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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That’s like stepping on a landmine…avoid these antiAmerican countries!
Play stupid games win big prizes
I feel bad for the dude somewhat because he is in a bad situation but still play stupid games…. This is the mentality of the American Kids these days that nothing will happen to them and even if it does mommy and daddy will get them out of it. This is A HOSTILE NATION! You don’t play games like this EVER! You don’t spit on the sidewalk there! You don’t leave the grounds of the college for any reason! This is just common sense! Even if an American does these things there is no guarantee that the power that be there won’t just incriminate him falsely anyway just to create an excuse or get some kind of ransom from the US Government. These people don’t coddle their own citizens what makes this guy think he would get anything different? This should be shown to every exchange student that goes to foreign nations as a warning to not be stupid! Even allied countries don’t play around like that.
Otto is a moron. Let him rot.
This is what to expect when you visit countries hostile towards the USA
Going to a country where we have strained relations to begin with, and then act and do unlawful acts that you would be doing here, you pay for your debts yourself.
They are still young for gosh sake and he is still one of us. How many liberals do you think go all by with North Korean thinking? Probably many. There is no sense of pride in our Country any more and Trump DID NOT do that
Why would anyone go to NK!!!!!!!
What a dumbass! First you don’t go to NK! Second don’t steal! 15 yrs. is a long sentence for theft though, but he is in NK & that’s why.
What was the dumb$#%&!@*thinking