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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Do not risk the lives of brave honorable American Soldiers to rescue this jackass
Just dont go to that fish head , rice eating pos country
Should have gone to cancun instead.
Well…. life is all about choices you make. Apparently visiting North Korea a rogue nation run by a murdeous dictator was a bad choice… Too bad he can’t take it back…
was he from Berkeley??? 🙂
DOESNT EVEN LOOK REAL…
WHAT ? NO WELFARE ?
The N. Koreans missed a wonderful opportunity to spread some propaganda. They should have sent a container full of their commie c**p home with the young man. Mabe, it’s a matter of principle with the bastards. The young man should have asked for some propaganda c**p to take home.
So sorry for this young man and his family. Praying God will intervene with a miracle. IJN
He should never have gone over to North Korea to begin with. His life is over. Accept your punishment. I don’t know if a country that I would want to visit, maybe Ireland, Scotland.