if he did, he would still do what he has to do to protect this country.
Where are the snowflakes defending this guy
Anyone who loves big government, a boarder wall.. Anyone who loves the TSA and paid customers getting kicked off flights.. Anyone who loves and stands up for corrupt police, should live in North Korea
And then we have LIBTARDS saying and doing whatever they want here… guess he’s a libtard…
I wish they would have kept Dennis Rodman. Anyone who goes to NK should expect not to come home.
Life is a cruel teacher…..it likes to give you the test first, followed by the lesson.