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,I REPEAT DO NOT GO TO NORTH KOREA…why on earth would you go to NORTH KOREA…..damn….
Stop going to NK you morons!.
THAT is not the US of A where you can play idiotic games. They are definitely gonna f that boy up!!
Poor guy. I’m sure he wishes things were different.
So, a generally harmless prank if done in the USA. Right. Not so in North Korea. Any stepping out of line is not tolerated…period. Was he not warned well enough. I’m sure he was. If in a foreign country, you must follow their laws and directions, to the letter.
Still do not know why TF anyone would ever go there voluntarily…
Sad…but just like the elite and liberals they think all this is a game until it comes knocking on their doorstep and it will!!!
Why do people keep going to places that hate us? You think you’re special and won’t get your$#%&!@*in a sling?
Why would anyone even go to North Korea in the first place ? This is what I call flirting with disaster. I bet he is anouther dumb$#%&!@*liberal to.
You could always find someone over here from North Korea and play the same game.