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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Friday denied it had tortured or mistreated Otto Warmbier, the US student who died after being released in a coma from the North. “Our relevant agencies treat all criminals… thoroughly in accordance with domestic laws and international standards,” a spokesperson of the National Reconciliation Council was quoted as saying by Pyongyang’s KCNA news agency. © Agence France-Presse
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump called the death of one-time North Korean prisoner Otto Warmbier a “total disgrace” Tuesday and appeared to take a swipe at the Obama administration for failing to bring the American student home before it was too late. Sentenced to hard labor for stealing a political poster from a North Korean hotel, the 22-year-old Warmbier was medically evacuated in a coma last […]
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (June 19) offered condolences to the family of an American university student who died days after being returned to his family in a comatose condition following 17 months of detention in North Korea. University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier had been arrested in North Korea while visiting as a tourist. He was returned to the United States last week by Pyongyang, suffering extensive […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday denounced North Korea as “a brutal regime” after the death of a 22-year-old US student released by the reclusive country in a coma last week. Speaking moments after news of Otto Warmbier’s death was announced publicly, Trump hit out at Pyongyang. “It’s a brutal regime,” the president said during a White House event. “Bad things happened but at least we got him home to his […]
by Nova Safo Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Doctors treating Otto Warmbier, the United States student released by North Korea in a coma this week, said Thursday the 22-year-old had suffered severe brain damage, as his father lashed out at the reclusive regime. Warmbier experienced extensive tissue loss in all regions of the brain, doctors said, but he showed no signs of physical trauma and medical tests offered no conclusive evidence […]
Reuters — North Korea said on Thursday (June 15) it had released American citizen Otto Warmbier “on humanitarian grounds” after he had been held prisoner for 17 months. Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, was medically evacuated to the United States on Wednesday (June 14). His family said he arrived in a state of coma. The North’s KCNA news agency said in a one-sentence dispatch that Warmbier’s release followed a court […]
